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3M Specialty Materials 3M Center St. Paul, MN 55144-1000 651 733 1110 3M VIA HAND DELIVERY July 9,2003 Document Control Office (7407M) Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) Docket AR-226 EPA East, Room 6428 1201 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202-564-8930 Attention: OPPT Docket No. AR-226 Re: Information on Perfluorooctane Sulfonate, Perfluorooctanoic Acid, and Related Compounds Dear Sir or Madam: This continues 3M's voluntary submissions of data on perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), and related compounds, as part of our ongoing dialogue with EPA regarding perfluorochemicals. We are enclosing a number of studies, which are listed on the enclosed index. As in our past submissions, we have organized the studies by chemical, and within the sections for each chemical, by endpoint or type of study. This submission inclbdes studies related to PFOS, PFOA, and other compounds, and also includes studies that address multiple compounds. Please note that we are submitting a copy of the Protein Binding Study report that is redacted to remove non-responsive confidential business information. We also have included a bibliography of recently published literature, updating the references we have previously provided. We have not included in this bibliography abstracts of presentations to the Society of Toxicology or the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. We enclose paper copies of documents with this letter. We will provide a CD containing our 2002 and 2003 paper submissions in the near future. As I discussed with Ms. Mary Dominiak of EPA on May l,2003,3M will continue its practice of submitting data when final reports are available, and hence we are not providing various raw data in our possession at this time. We will continue to submit final reports to the AR-226 docket as they are available. Please feel free to contact me with any questions. Very truly yours, A cc: Dr. Charles Auer (Room 4146) Dr. Oscar Hernandez Michael A. s'antoro Director of Environmental, Health Safety and Regulatory Affairs 3M Specialty Materials Building 236-1B-10 3M Center St. Paul, MN 55144 65 1-733-6374 (phone) 651-733-1958 (fa) E-mail: masantoro@mmm.com ATTACHMENTTO LETTER OF JULY 9,2003 3M FLUOROCHEMICALSUBMISSION 3M FLUOROCHEMICAL SUBMISSION TOXICOLOGY, EPIDEMIOLOGY AND MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE I Multiple Chemicals I I Human Sera/Medical SurveillanceLEpidemioloq 1. Final Report, NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation for Peffluorooctanoic Acid and Peffluorooctane Sulfonate,NIOSH HETA 20010235, July 31,2001. 2. Final Report, Assessment of Lipid, Hepatic and Thyroid Function in Relation to an Occupational Biologic Limit Value for Perfluorooctanoic Acid, 3M Medical Department, June 9,2003. 3. Final Report, Descriptive Analysis of Serum Fluorochemical Concentrations from Cottage Grove Employee Participants of the 2002 Medical Surveillance Program, 3M Medical Department, June 17,2003. 4. Final Report, Descriptive Analysis of Serum Fluorochemical Concentrations from Decatur Employee Participants of the 2002 Medical SurveillanceProgram, 3M Medical Department, June 17,2003. Pharmacokinetic Studies 1. Protein Binding of Perfluorohexane Sulfonate, Peffluorooctane Sulfonate and Peffluorooctanoate to Plasma (Human, Rat, and Monkey), and Various Human-Derived Plasma Protein Fractions, Southern Research Institute Study ID 9921.7,3M Reference Nos. T-6295.33, T-7485.18, T-7504.4, and T-7507.4, June 3,2003. [Copy for docket redacted to remove non-responsive confidential business information] ATTACHMENTTO LETTER OF JULY 9,2003 3M FLUOROCHEMICALSUBMISSION I PFOS I Perfluorooctanesulfonate I Repeated-Dose Toxicitv 1. 4-Week Capsule Toxicity Study with Peffluorooctane Sulfonic Acid Potassium Salt (PFOS; T-6295) in Cynomolgus Monkeys, Covance Study No. 6329-222,3M Reference NO.T-6295.6, April 9,2002. Pharmacokinetic Studies 1. A Pharmacokinetic Study of Potassium Peffluoroocatanesulfonatein the Cynomolgus Monkey, Southern Research Institute Study ID 9921.6,3M Reference No. T-6295, April 22,2003. Reproductive 1. One Generation Reproduction Study of PFOS - Mevalonic AcidEholesterol Challenge and NOEL Investigation in Rats, 3M Reference No. T-6295.25, December 16,2002. I POSF I Perfluorooctanesulfonylfluoride I Acute Toxicity 1. Acute Inhalation Limit Toxicity Study of PeffluorooctanesulfonylFluoride (POSF) T7098.3,3M Reference No. T-7098.3, October 18,2001. Genotoxicitv 1. PeffluorooctanesulfonylFluoride (POSF) In Vitro Mammalian Chromosome Aberration Test in Human Lymphocyte (Huntingdon Study No. MIN 315/022356), 3M Reference No. T-7661.3, October 22,2002. 