2009 Annual Progress Reports

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Background
As part of their commitment to the 2010/15 PFOA Stewardship Program, the eight participating companies agreed to submit annual progress reports on their reductions of PFOA, PFOA precursors and higher homologues in facility emissions and product content. Annual reports are due by October 31, for years 2007 through 2015. Progress is being measured against the baseline data submitted in October of 2008.

2009 Company Progress Reports

All eight companies submitted their progress reports by October 30, 2009. The submissions are presented in PDF file format and are linked from the company name. See the 2009 progress reports and summary tables below.

3M/Dyneon (PDF) 48 pp, 911K)
Arkema Inc. (PDF) (3 pp, 38K)
Asahi Glass Company (PDF) (144 pp, 4.47M)
Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation (PDF) (3 pp, 141K)
Clariant International Ltd. (PDF) (37 pp, 6.45MK)
Daikin America, Inc. (PDF) (9 pp, 172K)
E.I. duPont de Nemours and Company (PDF) (72 pp, 661K)
Solvay Solexis, Inc. (PDF) (73 pp, 2.8M)

EPA's Summary Tables for 2009 Company Progress Reports

EPA has summarized the data from progress reports submitted by all the participating companies in their public reports in the four tables that appear below. Additional information may be obtained by viewing the specific company reports above. Download the 2009 Summary Tables here in (PDF) (4 pp, 39.3K)

Contents of Tables 1-4

Data for manufacturing sites in the U.S., and for products manufactured in the U.S.

Data for manufacturing sites located outside the U.S., and for products manufactured outside the U.S.

Actual emissions and product content

Table 1

Table 2

Percent reduction in emissions and product content

Table 3

Table 4

Table 1. Reported Emissions and Product Content of PFOA, Precursors, and Higher Homologues from U.S. Operations

Company	Third Year Reductions	Chemical Category	Releases to all media from FP and Telomer Manufacturing (kg)	kg of release / kg of product produced	Dispersions (ppm wet-weight basis)	Other Fluoropolymers (ppm dry-weight basis)	Telomers (ppm dry-weight basis, unless stated otherwise)
Arkema	2008	PFOA and Higher Homologues	>1,000 - 10,000	(> 0.001 – 0.01)	>100 - 300	>50 - 100	Not Applicable
Arkema	2008	Precursors	Not Applicable
Asahi	2008	PFOA and Higher Homologues	0	Not Applicable	0	0	Not Applicable
Asahi	2008	Precursors	Not Applicable
Ciba	2008	PFOA	0 kg (total for emissions and product content)
		Higher Homologues	0 kg (total for emissions and product content)
		Precursors	0 kg (total for emissions and product content)
Clariant	2008	PFOA and PFOA salts	Not Applicable
Clariant	2008	Precursors	Not Applicable
Daikin	2008	PFOA	<100	None reported	<10	<15	<5
Daikin	2008	Precursors and Higher Homologues	<50	None reported	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	CBI
DuPont	2008	PFOA and PFOA Salts	686	None reported	9	13	16 kg^a
		Higher Homologues	None Reported	None reported	9	13	None reported
		Precursors	CBI	None reported	None reported	None reported	3 kg^b
Dyneon/3M	2008	PFOA, PFOA salts and Higher Homologues	0	0	0	0	No Telomer Production
Dyneon/3M	2008	Precursors	0
Solvay Solexis, Inc.	2008	PFOA, PFOA salts	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	<25 ppm	170-200	Not Applicable
		Higher Homologues	>1,000- 10,000	0.01 -0.001	<25 ppm	170-200	Not Applicable
		Precursors	Not Applicable

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Table 2. Reported Emissions and Product Content of PFOA, Precursors, and Higher Homologues from Non-U.S. Operations

Company	Third Year Reductions	Chemical Category	Emissions		Product Content
Company	Third Year Reductions	Chemical Category	Releases to all media from FP and Telomer Manufacturing (kg)	kg of release / kg of product produced	Dispersions (ppm wet-weight basis)	Other Fluoropolymers (ppm dry-weight basis)	Telomers (ppm dry-weight basis, unless stated otherwise)
Arkema	2008	PFOA and Higher Homologues	>1,000 - 10,000	For FP Production: (> 0.1 - 1) kg / 100 kg	Not Applicable	>70 - 150	Not Applicable
Arkema	2008	Precursors	Not Applicable
Asahi	2008	PFOA, PFOA salts and Higher Homologues	3,885	Not Applicable	5-2,900	18	Negligible compared to precursors
Asahi	2008	Precursors	1,921	For Telomer Production: < 1%	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Average 50% (range: 0-100%)
Ciba	2008	PFOA	13.5 kg (total for emissions and product content)
		Higher Homologues	11.2 kg (total for emissions and product content)
		Precursors	1172.3 kg (total for emissions and product content)
Clariant	2008	PFOA and PFOA Salts	0.5	For Telomer Production: 0.00000015	None reported	None reported	>2 kg
Clariant	2008	Direct Precursors	<2	For Telomer Production: 0.0000005	None reported	None reported	39 kg
Daikin	2008	PFOA	<1,900	None reported	<100	<70	<5kg
Daikin	2008	Precursors and Higher Homologues	<700	None reported	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	CBI
DuPont	2008	PFOA and PFOA salts	779	None Reported	58	0	16 kg^c
		Higher homologues	None Reported	None Reported	58	0	None Reported
		Precursors	None Reported	None Reported	None Reported	None Reported	3 kg^d
Dyneon/3M	2008	PFOA, PFOA salts and Higher Homologues	1,020	For FP Production: < 1 kg / 100 kg	4	3	No Telomer Production
Dyneon/3M	2008	Precursors	0
Solvay Solexis, Inc.	2008	PFOA, PFOA salts and Higher Homologues	Not Applicable
Solvay Solexis, Inc.	2008	Precursors	Not Applicable

