Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2003-0012-0112
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2003-06-16T04:00Z

Barbara
Leczynski
06/
12/
2003
12:
49
PM
To:
Mary
Dominiak/
DC/
USEPA/
US@
EPA
cc:
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bcc:
Mary
Dominiak/
DC/
USEPA/
US)
Subject:
Scheduling
PFOA
Technical
Workgroup
Meetings
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perfluorooctanoic
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TO:
Members
of
PFOA
ECA
Technical
Workgroups
3M,
Consumer
Product
Safety
Commission,
Environmental
Working
Group,
Fluoropolymer
Manufacturers
Group,
Little
Hocking
Water
Association,
National
Center
for
Policy
Research
for
Women
and
Families,
Rich
Purdy,
Telomer
Research
Program,
Tuppers
Plains­
Chester
Water
District,
and
WV
Class
Action
Plaintiffs
At
the
public
meeting
on
June
6,
2003,
four
technical
workgroups
were
established
to
address
specific
issues
embodied
within
the
EPA's
Preliminary
Framework
document
identifying
perceived
data
needs
with
respect
to
perfluorooctanoic
acid
(
PFOA)
and
fluorinated
telomers.
Initial
meetings
of
these
workgroups
were
suggested
for
some
time
during
the
weeks
of
June
16
or
June
23,
2003.
Parties
requested
that
workgroup
meetings
be
scheduled
for
consecutive
days,
and
that
no
meetings
be
run
in
parallel,
in
order
to
allow
participants
to
take
part
in
multiple
workgroups
and
to
minimize
travel
expenses.

EPA
is
proposing
to
schedule
the
workgroup
meetings
for
Monday
and
Tuesday,
June
23
and
24,
2003,
in
Washington,
DC.
These
dates
were
selected
because
several
parties
spontaneously
indicated
that
holding
meetings
during
the
week
of
June
16
would
not
give
them
sufficient
time
to
prepare,
and
that
other
commitments
on
Wednesday,
June
25,
would
prohibit
a
number
of
parties
from
being
able
to
participate
at
all.

As
discussed
at
the
June
6
public
meeting,
the
workgroups
will
meet
again
on
July
9,
2003,
and
the
morning
of
July
10,
2003,
in
order
to
prepare
presentations
reporting
on
their
work
to
the
next
plenary
session
scheduled
for
the
afternoon
of
Thursday,
July
10,
2003.

The
four
workgroups
and
their
current
membership
are
as
follows:

The
CBI
Workgroup,
including
representatives
from
EPA,
the
Consumer
Product
Safety
Commission

(
CPSC),
the
Environmental
Working
Group
(
EWG),
the
Fluoropolymer
Manufacturers
Group
(
FMG),
and
the
Telomer
Research
Program
(
TRP).
3M
and
the
Tuppers
Plains­
Chester
Water
District
requested
to
join
this
workgroup
after
the
meeting
concluded.
The
Monitoring
Workgroup,
including
EPA,
EWG,
FMG,
TRP,
the
Little
Hocking
Water
Association,

environmental
consultants
Bennett
&
Williams,
the
WV
Class
Action
Plaintiffs
group,
the
National
Center
for
Policy
Research
for
Women
and
Families,
and
consulting
toxicologist
Rich
Purdy.
3M
and
the
Tuppers
Plains­
Chester
Water
District
requested
to
join
this
workgroup
after
the
meeting
concluded.
The
Fluoropolymer
Workgroup,
including
EPA,
CPSC,
FMG,
EWG,
and
Bennett
&
Williams.
3M

requested
to
join
this
workgroup
after
the
meeting
concluded.
The
Telomer
Workgroup,
including
EPA,
CPSC,
TRP,
EWG,
and
Rich
Purdy.
3M
requested
to
join

this
workgroup
after
the
meeting
concluded.

Our
tentative
schedule
for
the
four
workgroups
would
have
the
Fluoropolymer
Workgroup
meeting
in
the
morning
and
the
Monitoring
Workgroup
meeting
in
the
afternoon
of
Monday,
June
23,
and
the
CBI
Workgroup
meeting
in
the
morning
and
the
TRP
Workgroup
meeting
in
the
afternoon
of
Tuesday,
June
24,
2003.
Each
group
participating
on
a
technical
workgroup
is
requested
to
provide
to
EPA
the
names,
email
addresses,
and
telephone
numbers
of
the
person(
s)
who
will
represent
them
on
that
specific
workgroup.
Because
the
business
of
the
technical
workgroups
is
to
resolve
the
technical
details
that
form
the
subject
matter
of
the
workgroup
discussions,
parties
are
requested
to
nominate
workgroup
members
who
will
have
appropriate
expertise
to
address
the
issues
on
the
table.
Parties
are
encouraged
to
consolidate
their
representation
to
the
extent
possible,
so
that
the
number
of
participants
around
the
table
will
be
manageable
and
conducive
to
productive
discussion.
Parties
can
bring
additional
people
to
the
meetings
to
observe
and
listen.
To
ensure
that
we
will
have
sufficient
space
to
accomodate
all
attendees,
please
inform
us
of
all
the
people
who
will
be
coming.

EPA
will
arrange
for
teleconference
facilities
to
allow
workgroup
members
who
are
unable
to
travel
to
attend
the
meeting
by
telephone.
We
will
need
to
know
how
many
lines
will
be
required
as
early
as
possible.

Please
direct
your
responses
and
any
comments
concerning
the
scheduling
or
the
workgroup
meetings
to
Mary
Dominiak
at
dominiak.
mary@
epa.
gov.
EPA
will
be
circulating
draft
workgroup
agendas
and
additional
preparatory
materials
shortly.

Sincerely,

Barbara
Leczynski
Chief,
Existing
Chemicals
Branch
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
EPA
East,
Room
4410­
A,
Mail
Code
7405M
1200
Pennsylvania
Avenue,
NW
Washington,
DC
20460
Phone:
202­
564­
8164
Fax:
202­
564­
4775