ORRHES Agenda
September 11-12, 2001

Oak Ridge Mall
Crown Conference Center - Club Room
333 Main Street, Suite 216
Oak Ridge, TN 38730
Telephone: 865-482-2008

Agenda for September 11

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm Registration

12:30 pm Call to Order
Kowetha Davidson

12:30 pm - 12:35 pm Opening Remarks
Kowetha Davidson
La Freta Dalton

12:35 pm - 12:40 pm Introduction of Subcommittee members
Subcommittee members

12:40 pm - 12:45 pm Agenda Review, Correspondence, and Announcements
Kowetha Davidson
La Freta Dalton

12:45 pm - 12:50 pm Approval of June and July Meeting Minutes
Kowetha Davidson

12:50 pm - 1:00 pm Status of Action Items-list provided
Kowetha Davidson

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm Update on the Health Needs Assessment
Rebecca Parkin
George Washington University

Health Needs Assessment Work Group Report
James Lewis/Donna Mosby

1:30 pm - 3:30 pm Presentation and Discussion:

Review of the Considerations for Combining
Iodine-131 Doses at the Hanford Site
Charles Miller, Chief
Environmental Dosimetry Section
Radiation Studies Branch
National Center For Environmental Health

BREAK

Review of the video taped presentation:
NCI Website to Calculate Lifetime Thyroid Doses from the Nevada Test Site
Andre Bouville
Senior Radiation Physicist
National Cancer Institute

3:30pm - 3:45pm* Public Comment

3:45 pm - 4:45 pm Work Group Reports:

Agenda
Guidelines and Procedures
Communications and Outreach
Public Health Assessment
Al Brooks
Kowetha Davidson
Susan Kaplan
Bill Pardue

4:45 pm - 5:00 pm * Public Comment

5:00 pm - 5:15 pm BREAK

5:15 pm - 7:15 pm Presentation and Discussion:
Epidemiology Workshop Part II
Discussion of the Mangano Report
Lucy Peipins
ATSDR

7:15pm - 7:30pm * Public Comment

7:30 pm Adjourn

* Fixed Time Period on Agenda
Note: Following individual presentations, additional time for public comment is provided during the subcommittee meeting at the discretion of the ORRHES Chair.

Agenda for September 12

7:30 am - 8:00am Registration

8:00 am - 8:10 am Opening Comments
Kowetha Davidson

8:10 am - 9:00 am Presentation and Discussion: Community Health Centers: Needs and Strategy
Robert Jackson
Associate Director for Primary Care
Southeastern Regional Field Office
Human Resources Services Administration (HRSA)

9:00 am - 9:30 am* Public Comment

9:30 am - 12:00 pm Presentation and Discussion:
- State of Tennessee Screening Process for Past Exposure
Jack Hanley

BREAK

- ATSDR Chemical Screening Process
Karl Markiewicz

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch
- Work Group Chairs will be available to discuss on-going activities and provide updates

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Update on Off-site Sampling
Elmer Akin, Chief
Office of Technical Service
Waste Management Division
U.S. EPA

2:00 pm - 2:15 pm Unfinished Business
- Update on subcommittee nominations
- Update on ORRHES web site
- Iodine-131 update
La Freta Dalton
Michael Grayson

2:15 pm - 3:45 pm New Business/Issues/Concerns
- Work Group Recommendations
- Update on development of mission statement
- ORRHES Evaluation
- Future meeting dates
Kowetha Davidson
La Freta Dalton

3:45 pm - 4:00 pm* Public Comment

4:00 pm - 4:15 pm BREAK

4:15 pm - 5:15 pm Evaluation - Consensus Building Process
Mary Ann Downey
Co-founder & Director
Decision Bridges, Inc.

5:15 pm - 5:20 pm Identification of Action Item Assignments
Kowetha Davidson

5:20 pm - 5:30 pm Housekeeping Issues and Closing Comments
Kowetha Davidson
La Freta Dalton

5:30 pm Adjourn

* Fixed Time Period on the Agenda
Note: Following individual presentations, additional time for public comment is provided during the subcommittee meeting at the discretion of the ORRHES Chair.

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