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[08/17/2001]
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The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
(OEHHA) of the California Environmental Protection Agency announces
the availability of the final technical support documents for
the Public Health Goals (PHGs) for nickel and uranium in drinking
water. The first drafts of the documents were posted on the OEHHA
Web site (www.oehha.ca.gov/water/phg/1099Phgs.html)
on October 8, 1999, and the second drafts have been posted on
the OEHHA Web site (www.oehha.ca.gov/water/phg/Feb2kPHG.html)
since February 11, 2000. In addition, a one-day public workshop
was held on November 5, 1999, at the auditorium in the Elihu Harris
Building, 1515 Clay Street, Oakland, California to discuss the
scientific basis and recommendations in the draft documents. OEHHA
follows the requirements set forth in Health and Safety Code Sections
57003(a) and 116365 for the workshop and public input. Oral and
written comments received from the public at the workshop and
during the two public review and scientific comment periods, as
well as from reviewers at the University of California system
and state and federal agencies were considered during revisions
of the documents. After the public input and the workshop, OEHHA
has incorporated responses to major comments received and is providing
the final documents.
The published PHGs for nickel and uranium are available
on the Web site. As indicated in previous announcements, the workshop
as well as the public review and scientific comment periods were
to encourage a dialogue between OEHHA scientists and the public
to discuss the PHG recommendations and to receive comments. Following
the workshop and public input, OEHHA has revised the documents
as appropriate. The responses to the major comments are also available
on the OEHHA Web site. This announcement of PHGs for nickel and
uranium and the technical support documents is published in the
California Regulatory Notice Register and posted on the OEHHA
Web site.
The PHG technical support documents provide information
on the health effects of contaminants in drinking water. The PHG
is a level of drinking water contaminant at which adverse health
effects are not expected to occur from a lifetime of exposure.
The California Safe Drinking Water Act of 1996 (Health
and Safety Code Section 116365), amended 1999, requires OEHHA
to publish PHGs based exclusively on public health considerations.
PHGs published by OEHHA will be considered by the California Department
of Health Services in setting drinking water standards (Maximum
Contaminant Levels, or MCLs).
Printed copies may be obtained for a fee from:
Instant Copying and Laser Printing
2015 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, California 94720
Phone: (510) 704-9700
FAX: (510) 704-9970
If you would like to receive further information
on this announcement or have questions, please contact our office
at (510) 622-3170 or the address below. Written requests should
be addressed to:
Dr. Yi Wang
Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology Section
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
California Environmental Protection Agency
1515 Clay Street, 16th Floor
Oakland, California 94612
FAX: (510) 622-3218
These documents are available
for download as adobe acrobat pdf files. Adobe Acrobat Reader
is available free
from their web sites.
Follow this link to download the Response
to Comments for the Technical Support Document, Public Health Goal
for Nickel in Drinking Water
Follow this link to download the Response
to Comments for the Technical Support Document, Public Health Goal
for Uranium in Drinking Water
Follow this link to download the Technical
Support Document for the Public Health Goal for Nickel in Drinking
Water
Follow this link to download the Technical
Support Document for the Public Health Goal for Uranium in Drinking
Water
Follow this link to download a
copy of this CRNR as a pdf file.
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our Webmistress
Last Updated August 17, 2001
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