CALIFORNIA REGULATORY NOTICE REGISTER 2020, VOLUME NUMBER 5-Z 
tions to the attention of Kristine Brothers at the address 
indicated above. The Board will accept written com-
ments on the modified regulations for 15 days after the 
date on which they are made available. 
AVAILABILITY OF THE FINAL 
STATEMENT OF REASONS 
Upon its comple tion, copies of the Final Statement of 
Reasons may be obtained by contacting Alex Dodge at 
the above address. 
AVAILABILITY OF 
DOCUMENTS ON THE INTERNET 
Copies of the Notice of Proposed Action, the Initial 
Statement of Reasons, and the text of the regulations in underline and strikeout can be accessed through our website at: https://www.acupuncture.ca.gov/about_us/ 
dpopp.shtml. 
TITLE 27. OFFICE OF 
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 
HAZARD ASSESSMENT 
SAFE DRINKING WATER AND TOXIC 
ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 1986 
PROPOSITION 65 
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE 6 
CLEAR AND REASONABLE WARNINGS 
AMENDMENTS TO 
SECTIONS 25602, 25607, 25607.1, AND 25607.3 
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Office of En-
vironmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) pro-
poses to amend Title 27, California Code of Regula-tions, sections 25602, 25607, 25607.1, and 25607.3 to clarify certain provisions of the regulations addressing consumer product exposure warnings, specific product, 
chemical and area exposure warnings, food exposure warnings, and alcoholic beverage exposure warnings.
1 
OEHHA adopted the new Article 6 of Title 27, Califor-
nia Code of Regulations, Section 25600 et seq. in Au-
gust 2016 and has since adopted several amendments to 
the regulations to clarify and make specific certain pro-
visions of Article 6. This rulemaking proposes addi-
1 All further references are to sections of Title 27, Cal. Code of 
Regs., unless indicated otherwise. tional clarifying changes to Section 25602(a), (a)(2), 
(b) and (c), Section 25607(a)−(d), Section 25607.1(a) 
and Section 25607.3(a), (a)(1)−(4) and (b). 
PUBLIC PROCEEDINGS 
In order to be considered, OEHHA must receive 
comments on or before Mar ch 16, 2020, the designat-
ed close of the written comment period. All comments will be posted on the OEHHA website at the close of the 
public comment period. 
Comments may be submitted electronically through 
our website at https://oehha.ca.gov/comments . In the 
alternative, comments can be mailed or delivered in person to the address below. 
Monet Vela Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment 1001 I Street, 23rd Floor 
P. O. Box 4010 
Sacramento, California 95812−4010 Telephone: 916−323−2517 
OEHHA is subject to the California Public Records 
Act and other laws that require the release of certain in-formation upon request. If you provide comments, please be aware that your name, address and e−mail 
may be available to third parties. 
A public hearing on these proposed regulatory 
amendments will only be scheduled upon request. To request a hearing, send an e−mail to Monet Vela at 
monet.vela@oehha.ca.gov  or to the address listed 
above by no later than March 2, 2020. If such a request 
is made, OEHHA will mail a notice of the hearing to the 
requester and interested parties on the Proposition 65 
mailing list for regulatory public hearings, and the no-tice will be posted on OEHHA’s website at least ten days before the public hearing date. The notice will pro-
vide the date, time, and location of the hearing. 
CONTACT 
Please direct inquiries concerning the proposed regu-
latory action described in this notice to Monet Vela at (916) 323−2517, or by e−mail to monet.vela@oehha. 
ca.gov. Carl DeNigris is a back−up contact person for 
inquiries concerning processing of this action and is available at (916) 322−5624 or carl.denigris@oehha. 
ca.gov. 
AUTHORITY 
Health and Safety Code section 25249.12. 
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REFERENCE 
Health and Safety Code sections 25249.6, 25249.7 
and 25249.1 1(f). 
