July 26, 2001

Final Responses to Comments Available

Comment Period Closed

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) released a draft document, Prioritization of Toxic Air Contaminants - Children's Environmental Health Protection Act to solicit public comment. This draft document has been developed by OEHHA for use in implementing the Children's Environmental Health Protection Act (Senate Bill 25, Escutia; chaptered 1999). OEHHA is required to develop, by July 1, 2001, a list of up to five chemicals identified as Toxic Air Contaminants (TACs) that may cause infants and children to be especially susceptible to illness (Health and Safety Code Sections 39669.5(a)). The draft document includes: 1) a description of the prioritization process used to evaluate which TACs potentially disproportionately impact children, and 2) summaries for chemicals considered priority candidates for the list. This document will also undergo review by the state's Scientific Review Panel on Toxic Air Contaminants.

Please direct any inquiries concerning technical matters or availability of the document to
Dr. Andrew Salmon at (510) 622-3150, TAC Prioritization, 1515 Clay St., 16th Floor, Oakland, CA 94612.

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Download a copy of SB 25 (Appendix A)

Download the Draft Responses to Comments on the Final Public Review Draft "Prioritization of Toxic Air Contaminants Under the Children's Environmental Health Protection Act" by following the links below.

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or download the individual responses to comments by following the links below

• Brock Landry for Composite Board Association - Formaldehyde

• Courtney Price for American Chemistry - Carbon disulfide Council (ACC)

• Courtney Price for ACC - Phthalate esters

• Courtney Price for ACC - Toluene and xylenes

• Courtney Price for ACC - Vinyl chloride

• Diane Bailey and Gina Solomon for Natural Resources Defense Council - Tier 1 chemicals

• Earl Meierhenry - Acrolein

• Michael Wang for Western States Petroleum Association - Diesel exhaust particulates

• Paul Dugard for Halogenated Solvents Industry Association - Methylene chloride

• Richard Moskowitz for American Trucking Association - Diesel exhaust particulates

• Susan Lewis for ACC - Glycol ethers

• William Bunn for International Truck and Engine Corporation - Diesel exhaust particulates

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