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From: To: CC: Sent: Subject: Attachments: Yaroschak, Paul, Mr, OSD-ATL Barylski, Douglas J CIV NAVSEA HQ, SEA 05 Hunstad, Mary P CIV NAVSEA HQ, SEA 05; Lyons, Ken T CIV NAVSEA HQ, SEA 05 10/2/2008 7:30:00 PM RE: Phase-out of PFOA NFPA on AFFF June 08.pdf; NFPA on Fluorotelemers June 08.pdf; EPA PFOA-PFOS brief 3-08.ppt Doug: Thanks for the email. You may find the attached briefs of interest. We have been told by industry that AFFF made w/o PFOA is as effective. Let us know if you learn this not to be true. Paul Paul Yaroschak, P.E. Deputy Director for Emerging Contaminants Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Installations & Environment) 1225 S. Clark St., Suite 1500 Arlington, VA 22202 703-604-0641 paul.yaroschak0osd.mil ---- Original Message---From: Barylski, Douglas J CIV NAVSEA HQ, SEA 05 [mailto:douglas.baryiski0navy.mil] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 9:04 AM To: Yaroschak, Paul, Mr, OSD-ATL Cc: Hunstad, Mary P CIV NAVSEA HQ, SEA 05; Lyons, Ken T CIV NAVSEA HQ, SEA 05 Subject: Phase-out of PFOA Dear Mr. Yaroschak, I understand from the attached memo that you are POC for subject issue. I just wanted to let you know that I am the custodian of the AFFF mil spec used by all services, should there be further need to communicate more directly on the subject. We obviously want to carefully watch for any impact to performance of this critical firefighting agent. R/Doug Barylski NAVSEA 05P14 <<PFOA Memo from IE Aug-7-08.pdf>> US00007936