Notices

Information has been added to OAL Rulemaking File No. Z-08-0318-08,  No Significant Risk Level (NSRL) for ethylbenzene.

Extension of public comment period: request for relevant information on Carbaryl, Metofluthrin, and Spirodiclofen, chemicals under consideration for possible listing via the Authoritative Bodies mechanism

Extension of comment period for the notice of intent to list methanol

Extension of public comment period on notice of intent to list methanol as known to cause reproductive toxicity via the “Authoritative Bodies” mechanism.

Announcement of an informal conference call on February 18, 2009, to discuss comments and next steps on a proposed amendment that will add specific options for method and content for warnings for exposures to listed chemicals in foods.

Extension of public comment period for metam potassium, for possible listing as causing cancer via the Authoritative Bodies mechanism.

 OEHHA is proposing an additional minor clarification and one substantive change to the proposed amendments of Title 27, California Code of Regulations, section 25204.

Notice of intent to list methanol as known to cause reproductive toxicity via the “Authoritative Bodies” mechanism.

Request for comments. Notice of intent to list methanol as known to the state to cause reproductive toxicity via the authoritative bodies mechanism.

Extension of comment period.  Notice of intent to list methanol as known to teh State to cause reproductive toxicity via the “Authoritative Bodies” mechanism.

OEHHA has determined that methanol meets the criteria for listing under Title 27, Cal. Code of Regs., section 25306, based on the findings of the National Toxicology Program’s Center for Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (NTP-CERHR, 2003). 

OEHHA announces the availability of the regulatory text and the supporting rulemaking documents for the proposed adoption of the Maximum Allowable Dose Level (MADL) for the chemical Di-n-hexyl phthalate (DnHP).

Chemicals listed effective December 19, 2008 as known to the state of California to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity: 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) and chromium (hexavalent compounds).

November 5, 2008 meeting of the Science Advisory Board’s Carcinogen Identification Committee.

Chemicals under consideration for possible listing via the authoritative bodies mechanism: Request for relevant information: Carbaryl, metam potassium, metofluthrin, spirodiclofen.

The CIC met on November 5, 2008 to consider the potential listing of N,N-dimethylformamide and 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene.

Announcement of a public workshop on December 3, 2008 to discuss the concepts concerning a possible regulation to provide guidance for food retailers on how to provide warnings for exposures to listed chemicals in foods.

The DARTIC met on November 20, 2008 to consider the potential listing of hexavalent chromium and chlorpyrifos.

OEHHA is investigating the possibility of amending the existing warning regulations currently located in Title 27, California Code of Regulations, section 25601 to add specific options for both the method and content for warnings for exposures to listed chemicals in foods.

On October 31, 2008 the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) published a notice in the California Regulatory Notice Register (Register 2008, No.