The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has proposed two changes in its regulations regarding the contents of the Notices of Violation. The first change is being made to section 25903(b)(2)(E), concerning occupational exposures. Such notices are to contain specific language required by the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations in Title 8, Section 338(b) of the California Code of Regulations; the current version does not cross-reference this section.
The regulations currently require any Notice of Violation to include a copy of an Appendix A which alerts the target of the notice to the substance of Prop. 65. The option to cure these violations without further liability was added by legislation intended to end the practice of targeting small businesses that are unaware of their potential Prop. 65 liability in order to extract a quick monetary settlement (i.e., drive-by litigation). Instead of placing this compliance procedure with the more general information in Appendix A, OEHHA is proposing to move the language to a new Appendix B. This change is applicable to those situations that are subject to the legislation (a) alcoholic beverages consumed on premises; (b) food or beverages prepared and sold for immediate consumption; (c) non-employee tobacco smoke on premises where smoking is permitted; or (d) engine exhaust at a facility primarily intended for parking noncommercial vehicles. There are remedial measures that are also required under each scenario.
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