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).
The Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant (DART) Identification Committee of OEHHA's Science Advisory Board identifies chemicals for addition to the list of chemicals known to the State to cause reproductive toxicity, which is mandated by Health and Safety Code Section 25249.8. The Committee serves as the "State's qualified experts" for determining whether a chemical has been clearly shown, through scientifically valid testing according to generally accepted principles, to cause reproductive toxicity.
A public meeting of this committee will be held on Wednesday, December 4, 2002 at 722 Capitol Mall, Employment Development Department, Auditorium, Sacramento, California, beginning at 10:00 a.m. and continuing until all business has been conducted, or 5:00 p.m.
OEHHA is committed to public participation and external scientific peer review in its efforts to implement Proposition 65. OEHHA welcomes public input on any of the agenda items identified below. The Committee prefers that information for its consideration be presented in writing prior to its meetings so that it can give due consideration to the material and so that it can devote time at the meetings to discussion and clarification, rather than to extensive oral testimony. The public comment period for the draft hazard identification documents on the two chemicals named below will close on November 19, 2002. Any other written comments on any of the other agenda items should also be submitted by November 19, 2002 to Cynthia Oshita, Proposition 65 Implementation Office, 1001 I Street, 19th floor, Sacramento, California 95814 or P.O. Box 4010, Sacramento, California 95812-4010. Oral comments may be made to the Committee at the meeting on December 4, 2002.
The draft documents describing the "Evidence on the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity of Diuron" and "Evidence on the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity of Bromacil Lithium Salt," are available from the Proposition 65 Implementation Office at (916) 445-6900 or from the OEHHA web site at http://www.oehha.ca.gov/. Copies of the materials related to the possible designation of the Center for Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction as an authoritative body, and consideration of the requests for the expedited review of perchlorate and 1-bromopropane for Proposition 65 listing are also available from the Proposition 65 Implementation Office or from the hyperlinks provided.
The order in which the Committee takes up items is subject to change at the discretion of the Chair. The tentative agenda for this meeting is as follows:
I. INTRODUCTION OF NEWLY APPOINTED CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBER
A. Administering Oath of Appointment
II. CONSIDERATION OF A CHEMICAL AS KNOWN TO THE STATE TO CAUSE REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY
A. Diuron - Hazard Identification Document
III. CONSIDERATION OF A CHEMICAL, LISTED VIA THE AUTHORITATIVE BODIES MECHANISM, FOR POSSIBLE REMOVAL FROM THE LIST
A. Bromacil Lithium Salt - Hazard Identification Document
V. REQUESTS FOR EXPEDITED REVIEW
A. CONSIDERATION OF PERCHLORATE
B. CONSIDERATION OF 1-BROMOPROPANE
VI. STAFF REPORTS
A. Status of chemical listings via the administrative listing mechanisms
B. Proposition 65 litigation and rulings
C. Public comment
VII. SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE ACTIONS
Links to:
DART Identification Committee Roster
Governor's Press Release, August 22, 2002
Links to CERHR documents:
NTP-CERHR Expert Panel Report on the Reproductive and Developmental Toxicity of 1-Bromopropane, March 2002 [http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/chemicals/bromopropanes/1-bromopropane/1-BP_final.pdf]
NTP-CERHR Expert Panel Report on the Reproductive and Developmental Toxicity of 2-Bromopropane, March 2002 [http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/chemicals/bromopropanes/2-bromopropane/2-BP_final.pdf]
NTP-CERHR Expert Panel Report on Butyl Benzyl Phthalate, October 2000
NTP-CERHR Expert Panel Report on Di-n-Butyl Phthalate, October 2000 [http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/chemicals/phthalates/bb-phthalate/BBP-final-inprog.PDF]
NTP-CERHR Expert Panel Report on Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate, October 2000 [http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/chemicals/phthalates/bb-phthalate/BBP-final-inprog.PDF]
NTP-CERHR Expert Panel Report on Di-n-Hexyl Phthalate, October 2000 [http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/chemicals/dehp/DEHP-final.pdf]
NTP-CERHR Expert Panel Report on Di-Isodecyl Phthalate, October 2000 [http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/chemicals/phthalates/didp/DIDP-final-inprog.PDF]
NTP-CERHR Expert Panel Report on Di-Isononyl Phthalate, October 2000 [http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/chemicals/phthalates/dinp/DINP-final-inprog.PDF]
NTP-CERHR Expert Panel Report on Di-n-Octyl Phthalate, October 2000 [http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/chemicals/phthalates/dnop/DnOP-final-inprog.PDF]
NTP-CERHR Expert Panel Report on the Reproductive and Developmental Toxicity of Methanol, April 2002 [http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/chemicals/methanol/
methanol_final.pdf]
Links to documents related to perchlorate request:
Natural Resources Defense Council et al. request letter
Communities for a Better Environment request letter
OEHHA response letter to Natural Resources Defense Council et al.
(view scanned signed copy of letter to NRDC et al.)
OEHHA response letter to Communities for a Better Environment
(view scanned signed copy of letter to CBE)
OEHHA Draft Public Health Goal for Perchlorate in Drinking Water, March 2002 [http://www.oehha.ca.gov/water/phg/pdf/
PHGperchlorate372002.pdf]
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Perchlorate Environmental Contamination: Toxicological Review and Risk Characterization (External Review Draft, January 16, 2002) [http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm?deid=24002]
Links to documents related to 1-bromopropane request:
Department of Health Services request letter
OEHHA response letter
(view scanned signed copy of letter to DHS)
NTP-CERHR Expert Panel Report on the Reproductive and Developmental Toxicity of 1-Bromopropane, March 2002 [http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/news/bromo/1-BP_final.pdf
