September 25, 1998
1515 Clay Street, Elihu Harris State Building Auditorium, Oakland

Meeting Chair: Thomas Mack, Chair, Carcinogen 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 Mack and Carcinogen Identification 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)
    

• Public Comment

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 National Resources Defense Council for designation as "authoritative":

• US Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
    

• International Programme for Chemical Safety
    

• Health Canada / Environment Canada
     

• Staff presentation
  Martha Sandy, OEHHA RCHAS
  Public comment
  Committee discussion*
    

• 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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