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3M Specialty Materials June 15, 2000 3M Center St. Paul, M N 55144-1000 651 733 1100 3in ' Mr. Charles Auer US EPA/OPPT/CCD (7405) 401 M Street, SW Room 403 (East Tower) Washington, DC 20460 Dear Charlie: This is to confirm the meeting arrangements for the week of June 19ththat we agreed to earlier this week. 3M will present its phase out plan for POSF-based chemistries to you and appropriate OPPT representatives on Tuesday, June 20thfrom 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. 3M representatives attending that meeting will include: Bill Weppner, EHS&R Tom DiPasquale, Office of General Counsel Teresa Borzcik, EHS&R Bob Sussman, Latham & Watkins On Thursday, June 22ndfrom 9:00 to 11:00 a.m., 3M will meet with you and representatives of the New Chemicals Branch for a pre-notification meeting on alternative chemistries to replace POSF-based products. 3M representatives attending that meeting will include: Bill Weppner, EHS&R Stefan Babirad, Performance Materials Division Laboratory Shari Loushin, EHS&R Dan Hakes, EHS&R Sue Beach, Environmental Lab Paul Lieder, Toxicology Services Bob Sussman, Latham & Watkins The following brief agenda will be used for the June 22ndpre-notification meeting: Introduction - Bill Weppner Description of Perfluorobutane Sulfonyl Fluoride Based Chemistries and their Manufacture - Stefan Babirad Use and Exposure Characterization - Dan Hakes Mammalian Toxicology - Paul Lieder Environmental Information - Sue Beach PMN Submission Strategy - Shari Loushin U Mr. Charles Auer Page 2 At the end of this discussion 3M would like to have a more general discussion regarding hydrocarbon chemical alternatives that may be replacements in specific product segments where perfluorooctanyl chemistry is currently being used. I'm assuming that all of the meetings will be held in the EPA East Tower Building. Thank you again for your consideration in helping us set these meetings up with such short notice. As you know, I will be out of the country for the remainder of this week. Please contact either Dan Hakes (651/733-2392) or Bob Sussman (202/637-2183) if you have any questions. I look forward to seeing you at American Chemistry Council on Monday, June 19*. Regards, William A. Weppner, Ph.D. Director Environmental, Health, Safety and Regulatory Affairs 3M Specialty Material Markets Group 3M Center, Building 236-1B-10 St. Paul, MN 55144 651/733-6374