The California Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is the lead agency for the implementation of the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65). OEHHA received a request from the Sports Fishing Coalition for guidance on calculating hand-to-mouth transfer of lead exposure from the handling of fishing tackle products during recreational use. The request was made pursuant to Title 22, California Code of Regulations, Section 12204. However, OEHHA determined that issuance of an Interpretive Guideline would be the most appropriate course of action. Therefore, OEHHA is publishing this draft interpretive guideline for public review and comment.

An informal workshop to discuss this guideline has been scheduled for Wednesday, August 1, 2007, in the Sierra Hearing Room, California Environmental Protection Agency Building, 1001 I Street, 2nd Floor, Sacramento, California, as an opportunity for providing oral comments on this draft guideline. The workshop will begin at 10:00 a.m. and will end when all business is conducted or 5:00 p.m. Those interested parties who wish to discuss or comment on this guideline document are encouraged to attend the workshop. Interested parties may also submit comments to OEHHA. All comments must be received at or prior to the workshop in order to be considered prior to issuance of a final guideline document by OEHHA.

A copy of the draft interpretive guideline 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/prop65/CRNR_notices/
pdf_zip/pbtxfr053107.pdf. Copies of the references cited in this draft interpretive guideline are available upon request.

Written comments provided in triplicate, along with supporting information, may be submitted via email to cynthia.oshita@oehha.ca.gov or to:
Ms. Cynthia Oshita
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
Street address: 1001 I Street
Sacramento, California 95814
Mailing address: P.O. Box 4010 MS-19B
Sacramento, California 95812-4010
Fax: (916) 323-8803
Telephone: (916) 445-6900
In order to be considered, comments must be received at OEHHA by 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 1, 2007.

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For questions regarding Proposition 65, please contact the Cynthia Oshita in the Proposition 65 Implementation Program

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