Notices

Hazard Identification Materials for 1,3-Dichloro-2-propanol (1,3 DCP) and 3-Monochloropropane-1,2-diol (3-MCPD) for public comment and review.  CIC meeting on September 21st and 22nd, 2010 in Sacramento CA.

Information reguarding OEHHA's work to initiate a discussion of possible approaches to providing warnings for exposures to listed chemicals in foods and exposures to human and plant nutrients in human food.

Effective June 11, 2010, OEHHA will remove male reproductive toxicity as a basis for the listing of chlorsulfuron.  Chlorsulfuron will remain on the Proposition 65 list based on U.S. EPA’s findings of developmental and female reproductive toxicity.

OEHHA announces the withdrawal of its regulatory proposal for possible amendments to Sections 25801, 25803 and 25805 of the Proposition 65 implementing regulations. These sections establish the procedures for calculating “safe harbor” levels for chemicals listed under Proposition 65.

Request for comments and feedback on the re-drafted regulatory language for the Retail Food Warning Program and draft statement of reasons for the regulation.

N,N-dimethylacetamide was added to the list of chemicals known to the state to cause reproductive toxicity via the Labor Code.

OEHHA is requesting information as to whether S,S,S-tributyl phosphorotrithioate meets the criteria for listing via the Authoritative Bodies mechanism.

Indicators of Ecotoxicity Hazards and Exposure Potential
May 10-11, 2010

An update showing OEHHA’s progress on the Regulatory Update Project.

Extension of comment period for proposed amendments to Section 25801, 25803, and 25805 of the California Code of Regulations, Title 27. 

Extension of  the comment periods for both the administrative listing for acrylamide and the proposed maxuimum allowable dose level for acrylamide.

Extension of comment period for soliciting information relevant to the administrative listing of acrylamide as a chemical known to cause reproductive toxicity.

Proposal to establish a maximum allowable dose (MADL) for Di-isodecyl Phthalate (DIDP) of 2,200ug/day.

Workshop on April 14, 2010, on amendments to Sections 25801, 25803, and 25805 of the California Code of Regulations, Title 27, which set out the procedures and criteria for determining an exposure level where there would be no observable effect.

Announcement of a public forum on a public Tuesday, April 20, 2010, to present scientific data and other relevant information on whether Bisphenol A meets the criteria for listing in section 25306.

Amends existing procedures governing service of a 60-day notice under Proposition 65 by establishing an alternative procedure for serving notices on prosecutors via electronic mail, if the prosecutor has consented to that method of service.

OEHHA is proposing amendments to Sections 25801, 25803, and 25805.  These sections, which fall within  Article 8 of the Proposition 65 implementing regulations, set out the procedures and criteria for determining an exposure level where there would be no observable effect.

OEHHA is adding bromochloroacetic acid, cumene and diclofop-methyl to the list of chemicals known to the state to cause cancer. The listing of bromochloroacetic acid, cumene and diclofop-methyl is effective April 6, 2010.

1,1-Dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethylene (DDE) (CAS No. 72-55-9) and nitrobenzene (CAS No. 98-95-3) listed as known to the State to cause reproductive toxicity effective March 30, 2010 via the Authoritative Bodies listing mechanism.

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is the lead agency for implementation of Proposition 65 (The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, Health and Safety Co