DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ?ND HUMAN SERVICES 
PURLIC HEALTH SERVICE 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES CF HEALTH 
RECOMBINANT DNA ADVISORY COMMITTEE 
WORKING GROUP ON RELEASE INTO THE ENVIRONMENT 
MINUTES OF MEETING 1 
OCTOBER 30, 1984 
The Wbrkina Group on Release into the Environment of the Reccmbinant ENA 
Advisory Ccrmittee was convened at 9:00 a.m. on October 30, 1984, at the 
Linden Hill Hotel, Sea Pines Roan, 5400 Pocks Hill Road, Bethesda, Maryland 
70814. The meeting was open to the public. Dr. Gerard McGarrity was the 
chair. The following people were present for all or part of the meeting: 
Wbrking Group Members: 
Charles Arntzen 
Roys ton Clowes 
Susan Gottesman 
George Lacy 
Gerard McGarrity 
David Pimentel 
David Pramer 
A working group roster is attached (Attachment I) 
Liaison Representatives: 
Thomas Pi rone 
Frances Sharpies 
Anne Vidaver 
Elizabeth Milewski 
(Executive Secretary) 
Morris Levin, Environmental Protection Agency 
Henry Miller, Food and Drug Administration 
Sue Tolin, U.S. Department of Agriculture 
Ad Hoc Ccrmittee 
Robert Colwell, University of California, Berkeley 
Susan Hirano, University of Wisconsin 
Other National Institutes of Health Staff: 
William Gartland, NLAID 
1-The working oroup is advisory to the RAC, and its reccrnmendations should not 
be considered as final or accepted . 
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