Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2003-0012-0148
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Posted Date: 2003-07-18T04:00Z

U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
Draft
Agenda
July
10,
2003
PUBLIC
MEETING
Enforceable
Consent
Agreement
Development
for
Perfluorooctanoic
acid
(
PFOA)
and
Fluorinated
Telomers
Location:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA),
East
Bldg.
Rm.
1153
1201
Constitution
Ave.,
NW,
Washington,
DC
20460
Date:
Thursday,
July
10,
2003,
1:
00
PM
­
5:
00
PM
Draft
Agenda
1:
00
­
1:
30
Introduction
of
Participants
 
Opening
Remarks
 
Charles
M.
Auer,
Director
Office
of
Pollution
Prevention
and
Toxics
(
OPPT)

1:
30
­
2:
30
Technical
Workgroup
Progress
and
Status
Reports
 
PFOA
ECA
Communications
Workgroup
Spokesperson:
Harry
Lewis,
U.
S.
EPA
 
PFOA
ECA
Fluoropolymer
Technical
Workgroup
Spokesperson:
Greg
Fritz,
EPA;
Dave
Rurak,
DuPont
 
PFOA
ECA
Telomer
Technical
Workgroup
Spokesperson:
David
Lynch,
EPA
 
PFOA
ECA
Monitoring
Technical
Workgroup
Spokesperson:
Phil
Oshida,
EPA
2:
30
­
2:
45
Break
2:
45
­
3:
30
Discussion
of
Topics
Remaining
in
Plenary
Session
 
Fluoropolymer
Fate
Data
 
Fire
Fighting
Foam
Data
 
Other
3:
30
­
4:
00
Caucus
Break
4:
00
­
4:
20
Next
Steps
4:
20
­
4:
50
Public
Comment
(
Open
mike:
maximum
time
3
minutes
per
speaker)
Members
of
the
public
not
registered
as
Interested
Parties
will
be
given
preference,
since
Interested
Parties
can
participate
in
earlier
discussions.

4:
50
­
5:
00
OPPT
Closing
Remarks
U.
S.
EPA
Final
"
Interested
Parties"
List
for
PFOA
ECA
Meetings
July
10,
2003
Complete
List
of
"
Interested
Parties"
for
PFOA
and
Telomer
ECA
Negotiations
The
following
groups
and/
or
individuals
have
requested
and
been
granted
status
as
"
interested
parties"
for
the
purpose
of
monitoring
or
participating
in
ECA
negotiations
on
PFOA
and
fluorinated
telomers.

