§ 39661
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(1)Upon receipt of the evaluation and recommendations prepared pursuant to Section 39660, the state board, in consultation with, and with the participation of, the office, shall prepare a report in a form that may serve as the basis for regulatory action regarding a particular substance pursuant to subdivisions
(b)and
(c)of Section 39662.
(2)The report shall include and be developed in consideration of the evaluation and recommendations of the office.
(b)The report, together with the scientific data on which the report is based, shall, with the exception of trade secrets, be made available to the public and shall be formally reviewed by the scientific review panel established pursuant to Section 39670. The panel shall review the scientific procedures and methods used to support the data, the data itself, and the conclusions and assessments on which the report is based. Any person may submit any information for consideration by the panel, which may, at its discretion, receive oral testimony. The panel shall submit its written findings to the state board within 45 days after receiving the report. The panel may, however, petition the state board 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 not based upon sound scientific knowledge, methods, or practices, the report shall be returned to the state board, and the state board, in consultation with, and with the participation of, the office, shall prepare revisions to the report, which shall be resubmitted within 30 days following receipt of the panel’s determination to the scientific review panel, which shall review the report in conformance with subdivision
(b)prior to a formal proposal by the state board pursuant to Section 39662.