Opening Session.
Dr. Sergio Bustos, the SRSHES Chair, called the meeting to order at 8:57 a.m
and welcomed the attendees to the proceedings. He recognized and thanked two
senior officials from the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)
for attending the meeting: Dr. Michael McGeehin, Director of the Division of
Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, and Dr. Charles Miller, Chief of
the Radiation Studies Branch.
Review of Meeting Minutes.
Dr. Bustos entertained a motion to approve the previous meeting minutes; the
following changes were noted for the record:
- Page 9: Change the sentence to "... since SRS employees are physically
larger than an average international population."
- Page 9: Change the sentence to "... large amounts of tritium were
present at beaver ponds on the work site" in the Public Comment Period.
[Editor’s Note: The sentence as noted in the draft minutes is an accurate
reflection of the speaker’s public comment and cannot be changed.]
- Page 16: Change the sentence to "Dr. Crawford on the Technical
Advisory Committee" in the Consensus Recommendations.
Dr. Crawford moved to accept the minutes as corrected; Mr. Hills seconded
the motion. There being no further discussion, the June 6, 2002 Draft SRSHES
Meeting Minutes were unanimously approved with the changes as noted in the
record.
Review of Current Action Items.
Mr. Phillip Green, the SRSHES Designated Federal Official (DFO), provided a
status report of the current action items:
- The DFO is currently reviewing previous SRSHES meeting minutes to
identify outstanding agenda items. A report of these findings is expected
to be presented at the next meeting.
- The DFO committed to providing two-sided copies of meeting minutes and
other materials whenever possible.
- A hard copy of the Phase I report and diskette of the Phase II report
were displayed on the table of meeting materials. Both reports can be
downloaded from the NCEH web site, but members may also request hard
copies or diskettes of the documents from NCEH.
- The DFO is currently collaborating with Ms. Kim Newell, the SRSHES
liaison representing the South Carolina Department of Health and
Environmental Control (SCDHEC), to identify staff to provide technical
expertise to the Epidemiologic Data Workgroup. This task is expected to be
completed by the next meeting.
- The DFO has been unable to reach Dr. Mildred McClain, the former
Outreach Workgroup Chair, to gather comments provided to her on the SRSHES
brochure. Ms. Jane Perry, the SRSHES liaison representing the Georgia
Division of Public Health (GDPH), has been editing the brochure and
soliciting input from workgroup members. Dr. Michael Wilson has been
selected as the new Outreach Workgroup Chair.
- The DFO ordered the History of the Savannah River Site and will
display the book at the next meeting. Information for members to order
personal copies of the book was included in the pre-meeting packets.
Ms. Drye confirmed that Dr. McClain expressed her interest and
willingness to continue to collaborate with the Outreach Workgroup in
finalizing the SRSHES brochure.
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