OEHHA Withdraws Amendment Proposal on Calculating “Safe Harbor” Levels

California EPA’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) recently announced that it is withdrawing a regulatory proposal to amend several provisions of the Proposition 65 (Prop. 65) implementing regulations that establish procedures for calculating “safe harbor” levels for listed chemicals. The public comment period on the proposal closed May 28, 2010. According to OEHHA, “significant changes will be made to the proposal,” thus it is being withdrawn. Chemicals on the Prop. 65 list are those known to the state to cause cancer or pose reproductive health risks. Manufacturers of products containing these chemicals must provide notice to consumers or risk the imposition of penalties.