Meeting Summary

EPA/American Chemistry Council Chromated Arsenicals Meeting

August 19, 2008; 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Room S-8100, 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202

Participants

American Chemistry Council: Has Shah, Nick Skoulis, Bob Gruber, Seth
Goldberg, Kevin Archer, Chuck Shaw, Teri Muchow, Elizabeth Brown, Russ
Morgan, Julie Ownbey

EPA: Diane Isbell (AD), Mark Hartman (AD), Tim Leighton (AD), Tim Dole
(AD), Nader Elkassabany (AD), Jonathan Chen (AD), Jonathan Becker
(BEAD), Rick Petrie (AD), Phil Ross (OGC), Tim Kiely (BEAD), Steve
Hopkins (BPPD), Tim McMahon (AD), Najm Shamim (AD), Lance Wormell (AD)

Summary

On August 19, 2008, EPA reregistration team members met with the
American Chemistry Council’s Arsenical Wood Preservative Task Force
(AWPTF) regarding EPA’s upcoming reregistration eligibility decision
(RED) for wood preservative uses of chromated arsenicals (e.g., CCA). 
The meeting was held to discuss EPA’s draft potential mitigation
measures for addressing risks of concern associated with continued use
of chromated arsenicals, pentachlorophenol, and/or creosote to preserve
wood products that present benefit to society.  The document, sent via
email on August 15, 2008, was provided for discussion purposes only and
contains measures that are not necessarily inclusive and may not reflect
EPA’s final position.  EPA’s final position for each chemical case
will be presented in the reregistration eligibility decision.

During the meeting, the AWPTF requested and EPA provided clarification
on the draft potential measures detailed in the document.  Based on this
discussion, the AWPTF will prepare formal comments to the document,
including alternative label language and/or mitigation measures, and
submit to EPA in the near future. 