3M
Advanced
Polymer,
Inc.
AGA
Chemicals
American
Council
on
Science
and
Health
American
Chemistry
Council
American
Fiber
Manufacturers
Association,
Inc.
Asahi
Glass
Co.,
Ltd.
Asahi
Glass
Fluoropolymers
USA,
Inc.
ATOFINA
Chemicals,
Inc.
Bennett
&
Williams
(
Environmental
Consultants)
Center
for
Policy
Research
for
Women
and
Families
Chamber
of
Commerce
of
the
Mid­
Ohio
Valley
Ciba
Specialty
Chemicals
Corporation
Clariant
GmbH
Daikin
America
Dainippon
Ink
&
Chemicals
Davis,
Pickering
&
Co.,
Inc.
Department
of
the
Navy
DuPont
DuPont
Textiles
and
Interiors,
Inc.
Dyneon
Environmental
Health
Research
Foundation
Environmental
Working
Group
Fire
Fighting
Foam
Coalition
Vicky
Gheen
(
Private
Citizen)
Hughes
Associates,
Inc.
International
Imaging
Industry
Association
Little
Hocking
Water
Association,
Inc.
Miteni
S.
p.
A.
Mitsubishi
International
Corporation
Ohio
Environmental
Protection
Agency
Ohio
River
Valley
Water
Sanitation
Commission
OMNOVA
Solutions
Parkersburg­
Wood
County
Area
Development
Corporation
Rich
Purdy
Regenerative
Products
Solvay
Solexis,
Inc.
Society
of
the
Plastics
Industry/
Fluoropolymer
Manufacturers
Group
Telomer
Research
Program
Tennant
Rentals
The
Area
Roundtable
The
Carpet
and
Rug
Institute
The
Center
for
Regulatory
Effectiveness
Tuppers
Plains­
Chester
Water
District
United
Bank,
West
Virginia
University
of
Pennsylvania
Medical
Center
W.
L.
Gore
&
Associates,
Inc.
Walki
Wisa
Ltd.
West
Virginia
Class
Action
Plaintiffs
West
Virginia
Department
of
Environmental
Protection
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
July
10,
2003
PFOA
ECA
Plenary
Meeting
Attendee
List
Name
Affiliation
Aidala,
Jim
Bergeson
&
Campbell
(
W.
L.
Gore)
Aller,
Linda
Bennett
&
Williams
Baillie,
Richard
W.
L.
Gore
Beers,
A.
W.
(
Bill)
OMNOVA
Solutions
Biles,
Blake
Arnold
&
Porter
(
Clariant)
Bilott,
Rob
WV
Class
Action
Plaintiffs
Bittner,
Patte
Consumer
Product
Safety
Commission
Buck,
Robert
DuPont
Buxton,
Bill
DuPont
Campbell,
Lisa
Bergeson
&
Campbell
(
W.
L.
Gore)
Cardona,
Mike
DuPont
Cortina,
Tom
Fire
Fighting
Foam
Coalition
DiPasquale,
Tom
3M
Duncan,
Don
Society
of
the
Plastics
Industry
Dunne,
Joe
self
Eaton,
Linda
Morgan,
Lewis
&
Bockius,
LLP
Edouard,
Lisa
American
Forest
&
Paper
Association
Emmet,
Edward
Univ.
of
Penn.
Medical
Center
Flaherty,
John
Exygen
Research
Gannon,
John
DuPont
Gibb,
Steven
Inside
Washington
Publishers
Greenwood,
Mark
Ropes
&
Gray
(
Daikin)
Griffin,
Bob
Little
Hocking
Water
Association
Harris,
Lynne
Society
of
the
Plastics
Industry
Hatcher,
Julie
Latham
&
Watkins
(
3M)
Heinze,
John
E.
Environmental
Health
Research
Foundation
Knight,
Frances
Ciba
Specialty
Chemicals
Komatsu,
Satoshi
Daikin
Korzeniowski,
Stephen
DuPont
Lampert,
Edward
Daikin
Lasker,
Eric
Spriggs
&
Hollingsworth
Latzko,
David
W.
L.
Gore
Limbach,
Bonnie
Society
of
the
Plastics
Industry
Lloyd,
Kevin
Exygen
Research
Malinowski,
Andrea
DuPont
Marchant,
Lolly
Atofina
McCabe,
W.
Michael
Consultant
(
DuPont)
Menotti,
David
Shaw
Pittman
(
Asahi)
Millet,
George
Dyneon
(
3M)
Misa,
Noel
Asahi
Glass
Fluoropolymers
Nakamura,
Takayuki
Daikin
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
July
10,
2003
2
Nichols,
Beth
National
Center
for
Policy
Research
for
Women
and
Families
Nishiyama,
Yukiko
Daikin
Parr,
Michael
DuPont
Phibbs,
Pat
BNA
Pennington,
Tracey
Geologics
­
EPA
Contractor
(
court
reporter)
Poley,
Mary
Beth
Pesticide
and
Toxic
Chemical
News
Poole,
Donald
Tuppers
Plains­
Chester
Water
District
Purdy,
Rich
Reardon,
Michelle
Dupont
Reich,
Richard
Kilpatrick
Stockton
Roussel,
Randy
Daikin
Rurak,
David
DuPont
Sakanoue,
Takahiko
Daikin
Santoro,
Mike
3M
Scott,
Bill
Mitsubishi
Schneider,
Ed
W.
L.
Gore
Shin­
ya,
Seiji
Asahi
Glass
Shomper,
Diane
DuPont
Slaughter,
Scott
Center
for
Regulatory
Effectiveness
Smythe,
Katie
Rand
(
TRP)
Soiefer,
Andrew
I.
North
Jersey
Toxicology
Associates,
LL
Stennes,
Libby
Steptoe
&
Johnson
(
DuPont)
Sussman,
Bob
Latham
&
Watkins
(
3M)
Thayre,
Kris
Environmental
Working
Group
Thomas,
Treye
Consumer
Product
Safety
Commission
Toloken,
Steve
Plastics
News
Walrath,
Stephanie
Hughes
Associates,
Inc.
Webb,
Clif
DuPont
Weidman,
Allen
Society
of
the
Plastics
Industry
Wiedow,
Al
Ciba
Specialty
Chemicals
Williams,
Steve
Ohio
EPA
Yamatoya,
Takahisa
Dainippon
Ink
&
Chemicals,
Inc.
Zuckerman,
Diana
Natl.
Center
for
Policy
Research
for
Women
&
Families
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
July
10,
2003
3
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
Attendees:

