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NORTHERN KENTUCKY OFFICE SUITE 340 1717 DIXIE HIGHWAY COVINGTON, KENTUCKY 41011-4704 606-331-2838 513-381-2838 FAX: 513-381-6613 DAYTON, OHIO OFFICE SUITE 900 110 NORTH MAIN STREET DAYTON, OHIO 45402-1786 937-228-2838 FAX: 937-228-2816 R o b e r t a . B ilott (513) 357-9638 bilott@taftIaw.com TAFT, STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP 425 WALNUT STREET, SUITE 1800 CINCINNATI, OHIO 45202-3957 513-381-2838 FAX: 513-381-0205 www.taftlaw.com CLEVELAND, OHIO OFFICE 3500 BP TOWER 200 PUBLIC SQUARE CLEVELAND, OHIO 44114-2302 216-241-2838 FAX: 216-241-3707 COLUMBUS, OHIO OFFICE 21 EAST STATE STREET COLUMBUS, OHIO 43215-4221 614-221-2838 FAX:614-221 -2007 February 4,2005 FEDERAL EXPRESS Dr. Charles M. Auer USEPA 1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Room 3166A Washington, DC 20004 Mary Ellen Weber USEPA 1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Room 5124A Washington, DC 20004 Mary Dominiak USEPA 1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Room 441OS Washington, DC 20004 Oscar Hernandez USEPA 1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Room 6220A Washington, DC 20004 Jennifer Seed USEPA 1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W Room 6334A Washington, DC 20004 Re: PFOA Human Health Effects Study: DuPont Worker Study Data cn m O ro CO o m -- -a ---u1d 33 i*," if tas O O XT' < jn Ladies and Gentlemen: In response to USEPA's request for available information regarding the potential threat to human health or the environment from PFOA, we have attached copies of two sets of slides we received from DuPont relating to the preliminary results of its investigation of health effects among its workers at its Washington Works Plant in Wood County, West Virginia, where PFOA has been used since the 1950s. We understand that the first set of slides (Exhibit 1) was used by DuPont in conjunction with a public media presentation to explain the preliminary results and that the second set of slides (Exhibit 2) was used by DuPont in conjunction with a meeting with USEPA the same week to explain the preliminary results. W0373100.1 / Dr. Charles M. Auer Oscar Hernandez Jennifer Seed Mary Ellen Weber Mary Dominiak February 4, 2005 Page 2 We request that you include this information in AR-226, OPT-2003-0012, and the appropriate IRIS database for PFOA. RAB/mdm Enclosures cc: IRIS Submission Desk (w/ ends.) Mark J. Garvey, Esq. (USEPA) (w/ ends.) R. Edison Hill, Esq. (w/ ends.) Larry A. Winter, Esq. (w/ ends.) Gerald J. Rapien, Esq. (w/ ends.) W03 73100.1