John
Blouin
08/
11/
2003
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Subject:
Proposed:
Incineration
Goals
and
Agenda:
Interested
Parties
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TRP.

Telomer
Incineration
Draft
Straw
Objectives
and
Agenda
8
August
2
John
J.
Blouin
US
EPA
Office
of
Pollution
Prevention
&
Toxics
Chemical
Engineering
Branch
Mail
Code:
7406M
202­
564­
8519
/
202­
564­
8528
(
fax)
Draft,
8
August,
2003
Technical
Subgroup
on
Incineration
Test
Methods
for
Telomers
Introduction
The
PFOA
ECA
Plenary
session
held
on
July
10,
2003,
approved
an
action
plan
for
the
Telomer
Workgroup
to
form
a
Technical
Subgroup
on
Incineration
test
methods.
This
subgroup
will
assess
the
adequacy
of
available
incineration
test
methods
so
as
to
inform
a
technical
assessor
on
the
details
of
Telomer
thermal
degradation
and
the
potential
concurrent
formation
of
PFOA.
Where
needed,
specific
approaches
to
address
the
unique
characteristics
of
Telomers
and
Telomer­
based
polymers
will
be
agreed
upon.

Goals
/
Objectives
The
goals
of
this
Technical
Subgroup
on
Incineration
Test
Methods
for
Telomers
are:

Identify
the
scope
and
goals
of
proposed
incineration
testing­
work
toward
agreement
on
a
testing
protocol
that
would
determine
if
incineration
of
Telomers
is
a
potential
source
of
PFOA
at
operating
conditions
that
are
representative
of
relevant
types
of
waste
incinerators.

Work
toward
identifying
a
list
of
representative
Telomers
and/
or
other
Telomer­
treated
materials
for
incineration
testing.

Work
toward
identifying
temperatures
at
which
to
run
the
test(
s)
to
represent
operating
conditions
for
relevant
types
of
waste
incinerators.

Work
toward
developing
a
testing
protocol
using
well­
accepted
laboratory­
scale
incineration
testing
practices
and
suitable
sampling
and
analytical
techniques.

Report
back
to
the
Telomers
Workgroup
regarding
the
testing
details
that
could
be
incorporated
into
an
Enforceable
Consent
Agreement
(
ECA)
for
testing
specific
Telomer
chemicals
and/
or
other
Telomer­
treated
materials.

Meetings
Meetings
will
be
held
at
EPA
Headquarters
in
Washington,
DC.
The
initial
meeting
will
be
from
9:
00
to
noon
on
Thursday,
August
14,
2003.
Attendance
may
be
via
conference
call
or
in
person.
Meeting
materials
will
be
distributed
one
week
in
advance
of
the
meeting.
Draft,
8
August,
2003
Technical
Subgroup
on
Incineration
Test
Methods
for
Telomers
Tentative
Agenda
­
First
Meeting
Thursday,
August
14,
2003
9:
00
AM
to
Noon
EPA
East,
Room
4225
1201
Constitution
Avenue,
NW
Washington,
DC
20460
­
Discussion
of
Goals
/
Objectives
­
Review
of
Recent
Related
Incineration
Studies
­
Key
Elements
of
Proposed
Test
Protocol
 
Test
Temperatures
 
Residence
time
 
Sampling
&
Analysis
 
Other
­
Criteria
for
choosing
Telomer
chemicals
to
be
tested
­
Data
Quality
Considerations
­
Next
Steps
