ORRHES Meeting Minutes
June 3, 2003

Table of Contents

• Call to Order/Opening Remarks
• Opening Session and Introductions
• Agenda Review, Correspondence and Announcements
• Review of the April 2003 ORRHES Meeting Minutes
• Review of Current ORRHES Action Items
• Overview of ATSDR's Collaboratioin with ORRHES
• Public Health and Radiation Safety Standards
• Update on the NIOSH Occupational Energy Research Program
• Public Comment Period
• ATSDR Chemical Screening of Surface Water and Ground Water
• Unfinished/New Business and OUtstanding Issues/Concerns
• New Action Items
• Housekeeping Issues
• Closing Session
• Glossary Key

Call to Order/Opening Remarks

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) convened a meeting of the Oak Ridge Reservation Health Effects Subcommittee (ORRHES). The proceedings were held on June 3, 2003 at the YWCA, 1660 Oak Ridge Turnpike in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Opening Session and Introductions

Dr. Kowetha Davidson, the ORRHES Chair, called the meeting to order at 12:15 p.m. She welcomed the attendees to the proceedings and thanked the ORRHES members for their support and condolences following the recent death of her father. She opened the floor for introductions; the following individuals were present to contribute to the discussion.

ORRHES Members
Dr. Kowetha Davidson, Chair
Ms. Peggy Adkins
Dr. Donald Box
Dr. Herman Cember
Dr. Robert Craig
Ms. Karen Galloway
Mr. George Gartseff
Mr. Jeffrey Hill
Mr. David Johnson
Mr. James Lewis
Dr. Anthony Malinauskas
Dr. Peter Malmquist
Mr. L.C. Manley
Ms. Donna Mosby
Ms. Barbara Sonnenburg
Mr. Charles Washington

ORRHES Liaison Representatives
Dr. Elmer Akin (EPA)
Mr. Chudi Nwangwa (TDEC)
Ms. Brenda Vowell (TDOH)

Designated Federal Official
Ms. LaFreta Dalton, Executive Secretary

ATSDR Representatives
Dr. Henry Falk, Assistant Administrator
Dr. Paul Charp
Mr. Burt Cooper
Ms. Melissa Fish (OR Field Office)
Mr. Jack Hanley
Ms. Sandy Isaacs
Dr. Karl Markiewicz
Ms. Theresa NeSmith
  [via conference call]
Ms. Lorine Spencer
Dr. William Taylor

Presenters and Guests
Dr. Steven Ahrenholz (NIOSH)
Mr. Gordon Blaylock
Dr. Timothy Joseph (DOE)
Ms. Faye Martin (Public)
Mr. John Richards (EPA)

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