2. PerfluorooctanesulfonylFluoride (POSF) Bacterial Reverse Mutation Test (Huntingdon Study No. MIN 314/022208), 3M Reference No. T-7661.2, October 23,2002. ATTACHMENTTO LETTER OF JULY 9,2003 3M FLUOROCHEMICALSUBMISSION I PFHS I Perfluorohexane sulfonate I Pharmacokinetic Study 1. A Pharmacokinetic Study of Potassium Perfluorohexanesulfonate in the Cynomolgus Monkey, Southern Research Institute Study ID 9921.5,3M Reference No. T-7504, April 22,2003. I PFOA I Perfluorooctanoicacid I Pharmacokinetic Study 1. A Pharmacokinetic Study of Potassium Perfluorooctanoate in the Cynomolgus Monkey, Southern Research Institute Study ID 9921.4,3M Reference No. T-6889, January 14, 2003. I N-EtFOSE I N-Ethylperfluorooctanesulfonamidoethanol I Reproductive 1. Two Generation Rat Reproduction Study a. Report Amendment, Combined Oral (Gavage) Fertility, Developmental and PerinataVPostnatal Reproduction Toxicity Study of N-EtFOSE in Rats - Correction to Text Figure 1,3M Reference No. T-6316.5, October 12,2000. ATTACHMENTTO LETTER OF JULY 9,2003 3M FLUOROCHEMICALSUBMISSION ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES I Multiple Chemicals I I 1. Tennessee River Study a. Data Evaluation, A Survey of Selected Fluorochemicals in the Decatur Alabama Area - 2002 Sampling, Entrix, Inc. Project No. 178401,July 2003. b. Analytical Laboratory Report, Tennessee River Valley Samples, 3M Environmental Laboratory Study # E02-0443, Revised Report, January 6,2003. I PFOS I Perfluorooctanesulfonate I 1. Incineration Study a. Robust Summary, Laboratory-ScaleThermal Degradation of Perfluoro-Octanyl Sulfonate and Related Precursors, July 3,2003. b. Final Report, Laboratory-Scale Thermal Degradation of Perfluoro-Octanyl Sulfonate and Related Precursors, Environmental Sciences and Engineering Group, University of Dayton Research Institute, June 19,2003. 2. Terrestrial Plant Toxicity Study a. Robust Summary, Toxicity to Terrestrial Plants, June 3,2003. b. Final Report, PFOS: A Toxicity Test to Determine the Effects of the Test Substance on Seedling Emergence of Seven Species of Plants, Wildlife International,Ltd. Project No. 454-110,May 30,2003. c. Analytical Laboratory Report, Analytical Method Validation for the Determination of Perfluorooctanesulfonate,Potassium Salt (PFOS) in Artificial Soil, Wildlife International, Ltd. Project No. 454C-120, May 27,2003. d. Analytical Laboratory Report, Analytical Method Validation for the Determination of Perfluorooctanesulfonate, Potassium Salt (PFOS) in Plant Tissues, Wildlife International, Ltd. Project No. 454C-125, October 22,2001. ATTACHMENT TO LETTER OF JULY 9,2003 3M FLUOROCHEMICALSUBMISSION BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PUBLISHED LITERATURE TOXICOLOGY, EPIDEMIOLOGY AND MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE Austin ME, Badrinarayanan SK, Barber M, Kannan K, MohanKumar PS, and MohanKumar SMJ (2003). Neuroendocrine Effects of Perfluorooctane Sulfonate in Rats. Environ. Health Persp. doi: 10.1289/ehp.6128 (available at http://dx.doi.org) online April 3,2003. Berthiaume J, Wallace KB (2002). Perfluorooctanoate,Perfluorooctanesulfoante, and N-ethyl Perfluorooctanesulfonamido Ethanol; Peroxisome Proliferation and Mitochondrial Biogenesis. Toxicol. Letters 129:23-32. Butenhoff J, Costa G, Elcombe C, Farrar D, Hansen K, Iwai H, Jung R, Kennedy G, Lieder P, Olsen G, and Thomford P (2002). Toxicity of Ammonium Perfluorooctanoate in Male Cynomolgus Monkeys after Oral Dosing for 6 Months. Toxicol. Sci. 69:244-57. Luebker DJ, Hansen KJ, Bass NM, Butenhoff JL, and Seacat AM (2002). Interactions of Fluorochemicals with Rat Liver Fatty Acid-Binding Protein. Toxicol. 