July 27, 1998
714 P Street, Auditorium, Sacramento

Meeting Chair: Andrew Hendrickx, Chair, DART Identification Committee

10:00   Welcome

Joan E. Denton, Director, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)

Introductory remarks and report on June 11th authoritative bodies workshop

Chairman Hendrickx and DART Committee

Background

Legal aspects

Ed Weil, Deputy Attorney General
Colleen Murphy, OEHHA Chief Counsel

Authoritative bodies designations and regulatory criteria

Lauren Zeise, OEHHA Reproductive and Cancer Hazard Assessment Section
(RCHAS)

11:00

  Existing authoritative bodies (12:00 lunch)

• US Environmental Protection Agency
   Staff presentations
  Martha Sandy and Jim Donald, OEHHA RCHAS
  Public comment
  Committee discussion and decisions*
     

• National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
  Staff presentations
  Martha Sandy and Jim Donald, OEHHA RCHAS
  Public comment
  Committee discussion and decisions*
      

• National Toxicology Program
  Staff presentations
  Martha Sandy and Jim Donald, OEHHA RCHAS
  Public comment
  Committee discussion and decisions*
      

• International Agency for Research on Cancer
  Staff presentations
  Martha Sandy and Jim Donald, OEHHA RCHAS
  Public comment
  Committee discussion and decisions*
      

• Food and Drug Administration
  Staff presentations
  Martha Sandy and Jim Donald, OEHHA RCHAS
  Public comment
  Committee discussion and decisions*

3:00     Bodies suggested by the public for designation as "authoritative":

• US Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
    

• International Programme for Chemical Safety
  Health Canada / Environment Canada
      

• Staff presentations
  Martha Sandy and Jim Donald, OEHHA RCHAS
  Public comment
  Committee discussion and decisions*
     

• Additional Public Comment
  Further Committee Discussion

5:00   Adjourn

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* The Committee may take action on this item

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