Savannah River Site Health Effects Subcommittee (SRSHES) Meeting

Meeting Minutes
March 14, 2003

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Action Items

• The DFO to obtain the following documents from ATL and distribute to SRSHES: the protocol that will be used to guide activities and the proposal to CDC outlining the rationale to merge air release points, liquid release points and exposure locations.
  

Agenda Items

• Update by ATL, including parameters that will be incorporated into the model.
  
  
• Presentation by an epidemiologist. Topics to include logistics of performing epidemiological research; surveillance of cancer clusters, neurotube defects and other medical conditions in Georgia and South Carolina potentially impacted by SRS; epidemiological research of chemical and radionuclide releases from nuclear sites conducted after 2000; screening from an epidemiological perspective; and studies of radionuclides performed at sites other than SRS.
  
  
• Combined CDC presentation on budget issues and a response to SRSHES’s letter outlining concerns regarding ATL’s revised scope of work.
  
  
• Update by SCDHEC on results from historical air and water sampling data.

Consensus Recommendations

• SRSHES recommends that the mock copy of the SRSHES Brochure distributed at the March 2003 meeting be used as the official version after minor changes have been made. [Motion made by Dr. Dawson and seconded by Ms. Drye; motion unanimously carried.]
  
  
• SRSHES recommends that the Scenario Workgroup’s list of "comments and opportunities for improvement" be submitted as a guidance document to CDC and ATL. SRSHES further recommends that CDC and ATL specifically respond to the document. [Motion made by Dr. Crawford and seconded by Mr. Wilson; motion carried with one abstention.]
   
• SRSHES recommends that a Letter Writing workgroup be formed to outline concerns about CDC’s lack of communication on ATL’s revised scope of work and technical issues these changes may cause in the future. The letter to be distributed to the full SRSHES for review and comment before submission to CDC. Dr. Lee to serve as chair of the Letter Writing Workgroup; Dr. Bustos, Dr. Crawford, Mr. Devitt, Ms. Guess, Ms. Kato and Dr. Umansky to serve as members. [Motion made by Dr. Lee and seconded by Dr. Crawford; motion unanimously carried.]
   
• SRSHES recommends that CDC distribute ATL’s monthly progress reports to each member. [Motion made by Dr. Umansky and seconded by Mr. Waters; motion unanimously carried.]