INFORMATIVE DIGEST/POLICY STATEMENT 
OVERVIEW 
BACKGROUND 
OEHHA is the lead agency that implements Proposi-
tion 652 and has the authority to promulgate and amend 
regulations to further the purposes of the Act. The Act 
requires businesses to provide a clear and reasonable 
warning before they cause an exposure to a chemical listed as known to the state to cause cancer or reproduc-
tive toxicity.
3 The proposed amendments will clarify 
the requirements for providing safe harbor warnings for 
products sold on the internet, in catalogs, and certain provisions specific to alcoholic beverage warnings. 
These amendments track the provisions of a recently 
proposed settlement between the Attorney General’s Office and a number of retailers of alcoholic beverages, 
thus allowing any alcoholic beverage manufacturer or 
retailer to use warning methods proposed in that 
settlement. 
SPECIFIC BENEFITS OF THE 
PROPOSED REGULATIONS 
The proposed regulatory action will facilitate busi-
nesses’ compliance with the Act by providing clarify-ing changes to the regulations as they relate to specific 
consumer product exposure warnings for products sold 
over the internet or through a catalog. The changes will 
also clarify that internet warnings are required for alco-holic beverage sales and update existing provisions to 
address other methods for providing warnings for a lco-
holic beverages. These changes track the provisions of a 
recently proposed settlement between the Attorney 
General’s Office and a number of retailers of alcoholic 
beverages, thus allowing any alcoholic beverage manu-
facturer or retailer to use warning methods proposed in 
that settlement. The health and welfare of California 
residents will likely benefit by increasing the public’s 
ability to understand the warnings they receive for cer-
tain consumer products they may choose to purchase and the manner by which they receive those warnings. 
2 Health and Safety Code section 25249.5 et seq., The Safe Drink-
ing Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, commonly known 
as “Proposition 65”. Hereafter referred to as “Proposition 65” or 
“the Act”. 
3 Health and Safety Code section 25249.6. Businesses will also have more clarity concerning the 
provision of warnings for consumer products sold via 
the internet or by catalog, including alcoholic beverages. 
NO INCONSISTENCY OR INCOMPATIBILITY 
WITH EXISTING REGULATIONS 
OEHHA has conducted an evaluation and has deter-
mined that Article 6 is the only regulation concerning Proposition 65 warnings. Therefore, the proposed regu-
latory action is neither inconsistent nor incompatible with any other existing state regulations. The action 
does not change the existing warning requirements on 
businesses subject to Proposition 65 or state or local agencies, and does not address compliance with any 
other law or regulation. 
LOCAL MANDATE/FISCAL IMPACT 
Because Proposition 65 by its terms
4 does not apply 
to local agencies or school districts, OEHHA has deter-
mined the proposed regulatory action does not impose a 
mandate on local agencies or school districts; nor does it 
require reimbursement by the State pursuant to Part 7 
(commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of the 
Government Code. OEHHA has also determined that 
no nondiscretionary costs or savings to local agencies or school districts will result from the proposed regula-
tory action, nor will there be any costs or savings to the 
state or in federal funding to the state be cause of the pro-
posed regulatory action. 
EFFECT ON HOUSING COSTS 
OEHHA has initially determined that the proposed 
regulatory action will have no effect on housing costs 
because it does not impose any significant new require-
ments on any business. 
SIGNIFICANT STATEWIDE ADVERSE 
ECONOMIC IMPACT DIRECTLY AFFECTING 
BUSINESS, INCLUDING ABILITY TO COMPETE 
The proposed regulatory action clarifies existing reg-
ulations for safe−harbor warning methods for products 
sold on the internet and through catalogs, and provides 
more clarity regarding warning methods for alcoholic beverages, including those sold on the internet or deliv-
ered to consumers. The proposed action does not im-pose any significant new requirements on those busi-nesses. OEHHA has therefore made an initial determi-
nation that the adoption of this action will not have a 
4 See Health and Safety Code section 25249.11(b). 
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significant statewide adverse economic impact directly 
affecting businesses, including the ability of California 
businesses to compete with businesses in other states. 
