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ORRHES Meeting Minutes,
March 3, 2003
Public Comment
No comments from the public.
Work Group Recommendations
AGENDA
WORK GROUP
The Agenda Work Group has no recommendations.
GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES WORK GROUP
The Guidelines and Procedures Work Group has no recommendations.
HEALTH EDUCATION NEEDS ASSESSMENT WORK GROUP
The Health Education Needs Assessment Work Group has no recommendations.
COMMUNICATIONS
AND OUTREACH WORK GROUP
RECOMMENDATION 1:
James Lewis reported the following recommendations from the Communications
and Outreach Work Group.
ATSDR, in collaboration with ORRHES, develop a briefing book to be provided
to the media and key community groups, and provide periodic updates to
the briefing book.
This recommendation received a motion, was seconded, and passed by the
Subcommittee by a vote count of 13 in favor and none opposed.
Kowetha Davidson asked that an action item be taken by the work group
and ATSDR for development of a distribution strategy for the proposed
briefing book, and for any work product that ORRHES prepares for public
distribution.
RECOMMENDATION 2:
James Lewis reported the following recommendations from the Communication
and Outreach Work Group.
ATSDR, in collaboration with ORRHES, develop a semi-annual newsletter
for program overview and updates.
This recommendation received a motion, was seconded, and passed by the
Subcommittee by a vote count of 13 in favor and none opposed.
RECOMMENDATION 3:
James Lewis reported the following recommendation from
the Communication and Outreach Work Group.
ATSDR, in collaboration with
ORRHES, develop an issue-based, cross-referenced index of key issues,
based on the various agenda from meetings, to be placed
on the website.
Herman Cember asked who identifies what constitutes a key issue. Kowetha
Davidson responded that ATSDR and ORRHES will make those determinations.
James Lewis commented that the intent of this recommendation is to make
the ORRHES website more user friendly and to make it easier for people
to find the key issues.
This recommendation received a motion, was seconded, and was passed
by the Subcommittee by a vote count of 13 in favor and none opposed.
RECOMMENDATION
4:
James Lewis reported the following recommendation from the Communication
and Outreach Work Group.
ATSDR place a summary of the project plan on the website and place the
public health assessment process flow sheet for public health assessments
on contaminants of concern, depicting ATSDR and ORRHES work group interactions,
on the website.
This recommendation received a motion, was seconded, and was passed
by the Subcommittee by a vote count of 13 in favor and none opposed.
RECOMMENDATION 5:
James Lewis reported the following recommendation from the Communication
and Outreach Work Group.
ATSDR, in collaboration with ORRHES, make presentations on each contaminant
of concern as necessary.
This recommendation received a motion, was seconded, and was passed
by the Subcommittee by a vote count of 13 in favor and none opposed.
Regarding
EPA sampling at Scarboro, Elmer Akin commented that EPA is on record
that it will not unilaterally sample at other communities
across the area because that level of sampling will be decided by
the agencies involved in Oak Ridge (DOE, TDEC, and EPA). DOE will be
the
lead agency regarding conducting sampling.
PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT WORK GROUP
RECOMMENDATION 6:
Tony Malinauskas recommended the following amendment to the recommendation
from the Public Health Assessment Work Group on the draft ATSDR Public
Health Assessment for Y-12 Uranium Releases.
Amend the first technical comment to include the sentence: “Also,
it should be noted that all the measurements in the Scarboro community
represent uranium releases from all sources in the area and not only
from the Y-12 facility.”
This recommendation received a motion, was seconded, and was passed
by the Subcommittee by a vote count of 12 in favor, none opposed, and
1 abstention.
RECOMMENDATION 7:
Bob Craig reported the following recommendation from the Public Health
Assessment Work Group.
As part of our review of the ATSDR draft “Public Health Assessment
Y-12 Uranium Releases,” the ORRHES recommends the attached comments
to ATSDR for their consideration and response.
This recommendation received a motion, was seconded, and was passed
by the Subcommittee by a vote count of 12 in favor and 1 opposed.
Don
Creasia commented that there was not sufficient time for review of
the PHA for Y-12 uranium releases, and he voted today trusting in
the
effort of the work group. Kowetha Davidson responded that the Subcommittee
members were asked to review only a portion of the PHA document in
order to become familiar with it, rather than the entire document
because of its size. A minimum amount was sent to Subcommittee members
and
the work group for review (the Executive Summary, Public Health Implications,
and the Conclusions and Recommendations sections).
Regarding Don Creasia’s comment, James Lewis commented that ORRHES
should examine its information distribution mechanism and distribution
schedule in light of the fact that the Subcommittee members will be reviewing
a number of PHA documents.
Unfinished Business/New Business/Issues/Concerns
La Freta Dalton voiced a concern/reminder for Subcommittee members.
This relates to the ethical responsibilities of ORRHES members when they
have access to or are provided with data or information. As federal government
employees ORRHES members are required to hold that information in confidence,
unless specifically advised that the information may be shared. There
has been some confusion regarding sharing knowledge of a data validation
version that was shared with members of the PHAWG. Knowledge of a data
validation version is considered knowledge only for federal agencies
involved. Please keep such ethical responsibilities in mind in the future.
Identification of Action Items
The following action items were read by Kowetha Davidson:
ACTION 1: La Freta Dalton will provide an updated action items report
including the status of items listed as ongoing or pending
ACTION 2: La Freta Dalton will print handouts for Deidre Tharpe’s
presentation and distribute them to ORRHES members.
ACTION 3: Kowetha Davidson will send an e-mail to ORRHES members to remind
them that they can obtain an access account for the OREIS database
from Timothy Joseph (DOE) and they can obtain assistance navigating
in the OREIS database from Chudi Nwangwa (TDEC).
ACTION 4: Karl Markiewicz will obtain for the ORRHES a map of surface
soil samples that shows all sample locations for all analytes.
ACTION 5: Karl Markiewicz will obtain for the ORRHES literature references
regarding the effects of mixtures of contaminants.
ACTION 6: Karl Markiewicz will review soil and sediment data from the
Bull Run and Kingston steam plants in conjunction with the Public Health
Assessment Work Group.
ACTION 7: The Communications and Outreach Work Group and ATSDR will develop
a strategy for distribution of any ORHHES work product to be released.
Housekeeping
Issues and Closing Comments
All ORRHES members should review the distributed list of members of
each of the work groups and provide any changes to La Freta Dalton or
Marilyn Palmer.
The next ORRHES meeting will be on April 22, 2003.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 PM.
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