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Announcement of Draft Report, Public Workshop, and Public Comment Period

Health Advisory and Safe Eating Guidelines for Fish and Shellfish from the San Joaquin River and South Delta (Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, and Fresno Counties)
[03/09/07]

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To download this advisory in Laotian, Vietnamese, Spanish or Cambodian, follow this link.

The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) announces the availability of the draft report entitled “Health Advisory and Safe Eating Guidelines for Fish and Shellfish from the San Joaquin River and South Delta (Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, and Fresno Counties).” The report contains an evaluation of studies of mercury levels in fish from the San Joaquin River and other rivers, sloughs, and flooded tracts in the South Delta, and provides safe eating guidelines for these water bodies. OEHHA is soliciting comments from interested parties on the draft report and safe eating guidelines during a 45-day public comment period. Comments may be submitted at any time until the close of the comment period. OEHHA will also hold a public workshop and training on the safe eating guidelines for the San Joaquin River and South Delta on March 20, 2007, at 9:30 AM, at the County of San Joaquin Public Health Services office at 1601 E. Hazelton Avenue, Stockton. OEHHA will make presentations and answer questions, and the workshop will include opportunities for the public to participate.

Comments on the draft report may be submitted by phone, fax, or e-mail to Dr. Margy Gassel. All comments must be received by 5:00 p.m. on April 23, 2007. OEHHA will consider comments received by this time and revise the draft report and safe eating guidelines as appropriate to issue a final report.

OEHHA is making the draft document available at the OEHHA Web site at http://www.oehha.ca.gov. A copy of the report is also available by calling (510) 622-3170.

If you would like to submit comments, receive further information on this announcement, or have questions, please contact Dr. Margy Gassel using the information provided below.
Dr. Margy Gassel
California Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology Branch
1515 Clay Street, 16th Floor
Oakland, California 94612
Phone: (510) 622-3166
Fax: (510) 622-3218
e-mail: mgassel@oehha.ca.gov

To download a copy of this notice as a pdf file, follow this link.

Other documents related to this advisory are also available. Follow the links below to download copies (as pdf files).

A fact sheet provides questions and answers about the draft advisories for the San Joaquin River and South Delta. It is available in color or in black & white.

A press release provides information for the news media. It is available here.

Download a flyer for the public workshop on March 20, 2007 here.

The Safe Eating Guidelines for the San Joaquin River are available here. There is one set of guidelines for women of childbearing age and children, and a different one for women beyond childbearing age and men.

The Safe Eating Guidelines for the South Delta are available here. There is one set of guidelines for women of childbearing age and children, and a different one for women beyond childbearing age and men.

The full draft report is available for download as a whole (1MB) or in smaller sections, the main draft report (.5MB), tables and appendices 1-3 (.5MB), and appendix 4, the sampling data (350kb)

You can download the Executive Summary: In color with pictures of the fish, or in black & white, without fish pictures.

Download the San Joaquin River and South Delta advisories in Laotian, Vietnamese, Cambodian or Spanish here.

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