Notices

The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) intends to modify the listing of alcoholic beverages as shown in the table below 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 taken pursuant to the “Labor Code” listing mechanism.

Nickel and nickel compounds will be considered for possible listing by the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee. The meeting will be held in the Sierra Hearing Room at the CalEPA Headquarters building, 1001 I Street, Sacramento, California.  The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. and will last until all business is conducted or until 5:00 p.m.

This regulation establishes a MADL of 290 micrograms per day for metham sodium.  

A public hearing will be held on August 16, 2018, at which time any person may make comments orally or in writing on the proposed action described in this notice. 

The proposed regulation would state that drinking coffee does not pose a significant cancer risk, despite the presence of chemicals created during the roasting and brewing process that are listed under Proposition 65 as known carcinogens.

The comment period will be extended to on this proposed amendment has been extended to 5:00 pm, Thursday, July 5, 2018.

The listing of TRIM® VX is based on formal identification by the National Toxicology Program (NTP), an authoritative body, that the chemical causes cancer.  The criteria used by OEHHA for the listing of chemicals under the “authoritative bodies” mechanism can be found in Title 27, Cal. Code of Regs., section 25306.

Information about the Proposition 65 carcinogen acrylamide

The regulation will be effective on July 1, 2018.  This regulation establishes a No Significant Risk Level of 0.88 micrograms per day for vinylidene chloride for purposes of Proposition 65.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposes to amend Article 6 of Title 27 of the California Code of Regulations

On April 6, 2018, the Office of Administrative Law approved an amendment of Title 27, California Code of Regulations, section 25705, No Significant Risk Level (NSRL) for

The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is the lead agency for the implementation of Proposition 65

OEHHA has received a request to adopt tailored safe harbor exposure warnings for exposures to listed chemicals that can occur at residential rental properties, and is proposing this rulemaking in response to that request.

OEHHA has adopted a No Significant Risk Level (NSRL) of 180 micrograms per day for Malathion.

The proposed change would establish a Proposition 65 Maximum Allowable Dose Level (MADL) for exposure to metham sodium of 290 micrograms per day.

OEHHA intends to list TRIM® VX as known to the state to cause cancer via the authoritative bodies mechanism. OEHHA is providing this opportunity to comment as to whether the chemical meets the requirements for listing as causing cancer.

Notice of proposed rulemaking regarding specific regulatory levels posing no significant risk: bromochloroacetic acid.

Vinylidene Chloride (1,1-dichloroethylene) Listed Effective December 29, 2017 as Known to the State of California to Cause Cancer via the Labor Code (LC) mechanism.

Notice of proposed rulemaking regarding specific regulatory levels posing no significant risk: bromodichloroacetic acid.

Both chemicals were considered by the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee (DARTIC) in its official capacity as the “state’s qualified experts” at a public meeting held on November 29, 2017.