Department of Health and Human Services and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Convene the Savannah River Site Health Effects Subcommittee

By Bustos, Sergio, Dr.

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Title:	Department of Health and Human Services and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Convene the Savannah River Site Health Effects Subcommittee
Author:	Bustos, Sergio, Dr.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Medical research, Medical reports
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Excerpt
During the opening session of the SRSHES meeting on September 5-6, 2002, the June 6, 2002 meeting minutes were unanimously approved with the changes as noted in the record and a status report was provided for all current action items. Environmental monitoring and surveillance programs have been established by SRS, Georgia and South Carolina. All three programs conduct the following activities: collect samples from a variety of environmental media; evaluate contaminant pathways that may affect the public; assess samples on a weekly, biweekly or monthly basis; analyze samples for ions of interest and all radionuclides; publish data results in annual reports; and disseminate the findings to the public. Since tritium is a major contributor to all contaminant pathways at SRS, all three programs specifically focus on tritium. SRSHES is an advisory committee chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act that must meet requirements for public announcements of meetings, charter renewals, detailed minutes, balanced membership, conflicts of interest, public participation, as well as roles and responsibilities for the designated federal official, chair and members.

Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i Summary of the Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 Minutes of the Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 September 5, 2002 Opening Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Review of Meeting Minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Review of Current Action Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Overview of the SRS Environmental Monitoring Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Georgia Environmental Protection Division 2002 Sampling Plan . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 SCDHEC Monitoring at SRS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Public Comment Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Review of the Federal Advisory Committee Act Charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Environmental Tritium Evaluations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Update on ATSDR Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Public Comment Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 September 6, 2002 Workgroup Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Outreach Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Membership Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Epidemiologic Data Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Community Summary Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Agenda Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Scenario Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 SRSHES Open Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Public Comment Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 New SRSHES Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Action Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Agenda Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Consensus Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Closing Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23