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3M Chemicals 3M Center St. Paul, MN 55144-1000 612 733 1110 .r f f i 2 6 0 6 JU+ December 21, 1998 Mr. Frank D. Kover, Chief Chemical Information & Testing Branch Chemical Control Division Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics Environmental Protection Agency 401 M Street, SWY7405, Rm. E237 Washington, DC 20460 Dear Mr. Kover: Kcs> oo \ CT* o ro -oro -0O .--iCO -X ) O ro ZX o *5? cn 0\ This letter is to follow up our telephone conversation of December 18, 1998. We agreed to the following action items: 1. A model product stewardship agreement and any available examples of existing product stewardship agreements would be sent to 3M. 2. 3M would begin preparing an initial draft of such a product stewardship agreement for review by EPA. 3. 3M will provide EPA copies of white papers describing a basic overview of relevant organic fluorochemistrv and a detailed review of health effects information on perfluorooctane sulfonic acid by mid-January, 1999. 4. 3M will provide EPA a copy of a preliminary exposure assessment of products derived from perfluorooctane sulfonvl fluoride chemistry by mid-February, 1999. 5. A meeting between appropriate 3M and EPA personnel will be scheduled for the second half of February, 1999 to begin more specific discussions regarding existing test results and product stewardship plans. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Best regards, $jjJ William A. Weppner, Ph.D. Director Environmental, Health, Safety & Regulatory Affairs Chemical Markets Group 3M Center, Bldg. 223-6S-04 St. Paul, MN 55144 /