Document 71DDkzx7v49qmdjB48mRe0jY6

From: To: Sent: Subject: Bowling, Curtis, Mr, OSD-ATL <Atkins>;<lsaac>;<LtCol>;<OSD-ATL> 3/31/2001 6:24:00 PM FW: Fluorotelomer Chemicals and Related Fluoroorganics We need to talk about the occupational exposure of telomers. > --- Original Message---->From: Dierdorf Doug S Contr AFRL/MLQD > [mailto:Doug.Dierdorf0tyndall.af.mil] >Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 2:08 PM >To: Curtis Bowling (E-mail) >Cc: Carr Virgil J Contr AFRL/MLQD; Vickers Dick N Civ >AFRL/MLQD; Galindo >Bob Contr AFRL/MLQD >Subject: FW: Fluorotelomer Chemicals and Related Fluoroorganics > > >Curtis, > >1 believe that a response to this needs to come from your >office. I will >provide a draft emphasizing the dispersive nature of AFFF and >our concerns >based on the degradation of Telomer surfactants to >perfluorocarboxylic acids >resembling PFOA. > > --- Original Message---->From: Stephen H Korzeniowski > [mailto:Stephen.H .Korzeniowski0USA.dupont.com] >Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 12:11 PM >To: doug.dierdorf0tyndall.af.mil >Subject: Fluorotelomer Chemicals and Related Fluoroorganics > > >Doug, I obtained your name from Mary Dominiak of the US EPA. >We met and >spoke again on Tuesday at the public hearing held by the US >EPA on Tuesday >this week in Arlington, VA. >1 have a dual role in DuPont. One is as a business manager for a >fluorosurfactants and additives business. And the other is an external >company role in working with the global regulatory agencies and Telomer >consortium (see below). > >You were copied on an E-mail note to Mary written by Lt. Col. >Isaac Atkins, >Jr on February 13, 2001referencing a AFFF Workshop held on 16 >March 2001. >This E-mail note refers to a letter (which was attached) >written by Curtis >Dowling of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense. The subject >letter largely deals with the subject of PFOS chemicals, their >use in fire >fighting, and the proposed ban by the US EPA. > >In this letter signed by Mr. Dowling was a comment in the >beginning of the >second paragraph and I quote " PFOA and telomer are also >persistence in the >environment and more toxic than PFOS." We at DuPont do not >understand the >basis on which Mr. Dowling could make such a statement about Telomer >products. Naturally we would like to see the data that led US00003056-D >Mr. Dowling to >the conclusion he cited in this 12 February 2001 letter. We >surely would >welcome the opportunity to talk to you and Mr. Dowling about DuPont >Fluorotelomer products as it relates to descriptive biology/toxicology, >environmental fate and effects, and overall exposure >assessment. I would >like the opportunity to share our data, our testing program, >and relate the >outcome of several meetings we have had with the US EPA over >the past year. >In addition, most of the global telomer manufacturers have >joined together >to form a consortium group called the Telomer Research Program (TRP) to >further study our products. I can also describe this in >detail for you. > >Please let me know how you would like to proceed. >1 can be reached by E-mail by just responding to this note or using >stephen.h .korzeniowski0usa.dupont.com. This is usually the >easiest way to >reach me due to my travel schedule. I can also be reached by phone on >302-992-3672 and fax - 302-892-1135. > >1 look forward to discussing these matters with you. > >Thank you in advance for your consideration. > >Steve > US00003057-D