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Alabama

EPA is coordinating with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), State of Alabama, Decatur Utilities Dry Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (Decatur Utilities) and local industries to address elevated levels of perflourochemicals found in treated sewage sludge (biosolids) in Decatur, Alabama. Read more information on perflourochemical contamination of sewage sludge near Decatur, Alabama.

California

The California Department of Toxics Substances Control's report on Emerging Chemicals of Concern mentions PFOA and PFOS as chemicals of concern.

California's SB 1313 Bill would have prohibited the manufacture, sale, or distribution of food contact substances that contain PFOA by 2010. However, the Governor of California vetoed the Bill on September 29, 2008. He prefers a review of perfluorochemicals through a more comprehensive program, such as the Green Chemistry Initiative (SB 509 and AB 1879).

Minnesota

The Minnesota Department of Health report on Perfluorochemicals in Minnesota lists PFOA and PFOS as emerging contaminates of concern and the department provides Additional Resources on Perfluorochemicals .

In May 2009, the Minnesota Department of Health released Chronic Non-Cancer Health Risk Limits for PFOA (PDF) (11 pp 108.53 kb) and PFOS (PDF) (9 pp 95.09 kb) of 0.3 ppb. It also released a Chronic Non-Cancer Health Based Value for perfluorobutyric acid (PFBA) (PDF) (10 pp 617.73 kb) of 7ppb.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency provides reports and current status of Perfluorochemicals (PFCs) in Minnesota.

In 2009, EPA Region 5 was approved for a Regional Applied Research Effort (RARE) project proposal entitled Measuring for Perfluorinated Chemicals (PFCs) in Soil and Vegetation. The project will be funded at $100,000 for 2010 and the objective of this project is to determine whether detectable levels of PFCs are found in soil and vegetation of areas where biosolids had been land applied as fertilizer. Data from this project will both inform national efforts to evaluating PFC exposure and risks and provide local communities with information about potential exposures.

New Jersey

Ohio

The Ohio Department of Health provides Health Assessment Section Fact Sheets on PFOA, including C8 Quick Facts Questions and Answers Sheets (PDF) (2 pp., 34.52 kb), C8 Physician's Reference Sheet (PDF) (31 pp., 138.37 kb), information on Perfluorochemicals (PFCs) (PDF) (2 pp., 92.04 kb), and a C8 Community Fact Sheet (PDF) (3 pp., 98.68 kb) on PFOA.

PFOS Chromium Electroplater Study (PDF) (31 pp, 847 kb)

In mid-June 2008, Region 5 sampled the effluent of chromium electroplaters to determine whether perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) was released to wastewater treatment plants. Samples were taken from several Chicago and Cleveland facilities and tested for thirteen perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs), including PFOS. Data confirmed that PFOS, along with other PFCs, were being discharged from chromium electroplaters at quantifiable levels. The report of the study is now available. Along with other data, R5’s study will be used by the USEPA's Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards in evaluating the use of PFOS in suppressing hexavalent chromium emissions at chromium electroplaters under air emissions standards for this industry.

West Virginia

Washington

The State of Washington Department of Ecology provides information on their statewide assessment of PFCs in surface waters, wastewater treatment plant effluent, and Osprey eggs in the Quality Assurance Project Plan: PBT Monitoring: Measuring Perfluorinated Compounds in Washington Rivers and Lakes .