RESULTS OF ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS 
(Gov. Code section 11346.3(b)) 
OEHHA finds there will be no economic impact re-
lated to clarifying the safe−harbor warning methods for 
products sold on the internet and through catalogs, in-cluding warning methods for alcoholic beverages. The amendments do not impose any new costs because they 
simply clarify these safe−harbor warning methods. The action would not alter the requirement to provide a warning under the Act; it simply modifies non− 
mandatory safe harbor provisions in the existing 
regulations. 
Creation or Elimination of Jobs within the State of 
California 
The proposed regulatory action will not affect the 
creation or elimination of jobs within California. The action provides clarity and specificity to the existing 
safe harbor warning methods for internet and catalog 
sales, including the sale of alcoholic beverages. It does not alter the requirement to provide a warning under the 
Act. 
Creation of New Businesses or Elimination of 
Existing Businesses within the State of California 
The proposed regulatory action will not affect the 
creation of new businesses or the elimination of exist-ing businesses within California. The action provides 
clarification and specificity to the existing safe harbor 
warning methods for internet and catalog sales, includ-ing the sale of alcoholic beverages. 
The Expansion of Businesses Currently Doing 
Business within the State 
OEHHA does not anticipate any major impact on the 
expansion of businesses currently doing business with-in the state. The action provides clarification and speci-ficity to the existing safe harbor warning methods for internet and catalog sales, including the sale of alco-
holic beverages. 
Benefits of the Pr oposed Regulation 
Affected businesses will likely benefit from the pro-
posed regulatory action because the amendments pro-
vide guidance concerning the manner in which safe− harbor warnings are provided for consumer products 
sold via the internet or by catalog. For alcoholic bever-
ages, the amendments provide clarity concerning when 
and how to provide the safe−harbor warning to the pur-
chaser or delivery recipient during internet sales of such products and prior to consumption, and track the provi-
sions of a recently proposed settlement between the At-
torney General’s Of fice and a number of retailers of al-
coholic beverages. The health and welfare of California 
residents will likely benefit by increasing the public’s 
ability to receive timely warnings for certain consumer 
products, particularly alcoholic beverages, that they purchase via the internet or by catalog, including alco-
holic beverages delivered to the consumer. 
COST IMPACTS ON REPRESENTATIVE 
PERSON OR BUSINESS 
OEHHA is not aware of any cost impacts that a repre-
sentative private person or business would necessarily 
incur in reasonable compliance with the proposed regu-
latory action. The action does not impose any new re-
quirements upon private persons or businesses; it sim-
ply clarifies existing provisions of the regulations. 
EFFECT ON SMALL BUSINESSES 
The proposed regulatory action will not adversely af-
fect very small businesses because Proposition 65 is limited by its terms to businesses with 10 or more employees.
5 
CONSIDERATION OF ALTERNATIVES 
Pursuant to Government Code section 
11346.5(a)(13), OEHHA must determine that no rea-sonable alternative considered by OEHHA, or that has 
otherwise been identified and brought to the attention of 
OEHHA, would be more effective in carrying out the 
purpose for which Proposition 65 is proposed, would be 
as effective and less burdensome to af fected private per-
sons than the proposed action, or would be more cost− effective to affected private persons and equally effec-tive in implementing the statutory policy or other provi-
sion of law. 
AVAILABILITY OF STATEMENT OF REASONS 
AND TEXT OF PROPOSED REGULATIONS 
OEHHA has prepared and has available for public re-
view an Initial Statement of Reasons for the proposed amendments to the regulations, all the information up-
on which the amendments are based, and the text of the proposed amendments. These documents are available 
on OEHHA’s website at www .oehha.ca.gov . 
5 Health and Safety Code section 25249.11(b). 
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AVAILABILITY OF CHANGED OR 
MODIFIED TEXT 
The full text of any amendment to the regulations that 
is changed or modified from the express terms of this 
proposed action will be made available at least 15 days 
prior to the date on which OEHHA adopts the resulting 
regulation. Notice of the comment period on the revised 
proposed regulatory amendments and the full text will be sent to individuals whose comments were received 
by OEHHA during the public comment period, individ-uals who testified or submitted oral or written com-ments at a public hearing if one is held, and anyone who 
requests notification from OEHHA of the availability of such changes. Copies of the notice and the changes to the proposed amendments will also be available on the OEHHA website at www .oehha.ca.gov . 
