A.A. Brooks, Chair

1. Call To Order - 5:10 PM
2. Roll Call - Kaplan, Murray, Ekland, Pardue, Gass, Lewis, Malmquist(P), Dalton (P), Hanley (P), Brooks
   Barbara Sonnenburg was denied attendance by the faulty telephone bridge, others were patched in. This is unacceptable.
3. Approval of Prior Minutes - Approved as issued.
4. Action Items - Reported

1. AAB = Meeting Minutes DONE
2. AAB, WP = Edit motion to Kopland for ORRHES DONE
3. AAB = Send letter to P. Adkins stating AWG actions DONE
4. LD = Coordinate HRSA talk DONE

5. Announcements & Communications - Reported

1. September Agenda received late 7/8/01 5:35PM
2. No requests for extended timed received from WG chairs.
3. "Milestone chart" not received from George Washington University

6. Approval of ORRHES September 11-12, 2001 Agenda ATSDR Agenda for September 11-12, 2001 (prior E-mail & corrected version issued at meeting) This agenda was extensively changed in the following manner as approved:

1. The reports of work groups was moved to the first day following Miller and Bouville to allow offline discussion of topics during meeting. Any resulting actions can occur as new business items on day 2. This practice, i.e., first day reports, to continue until further change. Time allotted: approx. 60 min. The Health Needs Assessment Work Group (HNAWG) discussion will be part of the GWU presentation. The Communications and Outreach WG (COWG) will need 30 minutes; Public Health assessment WG (PHAWG), 10.
2. Epidemiology (to follow work group reports) including the Mangano report and PHAWG discussion concerning it; allotted time 2 hours or more. Mangano paper to be called out in agenda. Allow maximum time for discussion. Epi to be followed by public comment and adjournment delayed as necessary.
3. The Hanley/Markiewicz and Akin presentations are moved to day 2, replacing the current WG reports.
4. The Downey presentation will be considered for deletion or abbreviation and placed near the end of the meeting.
5. ATSDR is allowed considerable freedom in adjusting details as long as intent is met.

7. New Business Items
   

1. It was suggested (Lewis) and generally agreed that all changes to any operating procedures should be cleared through the Procedures and Guidelines WG (PGWG) for consistency prior to adoption. No action taken.

8. Action Items

1. LD - To prepare final version of ORRHES agenda
2. AAB - Minutes
3. AAB - Call or write Sonnenburg with apology on phone connection
4. ALL - Send comments on EPA sampling program to AAB to be sent to E. Akin (EPA)
5. ATSDR - To fix the phone system re bridge connections

9. Adjournment - 6:06 PM