BILL NUMBER: SB 973	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Simitian

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2007

   An act to add Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 105490) to Part
5 of Division 103 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to public
health.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 973, as introduced, Simitian. Chemicals of concern.
   Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health, in
collaboration with the California Environmental Protection Agency to
establish the California Environmental Contaminant Biomonitoring
Program to monitor the presence and concentration of designated
chemicals, as defined, in Californians.
   This bill would require the Director of Toxic Substances Control,
by March 1, 2008, to compile a list of chemicals of concern, which
would be defined as substances for which the Canadian Minister of the
Environment has made a specified recommendation, on or before
January 1, 2007, pursuant to the Canadian Environmental Protection
Act, 1999, and to post this list on the Internet Web site of the
Department of Toxic Substances Control.
   The bill would require a manufacturer or distributor of a chemical
identified on the posted list who sells or uses that chemical in
this state to provide the department, by September 1, 2008,
information determined by the department regarding the sale and use
of that listed chemical by that manufacturer or distributor in this
state.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 105490) is added to
Part 5 of Division 103 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 10.  CHEMICALS OF CONCERN


   105490.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
   (a) Under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, both
the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Health are
responsible for developing a list of substances that are required to
be assessed in a timely manner to determine if they are toxic or
capable of becoming toxic.
   (b) Beginning in 1999, the Government of Canada set a goal to
review a list of 23,000 chemical substances to determine if a
specific substance posed a hazard to human health or the environment.

   (c) In September 2006, the Government of Canada issued a notice
that the review was completed and published a list of substances
identified as potentially posing hazards to human health or the
environment known as the Priority Substances List.
   For purposes of this chapter, "chemicals of concern" means a
substance for which the Canadian Minister of the Environment has
recommended, on or before January 1, 2007, the implementation of
virtual elimination, as specified in paragraph (c) of subsection (2)
of Section 77 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999.
   105492.  (a) On or before March 1, 2008, the Director of Toxic
Substances Control shall compile a list of the chemicals of concern.
The director shall post the list on the Internet Web site of the
Department of Toxic Substances Control.
   (b) On or before September 1, 2008, a manufacturer or distributor
of a chemical listed pursuant to subdivision (a) who sells or uses
that chemical in this state shall provide the Department of Toxic
Substances Control information determined by the Department of Toxic
Substances Control regarding the sale and use of that listed chemical
by that manufacturer or distributor in this state.