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### Quarter 2008 Progress Report January 1, 2008 – March 31, 2008 Biodegradation Supplemental En vironmental Project (SEP A)

Pursuant to Section V.l.a. of the SEP, DuPont is re quired to submit a quarterly report within thirty days after the end of each calendar-year quarter. This report which is due January 30, 2008 satisfies said requirement.

1. Description of Activities Undertaken

A. Progress Toward a Purification Procedure Agreement

EPA and DuPont met by conference call on December 06, 2007 and agreed to extend the December 31, 2007 purification method agreement deadline whereby DuPont would work on designing an air sampling method for collecting the off gas from the sparging method. DuPont agreed to work with their internal experts to devise a method for collecting the off gas. DuPont agreed to have a proposal to EPA by January 31, 2008.

On January 16, 2008, DuPont submitted a draft propo sal describing an air sampling method for collecting the off gas from the EPA proposed sparging experi ments (submission via email to Mark Garvey, 01/16/2008, 03:57 PM). EPA reviewed the draft pr oposal and responded on February 20 2008 (email from Mark Garvey 02/20/2008, 10:50 AM) with a requ est for a conference call. DuPont, MPI and EPA held a conference call on February 26, 2008 whereby the details of the draft proposal were discussed. Based on the discussions, EPA provided a path forward direction by email on March 07, 2008 (email from Mark Garvey, 03/07/2008, 01:06 PM). On March 19, 2008, as requested from the path forward direction, DuPont provided EPA a revised “Pre-e xperiment” for EPA review and comment (email from Lori Austino, 03/19/2008, 05:05 PM). As of Marc h 31, 2008, DuPont was waiting for a response from EPA to begin the work on the “pre-experiment.

New Deadline : On December 21, 2007 (email from Mark Garvey, 12/21/2007 9:31 PM), EPA provided a

an 8 th extension deadline of January 31, 2007 for which the parties much agree on an off gas monitoring method. On January 27, 2008, DuPont provided a 9 th request for extension via email to EPA (email from Lori Austino, 01/27/2008, 05:25 PM). On February 06, 2008, EPA responded (email from Mark Garvey, 02/06/2008, 7:39 PM) with a new deadline of March 07, 2008. On March 20, 2008, DuPont submitted a

10 th request for extension (email from Lori Austino, 03/20/08, 9:26 AM. On April 01, 2008, EPA responded (email from Mark Garvey 04/01/2008, 09: 09 AM) with a new deadline of June 1, 2008.

B. Panel Administrator Work Plan and DuPont Review of Work Plan

The official contract execution date for ILSI-RF and DuPont Panel Administrator Contract was January 18, 2007. ILSI-RF was required to submit their wo rk-plan to EPA within 60 days from contract

execution. On March 16, 2007, ILSI-RF submitted th eir work-plan to DuPont and to EPA. DuPont received the ILSI-RF work-plan on March 19, 2007 . Within 14 business days, on March 30, 2007, DuPont responded with comments to the ILSI-RF Panel Administrator Contract (CD-2006-38). The Panel Administrator work-plan and DuPont comments to the ILSI-RF work-plan are still currently under review by EPA.

C. Submission of 4 th Quarter 2007 Progress Report Describing Progress from October 1, 2007 to

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Page 2 of 3 Section V.I.a. of the CAFO provides that “Within thir ty days after the end of each calendar-year quarter (i.e., by April 30, July 31, October 30 and Janua ry 30) after execution of this Consent Agreement pursuant to Paragraph IX.9., respondent shall subm it in writing a quarterly report for the preceding quarter that shall include a discussion of the Re spondent’s progress in satisfying its obligations in connection with each SEP including a minimum, a narrative description of activities undertaken, compliance with the schedules or milestones set forth in the applicable appendix, and a summary of costs incurred since the previous report.”

On January 23, 2007, a 4 th Quarter 2007 progress report covering the time period from October 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007 was submitted to the EPA (CD-2006-42).

D. Biodegradation and Characterization RFPs

On December 28, 2006, EPA sent via email (see atta ched email from Ilana Saltzbart, 12/28/2006, 01:00 PM) a request for DuPont to resubmit the Biodegradation and Analytical Requests for Proposals. The resubmission included modification and incorporation of the language as it was negotiated in the Panel Administrator contracts where applicable. The dead line for this submission was set for February 01,

2007.

On January 29, 2007, the Biodegradation and Analy tical Requests for Proposals were submitted to EPA (CD-2006-34a, 34b, 35a and 35b). The Biodegradati on and Analytical Requests for Proposals remain under review by EPA.

