Section 14023 Of Article 1.5. Pesticides From California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 7. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 1.5.
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. (a) Upon completion of the evaluation conducted pursuant to
Section 14022, the director shall, in consultation and with the
participation of the Office of Environmental Health Hazard
Assessment, prepare a report on the health effects of the pesticide
that may be determined to be a toxic air contaminant that poses a
present or potential hazard to human health due to airborne emission
from its use. The report shall assess the availability and quality of
data on health effects, including potency, mode of action, and other
relevant biological factors, of the substance. The report shall also
contain an estimate of the levels of exposure that may cause or
contribute to adverse health effects and, in the case where there is
no threshold of significant adverse health effects, the range of risk
to humans, resulting from current or anticipated exposure. The
report shall include the findings of the Office of Environmental
Health Hazard Assessment. The report shall be made available to the
public, subject to subdivision (d) of Section 14022.
(b) The report prepared pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be
formally reviewed by the scientific review panel established
according to Section 39670 of the Health and Safety Code. The
director shall also make available the data deemed necessary to the
scientific review panel, according to departmental procedures
established to ensure confidentiality of proprietary information. The
panel shall review, as appropriate, the scientific data on which the
report is based, the scientific procedures and methods used to
support the data, and the conclusions and assessments on which the
report is based. The panel shall submit its written findings to the
director within 45 days after receiving the report, but it may
petition the director for an extension of the deadline, which may not
exceed 15 working days.
(c) If the scientific review panel determines that the health
effects report is seriously deficient, the report shall be returned
to the director who shall revise and resubmit the report, within 30
days following receipt of the panel's determination, to the panel
before development of emission control measures.
(d) Within 10 working days following receipt of the findings of
the scientific review panel pursuant to subdivision (b), the director
shall prepare a hearing notice and a proposed regulation that shall
include the proposed determination as to whether a pesticide is a
toxic air contaminant. After conducting a public hearing pursuant to
Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3
of Title 2 of the Government Code, the director shall list, by
regulation, pesticides determined to be toxic air contaminants.
(e) The director shall determine, in consultation with the Office
of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, the State Air Resources
Board, and the air pollution control districts or air quality
management districts in the affected counties, the need for and
appropriate degree of control measures for each pesticide listed as a
toxic air contaminant pursuant to subdivision (d). Any person may
submit written information for consideration by the director in
making determinations on control measures. The director's written
determination and any formal written comments made by the consulting
agencies shall be made available to the public.
(f) For each pesticide identified by the director as a toxic air
contaminant based on its listing as a hazardous air pollutant
pursuant to Section 7412 of Title 42 of the United States Code for
which a risk assessment has been completed, the director, in
consultation with the Office of Environmental Health Hazard
Assessment, the State Air Resources Board, and the air pollution
control or air quality management districts in the affected counties,
shall determine the need for and appropriate degree of control
measures. Any person may submit written information for consideration
by the director in making determinations on control measures. The
director's written determination and any formal written comments made
by the consulting agencies shall be made available to the public.