AB 597, as introduced, Dahle. Hazardous materials: chemicals of concern.
Existing law requires the Department of Toxic Substances Control to adopt regulations to establish a process to identify and prioritize chemicals or chemical ingredients in consumer products, to establish a process for evaluating chemicals of concern in consumer products and their potential alternatives for the purposes of limiting exposure or to reduce the level of hazard posed by chemicals of concern, and a range of regulatory responses that the department may take following the evaluation.
This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 25252 of the Health and Safety Code is
2amended to read:
(a) begin deleteOn or before January 1, 2011, the end deletebegin insertThe end insertdepartment
4shall adopt regulations to establish a process to identify and
P2 1prioritize those chemicals or chemical ingredients in consumer
2products that may be considered as being a chemical of concern,
3in accordance with the review process specified in Section 25252.5.
4The department shall adopt these regulations in consultation with
5the office and all appropriate state agencies and after conducting
6one or more public workshops for which the department provides
7public notice and provides an opportunity for all interested parties
8to comment. The regulations adopted pursuant to this section shall
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establish an identification and prioritization process that includes,
10but is not limited to, all of the following considerations:
11(1) The volume of the chemical in commerce in this state.
12(2) The potential for exposure to the chemical in a consumer
13product.
14(3) Potential effects on sensitive subpopulations, including
15infants and children.
16(b) (1) In adopting regulations pursuant to this section, the
17department shall develop criteria by which chemicals and their
18alternatives may be evaluated. These criteria shall include, but not
19be limited to, the traits, characteristics, and endpoints that are
20included in the clearinghouse data pursuant to Section 25256.1.
21(2) In
adopting regulations pursuant to this section, the
22department shall reference and use, to the maximum extent feasible,
23available information from other nations, governments, and
24authoritative bodies that have undertaken similar chemical
25prioritization processes, so as to leverage the work and costs
26already incurred by those entities and to minimize costs and
27maximize benefits for the state’s economy.
28(3) Paragraph (2) does not require the department, when
29adopting regulations pursuant to this section, to reference and use
30only the available information specified in paragraph (2).
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