Notice to Interested Parties

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) of the California Environmental Protection Agency is making available for review and comment the final draft report, “Development of Health Criteria for School Site Risk Assessment Pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 901(g): PROPOSED CHILD-SPECIFIC REFERENCE DOSE (chRD) FOR SCHOOL SITE RISK ASSESSMENT, Atrazine and Deltamethrin.” The final draft can be downloaded from the OEHHA website at www.oehha.ca.gov. HSC Section 901(g) requires OEHHA to annually evaluate and publish, as appropriate, numerical health guidance values (HGVs) or chRDs for those chemicals that would be encountered at school sites and adversely impact school children. ChRDs for the aforementioned chemicals are being considered at this time.
This final public review and comment period follows the requirements set forth in Health and Safety Code Section 57003 for receiving public input. OEHHA has evaluated comments from external peer review and other interested parties in developing the final draft document. OEHHA requests that comments on this final draft report be delivered to OEHHA by 5:00 p.m. August 17, 2007.

If you would like to receive further information on this announcement or have questions, please contact our office at (916) 324-2829 or the address below. Written requests or comments should be addressed to:

Mr. Leon Surgeon
Integrated Risk Assessment Section
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
P.O. Box 4010
1001 I Street
Sacramento, California 95812-4010
FAX: (916) 322-9705

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