DEPARTMENT CF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES CF HEALTH 
RECOMBINANT DNA ADVISORY COMMITTEE 
WORKING GROUP ON RELEASE INTO THE ENVIRONMENT 
MINUTES CF MEETING 1 
OCTOBER 5, 1984 
The Working Group on Release into the Environment of the Recombinant ENA 
Advisory Committee was convened at 9 a.m. on October 5, 1984, at the National 
Institutes of Health, Building 31A, Conference Roam 4, 9000 Rockville Pike, 
Bethesda, Maryland 20205. The meeting was open to the public. Dr. Gerard 
McGarrity was Chair. The following people were present for all or part of the 
meeting: 
Working Group Members: 
Charles Amtzen 
Roys ton Cl ewes 
Susan Gottesman 
George Lacy 
Gerard McGarrity 
Thomas Pi rone 
A working oroup roster is attached (Attachment I) 
Ad Hoc Consultants: 
David Pramer 
Frances Sharpies 
Anne Vidaver 
Elizabeth Milewski 
(Executive Secretary) 
Robert Colwell, University of California, Berkeley 
Susan Hirano, University of Wisconsin 
Liaison Representatives : 
Morris Levin, Environmental Protection Agency 
Henry Miller, Food and Druq Administration 
Sue Tolin, U.S. Department of Agriculture 
Other National Institutes of Health Staff: 
William Gartland, NIAID 
Robert McKinney, OD 
lr The working oroup is advisory to the RAC, and its recommendations should not 
be considered as final or accepted . 
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