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Quality Assurance Project Plan Multi-City Study Sampling Task (NJ00666) BACK TO MAIN Revision No. : 1 Effective Date: M ay 14, 1999 Page i o f iv Quality Assurance Project Plan for Empirical Human Exposure Assessment Multi-City Study Sampling Task To May 14,1999 Prepared by Battelle 397 Washington Street Duxbury, MA 02332 (781) 934-0571 APPROVALS Sampling Task Leader Rosanna Buhl Battelle Sampling Task QA Officer __f l / ; JtjJy/,ATJl& Marcia Nishioka * Battelle Project Manager Susan bbgy Battelle Program QA Officer Date Date q n /n Date s litto Date Date Quality Assurance Project Plan Multi-City Study Sampling Task (N100666) Joseph Fiksel Marcia Nishioka Suan Abbgy Donald Gunster Rosanna Buhl Wayne Trulli Scott Macomber Chris Gagnon Kelly Irizarry Robert Mandeville Richard Restucci Kim Andrews Distribution List BACK TO MAIN Revision No.: 1 Effective Date: May 14, 1999 Page ii o f v BACK TO MAIN Quality Assurance Project Plan Multi-City Study Sampling Task (N100666) Revision No.: 1 Effective Date: May 14, 1999 Page iii o f v CONTENTS 1.

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BACK TO MAIN ACUTE TOXICITY TO FISH (FATHEAD MINNOW) TEST SUBSTANCE_____________________ Identity: Perfluorooctanoic acid, ammonium salt; may also be referred to as PFOA ammonium salt, Ammonium perfluorooctanoate, PFO, FC-116, FC-126, FC-169, or FC-143.

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AR 1%-oiGi REPORT AMENDMENT NO. 1 TWO YEAR ORAL (DIET) TOXICITY/CARCINOGENICITY STUDY OF FLUOROCHEMICAL FM-3924 IN RATS Experiment NO.0281CR0012 The attached pages include revisions in the first paragraph on page 3 of the Summary and in the third paragraph of page 22 of the Discussion.

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