AVAILABILITY OF THE FINAL 
STATEMENT OF REASONS 
A copy of the Final Statement of Reasons may be ob -
tained, when it becomes available, from Monet Vela at 
the e−mail or telephone number indicated above. The Final Statement of Reasons will also be available on 
OEHHA’s website at www .oehha.ca.gov. 
GENERAL PUBLIC INTEREST 
OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL 
HEALTH HAZARD ASSESSMENT 
ANNOUNCEMENT OF AVAILABILITY OF A 
DRAFT TECHNICAL SUPPORT DOCUMENT 
AND PUBLIC WORKSHOP FOR PROPOSED 
PUBLIC HEALTH GOALS FOR HALOACETIC 
ACIDS IN DRINKING WATER 
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assess-
ment (OEHHA) of the California Environmental Pro-tection Agency is announcing the release of a draft doc-
ument for public review describing proposed Public 
Health Goals (PHGs) for the five regulated haloacetic 
acids (HAAs) found in drinking water as a result of dis-
infection methods: monochloroacetic acid (MCA), 
dichloroacetic acid (DCA), trichloroacetic acid (TCA), monobromoacetic acid (MBA), and dibromoacetic acid 
(DBA). 
A PHG is the level of a drinking water contaminant at 
which adverse health effects are not expected to occur from a lifetime of exposure. The California Safe Drink-ing Water Act of 1996
1 requires OEHHA to develop 
PHGs based exclusively on public health considera-tions.
2 PHGs published by OEHHA are considered by 
the State Water Resources Control Board in setting 
drinking water standards (Maximum Contaminant Lev-
els, or MCLs) for California.3 
The technical support document, posted on the 
OEHHA website (https://oehha.ca.gov/water), presents the scientific information available on the 
toxicity of the HAAs and the calculation of the pro-posed PHGs. The proposed PHGs of 0.2 parts per bil-lion (ppb) for DCA, 0.1 ppb for TCA, and 0.03 ppb for 
DBA are based on carcinogenicity and are set at a level of risk of one additional cancer case per one million per-sons exposed over a 70−year lifetime. The proposed 
PHGs of 53 ppb for MCA and 25 ppb for MBA are 
based on noncancer health effects. The draft document also presents health−protective drinking water concen-trations for noncancer health effects for DCA, TCA, 
and DBA. 
The public comment period for the draft document 
begins January 31, 2020 and ends April 1, 2020. The 
public is encouraged to submit written comments via 
OEHHA’s website, rather than in paper form. Com-
ments may be submitted electronically through the fol-
lowing link: https://oehha.ca.gov/comments. 
Hard−copy comments may be mailed, faxed, or 
hand−delivered to the address below. Any written com-
ments concerning this draft PHG document, regardless of the form or method of transmission, must be received 
by the PHG program by April 1, 2020 to be considered. 
The Office will hold a public workshop on March 26, 
2020 at the California Environmental Protection Agen-
cy Headquarters Building, 1001 I Street, Sacramento, California, 95814, Sierra Hearing Room, from 1:00 
p.m.to 3:00 p.m., or until business is concluded, which-
ever occurs first. The workshop will be webcast, which can be accessed on the day of the workshop at 
https://video.calepa.ca.gov . 
Pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 57003, 
the workshop is provided to enable a dialogue between OEHHA scientists and the public to discuss the scientif-
ic basis of the proposed PHGs, and to receive com-
ments. After the closure of the comment period, OEHHA will submit the draft risk assessment for exter-
nal scientific peer review.
4 
Following the workshop, public comment period and 
external scientific peer review, OEHHA will evaluate all the comments received, revise the document as ap-
propriate, and make it available for an additional 
1 Codified at Health and Safety Code, section 116270 et seq. 
2 Health and Safety Code, section 116365(c). 
3 Health and Safety Code, section 116365(a) and (b). 
4 Health and Safety Code section 116365(c)(3)(D). 
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