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Fish Safe Eating Guidelines Safe Eating Guidelines for Fish from The Lower Feather River (Butte, Yuba And Sutter Counties)FISH
Announcement of Draft Report, Public Workshop, and Public Comment Period
Health Advisory: Safe Eating Guidelines for Fish from The Lower Feather River (Butte, Yuba And Sutter Counties)
[08/11/06]
The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) announces the availability of the draft report entitled “Health Advisory: Safe Eating Guidelines for Fish from the Lower Feather River (Butte, Yuba and Sutter Counties).” The report contains an evaluation of findings of elevated mercury levels in fish from the lower Feather River and provides safe eating guidelines for these water bodies. OEHHA is soliciting comments from interested parties on the draft report and advisory during a 30-day public comment period. OEHHA will also hold a public workshop to make a presentation, answer questions, and take comments on August 30, 2006, at 3:00 PM, at the Feather River Tribal Health Center, 2145 5th Ave., Oroville. Comments may be submitted at any time until the close of the comment period.
Comments on the draft report may be submitted by phone, fax, or e-mail to Dr. Susan A. Klasing. All comments must be received by 5:00 p.m. on September 11, 2006. OEHHA will consider comments received by this time and revise the draft report and advisory as appropriate to issue a final report and advisory.
OEHHA is making the draft document available at the OEHHA Web site at http://www.oehha.ca.gov. Limited copies of the report are also available by calling(916) 327-7319.
If you would like to submit comments, receive further information on this announcement, or have questions, please contact Dr. Susan A. Klasing using the information provided below.
Dr. Susan A. Klasing
California Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology Branch
P.O. Box 4010, MS 12 B
Sacramento, California 95812-4010
Phone: (916) 323-9667
Fax: (916) 327-7320
e-mail: sklasing@oehha.ca.gov
Follow this link to download a copy of this notice as a pdf file.
Follow this link to Draft Lower Feather River Advisory as a pdf file.
Follow this link to download a copy of the draft fact sheet in black and white as a pdf file.
Follow this link to download a copy of the draft fact sheet in color as a pdf file.
Follow this link to download a copy of the draft one page fish advisory in black and white as a pdf file.
Follow this link to download a copy of the draft one page fish advisory in color as a pdf file.
Follow this link to download the Draft Lower Feather River executive summary - full color with pictures as a pdf file.
Follow this link to download the Draft Lower Feather River executive summary - black and white with pictures as a pdf file.
Follow this link to download the Draft Lower Feather River executive summary - black and white WITHOUT pictures as a pdf file.
Follow this link to download the press release for the draft lower Feather River advisory as a pdf file.
