Savannah River Site Health Effects Subcommittee (SRSHES) Meeting

Meeting Minutes
March 13, 2003

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Review of Meeting Minutes.
Dr. Bustos entertained a motion to approve the previous meeting minutes; the following changes were noted for the record:

• Page 7: Change "the information is probably minimal" to "the data are probably minimal."
• Page 16: Change the spelling to "McDuffie" County.

Ms. Newell submitted written changes into the record; Dr. Crawford's revisions submitted to CDC and the SRSHES Chair in January 2003 were not reflected in the current draft. Mr. Phillip Green, the SRSHES Designated Federal Official (DFO), explained that corrections must be presented to all members at the following meeting before draft minutes can be finalized. Dr. Lee pointed out that SRSHES only receives draft copies of the minutes; corrected final versions are never distributed to the members. Mr. Green clarified that final versions of the minutes with changes approved by the full SRSHES are sent to Dr. Bustos for his signature. Approval of the September 5-6, 2002 meeting minutes was tabled until Dr. Crawford's changes were circulated, reviewed and accepted by SRSHES.

Review of Current Action Items.
Mr. Green and Ms. Sherry Moore, of Visions USA, provided a status report of the current action items:

• High costs prevented CDC from announcing the current SRSHES meeting with a full advertisement in the Charleston Post and Courier. However, a meeting notice was placed in the community events section of this paper as well as in the South Carolina Black Media Group's weekly newspaper.
• The Agenda Workgroup will discuss the possibility of speakers from other groups presenting at SRSHES meetings.

Ms. Dora Rainey, the RSB Committee Management Specialist, provided an update on the SRSHES membership. Application packages were sent to 12 SRSHES members whose terms will expire on June 30, 2003 as well as to persons on the RSB mailing list. Current members and new candidates must submit the completed application package and an up-to-date résumé to RSB by March 31, 2003. Application packages were also displayed on the table of meeting materials for members of the public.

In terms of the selection process, Mr. Green explained that the Membership Workgroup will review all applications and select potential candidates. These recommendations will then be forwarded to RSB for further review and discussion. RSB's recommendations submitted to the CDC Committee Management Office will be forwarded to the CDC Director for final selection and approval. Mr. Wade Waters, the Membership Workgroup Chair, announced that 11 of 12 current members whose terms will expire on June 30, 2003 have expressed an interest in extending their terms.

Mr. Green conveyed that Ms. Dolly Stills is one of the 12 SRSHES members whose terms will expire on June 30, 2003. Ms. Stills is now employed by a federal government agency and is no longer eligible to serve on SRSHES due to the HES charter that limits participation to community members. Mr. Green provided a status report of another outstanding issue. All SRSHES meeting minutes from 1995-June 2002 were compiled in a notebook and displayed on the table of meeting materials. A sign-up sheet was also available for members who were interested in receiving previous meeting minutes in hard copy, e-mail or CD-ROM.