You can comment on California's Green Chemistry Initiative

Posted on Mar 8, 2010 | Comments (0)

Are you ready for March Madness? No, we're not talking about college basketball. Over the next couple of weeks there are a mad number of opportunities to learn about and provide input to California's Green Chemistry Initiative.

California's Department of Toxics Substances Control, the agency responsible for implementing the bulk of the AB 1879, California's Safer Alternatives legislation, recently released a flowchart representing their vision for regulations to accelerate the quest for safer products.

There will be two Green Ribbon Science Panel video conferences (March 11 and 15), a public workshop (March 16) and two California legislative oversight hearings (March 17 and 18) to discuss the flow chart and review the progress of the regulations.

If you haven't gotten your green chemistry fill with those offerings, OEHHA will supply the scientists in the audience with another two-day workshop on the Toxics Information Clearinghouse.

Got your calendar ready? The workshops and hearings in chronological order are:

• March 11, 11a-1p PST: Green Ribbon Science Panel Teleconference on the Regulations for Safer Products Conceptual Flow
• March 15, 11a-2p PST: Green Ribbon Science Panel Teleconference on the Regulations for Safer Products Conceptual Flow (Repeat)
• March 15-16: Workshop on California's Toxics Information Clearinghouse (Sacramento)
• March 16, 1:30p-4p PST: Public Workshop on the Regulations for Safer Products Conceptual Flow (Sacramento)
• March 17, 9:30a PST: Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee Hearing - Oversight of the implementation of the California Green Chemistry Initiative (California State Capitol, Room 126, Sacramento). Let's pack the room! Join CHANGE at this hearing - RSVP here.
• March 18, 9:30a PST: Senate joint committee hearing with Environmental Quality and Budget and Fiscal Review on oversight of the implementation of the California Green Chemistry Initiative (California State Capitol, Room 2040, Sacramento)