Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2002-0051-0019
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2006-03-07T05:00Z

BIODEGRADATION
(BOD)

TEST
SUBSTANCE
Identity:
Perfluorooctanoic
acid;
may
also
be
referred
to
as
PFOA,
FC26
or
FX­
1001
.
(Octanoic
acid,
pentadecafluoro­,
CAS
#
335­
67­
1
)

Remarks:
The
3M
production
lot
number
was
not
noted.
The
test
sample
is
FX­
1001.
It's
purity
was
not
sufficiently
characterized,
though
current
information
indicates
it
is
a
mixture
of
95
­
98%
test
substance
and
1
­
5%
perfluorochemical
inerts.

METHOD:

Method:
Not
noted.
Type:
Aerobic
GLP:
No
Year
completed:
1985
Contact
time:
20
days
Inoculum:
Sewage/
3M
Chemolite
industrial
wastewater
treatment
plant,
Cottage
Grove,
MN
RESULTS
Chemical
Oxygen
Demand
(COD):
2650
mg/
kg*
Biochemical
Oxygen
Demand
(carbonaceous
BOD):
5­
Day:
~1800
mg/
kg
1
O­
Day:
<I
9,000
mg/
kg
20­
Day:
<I
9,300
mg/
kg
.*
Average
of
two
values.
This
piece
of
data
comes
from
a
summary
only.
No
raw
data
was
found.
It
was
noted
that
this
value
was
determined
by
dichromate
reflux.

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.
There
is,
no
information
on
the
purity
of
the
substance.
There
is
no
analytical
to
confirm
test
substance
concentration.
pH
was
not
noted.
Seed
does
not
appear
to
be
sufficiently
active.
The
study
indicates
a
neutralization
step
was
used,
but
no
description
of
that
activity
is
noted
on
the
data
sheets.
This
step
is
`requested
on
the
computer­
generated
Archived
Final
Report
for
Lab
Request
No.
C1006.

REFERENCES
The
COD
and
BOD
studies
were
conducted
by
3M
Company,
,
Environmental
Laboratory,
St.
Paul,
Minnesota,
Lab
Request
number
Cl
006,
2/
14/
85.

OTHER
­.

Last
changed:
5/
24/
00
.~...
05/
22/
2000
ENVIRONMENTAL
LABORATORY
1
ARCHIVED
FINAL
REPORT
LAB
REQUEST
NO.
Cl006
CONTRACT
LAB(
S):
REQUESTOR
NAME:
EARIMTE
EXP
COMP
DATE:
02/
18/
1985
DEPARTMENT:
0535
DATE
COMPLETED:
02/
14/
1985
PROJECT
NO:
9970012600
PROJECT
LEAD:
ST
WOLF
DATE
RECEIVED:
01/
03/
1985
PHONE
NO:
651­
778­
4048
DESC:
ENVIROMENTAL
SCREENS
ON
FX­
lOOl(
FC­
26)
3M
FAX
NO:
651­
778­
6176
NEUTRALIZE
PRODUCT
WITH
NAOH
PRIOR
TO
BOD
+
FISH
TEST.
DILUTE
IN
WATER
PRIOR
TO
NEUTRALIZING
CAREFULLY.

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SAMPLE
DATE
CODE
DESCRIPTION
RESULT
MDL
or
(95%
Q.
1.)
__­____________­­_______________________­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

1
ACID
FX­
1001
96­
HR­
LC50
FISH
ACUTE
TEST
­
96
HOUR
COMPLETE
­.

C­
BOD­
05
BOD­
05
(CARBONACEOUS)­
SEE
ATTACHED
REPORT
C­
BOD­
10
BOD­
10
(CARBONACEOUS)
SEE
ATTACHED
REPORT
C­
BOD­
20
BOD­
20
(CARBONACEOUS)
SEE
ATTACHED
REPORT
COD­
RFX
COD
(DICHROMATE
REFLUX)
2
7
0
0
MG/
KG
2
D
U
P
1
COD­
RFX
COD
(DICHROMATE
REFLUX)
2600
MGiKG
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