176:175-85. Masunaga S, Kanan K, Doi R, Nakanishi J, Giesy JP (2002). Levels of Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) and Other Related Compounds in the Blood of Japanese People. Organohalogen Compounds 59:319-322. Olsen GW, Burris JM, Burlew MM, Mandel JH (2003). Epidemiologic Assessment of Worker Serum Perfluorooctanesulfoante (PFOS) and Perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) Concentrations and Medical SurveillanceExaminations. JOEM 45:260-270. Olsen GW, Hansen KJ, Stevenson LA, Burris JM, and Mandel JH (2003). Human Donor Liver and Serum Concentrations of Perfluorooctanesulfonate and Other Perfluorochemical, Environ. Sci. & Technol. 37(5):888-91. Seacat AM, Thomford PJ, Hansen KJ, Olsen GW, Case MT, Butenhoff JL (2002). Subchronic Toxicity Studies on PerfluorooctanesulfonatePotassium Salt in Cynomolgus Monkeys. Toxicol. Sci. 68:249-264. Seacat AM, Thomford PJ, Hansen KJ, Clemen LA, Eldridge SR, Elcombe CR, and Butenhoff JL (2003). Sub-chronic Dietary Toxicity of Potassium Perfluorooctanesulfonatein Rats. Toxicol. 183: 117-31. Starkov AA, Wallace KB (2002). Structural Determinants of Fluorochemical-Induced Mitochondrial Function. Toxicol. Sci. 66:244-252. ENVIRONMENTAL Bonifacio RP, Padua A, and Costa-Gomes MF (2001). Perfluoroalkanes in Water: Experimental Henry's Law Coefficientsfor Hexafluoroethane and Computer Simulationsfor Tetrafluoromethane and Hexafluoroethane. J. Phys. Chem. 105:8403-03. ATTACHMENTTO LETTER OF JULY 9,2003 3M FLUOROCHEMICALSUBMISSION Giesy JP, Kannan K, and Jones PD (2001). Global Biomonitoring of Peffluorinated Organics. Scientific World 1:627-29. Golovanov IB and Tsygankova IG (2001). Structure-PropertyCorrelation Equation: VII. Some Properties of Peffluorinated Organic Compounds. Russian J. of Gen. Chem. 71(6):839-44. Hansen KJ, Johnson HO, Eldndge JS, Butenhoff JL,and Dick LA (2002). Quantitative Characterization of Trace Levels of PFOS and PFOA in the Tennessee River. Environ. Sci. & Technol. 36:1681-85. Hebert GN, Odom MA, Craig PS, Dick DL, and Straus SH (2002). Method for the determination of sub-ppm concentrations of peffluoroalkylsulfonate anions in water. Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523. Hoff PT, Vijver K, Dongen W, Esmans EL, Blust R, and Coen WM (2003). Peffluorooctane Sulfonic Acid in Bib (Trisopterusluscus) and Plaice (Pleuronectesplatessa) from the Western Scheldt and the Belgian North Sea: Distribution and Biochemical Effects. Environ. Toxicol. and Chem. 22(3):608-14. Hu W, Jones PD, Upham BL, Trosko E,Lau C, and Giesy JP (2002). Inhibition of Gap Junctional Intercellular Communication by Peffluorinated Compounds in Rat Liver and Dolphin Kidney Epithelial Cell Lines in Vitro and Sprague-Dawley Rats in Vivo. Toxicol. Sci. 68:42936. Kannan K, Choi JW,Iseki N, SenthilkumarK, Kim DH, Masunaga S, and Giesy JP (2002). Concentrations of peffluorinated acids in livers of birds from Japan and Korea. Chemosphere 491225-31. Kannan K, et al. (2002). Peffluorooctane sulfonate and related fluorinated hydrocarbons in marine mammals, fishes, and birds from coasts of the Baltic and the Mediterranean Seas. Environ. Sci. & Technol. 15:3210-16. Kannan K, et al. (2002) Perfluorooctane sulfonate in oysters, Crassostrea virginica,from the Gulf of Mexico and the Chesapeake Bay, USA. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 42:313-318. Lewis, Pryce HG, Caulfield JA, and Gleason KK (2001). Peffluorooctane Sulfonyl Fluoride as an Initiator in Hot Filament Chemical Vapor Deposition of Fluorocarbon Thin Films. Langmuir 1717652-55. Martin JW, Mabury SA, Solomon KR, and Muir D (2003). Bioconcentration and Tissue Distribution of Peffluorinated Acids in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Environ. Toxicol. and Chem. 22(1):196-204. ATTACHMENT TO LETTER OF JULY 9,2003 3M FLUOROCHEMICAL SUBMISSION Martin JW,Mabury SA, Solomon KR, and Muir D (2003). Dietary Accumulation of Perfluorinated Acids in Juvenile Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Environ. Toxicol. and Chem. 22(1):189-95. Martin JW,Muir D, Moody CA, Ellis DA, Kwan WC, Solomon KR, and Mabury SA (2002). Collection of Airborne Fluorinated Organics and Analysis by Gas Chromatography/Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry. Analytical Chem. 74584-90. Nakano T, Sugihara G, Nakashima T, Yu S (2002). Thermodynamic Study of Mixed HydrocarbonFluorocarbonSurfactant System by Conductometricand HuorimetricTechniques. Languir 18:8777-85. Sanderson H, Boudreau TM, Mabury SA, Cheong WJ, and Solomon KR (2002). Ecological Impact and Environmental Fate of Perfluorooctane Sulfonate on the Zooplankton Community in Indoor Microcosms. Environ. Toxicol. and Chem. 21-7:1490-96.