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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010Aug.26 PFOA phase out mtgBelnick, Tom From: Michael E Johnson [Michael.E.Johnson@USA.dupont.com] Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 8:30 AM To: Belnick, Tom Cc: Henson, Belinda; Brower, Connie; Poupart, Jeff; Moore, Sandra; Chernikov, Sergei Subject: RE: Meeting with DuPont - Available Dates & Times -� �� •Oberlin Road for Thursday,, rugust �26th,, a I oom on the second f If you park in the parking lot at that building, you need to to get a parking pass and then place it on your dashboard. the Cameron V 1!gZp. Sll ppin Center, then you save that step walk. Belinda: I will ask DWM to have a conference phone Thank you for agreeing to meet with DuPont: Mike Michael E. Johnson Environmental Manager DuPont Company Fayetteville Works (910) 678-1155 r of their building at 401 go into the DWM reception area fyou park across the street in but you ave a little longer sit up for you to call This communication is for use by the intended recipient and contains information that may be Privileged, confidential or copyrighted under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby formally notified that any use, copying or distribution of this e- mail, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited. Please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this e-mail from your system. Unless explicitly and conspicuously designated as "E -Contract Intended", this e-mail does not constitute a contract offer, a contract amendment, or an acceptance of a contract offer. This e-mail does not constitute a consent to the use of sender's contact information for direct marketing purposes or for transfers of data to third parties. Francais Deutsch Italiano Espanol Portugues Japanese Chinese Korean http://www.DuPont.com/corp/einail disclaimer html 1 Al M Aja�o J44) rhar- 6/,( Belnick, Tom Subject: Meeting with DuPont Location: DWM Oberlin Rd Start: Thu 8/26/2010 1:00 PM End: Thu 8/26/2010 3:00 PM Recurrence: (none) Meeting Status: Meeting organizer Organizer: Belnick, Tom Required Attendees: Chernikov, Sergei; Brower, Connie; Moore, Sandra; Poupart, Jeff; Henson, Belinda Meeting with DuPont Fayetteville Worl<s (Mike Johnson) at DWM to discuss PFOA phase-out and replacement. Belinda- we will voice you in from DWM. 1 From: Belnick, Tom Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 7:23 AM To: 'Michael E Johnson' Cc: Henson, Belinda; Brower, Connie; Poupart, Jeff; Moore, Sandra; Chernikov, Sergei Subject: RE: Meeting with DuPont - Available Dates & Times Mile- this should work ol<. If DWM cannot get a conference room, let me know so I can look at what might be available in the Archdale Building, Tom Belnick Supervisor, Complex NPDES 1617 Mail Service Center, (919) 807-6390; fax (919) Permitting Unit NC DENR/Division of Water Quality Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 807-6495 E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. -----Original Message... From* Michael E Johnson [mailto:Michael.E.Johnson@USA.dupont.com]_ Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 1:56 PM in: Belnick, Tom Cc: Henson, Belinda; Brower, Connie; Poupart, Jeff; Moore, Sandra; Chernikov, Sergei Subject: RE: Meeting with DuPont - Available Dates & Times Tom, et al: Thank you for the very quick response. Would the afternoon of August 26th be okay with everyone, say starting at 1:00 p.m.? Assuming there is an available conference room there, would you all be agreeable to meet at the DWM Bldg at 401 Oberlin Road (across the street from the Cameron Village Shopping Center)? Mike Michael E. Johnson Environmental Manager DuPont Company Fayetteville Works (910) 678-1155 "Belnick, Tom" <torn. Belnick@ncde nr.gov> 07/19/2010 03:56 PM To Michael E Johnson/CL/DuPont@DuPont cc "Poupart, Jeff" <jeff.poupart@ncdenr.gov>, "Chernikov, Sergei" <sergei.chernil<ov@ncdenr.gov>, '3rower, Connie" <connie.brower@ncdenr.gov>, "Moore, Sandra" <sandra.moore@ncdenr.gov>, "Henson, Belinda" <belinda.henson@ncdenr.gov> Subject RE: Meeting with DuPont - Available Dates & Times Mike- it has been along time! Looks like Aug 26 or Aug 30 would be preferable, with Aug 18 a possibility. DWQ staff would include Jeff Poupart (Point Source Branch), Sergei Chernikov and myself (NPDES), Connie Brower and Sandra Moore (Standards), and Belinda Henson (Fayetteville Regional office). Belinda would prefer to be voiced in. Let me Know if this works out. Tom Belnick Supervisor, Complex NPDES Permitting Unit NC DENR/Division of Water Quality 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 (919) 807-6390; fax (919) 807-6495 E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. -----Original Message ----- From: Michael E Johnson [mailto:Michael.E Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 2:23 PM To: Belnick, Tom Johnson@USA.dupont.com] Subject: Meeting with DuPont - Available Dates & Times Tom: Hello. It has been a long time since we have talked. I see you are the supervisor of the NPDES Permitting Unit, so congratulations on that new position. The DuPont Company would like to have a meeting with NCDENR to discuss how the company is progressing on its goal to cease manufacturing PFOA at the Fayetteville Works site by 2015, and to discuss the PFOA replacement compound that is being produced at the Fayetteville Works site. The two divisions with the greatest interest in these topics would be DWQ because of (1) the current activity of the NC Science Advisory Board to propose a permanent 2L standard for PFOA, (2) the DuPont - Fayetteville Works' current monitoring requirement for PFOA on our NPDES Permit, and (3) general interest in the toxicology of the replacement compound; and the Division of Waste Management ("DWM") because of (1) the current groundwater monitoring program for PFOA and (2) general interest in the toxicology of the replacement compound. 