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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 er t A. B ilo tt ( 513) 357-9638 bilott@taftlaw.com P-1 TAFT, STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP 425 WALNUT STREET, SUITE 1800 CINCINNATI, OHIO 45202-3957 CLEVELAND, OHIO OFFICE 3500 BP TOWER 200 PUBLIC SQUARE CLEVELAND, OHIO 44114-2302 216-241-2838 FAX: 216-241-3707 513-381-2838 FAX: 513-381-0205 www.taftlaw.com COLUMBUS, OHIO OFFICE 21 EAST STATE STREET COLUMBUS, OHIO 43215-4221 614-221-2838 FAX:614-221 -2007 firfL a.g.6 _ 3r?/ February 24, 2006 FEDERAL EXPRESS Dr. Charles M. Auer USEPA 1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Room 3166A Washington, DC 20004 Jennifer Seed, Ph.D. USEPA 1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Room 6334A Washington, DC 20004 Gary Krueger Remediation Division Superfund & Emergency Response Section Minnesota Pollution Control Agency 520 Lafayette Road North St. Paul, MN 55155 Mary Dominiak USEPA 1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Room 441 OS Washington, DC 20004 Helen Goeden Minnesota Health Department 625 Robert St., N. St. Paul, MN 55164 Donald Kriens Industrial Division Land & Water Quality Section Minnesota Pollution Control Agency 520 Lafayette Road North St. Paul, MN 55155 Re: International Activities Relating To PFOA And PFOS c?-. '1r ''J Ladies and Gentlemen: Enclosed for inclusion in AR-226 and EPA-HQ-OPPT-2003-0012 are copies of the following documents for your review and consideration in connection with ongoing PFOA and PFOS activities: W0658785 1 OOOOOl P-2 February 24, 2006 Page 2 1. Activities In Canada. a. Update On Environment Canada's Ecological Risk Assessment Activities For Certain Perfluoroalkyl Compounds (8/20/05); b. Consultation Notice/ Avis de consultation - Action Plan on Perfluorocarboxylic Acids and Precursors; c. Invitation to the Consultation Meeting - Action Plan on Perfluorocarboxylic Acids and Precursors (1/24/06); d. Draft Agenda for Environment Canada/Health Canada Consultation Meeting - Action Plan on Perfluorocarboxylic Acids (PFCAs and Precursors; e. Risk Management Strategy For New Fluorotelomer Based Substances Prohibited Under Section 84 of CEPA 1999 (1/23/06); f. Perfluorinated Carboxylic Acids (PFCAs) and Precursors: A Proposed Plan For Assessment and Management (2/06); g. External Review and Science Update (2/06); h. Early Risk Management Actions on Residuals Present in Fluorotelomer Based Substances (2/06); i. Assessment and Management of Substances Under CEPA 1999 (2/06); j . Risk Management Strategy for Four New Fluorotelomer Based Substances (2/06); k. PFCAs and Precursors: A Proposed Action Plan for Assessment and Management - An Introduction (2/06); l. PFCAs and Precursors: A Proposed Action Plan for Assessment and Management - Research and International Cooperation (2/06); m. PFCAs and Precursors - Simplified Terminology/Sources/Fate (2/06); n. A Preliminary List of Published References Being Considered in the Update to the Science (2/03/06); o. Environmental Fate of Fluorotelomer Based Substances (2/06); and p. List of Participants - Consultation Meeting on PFCA Action Plan, 2/06-7/06. 2. Activities Under The Stockholm Convention On Persistent Organic Pollutants. a. Review of Chemical Proposals for Addition Under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants; Solicitation of Information for the Development of Risk Profiles (71 Federal Register 4913-16 (1/30/06)); b. Report of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee on the Work of its First Meeting (12/09/05); W0658785.1 000002 P-3 February 24, 2006 Page 3 c. d. e. f. g. h. Invitation to Submit Information Specified in Annex E of the Stockholm Convention to the POPs Review Committee (11/18/05); Advance Unedited Draft - Draft Risk Profile Outline; . Perfluorooctane Sulfonate Proposal (8/24/05); Addendum to the Dossier on Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (11/07/05); Advance Unedited Draft - Decision POPRC-1/7 on Perfluorooctane Sulfonate; and List of Participants - United Nations Environment Programme, (11/11/05). 3. Activities Under The 1998 Aarhus POPs Protocol Under The Long Range Transboundrv Air Pollution Convention Of The UNECE._____________ a. Proposal of Addition of Certain Substances to the 1998 Aarhus Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Protocol Under the Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Convention of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE): Notice of Data Availability (70 Federal Register 70840-41 (11/23/05)); b. Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) (7/07/05); c. Task Force on Persistent Organic Pollutants (11/09/05); d. Task Force on Persistent Organic Pollutants - The Technical Review of Dossiers of Substances That May Be Proposed by Parties for Inclusion Into Annexs I, II, and III of the 1998 Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) (2/21/06); e. Economic and Social Council - Technical Input For Reviewing The Protocol On Persistent Organic Pollutants (6/18/05); f. Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) - Dossier Prepared in Support For a Nomination of PFOS to the UN-ECE LRTAP Protocol and the Stockholm Convention (8/04); g. Task Force on Persistent Organic Pollutants - Third Meeting of the Task Force (and attached peer reviews) (5/30-6/02/05); and h. Economic and Social Council - Draft 2006 Workplan For The Working Group On Strategies And Review (9/30/05). Very truly yours, RAB/mdm Enclosures W0658785.1 Robert A. Bilott OOOOOil February 24, 2006 Page 4 cc: Gale D. Pearson, Esq. (w/o ends.) J. Mark Englehart, Esq. (w/o ends.) R. Edison Hill, Esq. (w/o ends.) Larry A. Winter, Esq. (w/o ends.) Gerald J. Rapien, Esq. (w/o ends.) P-4 W0658785.1 000004