DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
RECOMBINANT DNA ADVISORY COMMITTEE 
WORKING GROUP ON RELEASE IN THE ENVIRONMENT 
MINUTES OF MEETING 1 
MAY 31, 1984 
The Working Group on Release into the Environment of the Recombinant DNA 
Advisory Ccrrmittee (RAC) was convened at 10 a.m. on May 31, 1984, at the National 
Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Building 31, Rocm 5A16, 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 Arntzen 
Roys ton Clcwes 
Nina Fedoroff 
Jchn Fcwle 
Susan Gottesman 
George Lacy 
Gerard McGarrity 
Henry Miller 
Robert Mitchell 
Thomas Pirone 
John Scandal ios 
Frances Sharpies 
Sue Tolin 
Anne Vidaver 
William J. Gartland 
(Executive Secretary) 
A working group roster is attached (Attachment I) 
Other National Institutes of Health Staff: 
Stanley Barba n, NIAID 
Elizabeth Milewski, NIAID 
Other: 
Fred Betz, Environmental Protection Agency 
Anne Hollander, Environmental Protection Agency 
Jane Rissler, Environmental Protection Agency 
Mark Segal, Environmental Protection Agency 
lr Ihe Working Group is advisory to the RAC, and its recommendations should not 
be considered as final or accepted. 
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