2. Pending Deadlines and Document Reviews

A. Requests for Proposals to the EPA for Approval

The Biodegradation and Analytical Requests for Proposals remain under review by EPA.

B. Panel Administrator Contract and Work Plan Status

Both the ILSI-RF work-plan the DuPont comments are still under review with EPA.

C. Agreement on the Mabury Method of Purifica tion of the Fluorotelomer Commercial Products

The new deadline for agreement on a purification proce dure is June 1, 2008 (per email from Mark Garvey

04/01/2008, 09:09 AM).



### 3. Compliance with Schedules or Milestones

This section outlines the various requests for extensi on granted between January 1, 2008 and March 31, 2008. All deadlines in the forth quarter were met. Pending deadlines and open issues are described

below.

A. Purification Procedure

.On March 20, 2008, DuPont submitted a 10 th request for extension (email from Lori Austino, 03/20/08, 9:26 AM. On April 01, 2008, EPA responded (email from Mark Garvey 04/01/2008, 09:09 AM) with a

new deadline of June 1, 2008.

B. Panel Administrator Contract and Work PlanTSCA-HQ-2004-0016, et. al.

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Page 3 of 3 The Panel Administrator Contract Documents were approved by EPA on January 11, 2007. DuPont launched the Panel Administrator contract in the DuPont Ariba System. ILSI accepted the contract and all signed contracts were received on January 18, 2007. The official contract execution date for ILSI-RF and DuPont Panel Administrator Contract was January 18, 2007.

ILSI-RF was required to submit their work-plan to EPA within 60 days from contract execution. On March 16, 2007, ILSI-RF submitted their work-plan to DuPont and to EPA. Within 14 business days, DuPont responded on March 30, 2007 with comments to the ILSI-RF Panel Administrator Contract. The Panel Administrator work-plan and DuPont comment s to the ILSI-RF work-plan are currently under review by EPA.

C. Quarterly Progress Reports

On January 23, 2008, a first quarter 2008 progress re port covering the time period from January 1, 2008

to December 31, 2007 was submitted to the EPA (CD-2006-42). The next quarterly progress report (2Q2008) is due July 30, 2008.

D. Pending Deadline Summary

All deadlines were met in the fourth quarter of 2007. There are only two pending deadlines at this time: June 1, 2008 to reach Agreement of the Off Gas anal ysis for the Purification Method and July 30, 2008 to

submit the 2 nd Quarter 2008 Progress Report.



### 4. Summary of Costs Incurred

The cost of the SEP from January 1, 2007 to March 31, 2007 as it was accounted on cost ledger is shown

in Attachment A. The table shows the costs fro m both accounts (SEP Eligible account and the DuPont Synthesis account) and breaks the cost distribution down into salaries, overheads, travel, operating supplies and analytical costs. The 1 st quarter 2008 SEP eligible (Biodegradation Main account) costs were $33,001 and the total SEP eligible pr oject costs to date cost are $490,113.

5. Attachment

Title Number of Pages

Attachment A SEP Cost Summary for 1Q2008 1TSCA-HQ-2006-0016 et al.Attachment A - Costs1Q 2008 Progress ReportApril 14, 2008SEP Biodegradation: Synthesis Account - VZ78101073 (DuPont Funded)January February March1Q 2008Sum YTD 2008Program Costsfrom Dec 21,2005 - Dec 31,2007TotalProgramCostsSalariesChambers Works0 0 73,45673,456Barley Mill0 0 2,0292,029Travel00 00Operating Supplies0 0 7,5177,517CCAS Analytical0 0 72,80072,800RAS Analytical0 0 34,04034,040Engg 5,360 9756,335 6,335 06,335Overheads00 00Chambers Works 72 216288 288 16,26316,551Barley Mill0 0 235235TOTAL 72 5,360 1,1916,623 6,623 206,340212,963SEP Biodegradation: Main Account - VZ78911724 (SEP Eligible)January February March1Q 2008Sum YTD 2008Total Costs ofProgram as ofDec 31, 2007TotalProgramCostsSalariesChambers Works 8,296 8,289 9,88626,471 26,471 205,259231,730Barley Mill 135 152 153440 440 13,44013,880Travel0 0 1,0981,098Operating Supplies0 0 2,5442,544Exygen0 0 124,250124,250MPI Research Inc.0 42,22142,221ILSI ResearchFoundation 0 0 28,73528,735Overheads00 00Chambers Works 2,012 2,013 2,0126,037 6,037 37,97344,010Barley Mill 17 18 1853 53 1,5921,645TOTAL 10,460 10,472 12,06933,001 33,001 457,112490,113Cost Summary for SEP Program January 1, 2008 to March 31, 2008