Toxic Substances Coordinating Committee (TSCC) Agenda

Location: The physical location of the meeting will be the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS), Bernstein Building, Conference Room K-100, 1100 West 49th Street, Austin, Texas 78756.

The public meeting will be viewable and archived on the Texas Health and Human Services website: https://www.hhs.texas.gov/about-hhs/communications-events/live-archived-meetings

TEAMS videoconference https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NDQyMjM4MzMtZDFhYy00OWQxLWI4NzctNWM0ODE0M2Y2Mzdh%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%229bf97732-82b9-499b-b16a-a93e8ebd536b%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2276b8748c-4d1a-42b7-b55d-80f5a01737df%22%7d

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Telephone conference call-in information: 
+1 512-580-4366  United States, Austin, Texas 
Phone Conference ID: 781 941 894#

The Toxic Substances Coordinating Committee will meet to discuss and possibly act, as applicable and necessary, on the following agenda items, as time allows:

1. Call to order and welcome everyone
2. Approval of minutes dated December 17, 2024
3. Presenter: Dr. Nnamdi Nnoli. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The systematic review protocol and its application to the Vanadium and Vanadium Compounds Development Support Document.  
4. Subcommittee reports:
   1. Harmful Algal Bloom workgroup update
5. Agency updates on department policy and/or legislative issues:
   1. Texas Department of State Health Services
   2. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
   3. Texas Department of Agriculture
   4. Railroad Commission of Texas
   5. Texas Department of Public Safety
   6. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
6. Public comments
7. Review of upcoming 2025 meetings:
8. June 17, 2025; September 16, 2025; December 16, 2025.
9. Adjourn

Additional Information Obtained From:
Chair: Ketki Patel, Ketki.patel@dshs.texas.gov
Vice-Chair: vacant

TSCC Mission:
Our mission is to protect and promote the health of the people of Texas through the prevention and control of adverse health effects related to toxic substances and harmful physical agents. This is accomplished through interagency coordination of regulation development, health risk assessments, cooperative studies, information dissemination, and public education efforts.

Please note that this meeting is, in the opinion of counsel representing the Texas Government Code, and the Health and the Human Services Commission is providing notice of this meeting as required by Chapter 551.

This meeting is open to the public. No reservations are required, and there is no cost to attend this meeting.

Persons who wish to attend the meeting and require auxiliary aids or services should contact Ketki Patel at Ketki.patel@dshs.texas.gov at least 72 hours before the meeting so appropriate arrangements can be made.