Document gDB2mz6aNpN4yGoy7qeoVBR5Q

<OEH>s DuPont Legai RECEIVED' OPP CB'C m m 12 AH 6-. 09 Andrea V Malinowski Corporate Counsel DuPont Legal D-7078 Wilmington, Delaware 19898 Phone: 302-774-6443 Fax: 302-774-4812 AR226-1882 8 January 2004 Document Control Office (DCO) Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) US Environmental Protection Agency EPA East, Room 6428 1201 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460 VIA OVERNIGHT MAIL Attention: Docket No. AR-226 and/or OPPT-2003-0012 Re: Analytical Report - West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Analysis of Perfluorooctanoic Acid in Fish Samples Exygen Report No. L35217 Dear Sir/Madam: Please find attached a copy of the above-identified Analytical Report. In summary, four different types of fish (catfish, sauger, common carp, hybrid striped bass) were provided to Exygen by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) for the purpose of analyzing for the presence of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA). All samples analyzed were non-detect, with non-detect being less than LOQ (0.5C> ng/g). WVDEP has informed DuPont that the fish were obtained in the area of the Belleville Lock and Dam (mile point 203.9), which is located about 13 miles downriver from the Washington Works plant site (mile point 191). If you have any questions on this submittal, please contact me directly. Very truly yours, Andrea V. Malinowski Counsel for E. I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, Inc. Attachment CONTAIN NO CBI Document Control Office Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics cc: Mary Dominiak, EPA (via overnight mail) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics EPA East, Room 4410 1201 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460 564-4760 Page 2 8 January 2004