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I. CALL TO ORDER AND OPENING REMARKS 
Mr. Mitchell, Chair, called the meeting of the Reccmbinant DMA Advisory 
Ccnmittee (RAC) to order. Mr. Mitchell said the RAC had been convened in 
accordance with the April 24, 1984, Federal Register (49 FR 17672) announce- 
ment to review those items described in that announcement. Dr. Gartland 
informed Mr. Mitchell that a quorum was present. 
Mr. Mitchell welcomed six new ccnmittee members : Dr. Barbara Bowman of the 
University of Texas; Dr. Thomas Pirone of the University of Kentucky; 
Dr. Fred Rapp of the Pennsylvania State University; Dr. Frances Sharpies of 
Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Dr. LeRoy Walters of Georgetown University; 
and Mrs. Ann Witherby of Boston, Massachusetts. 
Mr. Mitchell also welcomed three ad hoc consultants to the RAC: Dr. George 
Lacy of Virginia Polytechnic Institute; Dr. David Pimentel of Cornell 
University; and Dr. Anne Vidaver of the University of Nebraska. 
Mr. Mitchell said in order to move expeditiously on a full agenda he would 
recognize individuals in the following order: primary reviewers; other 
RAC members ; ad hoc consultants to RAC; non-voting representatives to RAC; 
RAC's administrative staff; members of the public who submitted written 
documents or comments; and finally other members of the public who wish to 
ccmment. Mr. Mitchell suggested members of the public indicate their wish 
to be recognized to staff to facilitate the process. 
II. MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 6, 1984, MEETING 
Mr. Daloz said he found the minutes (tab 1166) of the February 6, 1984, 
RAC meeting to be in order and moved approval. He also congratulated 
Mr. Mitchell, Dr. Gartland, and Dr. Talbot for having conducted a very clear 
meeting. Dr. Harvin concurred and seconded the motion. 
Dr. McKinney moved that tab 1147, a letter frcm Drs. David Pramer and 
Harlyn 0. Halvorson of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) dealing 
with the paper by Drs. Giles and Whitehead [see V. Discussion of Letter 
frcm Congressman Gore Including Paper on Reassociation of a Modified 
Mycorrhiza with the Host Plant Roots in the minutes of the February 6, 1984, 
meeting of the RAC] be appended to the minutes of the February 6, 1984, RAC 
meeting. Dr. McKinney felt this letter clarified the major issues and 
supported the conclusions drawn by Dr. Fedoroff in her February 6 review of 
the Giles and Whitehead paper. Dr. Fedoroff seconded the motion. By a 
show of hands the RAC, with no opposed votes, voted to append tab 1147 to 
the minutes of the February 6, 1984, meeting. 
Dr. Fedoroff requested that her name, vshich had been inadvertently omitted, 
be added bo the list of RAC menbers attending the February 6 meeting. 
Dr. Walters requested that a typographical error be corrected. Mr. Mitchell 
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