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TAFT, STETTINIUS & HOLLISTERALRLPRI6_ 1495 opp 425 WALNUT STREET. SUITE 1800 CINCINNATI, OHIO 45202-2057 Ros6s13a) 5a57.s00o38rs blon@uttaw.com May 6, 2003 ao gy ri ax Sear aor Dr. Charles M. Auer Chemical Control Division OfficeofPrevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Mail Code 7405M Washington, DC 20004 TJEenLnEifCerOSPeeYd U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 410 M Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20460 Oscar Hemandez Director, Risk Assessment Division Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances US. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Mail Code 7405M Washington, DC 20460 John Wheeler, Ph.D. (E-29) ATSDR 1600 Clifton Road, N.E. Atlanta, GA 30333 Christopher Jones, Esq DiOrheicotEonrvironmental Protection Agency 122 South Front Street Columbus, OH 43215 Thomas V. Skinner Regional Administrator US. Environmental Protection Agency 77 West Jackson Blvd. Chicago, IL 60604 Donald S. Welsh Regional Administrator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region Il 1650 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029 Re: Human Health Threat Arising From Releases Of PFOA/APFO/C-8 In `West Virginia And Ohio = 8 fa o= T&H OZsB So ES 2 35 s 2 CONTAIN NC 021 000001 May 6,2003 Page2 Ladies and Gentlemen: As a follow up to our lettersof February 3, April 4, and April 11, 2003 regarding the potential health threat to those living near the Washington Works plant of E.L duPont de NfoelmloouwirnsgadnodcuCmoemnptasnryellaotcinagtetdoitnheWhoeoadlthCocuonntdyit,iWoenosft Vwiorrgkienrisa,atwethahtavDeuPeonncltopsleadntcowphieesroefCt-h8e has been used in manufacturing processes since the carly 1950s: 1. DuPont Internal Report, "Study OfMyocardial Infarction At Washington Works Plant" (1975) (DUPONT910-918): and 2. ELL duPont de Nemours and Company's Objections And Response To Plaintiffs' `Third Set Of Interrogatories And [Sixth] Set Of Requests For Production Of Documents (April 28, 2003) ly yous, dobert X. ABHX RAB/mdm Enclosures cc: R. Edison Hill, Esq. (w/o encls.) Larry A. Winter, Esq. (w/o encls.) Gerald J. Rapien, Esq. (w/o encls.) Mary Dominiak, (USEPA, OPPT) (for inclusion in AR-226) (w/ encls.) (by telecopy and Federal Express) Asa Defendant in a class action lawsuit pending against DuPont in the West Virginia State Court in which we serve as Class counsel, DuPont has the right to mark documents produced in that case as falling underthe termsofthe Stipulated Protective Order that allows parties to limit distributionof documents,ifthey qualify as documents for which "confidential business information" (CBI), protection would be available under, among other provisions, 40 CFR. Part 2, Subpart B. Although DuPont originally marked this document as confidential under that Order, DuPont has since confirmed in writing that it has withdrawn its confidentiality claim with respect to this report. Exhibit B to this setofDuPont's discovery responses has been removed, because the document has been marked "confidential" under the termsofthe Stipulated Protective Order referenced above in Footnote 1. We are currently challenging DuPont's confidentiality claim with respect to that document but the issue has not yet been resolved. 000002