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Final Report: “Development of Health Criteria for School Site Risk Assessment Pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 901(g): Child-Specific Reference Doses (chRDs) for School Site Risk Assessment: Atrazine and Deltamethrin.”
[10/04/07]

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) of the California Environmental Protection Agency announces the availability of the final Report “Development of Health Criteria for School Site Risk Assessment Pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 901(g): CHILD-SPECIFIC REFERENCE DOSES (chRDs) FOR SCHOOL SITE RISK ASSESSMENT—Atrazine and Deltamethrin.”  Health and Safety Code (HSC), Section 901(g) requires the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), in consultation with the appropriate entities within the California Environmental Protection Agency, to identify those chemical contaminants commonly found at school sites and determined by OEHHA to be of greatest concern based on child-specific physiological sensitivities.  HSC 901(g) also requires OEHHA to annually evaluate and publish, as appropriate, numerical health guidance values or chRDs for those chemical contaminants until the contaminants identified have been exhausted.
In developing these chRDs, OEHHA has followed the requirements set forth in Health and Safety Code Section 57003 for receiving public input.  The first draft document was posted on the OEHHA Website (www.oehha.ca.gov) in January 2006.  A public workshop was held in February 2006 to discuss the scientific basis and recommendations in the draft report.  After considering public comments and input from external peer review, OEHHA revised the document for additional public review in July 2007. The release of the final document is a culmination of this public input process.

If you would like to receive further information on this announcement or have questions, please contact our office at (916) 324-2829 or the address below or go to the OEHHA Website at www.oehha.ca.gov:

Mr. Leon Surgeon
Integrated Risk Assessment Branch
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
P.O. Box 4010
1001 I Street, MS-12B
Sacramento, California 95812-4010
FAX: (916) 322-9705

 
 
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