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DRAFT - July 3,2001 Participants: Patrick Beatty Carol Fairbrother Stuart Cagen Patsy Clegg John Wagner George Woodall Conference Call Summary Benzene Health Research Consortium July 2, 2001 Chevron ExxonMobil Corporation Shell Chemical Shell Chemical API API Update on Company Positions Chevron - committed to 2 shares, possibly up to $3M. Commitment letter received on July 3, 2001. Shell - committ ximum contribution of $3M (2 shares) as stated in their letter. position. Citgo - (from com assumption of 14 total shares. 0 indication of any change in their commitment. ng a commitment. a later Next Steps in Consortium Formatio The five core companies need to iden Ty a representati Committee for the consortium. These representative need convene a one-day meeting to ratify the terms of membership. Disc sions ill also include consortium structure and an invoicing schedule. This meet" ng w' most likely take place at API Headquarters in Washington, DC during for the owing time periods: July 12 or 13 Week of July 16 July 23, 26 or 27 Member companies will also need to identify a representative for the Technical Review Committee. A meeting is planned for these representatives for July 24th in Chicago (tentatively at the Westin O'Hare Hotel near the airport). This date was chosen so that the committee could meet prior to a meeting on the 25th of the external 1 SHELL-MCCLURG-065315 DRAFT - July 3,2001 review for the protocols (same location) and representatives could then be given the opportunity to attend that meeting and observe the proceedings. A teleconference line will be made available for the meeting on the 24th. External Peer Review Meeting of the external peer review group will be held in Chicago on July 25, 2001. This will provide an outside group of experts to comment on the scientific validity of the project. The researchers will be given an opportunity to present an overview of the protocols prior to a discussion period in which the reviewers will ask questions regarding the protocols. The members of the Technical Review Committee will be allowed to attend, mostly as observers and as a technical resource if specific questions arise, but will otherwise have limited participation. This limitation is being imposed to ensure objectivity and independence in the activities of this group. The members of the external peer review group will likely form the nucleus of the Independent Scie eview Board for the project. 2. 3. 2 SH ELL-MCCLU RG-065316