Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2003-0012-0153
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2003-07-21T04:00Z

Mary
Dominiak
07/
18/
2003
02:
11
PM
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USEPA/
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Subject:
PFOA
ECA
Technical
Workgroup
and
Plenary
Materials,
July
9­
10,
2003;
Quick
Action
Items
You
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message
because
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expressed
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interest
in
receiving
information
concerning
the
Agency's
enforceable
consent
agreement
(
ECA)
process
on
perfluorooctanoic
acid
(
PFOA)
and
the
fluorinated
telomers,
OPPT­
2003­
0012.
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TO:
PFOA
ECA
Technical
Workgroup
and
Plenary
Meeting
Attendees
The
agendas,
attendance
lists,
presentation
materials,
and
handouts
used
at
the
PFOA
ECA
Technical
Workgroup
and
Plenary
Session
meetings
on
July
9
and
10,
2003,
are
now
available
in
the
electronic
docket
at
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket/.
Materials
are
organized
as
follows:
PFOA
ECA
Fluoropolymer
Technical
Workgroup,
OPPT­
2003­
0012­
0145

PFOA
ECA
Monitoring
Technical
Workgroup,
OPPT­
2003­
0012­
0146

PFOA
ECA
Telomer
Technical
Workgroup,
OPPT­
2003­
0012­
0147

PFOA
ECA
Plenary
Session,
OPPT­
2003­
0012­
0148.

Summaries
of
the
Technical
Workgroup
and
Plenary
Session
meetings
should
be
available
late
next
week.
The
discussion
of
quick
action
items
pesented
below
is
intended
only
to
address
time­
critical
elements,
and
does
not
reflect
a
complete
summary
of
Workgroup
and
Plenary
activities
and
decisions.

The
3M
incineration
study
materials
submitted
at
the
workgroup
meetings
are
also
available
in
the
docket
for
quick
ease
of
access
by
all
groups.
The
3M
transmittal
letter
is
OPPT­
2003­
0012­
0149;
the
study
robust
summary
is
OPPT­
2003­
0012­
0150;
and
the
incineration
study
itself
is
OPPT­
2003­
0012­
0151.
These
materials
have
also
been
deposited
in
AR­
226.

The
Air
Force
bioassay
on
the
FC­
206
fire
fighting
foam
submitted
to
the
Agency
at
the
Plenary
Session
is
in
the
docket
at
OPPT­
2003­
0012­
0152,
and
has
been
deposited
in
AR­
226.

Quick
Action
Items
All
registered
interested
parties
are
reminded
that
groups
and
individuals
wishing
to
participate
in
the
technical
expert
subgroups
created
at
the
July
Workgroup
meetings
must
specifically
identify
their
subgroup
representatives
to
Mary
Dominiak
(
dominiak.
mary@
epa.
gov)
as
soon
as
possible,
and
preferably
by
Monday,
July
28,
2003.
Parties
are
also
reminded
that
the
purpose
of
the
Fluoropolymer
and
Telomer
subgroups
is
to
engage
in
technical
discussions
and
detailed
ECA
development,
and
that
subgroup
participants
accordingly
should
be
individuals
with
expertise
in
the
appropriate
areas
under
consideration.
Participation
in
the
Monitoring
subgroups
is
expected
to
be
broader,
given
the
different
charge
with
which
those
groups
have
been
tasked.
All
subgroup
activities
will
be
reported
back
to
the
full
Workgroups
for
discussion
and
further
development.
All
subgroups
are
to
meet
at
least
once,
either
in
person
or
through
teleconference,
before
the
next
meetings
of
the
full
Technical
Workgroups
in
mid­
September.

The
Fluoropolymer
and
Telomer
Technical
Workgroups
established
technical
expert
subgroups
specifically
to
address
the
development
of
ECAs
in
four
areas:
Telomer
Biodegradation

Telomer
Incineration

Fluoropolymer
Incineration

Fluoropolymer
"
Aged
Article"
Analysis

The
Monitoring
Workgroup
established
two
subgroups
­­
one
for
fluoropolymers,
and
one
for
telomers
­­
to
discuss
and
define
the
goal
which
environmental
sampling
and
monitoring
should
serve
in
light
of
the
overall
objective
of
the
PFOA
ECA
process,
and
specifically
to
identify
the
questions
which
environmental
sampling
and
monitoring
would
be
needed
to
answer,
taking
into
account
the
information
which
already
is
or
will
be
available
through
other
sources
and
methods,
including
the
industry
LOI
commitments.
These
subgroups
are
expected
to
overlap
significantly
in
membership,
and
may
merge
into
a
single
group
following
their
initially
separate
consideration
of
the
two
industry
segments.

The
straw
schedules
for
all
subgroups
should
be
circulated
late
next
week.
The
Fluoropolymer
Manufacturers
Group
agreed
to
develop
straw
schedules
for
the
two
Fluoropolymer
subgroups,
and
EPA
agreed
to
develop
straw
schedules
for
the
Telomer
and
Monitoring
subgroups.
Communications
and
submissions
concerning
these
subgroups
should
be
sent
via
email
to
me,
and
I
will
coordinate
for
the
groups
and
ensure
that
information
is
uploaded
to
the
docket.

If
you
have
questions,
please
feel
free
to
contact
me.

Sincerely,

Mary
F.
Dominiak
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
EPA
East,
Mail
Code
7405M
1200
Pennsylvania
Avenue,
NW
Washington,
DC
20460
Phone:
202­
564­
8104
Fax:
202­
564­
4775
Courier
deliveries:
1201
Constitution
Ave.,
NW,
Room
4410;
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