SCIENTIFIC REVIEW PANEL ON TOXIC AIR CONTAMINANTS

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING

The Scientific Review Panel (SRP) on Toxic Air Contaminants, established pursuant toState of California Health and Safety Code Section 39670, will hold a public meeting at the time and place set forth below:


DATE:
TIME:
LOCATION:		   Thursday & Friday, September 16-17, 1999
9:30 a.m., September 16; 8:30 a.m., September 17
South San Francisco Conference Center
255 South Airport Boulevard
South San Francisco, CA 94080 (650) 877-8787

THE AGENDA ITEMS LISTED BELOW MAY BE CONSIDERED IN A DIFFERENT
ORDER OR DAY AT THIS MEETING


AGENDA

Thursday, September 16, 9:30 a.m.

1.  

Review report and consideration of Findings on: The Evaluation of Methyl Parathion
as a Toxic Air Contaminant

* SRP and Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) staff

2.  

Update of projected schedule for pesticides to be reviewed by the SRP

* DPR staff

3.  

SRP Workshop: Pesticides in the Air
Part A: Prioritization of pesticide toxic air contaminant candidates

1) Reassessment of adult and child tolerance for pesticidal residue in food

* Luis Suguiyama, US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.

2) Pesticidal toxic air contaminant candidates

* DPR staff

4.  

Continuation of consideration of draft report: Air Toxics Hot Spots Program Risk Assessment Guidelines, Part III. Technical Support Document for Determination of Noncancer Chronic Reference Exposure Levels

Response to public comments

* Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) staff

Response to 39 chemicals discussed at the June 1999 SRP Meeting (Table 8 in draft report)

* SRP

5.  

Petition for reconsideration of diesel particulate as a toxic air contaminant

(informational update of the Air Resources Board's recent denial of a petition for reconsideration)

* John Froines, Chairman, SRP

Friday, September 17, 8:30 a.m.

6.  

SRP Workshop: Pesticides in the Air

Part B: Air monitoring for pesticides

1) Current monitoring requests and protocols

* Air Resources Board (ARB) and DPR staff

2) Changes to the current practice being considered

* ARB and DPR staff

3) Update on 1999 monitoring projects

* ARB staff

4) Scientific issues in the design of an air pollution sampling strategy

* Bob Spear, Ph.D., UC Berkeley

5) Sampling of multiple pesticides

* Mike Majewski, Ph.D., United States Geological Survey

6) Case study of multiple sampling: Cotton

* DPR staff

INFORMATION

The Scientific Review Panel (SRP/Panel) is charged with evaluating the risk assessments of substances proposed for identification as toxic air contaminants by the Air Resources Board (ARB) and the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR). In carrying out this responsibility, the SRP reviews the exposure and health assessment reports and underlying scientific data upon which the reports are based, which are prepared by the ARB, DPR, and the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) pursuant to Health and Safety Code Sections 39660-39661 and Food and Agriculture 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. The SRP welcomes written comments or submissions from all parties regarding a report. To assure adequate review, the SRP does not accept written or oral comments from the public at its meetings; comments and submissions should be submitted to the ARB pursuant to the requirements specified in the notice of availability of a report for public review. These submissions are received and carefully reviewed and considered by the Panel members prior to the public meeting. For further information on the meeting or how to submit comments, please contact:

Bill Lockett c/o Peter Mathews
Air Resources Board
2020 L Street
P. O. Box 2815
Sacramento, California 95812
Telephone: (916) 323-8711 TDD: (916) 324-9531
e-mail: wlockett@arb.ca.gov - or - pmathews@arb.ca.gov
Fax: (916) 327-1497

This facility is accessible to persons with disabilities. If accommodation is needed, please contact Peter Mathews at (916) 323-8711 or TDD (916) 324-9531 or (800) 700-8326 for TDD calls from outside the Sacramento area, by September 9, 1999