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The Scientific Review Panel on Toxic Air Contaminants (Panel), established pursuant to California Health and Safety Code section 39670, will hold a public meeting on Feb 13, 2025, as detailed below. The meeting will be held in a “hybrid” approach where attendees can join the meeting at the in-person location provided below, or virtually through a web-based teleconferencing service called Zoom. The meeting date, time, and in-person location are:
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Date: Thursday, February 13, 2025 (Hybrid)
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Location: California Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters
Room 550, Fifth Floor
1001 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Webinar link: Zoom Webinar
Event Page: More Information
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NOTE: Those interested in submitting written comments, please submit your comments on item 2 using this link (Docket).
The panel will also accept oral comments on Item 2. Those interested in providing oral comments, please register in advance of the meeting to attend using the link above or join the meeting in person at the location specified above.
Agenda
- Welcome and Introductions
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Review of 1,4-Dichlorobenzene Reference Exposure Levels (RELs) – Technical Support Document for Noncancer Reference Exposure Levels.
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) staff will present a draft document summarizing an update and development of reference exposure levels (RELs) for 1,4-Dichlorobenzene to the Scientific Review Panel on Toxic Air Contaminants. RELs are airborne concentrations of a chemical that are not anticipated to result in adverse non-cancer health effects for specified exposure durations in the general population, including sensitive subpopulations. OEHHA is required to develop guidelines for conducting health risk assessments under the Air Toxics Hot Spots Program (Health and Safety Code Section 44360 (b)(2)). In response to this statutory requirement, OEHHA developed draft RELs for 1,4-Dichlorobenzene. Workshops and comment period for the document were offered from November 2024 through January 2025. More information regarding the Document is available.
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Consideration of administrative matters.
The panel may discuss various administrative matters and scheduling of future meetings.
The agenda items listed above may be considered in a different order at the meeting.
Information About The Scientific Review Panel
The Scientific Review Panel (Panel) is charged with evaluating the risk assessments of substances proposed for identification as toxic air contaminants by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) and the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), and the review of risk assessment guidelines prepared by OEHHA. In carrying out this responsibility, the panel reviews the exposure and health assessment reports, and the underlying scientific data on which the reports are based, which are prepared by CARB, DPR, and OEHHA pursuant to Health and Safety Code sections 39660-39661, 39669.5 and 44360, and Food and Agricultural Code sections 14022-14023. These reports are prepared for the purpose of determining whether a substance or pesticide should be identified as a toxic air contaminant, or as guidelines to be used in preparing health risk assessments. The panel is also to be consulted in the implementation of Assembly Bill 617 (H&SC sections 42705.5(b) and 44391.2; Chapter 136, Statutes of 2017).
The panel welcomes written comments or submissions from all parties regarding reports that are under review. Although written comments are accepted up to the day of a scheduled meeting, to assure adequate review the panel requests that written comments and information be submitted to the docket as early as possible prior to a scheduled meeting.
Transcripts to previously held Panel meetings and other information about the panel can be found through the CARB website.
Contact
For further information regarding the content of the meeting agenda, please contact:
Dr. Hnin Hnin Aung, Panel Liaison, California Air Resources Board, 1001 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814; Telephone: 279-208-7565; E-mail: SRP@arb.ca.gov.
Special accommodation or language needs may be provided for the following: an interpreter to be available at the hearing; or this document made available in an alternate format or another language.
To request a special accommodation or language need, please contact Dr. Hnin Hnin Aung at (279) 208-7565 (SRP@arb.ca.gov) as soon as possible, but no later than 10 business days before the scheduled meeting.
TTY/TDD/Speech to Speech users may dial 711 for the California Relay Service.
Solicitud De Acomodación Especial
Si usted requiere acomodación especial o requiere de un intérprete para la audiencia, o documentos disponibles en un formato alterno u otro idioma, favor de contactar Dr. Hnin Hnin Aung al (279) 208-7565 (SRP@arb.ca.gov) lo más pronto posible, pero no menos de 10 días de trabajo antes de la reunión programada.
TTY/TDD/Personas que necesiten este servicio pueden marcar el 711 para el Servicio de Retransmisión de Mensajes de California.
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