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4W. VIA OVERNIGHT NIA-rL August 12, 2008 Document Control Office US Environmental Protection Agency Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics EPA East Building Room 6428 1201 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 JP3r`~~ i f n - Andrea V. Malinowski Corporate Counsel A(2 2 ~6 3338,ont Legal Wilmington Office Buildings 1007 Market Street Wilmington, DE 19898 302-714-6443 `el 302-774-4812 Fax andrea .v .malinowskiC4usa .dupont.com E-mail Re : EPA-HQ-OPPT-2003-0012 PFOA : Water Sample Results - New Jersey Dear Document Control Office : In response to an Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request submitted to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), DuPont received documents containing results for PFOA water analysis from multiple public water districts located throughout New Jersey . A copy of the documents containing the test results is enclosed with this letter. The documents are identified with the prefix DEP2-SDWB before the document control number. DuPont also encloses a copy of documents with the prefix NJAW before the document control number. New Jersey American Water Company produced these documents in response to a subpoena served by Plaintiffs' counsel in litigation against DuPont. DuPont received copies of the documents from Plaintiffs' counsel.' These documents contain water sample results. All documents are provided as received from NJDEP and Plaintiffs' counsel. DuPont does not attest to, and has not verified, the accuracy of the information and results in the enclosed thirdparty documents . It is, however, noted that a 0.50 ppb (ug/L) drinking water action level was developed by EPA and is set forth in a Safe Drinking Water Act Order on Consent amongst EPA Region 111, EPA Region V, and DuPont.' Attached to this letter is a listing of the enclosed documents. The documents are provided in paper copy and on CD for inclusion in the above-identified docket and any other applicable docket .' ' Some of these documents were subject to Protective Order. The Protective Order has been lifted . However, because the documents are submitted as received, these documents are still marked as Subject to Protective Order . - Docket Nos . SDWA-03-2007-0039-DS and SDWA-05-2007-0001 ' It is noted that NJDEP previously submitted water test results for PFOA to EPA, albeit to a different docket [see EPA-HQ-OW2007-1189-0144 (May 21, 2008) and reference NJDEP (2007a)] CONTAINS NO CB{ E .I . du Pont de Nemours and Company OPPT-2003-0012 August 1f,'2%08 Page 2 of 4 These results are submitted to EPA in view of the Agency's continuing interest in perfluorinated substances and because it is unknown whether NJDEP, the water districts, or any other entity has already provided the results to EPA. Very truly yours, Andrea V . Malinowski Attachment - List of Documents (2 pages) Enclosures - paper copy of the listed documents and 1 CD titled EPA-HQ-2003-0012 (August 12, 2008 NJ Water Sample Results) OPPT-2003-0012 AAA 12, 2008 Page 3 of 4 No. NJ Area 1 Birch Creek 2 -Bridgeport T Delran-(Runnemede, Somerdale and Murray) Garfield 5 Garfield 6 Garfield 7 - Haworth/Rahway 8 Newton 9 Newton Orange 11 Orange 12 Orange 13 Parlin 14 Pennsgrove 14a Pennsgrove 14b Pennsgrove 15 Pennsgrove 16 Pennsville 17 Sayreville 18 Sayreville 19 20 21 22 ~ Sayreville Salem Salem Salem 23 Salem 24 Summary Attachment 1 List of Enclosed Documents Document Date and Type - May 4, 2007 STL Denver Report December 26 and December 21, 2007 emails with spreadsheet of results August 12, 2007 STL~Denver Report~- Document Control Numbers : DEP2-SDWB000 334-432 296-300 001-018 September 24, 2007 STL Denver Report December 12, 2007 Results March 5, 2008 Results March 31, 2008 Test America Report February 6, 2008 Test America Report May 15, 2008 Test America Report December 5, 2007 memo and November 17, 2007 Test America Report February 4, 2008 Test America Report April 17,2008 Test America Report May 14, 2007 e-mail with results April 2, 2008 with spreadsheet March 31, 2008 Test America Report April 2, 2007 Letter from NJDEP April 28, 2008 email with spreadsheet of results January 7, 2008 Test America Report November 16, 2007 letter with results January 4, 2008 letter with December 21, 2007 Test America Report April 1, 2008 letter with test results September 8, 2007 STL Denver Report November 5, 2007 Test America Report January 28 and 29, 2008 emails with results and January 24, 2008 Test America Report April 28, 2008 and May 13, 2008 emails with spreadsheet of results and April 17, 2008 Test America Report June 2, 2008 e-mail with June 23, 2008 Draft Data Summary from NJDEP BSDW 019-043 044-048 049-050 051-073074-092 093-106 107-135 - 136-157 158-179 180-182 301-315 433-459 496-497 316-333 460-479 183-195 ' 196-215 21-6-220 221-238 239-254 255-276 277-295 515-539 OPPT-2003-0012 4 August 12, 2008 Page 4 of 4 No. NJ Area 25 Beckett, Birch Creek 6 Beckett, Birch Creek Various Locations 8 Beckett, Birch Creek, DRRWTP 29 Beckett, Birch Creek, DRRWTP Birch Creek, DRRWTP Document Date and Type September 14, 2006 NJAWC Laboratory Report No. 169509 August 11, 2006 NJAWC Laboratory Report No. 167845 2006-2008 Monitoring Results tables October 22, 2007 Test America Analytical Report July 31, 2007 STL Denver Analytical Report Executive Summaries - March 13, 2007 & April 17, 2007 Document Control Numbers : NJAW001376-1380 1381-1384 1463-1464 ; 02350240 0581-0606 0688-0704 _- 0257; 1584