2 I Therefore, I am attempting to schedule a joint meeting with DuPont, DWQ, and DWM at a mutually convenient date, time, and location in Raleigh. From the DWQ standpoint, I would think personnel from the NPDES unit would be appropriate because of the potential permitting subject matter, and personnel dealing with toxicology (Connie Brower and/or Sandra Moore) would be appropriate because of the 2L rule. Obviously this meeting would be open to anyone in DWQ that would have interest in these topics, such as Coleen Sullins. The dates when the DuPont personnel are available are: August 13 August 18 August 20 August 26 August 27 August 30 Please let me Know which of the above dates (and times) that would be convenient for DWQ, and I will work with DWM to pin down a date, time, and location. Also give me an idea of the number of DWQ personnel to expect to help with the meeting room. Thanks for your assistance. Mike Michael E. 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Francais Deutsch Italiano Espanol Portugues Japanese Chinese Korean http://WWW.uuront.com/corp/email_dis.claimer.html 1 9 2 OOD O� co l0C) 't co N O O Woissiw3 dp:Jd swea6ol!N jo spuesnoyl 0 O O N O O O N O O O N It O O N M O O N N O O N r O O N 0 0 0 N O T- CD N O N El El 1 C) T- 0 0 N CO N 20 r- cn CD N N O O i El m El \� 2 p 0 � 0 N ( N � _ � _ 20 0 O O N ( N U) _ � _ E0 � #} � _ ® s� 2 , - � � z m .� \ _ � : .. � . y wx © � . w : . . � O O N ( N U) _ � _ E0 DuPont, DWM and DWQ Meeting Summary August 26, 2010 Attendees: DWM: Linda Culpepper, Larry Stanley, Carl Utterback, Bud McCarty, Vance Jackson, Kathy Akroyd DWQ: Connie Brower, Sandra Moore, Matt Matthews, Belinda Henson, Sergei Chernikov, Tom Belnick DuPont: Michael Johnson, Jenny Lui, John Nash, Jamie Van Buskirk, Jim Hoover, Gary Jepson Purpose of Meeting: To provide an update on DuPont's progress on its USEPA 2010/15 PFOA Stewardship Program commitment; share information on GenX processing aid technology (to replace PFOA); establish a dialogue with NCDENR regarding the use of GenX technology at DuPont Fayetteville Works. DuPont gave an update on the 2010/15 PFOA Stewardship Program, an EPA sponsored program in which companies commit to reduce global facility emissions and product content of PFOA and related chemicals by 95 percent by 2010, and to work toward eliminating emissions and product content by 2015. http://www2.dupont.com/PFOA2/en US/pfoa stewardship.html http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/pfoa/ PFOA is only manufactured at DuPont's Fayetteville Facility but is used at other places in manufacturing. PFOA is used to make fluoropolymer material (resins and dispersions) that are then used to make products such as Teflon cookware. PFOA is a global contaminant found at low levels in the environment and in the blood of the US general population (average blood level of 5ppb). It is persistent in the environment and remains in people a long time. It has been shown to cause adverse health effects in animals and is suspected to cause adverse health effects in people. DuPont is currently testing a new product called GenX, to replace PFOA. DuPont stated that this new processing aid has a favorable toxicological profile and rapid bio -elimination and that DuPont's planned environmental exposure control technologies will reduce the potential for environmental release and exposure. GenX has been reviewed by USEPA through the Premanufacture Notification process and the USEPA TSCA Office granted DuPont approval to commercially manufacture, process, and distribute GenX under conditions set forth in a Consent Order. GenX Characteristics: • Low potential for accumulation in the body (elimination in 12-24 hours compared with months for PFOA); • low acute toxicity in mammalian and aquatic testing; • low repeated dose toxicity in mammalian testing; • it is not mutagenic or genotoxic; • it is not a skin sensitizer GenX technology will enable the production of fluoropolymer resins, and end-use articles made from the resin, that contain extremely low to non-detectable residual processing aid content. Goal is to contain the new processing aid within the manufacturing site and to minimize worker exposures through the use of scrubbers, PPE and point source exhaust trucks. DuPont has begun investing in their production facilities, have started customer conversions and expects to meet the 2015 commitment to phase out PFOA. 2