Proposed Identification of Environmental Tobacco Smoke as a TAC

This page last reviewed February 04, 2010

RULEMAKING TO CONSIDER PROPOSED IDENTIFICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE AS A TOXIC AIR CONTAMINANT (JANUARY 26, 2006)

Public Comments Received

OAL approved the rulemaking and filed it with the Secretary of State on January 9, 2007. The regulation will become effective on February 8, 2007.

• Final Regulation Order as approved by OAL (PDF - 8K)

Posted December 12, 2006

The Final Rulemaking Package was filed with OAL on December 4, 2006. OAL has until January 18, 2007 to make a determination.

• Final Regulation Order See Revised Above
  
  
• Final Statement of Reasons (PDF - 59K)
  
  
• Notice of Decision and Response to Significant Environmental Issues (PDF - 4K)
  
  
• Updated Informative Digest (PDF - 11K)

A business or person submitting a comment to a proposed regulation or proposed amendment or repeal of a regulation or any person who specifically request it has the right to request a copy of the Final Statement of Reasons (FSOR). Upon its completion, the Final Statement of Reasons (FSOR) will be available and copies may be requested from the agency contact persons, or may be obtained in electronic form from this web page.

Resolution 06-1 (PDF- 25K)

Notice of Public Hearing (PDF- 15K)

Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF- 4MB)

Appendix I: Proposed Regulation Order (PDF- 11K)
Appendix II: Findings of the Scientific Review Panel (PDF- 239K)
Appendix III: Proposed Identificaiton of Environmental Tobacco Smoke as a Toxic Air Contaminant - as approved by the Scientific Review Panel on June 24, 2005

• Executive Summary (PDF- 1MB)
• Part A ~ Exposure Assessment (PDF- 4MB)
• Part B ~ Health Effects (PDF- 4MB)
• Part C ~ Public Comments and ARB/OEHHA Staff Responses (PDF- 49MB)

Rulemaking Activity for 2006