Auer,
Charles
Collette,
Tim
Coutlakis,
Anna
Dominiak,
Mary
Fritz,
Gregory
Guo,
Zhishi
Heithmar,
Ed
Hernandez,
Oscar
Highsmith,
Ross
Hoffman,
Karen
Hoffman,
Wendy
Leczynski,
Barbara
Leukroth,
Rich
Lewis,
Harry
Libelo,
Laurence
Lynch,
David
Mamantov,
Andy
Miller,
Greg
Nguyen,
Nhan
Oshida,
Phil
Patel,
Neil
Srinivasan,
Gautam
Taylor,
Jeffrey
Washington,
Annette
Weber,
Eric
Communications
Workgroup
Summary
Plenary
Presentation
July
10,
2003
Communications
Workgroup
°
Tasked
with
developing
a
roadmap
to
meaningfully
communicate,
within
the
PFOA
ECA
process,
information
regarding
marketing
data,
test
substance(
s),
and
article
identity
in
a
way
that
preserves
proprietary
information
(
confidential
business
information,
or
CBI)
and
satisfies
the
needs
of
EPA
and
the
interested
parties.
Communications
Workgroup
°
CBI
is:

 
Proprietary
information
offering
commercial
advantage
 
which
meets
regulatory
criteria
found
in
40
CFR
Part
2.

C
CBI
may
include:

C
trade
secret
information,
chemical
identity,
company
name,
facility
identity,
process,
production
volume,
and
non­
public
intellectual
property
Communications
Workgroup
C
Idea
of
claiming
CBI
often
misunderstood:
claim
must
be
based
in
regulatory
criteria
and
involve
commercial
advantage
(
not,
e.
g.,
avoidance
of
public
scrutiny).

C
Under
regulation
criteria,
emphasis
on
demonstrating
that
public
disclosure
is
likely
to
cause
"
substantial
harm"
to
competitive
position.
Communications
Workgroup
°
TSCA
Section
14(
b)
allows
health
and
safety
information
CBI
claims
for
process
and
mixture
proportion
information;
claims
closely
reviewed.

°
EPA
must
balance
need
of
the
industry
to
maintain
legitimate
proprietary
information
with
need
of
the
public
for
protection.
Communication
Workgroup
°
Public
Interest
Group
Concerns:

 
CAS
No.
s
and
chemical
structures
critical
for
analysis
(
e.
g.,
CAS
No.
Internet
search
can
ID
consumer
products
of
concern;
structures
needed
to
determine
mechanisms
of
toxicity).

 
Questioned
whether
general
use
information
would
be
sufficient
to
allow
the
public
to
judge
if
test
samples
were
representative
and
to
know
which
products
consumers
may
encounter.
Communication
Workgroup
°
Industry
Concerns:

 
Strategic
decisions
regarding
market
and
product
development
are
very
sensitive
and
must
be
treated
as
confidential.

 
Prepared
to
validate
CBI
claims,
as
necessary.

 
TRP:
telomer
products
unique
by
end
use
and
by
company
 
FMG:
LOI
CAS
numbers
are
95%
of
the
polymers
in
their
markets
Communication
Workgroup
°
In
generic
setting,
parties
unable
to
agree
about
specific
information
that
would
be
necessary
for
determining
exposure.

°
Parties
agreed
that
generic
discussion
of
CBI
issues
difficult;
remanded
specific
determinations
of
info
needed
for
ECAs
to
individual
technical
workgroups.

°
Workgroup
will
reconvene
if
specific
CBI
issues
raised
in
other
Workgroups
not
resolved;
may
request
ombudsman
to
mediate
if
necessary.
Fluoropolymer
Workgroup
Plenary
Report
Dr.
Greg
Fritz
July
10,
2003
FMG
Commitments
Under
LOI
°
Product
Stewardship
(
no
ECA
part)

°
P­
Chem
Properties
 
Data
for
PTFE
Fluoropolymers
finished
 
Data
for
other
FMG
products
coming
°
Testing
Articles
of
Commerce
 
Provided
Detailed
Selection
Criteria
 
Relative
to
Entire
Product
Line
Data
To
Be
Submitted
°
Specific
Chemical
Use
/
PV
Info
°
Commitment
to
high
MW
Polymer
Limits
°
Additional
P­
Chem
Data
for
Polymers
°
More
Fate
/
Biodeg
Support
(
ECA
later)

°
Timeline
for
ECA
member
/
participants
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
°
Analysis
of
Selection
Criteria
 
