Meeting Summary

EPA/Pentachlorophenol Task Force

June 10, 2008; 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Patomac Yards, Arlington, Virginia

Participants

Pentachlorophenol Task Force: Herb Estreicher (Keller and Heckman LLP),
W. Caffey Norman (Patton Boggs), Martin Rollins (H. M. Rollins Company,
Inc.), John Wilkinson (KMG-Bermuth, Inc)

EPA: Sherrie Kinard, Diane Isbell, Mark Hartman, Jonathan Chen, Norm
Cook, Tim Dole, Nadar Elassabany, Tim Leighton, Nathan Mottl, Siroos
Mostaghhimi, Najm Shamim (Office of Pesticide Programs, Antimicrobials
Division)

Summary

On June 10, 2008, representatives from EPA’s Office of Pesticide
Programs met with the Pentachlorophenol Task Force to discuss the heavy
duty wood preservative, pentachlorophenol.  EPA attended the meeting at
the Task Forces request to provide an overview of the revised risk
assessments and the potential measures being considered to mitigate the
risks of concern.  

Discussions focused on the potential economic and logistical impacts of
mitigation options, alternative measures to accomplish comparable risk
reduction, and the possibility and potential duration of a phase-in
period for facilities to make any required changes to treatment
cylinders.

Next Steps

The Task Force will review the documents currently available for public
comment in the public docket and, if appropriate, submit comments before
the comment periods close on June 16, 2008.

EPA intends to complete the reregistration eligibility decisions for the
heavy duty wood preservatives in September 2008.

