Proposition 65 Public Meetings Meeting Agenda of the Science Advisory Board's Carcinogen Identification Committee
The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is the lead agency for the implementation of the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65).
The Carcinogen Identification Committee of OEHHA’s Science Advisory Board identifies chemicals for addition to the list of chemicals known to the State to cause cancer (Health and Safety Code section 25249.8). The Committee serves as the “State’s Qualified Experts” for determining whether a chemical has been clearly shown, through scientifically valid testing according to generally accepted principles, to cause cancer.
A public meeting of this committee will be held on Friday, May 29, 2009 at the California Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters Building, Sierra Hearing Room, at 1001 I Street, Sacramento, California, beginning at 10:00 a.m. and continuing until all business has been conducted, or 5:00 p.m. If you have special accommodation or language needs, please contact Cynthia Oshita at (916) 445-6900 or coshita@oehha.ca.gov by May 21, 2009. TTY/TDD/Speech-to-Speech users may dial 7-1-1 for the California Relay Service.
The tentative agenda for this meeting is as follows.
I. WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS
II. PRIORITIZATION OF CHEMICALS FOR CARCINOGEN IDENTIFICATION COMMITTEE REVIEW
III. CONSIDERATION OF A CHEMICAL AS KNOWN TO THE STATE TO CAUSE CANCER
IV. STAFF UPDATES
V. SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE ACTIONS, ADVICE AND CONSULTATION, AND CLOSING REMARKS
Note that the order of items on the agenda is provided for general reference only. The order in which items are taken up by the Committee is subject to change at the discretion of the Chair.