Determine
if
additional
applications
to
be
tested
EPA
Data
Needs
Aged
Products
°
Determining
What
to
Test
°
Simulation
of
Aging
Process
/
Real
Samples
°
Sampling
Adequacy
/
Product
Coverage
°
Adequacy
/
Validation
Methodology
Proposed
Incineration
ECA
°
Testing
Resins
/
Dispersions
/
Articles
°
Establish
appropriate
test
criteria
conditions
°
Look
for
C8
acid
/
possible
analogs
°
Tiered
approach
for
additional
information
 
ID
degradation
products
(&
P
Chem
/
Fate)

 
Additional
test
materials
Based
on
EPA
Framework
#
10
Monitoring
ECA
#
5
PFOA
Materials
Balance
#
9
Analysis
of
#
8
P­
Chem
&
Fate
#
4
Degradation
Product
Analysis
#
8
Incineration
ECA
#
3
Degradation
Pathways
#
7
PFOA
in
Aged
Products
ECA
#
2
P­
Chem
Data
for
Fate
#
6
Articles
Analysis
LOI
Additional
Testing
???

#
1
Complete
product
characterization
Telomers
ECA
Technical
Workgroup
Progress
Report
Plenary
Session
Enforceable
Consent
Agreement
Development
for
PFOA
and
Fluorinated
Telomers
Collection
of
Comprehensive
Telomer
Market
Information
°
Efforts
to
gather
this
information
largely
complete
°
Information
will
be
used
to
assist
representative
test
chemical
selection
Establishment
of
Degradation
Technical
Subcommittee
°
Experts
will
convene
to
develop
approach
for
degradation
testing
of
representative
telomer
and
telomer
based
products
Presentation
of
EPA
data
needs
for
development
under
ECA
°
Detailed
discussions
of
information
being
developed
by
Telomers
Research
Program
under
LOI
in
fate
and
exposure
areas
°
Detailed
explanation
of
EPA
data
needs
beyond
TRP
LOI
commitment
Establishment
of
Incineration
Technical
Subcommittee
°
Will
work
on
further
development
of
proposed
Incineration
ECA
for
telomers
and
telomer
based
products
and
articles
Product
Stewardship
°
Commitment
to
document
product
stewardship
activities
Monitoring
Technical
Workgroup
Summary
Plenary
Presentation
July
10,
2003
Monitoring
Workgroup
°
EPA
and
industry
presented
characterizations
and
clarifications
of
FMG,
3M,
and
TRP
environmental
monitoring
programs
under
Letters
of
Intent
 
Industry
identified
near­
term
LOI
deliverables:

°
FMG
dispersion
processor
mass
balance
by
end
of
2003
°
TRP
release
study,
Aug/
Sep
2003;
mill
pilot
study,
end
of
2003
°
Many
questions
raised
and
discussed;
need
for
mutual
understanding
and
better
focus
became
apparent
Monitoring
Workgroup
°
Objective
of
EPA
activities
on
PFOA:

 
Determine
how
PFOA
and
PFOA
precursors
are
released
into
the
environment;

 
their
fate
and
transport
once
released;
and
 
routes
and
levels
of
human
and
environmental
exposure.
Monitoring
Workgroup
°
Within
that
overall
objective,
must
decide
objective
of
monitoring
program,
and
role
of
environmental
monitoring
within
the
overall
scope
of
PFOA
activities
 
What
questions
do
other
activities
(
p­
chem,

fate,
biodeg,
article/
product
analyses)
answer?

 
What
further
essential
questions
would
monitoring
answer?
Monitoring
Workgroup
°
Workgroup
forming
Technical
Subgroup
 
Subgroup
may
consider
Telomer
and
Fluoropolymer
monitoring
considerations
separately,
then
bring
together
 
Subgroup
tasked
to
review
all
data
submitted
to
date,
and
then
formulate
questions
specifically
for
monitoring
to
answer
 
Subgroup
to
bring
questions
back
to
Workgroup
Monitoring
Workgroup
°
EPA
will
develop
timeline
for
Subgroup
activities,
circulate
to
interested
parties
°
Interested
parties
wishing
to
participate
in
Technical
Subgroup
will
identify
their
technical
representatives
to
EPA
°
EPA
will
convene
Subgroup
meeting
before
next
Workgroup
meeting
in
September
°
Future
Workgroup
meetings
will
be
full­
day
Monitoring
Workgroup
°
Additional
issue
raised,
not
addressed
 
Several
interested
parties
expressed
a
strong
need
for
human
blood
sampling
in
the
vicinity
of
manufacturing
facilities
to
determine
whether
those
locations
are
"
hot
spots"
with
higher
blood
levels
than
general
population
 
EPA
noted
that
blood
sampling
not
within
purview
of
Workgroup
or
ECA
process