2011 Annual Progress Reports

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The eight companies participating in the 2010/15 PFOA Stewardship Program have submitted their fifth annual progress reports, showing they are on track to meet their commitment to phase out emissions and use of long-chain perfluorinated chemicals, including perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), by the end of 2015.

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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 2006.

2011 Company Progress Reports

All eight companies submitted their progress reports by October 30, 2011. The submissions are presented in PDF file format and are linked from the company name. See the 2011 progress reports and summary tables below.

3M/Dyneon (PDF) 45 pp, 1.0 M)
Arkema Inc. (PDF) (4 pp, 755 K)
Asahi Glass Company (PDF) (146 pp, 2.6 M)
BASF Corporation (successor to Ciba) (PDF) (3 pp, 138 K)
Clariant International Ltd. (PDF) (38 pp, 4.1 M)
Daikin America, Inc. (PDF) (7 pp, 1.1 M)
E.I. duPont de Nemours and Company (PDF) (39 pp, 2.0 M)
Solvay Solexis, Inc. (PDF) (99 pp, 701 K)

EPA's Summary Tables for 2011 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 2011 Summary Tables here (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	Fifth 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	2010	PFOA and Higher Homologues	>1,000 - 10,000	(> 0.0001 – 0.001)	0	>5 - 25	Not Applicable
Arkema	2010	Precursors	Not Applicable
Asahi	2010	PFOA, PFOA salts and Higher Homologues	0	Not Applicable	0	0	Not Applicable
Asahi	2010	Precursors	Not Applicable
BASF (Ciba)	2010	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	2010	PFOA and PFOA salts	Not Applicable
Clariant	2010	Direct Precursors	Not Applicable
Daikin	2010	PFOA	<50	Not reported	<5	<5	<1 kg
Daikin	2010	Precursors and Higher Homologues	<50	Not reported	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	CBI
DuPont	2010	PFOA and PFOA Salts	319	None reported	8	4	11 kg globally
		Higher Homologues	None Reported	None reported	8	4	None reported
		Precursors	CBI	None reported	None reported	None reported	< 3 kg globally
Dyneon/3M	2010	PFOA, PFOA salts and Higher Homologues	0	0	0	0	No Telomer Production
Dyneon/3M	2010	Precursors	0
Solvay Solexis, Inc.	2010	PFOA, PFOA salts and Higher Homologues	>100- 1,000	0.000035	<10 ppm	<5 ppm	Not Applicable
		Precursors	>100- 1,000	0.000035	<10 ppm	<5 ppm	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	Fifth Year Reductions	Chemical Category	Emissions		Product Content
Company	Fifth 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	2010	PFOA and Higher Homologues	> 1,000 - 10,000	For FP Production: (> 0.1 - 1) kg / 100 kg	Not Applicable	> 50 - 100	Not Applicable
Arkema	2010	Precursors	Not Applicable
Asahi	2010	PFOA, PFOA salts and Higher Homologues	369	For FP Production: < 1kg/100kg	10-100	18	Negligible compared to precursors
Asahi	2010	Precursors	1,122	For Telomer Production: <1 kg/100kg	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Average 50% (range: 0-100%)
BASF (Ciba)	2010	PFOA	9.5 kg (total for emissions and product content)
		Higher Homologues	8.2 kg (total for emissions and product content)
		Precursors	832.8 kg (total for emissions and product content)
Clariant	2010	PFOA and PFOA Salts	0.5	< 0.00000015	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	1.9 kg
Clariant	2010	Direct Precursors	1.5	< 0.00000075	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	45 kg
Daikin	2010	PFOA	<1,000	Not reported	<100	< 50	< 5kg
Daikin	2010	Precursors and Higher Homologues	< 3700	Not reported	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	CBI
DuPont	2010	PFOA and PFOA salts	755	None Reported	8	0	11 kg globally
		Higher homologues	None Reported	None Reported	8	0	None Reported
		Precursors	CBI	None Reported	None Reported	None Reported	< 3 kg globally
Dyneon/3M	2010	PFOA, PFOA salts and Higher Homologues	0	For FP Production: < 1 kg / 100 kg	0	3	No Telomer Production
Dyneon/3M	2010	Precursors	0
Solvay Solexis, Inc.	2010	PFOA, PFOA salts and Higher Homologues	Not Applicable
Solvay Solexis, Inc.	2010	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 2010)

Company	Fifth Year Reductions	Chemical Category	% Reduction in Emissions % Reductions in total quantity of chemical(s) released from baseline year	% Reduction in Product Content
Company	Fifth Year Reductions	Chemical Category		Fluoropolymer Dispersions	Other Fluoropolymers	Telomer based products
Arkema	2010	PFOA and Higher Homologues	83%	100%	94%	Not Applicable
Arkema	2010	Precursors	Not Applicable
Asahi	2010	PFOA, PFOA Salts, and Higher Homologues	100%	100%	100%	Not Applicable
Asahi	2010	Precursors	Not Applicable
BASF (Ciba)	2010	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	2010	PFOA and PFOA Salts	Not Applicable
Clariant	2010	Direct Precursors	Not Applicable
Daikin	2010	PFOA	95%	95%	>85%	>90%
Daikin	2010	Precursors and Higher Homologues	>95%	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	>95%
DuPont	2010	PFOA and PFOA Salts	99%	99%	99%	98% globally
		Higher Homologues	None reported	99%	99%	98% globally
		Precursors	CBI	None reported	None reported	97% globally
Dyneon/3M	2010	PFOA, PFOA salts and Higher Homologues	100%	100%	Not Applicable	No Telomer Production
Dyneon/3M	2010	Precursors	No Precursor Production
Solvay Solexis, Inc.	2010	PFOA, PFOA salts and Higher Homologues	97.26%	99%	97%	Not Applicable
Solvay Solexis, Inc.	2010	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 2010)

Company	Fifth Year Reductions	Chemical Category	% Reduction in Emissions % Reductions in total quantity of chemical(s) released from baseline year	% Reduction in Product Content
Company	Fifth Year Reductions	Chemical Category		Fluoropolymer Dispersions	Other Fluoropolymers	Telomer based products
Arkema	2010	PFOA and Higher Homologues	CBI	Not Applicable	CBI	Not Applicable
Arkema	2010	Precursors	Not Applicable
Asahi	2010	PFOA, PFOA Salts, and Higher Homologues	96%	98%	PFOA content in this product is negligible as compared to that in dispersions	Negligible as compared to precursors
Asahi	2010	Precursors	72%	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	73%
BASF (Ciba)	2010	PFOA	97.9% (total for emissions and product content)
		Higher Homologues	97.8% (total for emissions and product content)
		Precursors	Increase of 1.9% (total for emissions and product content)
Clariant	2010	PFOA and PFOA Salts	90%	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	70%
Clariant	2010	Direct Precursors	> 75%	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	64%
Daikin	2010	PFOA	> 95%	> 95%	> 95%	> 85%
Daikin	2010	Precursors and Higher Homologues	> 95%	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	> 95%
DuPont	2010	PFOA and PFOA Salts	96%	99%	100%	98% globally
		Higher Homologues	None Reported	99%	100%	98% globally
		Precursors	CBI	None Reported	None Reported	97% globally
Dyneon/3M	2010	PFOA, PFOA salts and Higher Homologues	100%	100%	100%	No Telomer Production
Dyneon/3M	2010	Precursors	No Precursor Production
Solvay Solexis, Inc.	2010	PFOA, PFOA salts and Higher Homologues	Not Applicable
Solvay Solexis, Inc.	2010	Precursors	Not Applicable

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	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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