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Marshall J. Gravdahi Marshall J. Gravdahl J 05/07/2003 08:31 PM
Subject Re: PFOA Producionl} To: Dana M. Schnobrich/US-Corporate/3M/US@3M-Corporate
Subject: Re: PFOA Production~
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851 requa iamrpeeres in Decatur and could give
as it requires a tempered
overhead and they never had that avaiable for C8 acid as I recall.
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To: cc:
Subject:
Michael A. Santoro/US-Corporate/3M/US@3M-Corporate Dean D. Dworak/US-Corporate/3M/US@3M-Corporate
Marshall J. Gravdahl/US-Corporate/3M/US@3M-Corporate PFOA Production
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The manufacture of PFOA involves four general steps:
1 2
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2.
343.
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4.
Drying
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and I can send this to you if you desire.
Plant | CeliStep | Stabilization | Fractionation | Drying Plant Cottage Grove [bosEE nSabilisatinon share| Vex nGolfphmeathnt n Cottage Grove
Cell Step
First cell run in the 1950's
Stabilization Stabilization always conductcd in
Fractionation Yes
Drying
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Antwerp
ecov linhe | caolbnjlvuoncstiioonnvihtahythse || Began cell r~ms in the
late I 96(Fs or early
1970 During ts |cnpctiitohtnh | 1970's. During this rod here aso | ll ep. ~eriod lhere was not a oto PEON de. lot oI'PFOA made at tir. Deca Decatur. Decatur ped maki PFOA stopped nraking PFOA ve1550sand did m the 1980's and did tease tis aot reinitiate rids iy wi he ke: activity until the late fos 1990's. Pet prion | Saba ays| Began cell operations he 080s Not | sndtod m the 1980's. Not any rusprobably |sonoviththe many rims, probably 2persone [al sp 1-2 pcr year to mcct Purspen dont. Ihe European demand.
conjunction wilb the cell step. Stabilization always conducted in conjunction with the cell step.
Stabilization always conducted m coNunction with the ccll step
reba Probably not.
I )ecatnr stabilized
mera win material was rota facie probably fractionated aCo Grove m Cottage Grove.
VeYes
anducd conducted. Newer
Never
Neer Never
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