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Reported Percent Reductions in Emissions and Product Content

Table 3 . Reported Percent Reductions in Emissions and Product Content of PFOA, Precursors, and Higher Homologues from U.S. Operations (cumulative percent reductions from baseline year through end of 2008)

Company	Third Year Reductions	Chemical Category	% Reduction in Emissions % Reductions in total quantity of chemical(s) released from baseline year	% Reduction in Product Content
Company	Third Year Reductions	Chemical Category		Fluoropolymer Dispersions	Other Fluoropolymers	Telomer based products
Arkema	2008	PFOA and Higher Homologues	51%	66%	51%	Not Applicable
Arkema	2008	Precursors	Not Applicable
Asahi	2008	PFOA, PFOA Salts, and Higher Homologues	100%	100%	100%	Not Applicable
Asahi	2008	Precursors	Not Applicable
Ciba	2008	PFOA	100% (total for emissions and product content
		Higher Homologues	100% (total for emissions and product content
		Precursors	100% (total for emissions and product content
Clariant	2008	PFOA and PFOA Salts	Not Applicable
Clariant	2008	Direct Precursors	Not Applicable
Daikin	2008	PFOA	99%	99%	>25%	>80%
Daikin	2008	Precursors and Higher Homologues	>95%	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	>90%
DuPont	2008	PFOA and PFOA Salts	99%	99%	96%	97%
		Higher Homologues	None reported	99%	96%	97%
		Precursors	CBI	None reported	None reported	97%
Dyneon/3M	2008	PFOA, PFOA salts and Higher Homologues	100%	100%	Not Applicable	No Telomer Production
Dyneon/3M	2008	Precursors	No Precursor Production
Solvay Solexis, Inc.	2008	PFOA, PFOA salts and Higher Homologues	36%	98%	0%	Not Applicable
Solvay Solexis, Inc.	2008	Precursors	Not Applicable

Table 4. Reported Percent Reductions in Emissions and Product Content of PFOA, Precursors, and Higher Homologues from Non-U.S. Operations (cumulative percent reductions from baseline year through end of 2008)

Company	Third Year Reductions	Chemical Category	% Reduction in Emissions % Reductions in total quantity of chemical(s) released from baseline year	% Reduction in Product Content
Company	Third Year Reductions	Chemical Category		Fluoropolymer Dispersions	Other Fluoropolymers	Telomer based products
Arkema	2008	PFOA and Higher Homologues	CBI	Not Applicable	CBI	Not Applicable
Arkema	2008	Precursors	Not Applicable
Asahi	2008	PFOA, PFOA Salts, and Higher Homologues	61%	54%	PFOA content in this product is negligible as compared to that in dispersions	Negligible as compared to precursors
Asahi	2008	Precursors	51%	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	56%
Ciba	2008	PFOA	97.1% (total for emissions and product content)
		Higher Homologues	97.5% (total for emissions and product content)
		Precursors	Increase of 67.7% (total for emissions and product content)
Clariant	2008	PFOA and PFOA Salts	95%	None reported	None reported	60%
Clariant	2008	Direct Precursors	> 60%	None reported	None reported	61%
Daikin	2008	PFOA	>85%	> 95%	>60%	>80%
Daikin	2008	Precursors and Higher Homologues	>80%	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	>80%
DuPont	2008	PFOA and PFOA Salts	96%	95%	100%	97%
		Higher Homologues	None Reported	95%	100%	97%
		Precursors	None Reported	None Reported	None Reported	97%
Dyneon/3M	2008	PFOA, PFOA salts and Higher Homologues	93%	99%	0%	No Telomer Production
Dyneon/3M	2008	Precursors	No Precursor Production
Solvay Solexis, Inc.	2008	PFOA, PFOA salts and Higher Homologues	Not Applicable
Solvay Solexis, Inc.	2008	Precursors	Not Applicable

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Notes:
- "Not Applicable" indicates that the data element did not apply to the specific company's operations in the area covered by the table.
- "Not Reported" indicates that the company did not provide a figure for the specific data element.
- "CBI" data is claimed as confidential business information.

^a Number represents global emissions of telomer manufacturing
^b Number represents global emissions of telomer manufacturing.
^c Number represents global emissions of telomer manufacturing
^d Number reflects global emissions of telomer manufacturing.

	Data for manufacturing sites in the U.S., and for products manufactured in the U.S.	Data for manufacturing sites located outside the U.S., and for products manufactured outside the U.S.
Actual emissions and product content	Table 1	Table 2
Percent reduction in emissions and product content	Table 3	Table 4

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