Notices

The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment intends to list antimony (trivalent compounds) as known to the state to cause cancer under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986.

Effective April 21, 2023, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment is adding 1,1,1-trichloroethane and leucomalachite green to the list of chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer for purposes of Proposition 65.

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) announces the availability of the Notice, preliminary agenda and materials for the 2022 meeting of the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee.

The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) intends to list 1-bromo-3-chloropropane (CAS RN 109-70-6), 1-butyl glycidyl ether (CAS RN 2426-08-6), and glycidyl methacrylate (CAS RN 106-91-2) as known to the state to cause cancer under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986.

The Office of Administrative Law approved the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment’s proposal to amend Title 27, California Code of Regulations by adopting Section 25506, originally proposed as Section 25505.

On October 26, 2022, the Office of Administrative Law approved the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment’s proposal to amend Title 27, California Code of Regulations by adding new subsection 25607.2(b) to Section 25607.2. The regulation will be effective on January 1, 2023.

Information on the background of Proposition 65 and links to specific regulatory content.

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) announces the availability of the Notice, preliminary agenda and materials for the 2022 meeting of the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee.

On September 1, 2022, the Office of Administrative Law approved the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment’s proposal to amend Title 27, California Code of Regulations by adopting Sections 25607.48 and 25607.49

On August 4, 2022, the Office of Administrative Law approved amendments to Title 27, California Code of Regulations by adopting Sections 25697.38 through 24607.47 into Title 27 of the California Code of Regulations. The new sections address exposures to listed cannabis (marijuana) smoke and Delta-9-THC.

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has adopted an NSRL of 3.7 micrograms per day for exposures to 1,3-dichloropropene by the oral and inhalation routes.

The proposed rulemaking to amend the regulation related to short-form Proposition 65 warnings was initially noticed in the California Regulatory Notice Register in January 2021. OEHHA has allowed the rulemaking to lapse as provided for under the Administrative Procedure Act OEHHA intends to restart the rulemaking process on the short-form with a new regulatory proposal, informed by comments on the previous proposal, in the next several weeks.

The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment has selected bisphenol S (BPS) for the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee  review for possible listing under Proposition 65 and is soliciting information relevant to the assessment of its reproductive toxicity.

The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) intends to list perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) (CAS RN 335-67-1) as known to the state to cause cancer under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65).  This action is being proposed pursuant to the “Authoritative Bodies” listing mechanism.

The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has selected bisphenol A (BPA) for the Carcinogen Identification Committee (CIC)’s review for possible listing under Proposition 65.

A meeting of the Proposition 65 Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee (DARTIC) was held via webcast and webinar on December 14, 2021. The main agenda items were committee consideration of perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) and its salts and perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA) and its salts as known to the state to cause reproductive toxicity (based on male reproductive toxicity)

A meeting of the Proposition 65 Carcinogen Identification Committee (CIC) was held via webcast and webinar on December 6, 2021. The main agenda item was committee consideration of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and its salts and transformation and degradation precursors as known to the state to cause cancer. A summary of the meeting is provided.

Effective December 31, 2021, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is adding Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) and its salts to the list of chemicals known to the state to cause reproductive toxicity for purposes of the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65).

Effective December 24, 2021, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is adding perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and its salts and transformation and degradation precursors to the list of chemicals known to the state to cause cancer for purposes of the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65)

Effective December 17, 2021, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is adding tetrahydrofuran (CAS No. 109-99-9), 2-ethylhexyl acrylate (CAS No. 103-11-7), methyl acrylate (CAS No. 96-33-3), and trimethylolpropane triacrylate, technical grade to the list of chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer for purposes of Proposition 65