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### 4 th 

### Quarter 2007 Progress Report

October 1, 2007 – December 31, 2007

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

Between October 1, 2007 and Novemb er 07, 2007, DuPont waited to receive a revised path forward from

EPA. On November 07, 2007, EPA responded (email Mark Garvey, 11.07.07, 05:26 PM) with a revised

path forward agreement. Because the November 07, 2008 path forward agreement differed significantly

from the original August 23, 2006 path forward ag reement and the DuPont revised path forward

agreement sent to EPA on September 04, 2007 (email, Lori E. Stephans, 09.04.2007 09:04 PM) , DuPont

requested a conference call with EPA.

EPA and DuPont met in Washington at EPA on November 29, 2007 to discuss extending the SEP and

setting a date to discuss the November 07, 2008 EPA path forward agreement. DuPont and EPA

collectively agreed to extend the dead line of the SEP and agreed to wait to determine an actual date until

after January 31, 2008.

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.

New Deadline : On December 19, 2007 DuPont submitted a 8 th request for extension for the date for

which the parties much agree on a purification pro cedure (email dated 12/19/2007, 10:38 AM from Lori.

E. Stephans). EPA responded on December 21, 2007 (email from Mark Garvey, 12/21/2007 9:31 PM)

with a new extension deadline of January 31, 2007 for which the parties much agree on an off gas

monitoring method.

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 3 rd Quarter 2007 Progress Report Describing Progress from July 1, 2007 to

September 31, 2007.

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 AgreementTSCA-HQ-2004-0016, et. al.

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Page 2 of 3 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 October 23, 2007, a third quarter 2007 progress repor t covering the time period from July 1, 2007 to

September 31, 2007 was submitte d to the EPA (CD-2006-41).

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 pro cedure is January 31, 2008 (per email notification

from Mark Garvey, 12/21/2007 09:31 AM).



### 3. Compliance with Schedules or Milestones

This section outlines the various requests for extensi on granted between Octobe r 1, 2007 and December

31, 2007. All deadlines in the forth quarter were met. Pending deadlines and open issues are described

below.

A. Purification Procedure

The deadline to reach agreement on the pur ification procedure was extended an 8 th time on December 21,

2007 (email from Mark Garvey, 12/21/2007 09:31 AM) to January 31, 2008.

B. Panel Administrator Contract and Work Plan

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 andTSCA-HQ-2004-0016, et. al.

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Page 3 of 3 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 October 23, 2007, a third quarter 2007 progress repor t covering the time period from July 1, 2007 to

September 30, 2007 was submitted to the EPA (C D-2006-41). The next quarterly progress report

(1Q2008) is due April 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:

January 31, 2008 to reach Agreement of the Off Gas analysis for the Purification Method and April 30,

2008 to submit the 1 st Quarter 2008 Progress Report.



### 4. Summary of Costs Incurred

The cost of the SEP from October 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007 as it was accounted on cost ledger is

shown in Attachment A. The table shows the co sts from both accounts (SEP Eligible account and the

DuPont Synthesis account) and breaks the cost dist ribution down into salaries, overheads, travel,

operating supplies and analytical costs. The 4 th quarter 2007 SEP eligible (Biodegradation Main account)

costs were $68,886 and the total SEP eligible project costs to date cost are $457,112.

5. Attachment

Title Number of Pages

Attachment A SEP Cost Summary for 4Q2007 1TSCA-HQ-2004-0016, et.al. 4th 2007 Quarter Progress ReportJanuary 23, 2008SEP Biodegradation: Synthesis Account - VZ78101073 (DuPont Funded)January February March1Q 2007SumApril May June2Q 2007Sum July August September3Q 2007Sum October November December4Q 2007SumCosts as ofDec 31,2006Total 2007ProgramCostsSalariesChambers Works 1,507 1,507 0 0 0 0 0 0 71,9491,507Barley Mill0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,0290Travel0 000 0 0 000Operating Supplies 0 0 0 0 0 0 539 539 6,978539CCAS Analytical0 0 0 43,550 29,250 72,800 0 072,800RAS Analytical0 0 0 0 0 0 8,125 8,125 25,9148,125Overheads0 000 0 0 000Chambers Works 485 485 0 0 0 0 0 72 72 15,706557Barley Mill0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2350TOTAL 1,992 0 01,99200000 43,550 29,25072,8008,664 0 728,736 122,812 83,528SEP Biodegradation: Main Account - VZ78911724 (SEP Eligible)January February March1Q 2007SumApril May June2Q 2007Sum July August September3Q 2007Sum October November December4Q 2007SumCosts as ofDec 31,2006Total 2007ProgramCostsSalariesChambers Works 5,796 6,976 7,038 19,810 6,940 7,164 7,285 21,389 7,020 7,060 6,958 21,038 6,924 6,975 6,871 20,770 122,25283,007Barley Mill1,139 151 137 1,427 151 144 149 444 152 149 334 635 138 145 169 452 10,4822,958Travel0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 212 212 886212Operating Supplies 32 32 0 0 0 0000002,51232Exygen0 000 0 00000124,2500MPI Research Inc.1,508 40,713 0 42,221ILSI ResearchFoundation0 28,735 28,735 0 0 00000028,735Overheads0 000 0 0000000Chambers Works 1,455 1,815 1,797 5,067 1,725 1,725 1,725 5,175 1,725 1,725 1,725 5,175 1,725 1,725 1,725 5,175 17,38120,592Barley Mill144 9 816119 17 1753 18 16 44 78 16 19 21 56 1,244348TOTAL 8,566 8,951 8,98026,4978,835 9,050 37,91155,7968,915 8,950 9,06126,92610,311 49,576 8,99868,886 279,007 178,105Cost Summary for SEP Program January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007