PROGRESS REPORT: OCTOBER 2010 

BIODEGRADATION TESTING SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT 

Submitted to 

E.I du Pont de Nemours and Company 

Wilmington, Delaware 19898 

U.S.A. 

United States Environmental Protection Agency 

Washington, DC 

U.S.A. 

Wildlife International, Ltd.

8598 Commerce Drive 

Easton, Maryland 21601 USA 

1 (410) 822-8600 

October 28, 2010 

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Table of Contents 

Title Page ...................................................................................................................................1 

Table of Contents.......................................................................................................................2 

Introduction................................................................................................................................3 

Progress Summary .....................................................................................................................3 

Appendix A Invoice...................................................................................................................4 
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Introduction 

This document presents the progress of the technical work for the Biodegradation Testing 

Supplemental Environmental Project (“Biodegradation SEP”) performed from 25 September 

2010 up to 22 October 2010. Studies conducted under protocol will be examined by the 

Wildlife International Quality Assurance Unit for compliance with Good Laboratory 

Practices, Standard Operating Procedures and the specified protocol. Raw data that has been 

audited by the Wildlife International Quality Assurance will be included in the progress 

report, as appropriate. 

Progress Summary

The total costs associated with the project for the period covered in this Progress Report are 

approximately $92,448 for labor and $18,900 for instrumentation. The invoice and an 

allocation of costs with associated tasks are presented in Appendix A. 

Work conducted over the period covered by this progress report consisted of data review, 

draft report preparation and identification of potential issues to be addressed in Task E of the 

Biodegradation SEP. 

An unaudited draft report for the initial pilot study (Group 1, Substance 1) was sent to the 

EPA, DuPont and the Panel Administrator on 22 October 2010. The estimated completion 

dates for an audited draft report is17 November. 
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Appendix A 

Invoice 
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Allocation of Costs 

Month, Year Tasks 

 Design and 

Procurement of 

SCAS Units 

(Task A) 

Acquisition 

of Standards 

(Task B) 

Adaptation of 

Analytical 

Method (Task C) 

Pilot Studies 

Task (D) 

Refinement of 

Methods 

Task (E) 

Method 

Validation

s (Task F) 

Storage 

Stability 

(Task G) 

Biod

dat

Stu

(Tas

Dec 2009 $1,803 $1,085 $42,422 Jan 2010 $29,227 Feb 2010 $1,300 $36,745 Mar 2010 $14,350 Apr 2010 $570 $15,935 May 2010 $760 $71,860 June 2010 $57,870 $35,003 July 2010 $42,430 $15,130 August 2010 $32,530 $113,718 September 2010 $1,350 $115,228 October 2010 $88,823 $3,613 Labor Total $1,803 $3,715 $344,719 $367,913 $3,613 Materials $6,800 $10,500 $20,644 $1,724 Total Cost $8,603 $14,215 $365,363 $369,637 $3,613