Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2002-0051-0017
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2006-03-07T05:00Z

BIODEGRADATION
(BOD/
COD/
TOC)

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,
pentadecafluoro
ammonium
salt,
CAS
#
3825­
26­
1)

Remarks:
The
test
sample
is
FC­
143.
The
referenced
study
is
only
a
summary.
Current
information
indicates
FC­
143
is
a
mixture
of
96.5
­
100%
test
substance
and
0
­
3.5%
CG,
C7,
and
CQ
perfluoro
analogue
compounds.
The
3M
production
lot
number
was
261.

METHOD:

Method:
Not
noted.
Type:
Aerobic
(BOD).
Unknown
for
COD
and
TOC.
GLP:
No
Year
completed:
1977
Contact
time:
14
days
Innoculum:
Not
noted
RESULTS
Total
Organic
Carbon
(TOC)":

Chemical
Oxygen
Demand
(COD)*:

Biochemical
Oxyg'en
Demand
(BOD):
5­
Day:
140Day:
*
Duplicated
studies.
186,000
mg/
kg
238,000
~4000
mg/
kg
4
800
mg/
kg
Nil
4
0,200
mg/
kg
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
4.
Summary
was
created
using
only
a
listing
of
test
values.
The
original
study
procedure
and
raw
data
were
not
found.

REFERENCES
The
data
summary
sheet
was
created
by
the
3M
Company,
Environmental
Laboratory,
St.
Paul,
MN,
Lab
Request
number
3844,
July
14,
1977.

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Last
changed:
5/
24/
00
PRODUCT
ECOLOGICAL
ASSESSMENT
REQUEST
FOR
LABORATORY
WORK
PRODUCT:
DIVISION
LAB
REQUEST
NO.
3
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REQUESTER
Phone
No.
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r
3
Request
Date:
7//
4/
7
Project
No.:
99
7
fi!
aln
Prob.
No.
Code
No.:
Sample
Date:

Description:
Purpose
of
Tests:
Date
Needed:
LABORATORY
Date
Received
Sample:
Analyst:
Date
Completed:
Hours
Spent:
Y
B
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Requester
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