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4nhi %, j r n t L L <lfl- J ffly AP-AG - U 3ft UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20460 N O V ? 2002 OFFICE OF PREVENTION, PESTICIDES AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES Dear Interested Party: Attached is a copy in PDF file format (397 KB) o f the November 4, 2002 edition o f the Revised Draft Hazard Assessment O fPerftuorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) And Its Salts, prepared by the Risk Assessment Division (RAD) of the EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), This revision updates the original draft assessment released in March 2002, the minor correction issued in April 2002, and the revised draft issued in October 2002, to incorporate reviews o f studies that were received by the Agency through October 2002, as well as to address comments received on the draft: assessment. All o f this information was submitted to the publicly accessible Administrative Record file AR226: PFOS, PFAS, PFOA, Telomers, and Related Chemicals, as it was received. The Annex to the assessment, which contains robust summaries o f the studies reviewed in the assessment, is not attached because o f its very large size (936 KB), but is available upon request as a separate file. Both files have been placed in AR-226. If you have any questions concerning the assessment, please contact Jennifer Seed by phone at 202-564-7634, or by email at seedTenmfer@epa.goy. If you wish to receive a copy o f the Annex, or if you have any difficulties opening the files, please contact Mary Dominiak by phone at 202564-8104, by fax at 202-564-4775, or by email at domimak.marv@epa. gov. If you wish to obtain additional information concerning all o f the documents that are available in AR226, you should contact the OPPT Docket by email at oppt.ncic@epa.aov and request a copy o f the Index. Sincerely, Ward Penberthy, Acting Director Chemical Control Division INJ rC--S S5 Attachment r3=r 22 ri cv ca cn cr> Sr9m eiAM fess{U RL) httpiAuww.epa.gov RscycIcttfRscyclaOls Printed vrfth Vegotabto Oil B a n d Ink on Rocycled Paper (Minimum S% Poatoonsumor content)