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 
FEBRUARY 11, 1985 
The Working Group on Release into the Envirorment of the Recanbinant ENA Advisory 
Camittee was convened at 9:00 a.m. on February 11, 1985, at the National 
Institutes of Health, Stone House , 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 
20205. 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: 
Working Group Members : 
Charles Amtzen 
Roys ton Clowes 
Nina Fedoroff 
Susan Gottesman 
George lacy 
Gerard McGarrity 
David Pimentel 
A working group roster is attached (Attachment I) . 
Ad Hoc Consultants : 
Robert Colwell, University of California, Berkeley 
Susan Hirano, University of Wisconsin 
Liaison Representatives : 
Morris Levin, Environmental Protection Agency 
Henry Miller, Food and Drug Administration 
Sue Tolin, U.S. Department of Agriculture 
Other National Institutes of Health Staff : 
Kenneth Cr earner, NIER 
William Gartlard, NIAID 
David Pramer 
Thcmas Pirone 
Frances Sharpies 
Anne Vidaver 
Elizabeth Milewski 
(Executive Secretary) 
^The working group is advisory to the RAC, and its recommendations should not 
be considered as final or accepted. 
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