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The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition
65) provides two mechanisms for administratively listing chemicals
which are known to the State to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity
(Health and Safety Code Section 25249.8(b)). One such mechanism
by which a chemical may be listed is if a body considered to be
authoritative by the state's qualified experts has formally identified
it as causing cancer or reproductive toxicity. The following are
identified as authoritative bodies for purposes of Proposition
65 as it pertains to chemicals known to cause cancer: the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, the International Agency for
Research on Cancer, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and the
National Toxicology Program. The criteria for listing chemicals
through the authoritative bodies mechanism are set forth in Title
22, California Code of Regulations (22 CCR), Section 12306.
As the lead agency for the implementation of Proposition 65,
the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) of
the California Environmental Protection Agency intends to list
pyridine as known to the State to cause cancer, pursuant to this
administrative mechanism as provided in Health and Safety Code
Section 25249.8(b) and 22 CCR, Section 12306.
Relevant information on pyridine (CAS No. 110-86-1) was requested
in a notice published in the California Regulatory Notice Register
on February
5, 1999 (Register 99, No. 6-Z.) A public forum was held on
March 2, 1999. OEHHA has determined that pyridine meets the criteria
for listing under 22 CCR, Section 12306, and therefore is issuing
a notice of intent to list pyridine under Proposition 65. A document
providing more detail on the basis for the listing of this chemical
can be obtained from OEHHA's Proposition 65 Implementation Office
at the address and telephone number indicated below, or from the
OEHHA Web site at: http://www.oehha.ca.gov/ . Anyone objecting
to the listing of pyridine as causing cancer on the basis that
there is no substantial evidence that the criteria for sufficiency
of evidence as causing cancer specified in 22
CCR, Section 12306 have been satisfied should provide written
comments in triplicate, along with supporting documentation, by
mail or by fax to:
Ms. Cynthia Oshita
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
Street Address: 1001 I Street
Sacramento, California 95814
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 4010
Sacramento, California 95812-4010
Fax No.: (916) 323-8803
Telephone: (916) 445-6900
Comments may also be hand-delivered to Ms. Oshita at the Office
of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment at the same address.
In order to be considered, comments must be postmarked (if sent
by mail) or received at OEHHA (if delivered in person or sent
by FAX) by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, March 18, 2002.
The following chemical has been determined by OEHHA to meet
the criteria set forth in 22 CCR, Section 12306 for listing as
causing cancer under the authoritative bodies mechanism:
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