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Second Annual Progress Reports Received

October 31, 2008 - EPA received second annual progress reports from all eight companies participating in the 2010/15 PFOA Stewardship Program.

Read about PFOA Accomplishments January 2007 – January 2009.

In 2006, former Administrator Stephen L. Johnson invited the eight major fluoropolymer and telomer manufacturers to join in a global program to commit to achieve reduction in both facility emissions to all media and product content of PFOA and PFOA related higher homologue chemicals, measured from a year 2000 baseline. The eight companies committed to a 95 percent reduction by 2010 and committed to working toward total elimination of PFOA by 2015.

Participating companies include:

Arkema

Asahi

Ciba

Clariant

Daikin

3M/Dyneon

DuPont

Solvay Solexis

Participating companies:

Submitted baseline year 2000 data on emissions and product content at the end of October 2006.

Report annual progress toward goals each succeeding October and report progress in terms of both U.S. and global operations.

Companies also agreed to work cooperatively with EPA and establish scientifically credible analytical standards and laboratory methods to ensure comparability of reporting.

Additional information on the 2010/2015 PFOA Stewardship Program, EPA reporting guidance, company baseline data from 2006, and company progress reports are available at the following links:

Program Description