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p. 1 TAFT, STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LL P NORTHERN KENTUCKY OFFICE CLEVELAND, OHIO OFFICE SUITE 340 3500 BP TOWE R 1717 DIXIE HIGHWAY COVINGTON, KENTUCKY 41011-4704 425 WALNUT STREET, SUITE 1800 200 PUBLIC SQUARE CLEVELAND, OHIO 44114-2302 606-331-2838 216-241-283 8 513-381-2838 FAX : 513-381-6613 CINCINNATI, OHIO 45202-3957 FAX : 216-241-3707 COLUMBUS, OHIO OFFICE DAYTON, OHIO OFFICE SUITE 900 110 NORTH 513-381-2838 21 EAST STATE STREET : 513-381-0205 COLUMBUS, OHIO 43215-4221 MAIN FS AX TREET 614-221-2838 DAYTON, OHIO 45402-1786 FAX :614-221-2007 937-228-2838 www.taftlaw .co m FAX: 937-228-2816 1-9 c2 a 6 3 ROBERT A . (513) 357-963 8 bilott@taftlaw.com BILOTT !! February 24, 2006 FEDERAL EXPRES S Dr. Charles M . Auer Mary Dominiak USEPA USEPA 1201 Constitution Avenue, N .W. 1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W . Room 3166A Room 4410 S Washington, DC 20004 Washington, DC 20004 Jennifer Seed, Ph .D. Helen Goede n USEPA Minnesota Health Department 1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W. 625 Robert St ., N . Room 6334A St . Paul, MN 55164 Washington, DC 20004 Gary Krueger Donald Kriens Remediation Division Industrial Division G: . Superfund & Emergency Response Section Land & Water Quality Sectio n Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Minnesota Pollution Control Agency 520 Lafayette Road North 520 Lafayette Road North ~.: St. Paul, MN 55155 St . Paul, MN 5515 5 Re : International Activities Relating To PFOA And PFOS ~ 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 I 000001 p. 2 February 24, 200 6 Page 2 l 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) ; 1. PFCAs and Precursors : A Proposed Action Plan for Assessment and Management - Research and International Cooperation (2/06) ; in . 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, 200 6 Page 3 c. Invitation to Submit Information Specified in Annex E of the Stockholm Convention to the POPs Review Committee (11/18/05); d. Advance Unedited Draft - Draft Risk Profile Outline ; e . Perfluorooctane Sulfonate Proposal (8/24/05) ; f. Addendum to the Dossier on Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (11/07/05) ; g. Advance Unedited Draft - Decision POPRC-1/7 on Perfluorooctane Sulfonate; and h. List of Participants - United Nations Environment Programme, (11/11/05) . 3. Activities Under The 1998 Aarhus POPs Protocol Under The Long Range TransboundLy 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, D RAB/md m Enclosure s C Robert A. Bilott W0658785 .1 ~~ 000 43 p. 4 February 24, 200 6 Page 4 cc : Gale D . Pearson, Esq. (w/o encls .) J . Mark Englehart, Esq . (w/o encls .) R . Edison Hill, Esq . (w/o encls .) Larry A . Winter, Esq . ( w/o encls .) Gerald J . Rapien, Esq . (w/o encls .) W0658785 .1 000004