ORRHES Meeting Minutes
April 22, 2003

Table of Contents

• Call to Order/Opening Remarks
• Opening Session and Introductions
• Agenda Review, Correspondence and Announcements
• Review of March 2003 ORRHES Meeting Minutes
• Review of Current ORRHES Action Items
• Project Update
• Public Comment Draft of the ATSDR PHA on Y-12 Uranium Releases
• Public Comment Period
• ATSDR MRL and Cancer Comparison Value
• Health Statistics Reviews
• HSR of Tennessee Cancer Registry Data
• Recommendations on Health Outcome Data
• Public Comment Period
• Work Group Reports
• Agenda Work Group
• Guidelines and Procedures Work Group
• COWG
• Health Education Needs Assessment Work Group
• PHAWG
  
• Work Group Recommentations
• Unfinished/New Business and Outstanding Issues/Concerns
• New Action Items
• Housekeeping Issues
• Closing Session
• Attachment 1
• Attachment 2
• Attachment 3
• 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 April 22, 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. Herman Cember
Dr. Robert Craig
Ms. Karen Galloway
Mr. George Gartseff
Mr. Jeffrey Hill
Mr. David Johnson
Ms. Susan Kaplan
Mr. James Lewis
Dr. Anthony Malinauskas
Dr. Peter Malmquist
Mr. L.C. Manley
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. Paul Charp
Mr. Burt Cooper
Mr. Jack Hanley
Ms. Theresa NeSmith
Ms. Marilyn Palmer
Mr. Jerry Pereira
Ms. Lorine Spencer
Ms. Dhelia Williamson

Guests
Mr. Gordon Ballock (SENES)
Ms. Kathy Daniels (The Oak Ridger)
Mr. Ed Frome (Public)
Dr. Timothy Joseph (DOE)
Mr. Danny Sanders (Public)

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