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TIME: 9:00 am
DATE: February 28, 2008
LOCATION:
Air Resources Board
California Environmental Protection Agency
Byron Sher Auditorium and Sierra Hearing Room
1001 I Street, 2nd Floor
Sacramento, California 95814.
Tel: (916) 323-8711

AGENDA

1.	Joint meeting with the Air Resources Board

The Scientific Review Panel will brief the Air Resources Board
(ARB) on the Panel’s past and ongoing activities in the air
toxics program.  The Panel will then continue with its regularly
scheduled meeting in the Sierra Hearing Room.

2.	Continuation of the Panel’s review of the draft report,
“Endosulfan Risk Characterization Document” (revised, February
2008)

The Panel will continue its review, begun in September and
continued in December, of a draft report by the Department of
Pesticide Regulation (DPR) proposing to identify endosulfan as a
toxic air contaminant. Endosulfan is a broad-spectrum,
non-systemic insecticide and acaricide used to control insects
in a wide variety of vegetables, fruits, grains, cotton, and
tea, as well as ornamental shrubs, vines, and trees. Once the
report is approved, the Panel will discuss its findings to be
submitted to the DPR Director. 
http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/empm/pubs/tac/draftrcd.htm

3.	Review of draft report “Air Toxics Hot Spots Program
Technical Support Document for the Derivation of Noncancer
Reference Exposure Levels” (November, 2007)

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)
will present a report describing the methodology for developing
acute, 8-hour, and reference exposure levels (RELs) used in
non-cancer risk assessments.  Pursuant to Health and Safety Code
section 44360(b)(2), OEHHA must develop health risk assessment
guidelines under the Air Toxics Hot Spots Program.  This report
replaces and updates previous acute and chronic Technical
Support Documents and addresses the mandate under the Children’s
Environmental Health Protection Act (SB 25, 1999; Health and
Safety Code sections 39669.5 et seq.) to ensure that risk
assessment methods adequately protect infants, children, and
other sensitive subpopulations.  In addition this report
contains proposed RELs for six chemicals:  acetaldehyde,
acrolein, arsenic, formaldehyde, manganese, and mercury
illustrating new guidelines and health protective levels for
these compounds.
http://www.oehha.ca.gov/air/hot_spots/crnr110207.html

4.	Continuation of the Panel workshop on setting priorities in
the toxic air contaminant identification program

ARB, DPR, and OEHHA prepare reports that evaluate the health
effects that may result from exposure to substances that are
proposed to be identified as toxic air contaminants. The
departments give priority to substances based on the risk of
harm to public health, emissions, manner of usage and exposure
to the substance, persistence in the atmosphere, and ambient
concentrations in the community (Health and Safety Code section
39660(f) and Food and Agricultural Code section 14022(e)).

Departmental staff will continue their presentations from the
previous meeting in December which describe how priorities are
presently set.  Panel members will also present information and
the full Panel will discuss all of the presentations as part of
this informational item.

5.	Consideration of administrative matters.
The Panel may discuss various administrative matters and
scheduling of future meetings.

For the full view of the Notice of Public Meeting, please go
to:

http://www.arb.ca.gov/srp/srpmeetings.htm

Questions regarding the agenda, please contact Jim Behrmann,
Liaison at jbehrman@arb.ca.gov or (916) 322-8278.

Questions regarding the site/location please contact Peter
Mathews at pmathews@arb.ca.gov or (916) 323-8711.

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