Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2002-0051-0018
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2006-03-07T05:00Z

BIODEGRADATION
(BOD/
COD)

TEST
SUBSTANCE
Identity:
Perfluorooctanoic
acid,
ammonium
salt:
may
also
be
referred
to
as
PFOA
ammonium
salt,
Ammonium
perfluorooctanoate,
PFO,
FC116
FC­
126,
FC­
169,
or
FC­
143.
(Octanoic
acid,
pentadecafluorot
ammonium
salt,
CAS
#
3825­
26­
l)

Remarks:
The
3M
production
lot
number
was
37.
The
test
sample
is
FC143
It's
purity
was
not
sufficiently
characterized,
though
current
information
indicates
it
is
a
mixture
of
96.5
­
100%
test
substance
and
0
­
3.5%
CS,
C7,
and
CS
perfluoro
analogue
compounds.

METHOD:

Method:
Not
noted.
Type:
Aerobic
GLP:
No
Year
completed:
1980
Contact
time:
20
days
Inoculum:
Sewage
taken
from
the
treatment
system
at
3M
Chemolite,
Cottage
Grove,
MN.
,

RESULTS
Chemical
Oxygen
Demand
(COD):
570
­
870
mg/
kg*
Biochemical
Oxygen
Demand
(BOD):
5­
Day:
~38
mg/
kg
1
O­
Day:
~38
mglkg
20­
Day:
~38
mg/
kg
*
Two
tests
were
conducted.
The
raw
data
sheets
are
not
available.
The
summary
sheet
states
"a
fraction
of
the
sample
went
up
into
the
condenser
each
time,
so
the
results
are
not
consistent
when
run
in
duplicate".

CONCLUSIONS
No
reliable
conclusions
can
be
derived
from
this
study.

Submitter:
3M
Company,
Environmental
Laboratory,
P.
O.
Box
33331,
St.
Paul,
Minnesota,
55133
DATA
QUALITY
Reliability:
Klimisch
ranking
3.
Study
lacks
description
and
records
of
the
method
followed.
The
inoculum
is
not
properly
characterized.
There
is
no
analytical
measurement
of
the
test
substance
in
the
solutions.
Test
substance
was
not
characterized
for
purity.

REFERENCES
The
COD
and
BOD
studies
were
conducted
the
3M
Company,
Environmental
Laboratory,
St.
Paul,
MN,
Lab
Request
number
5625S,
1980.

OTHER
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Date:
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Date
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PHYSICAL
&CHEMICAL
PROPERTIES
Heatof
Combustion
Cal/
G
(BTU/
Lb.)

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and
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of
sample
(ml/
l
or
mg/
l)
in
BOO
bottles.
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of
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diluted
to
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ml
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water
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factbr
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d)

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Hqaa:
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Cork,
­
CoircMiirtioh
of
sahple
(mlfl
or
mgA)
in
800
bottla.
.

2
.
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S&*
nil
of
0
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8htplr
or
diluted
sample
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to
800
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of
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with
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