The California Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Environmental
Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) announces the results of the
second round pilot random selection process of the chemicals eligible
for prioritization. The selected chemicals will be considered
for carcinogenicity evaluation.
In a public notice published in the California Regulatory Notice
Register (CRNR) on March 20, 1998, OEHHA announced the
availability of the alphabetical listing of candidate chemicals
for the second round pilot random selection. In the March 20th
notice, OEHHA identified 100 chemicals that could potentially
be considered by the State’s qualified experts (i.e., the
Carcinogen Identification Committee of OEHHA’s Science Advisory
Board). The 100 chemicals were listed in "Table 1: Candidates
for Random Selection Second Round" (see attached Table
1). Also, as explained in the March 20th notice, the seed number
for the second round pilot random selection was determined by
summing the first three numbers (51, 12, 9) drawn from the
California Super Lotto on Saturday, March 21, 1998 to
yield 72. Beginning with the 72nd number (398) and ending with
the 171st number (327) on "Table 2 Random Numbers",
each of the 100 chemicals had a unique random numerical value
assigned to it. These 100 assigned random numbers, and corresponding
chemicals, were reordered according to increasing value. The first
60 numerical values constitute the candidate chemicals in the
second round random selection (see attached Table A: Pilot - Second
Round Randomly Selected Candidates for Carcinogenicity Evaluation).
A list of the 60 randomly selected chemicals (see Table A), a
list of the 100 eligible candidates (see attached Table 1), and
the table of random numbers (see attached Table 2) are also
available on the OEHHA Home Page. The remaining 40 chemicals will
be part of the pool from which future selections will occur.
OEHHA will evaluate the 60 randomly selected chemicals for consideration
of carcinogenicity. Over the next several months, draft data summaries
and draft priority assignments of the 60 randomly selected chemicals
will be prepared. Each chemical will receive a screening toxicity
evaluation as described in the document entitled, "Procedure
for Prioritizing Candidate Chemicals for Consideration Under Proposition 65
by the State’s Qualified Experts" (May 1997). Future
selections will be published in the CRNR and also on the OEHHA
Home Page.
OEHHA is committed to an open and public process in the implementation
of Proposition 65. The posting of the results of the random selection
and prioritization of chemicals for consideration by the Carcinogen
Identification Committee of the Science Advisory Board is part
of that process.
For inquiries on Proposition 65 or for copies of Table A, Table
1 or Table 2, please call or write to:
Cynthia Oshita
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
Post Office Box 4010
Sacramento, CA 95812-4010
FAX: (916) 327-1097
Telephone: (916) 445-6900
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