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1st Quarter 2008 Progress Report 

January 1, 2008 – March 31, 2008 

Biodegradation Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP A)

Pursuant to Section V.l.a. of the SEP, DuPont is required 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 proposal describing an air sampling method for collecting 

the off gas from the EPA proposed sparging experiments (submission via email to Mark Garvey, 

01/16/2008, 03:57 PM). EPA reviewed the draft proposal and responded on February 20 2008 (email 

from Mark Garvey 02/20/2008, 10:50 AM) with a request 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-experiment” for EPA review and comment (email from 

Lori Austino, 03/19/2008, 05:05 PM). As of March 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 8th 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 9th 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 

10th 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 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. 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 4th Quarter 2007 Progress Report Describing Progress from October 1, 2007 to 

December 31, 2007. 
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Section V.I.a. of the CAFO provides that “Within thirty days after the end of each calendar-year quarter 

(i.e., by April 30, July 31, October 30 and January 30) after execution of this Consent Agreement 

pursuant to Paragraph IX.9., respondent shall submit in writing a quarterly report for the preceding 

quarter that shall include a discussion of the Respondent’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 4th 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 attached 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 deadline for this submission was set for February 01, 

2007. 

On January 29, 2007, the Biodegradation and Analytical Requests for Proposals were submitted to EPA 

(CD-2006-34a, 34b, 35a and 35b). The Biodegradation 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 Purification of the Fluorotelomer Commercial Products 

The new deadline for agreement on a purification procedure 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 extension 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 10th 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 Plan 
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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 comments 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 report 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 analysis for the Purification Method and July 30, 2008 to 

submit the 2nd 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 from 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 1st quarter 2008 SEP eligible (Biodegradation Main account) costs 

were $33,001 and the total SEP eligible project costs to date cost are $490,113. 

5. Attachment

 Title Number of Pages

Attachment A SEP Cost Summary for 1Q2008 1 
TSCA-HQ-2006-0016 et al. Attachment A - Costs

1Q 2008 Progress Report

SEP Biodegradation: Synthesis Account - VZ78101073 (DuPont Funded)

January February March

1Q 2008 

Sum YTD 2008

Program Costs 

from Dec 21, 

2005 - Dec 31, 

2007

Total 

Program 

Costs

Salaries 

Chambers Works 0 0 73,456 73,456

Barley Mill 0 0 2,029 2,029

Travel 00 0 0

Operating Supplies 0 0 7,517 7,517

CCAS Analytical 0 0 72,800 72,800

RAS Analytical 0 0 34,040 34,040

Engg 5,360 975 6,335 6,335 0 6,335

Overheads 00 0 0

Chambers Works 72 216 288 288 16,263 16,551Barley Mill 0 0 235 235TOTAL 72 5,360 1,191 6,623 6,623 206,340 212,963

SEP Biodegradation: Main Account - VZ78911724 (SEP Eligible)

January February March

1Q 2008 

Sum YTD 2008

Total Costs of 

Program as of 

Dec 31, 2007

Total 

Program 

Costs

Salaries 

Chambers Works 8,296 8,289 9,886 26,471 26,471 205,259 231,730

Barley Mill 135 152 153 440 440 13,440 13,880

Travel 0 0 1,098 1,098

Operating Supplies 0 0 2,544 2,544Exygen 0 0 124,250 124,250MPI Research Inc. 0 42,221 42,221

ILSI Research Foundation 0 0 28,735 28,735Overheads 00 0 0

Chambers Works 2,012 2,013 2,012 6,037 6,037 37,973 44,010Barley Mill 17 18 18 53 53 1,592 1,645

TOTAL 10,460 10,472 12,069 33,001 33,001 457,112 490,113

Cost Summary for SEP Program January 1, 2008 to March 31, 2008