Document gbg8GOBmQ7p5L63GJV5yeK7NV
From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attach:
Bruce Jarnot <jarnotb@api.org> Thursday, February 5, 2004 3:41 PM (GMT) benzconsort-tc@listserve.api.org Matt Todd <ToddM@api.org> BHRC-TC conference call ... Fri 13 Feb, 9am EST Minutes BHRC-TC ConfCall 01 28 2004.doc
BHRC-Technical Committee (TC) -
During the TC conference call on Jan 28, a follow-up conference call was scheduled to finalize the "priority list" of agencies and organizations for outreach:
Date: Friday, February 13 Time: 9:00am EST
Dial-In: (763) 315-6900, or toll-free (866) 448-6756 PIN: 6828319#
Attached for your convenience are draft minutes from the Jan 28 conference call.
Best Regards - Bruce.
***** Bruce M. Jarnot, PhD., DABT American Petroleum Institute Regulatory and Scientific Affairs 1220 L Street, NW (Suite 900) Washington, DC 20005-4070 phone: (202) 682-8473 fax: -8031 email: jarnotb@api.org
SH ELL-MCCLU RG-054825
Benzene Health Research Consortium Draft Technical Committee Meeting Notes
January 28, 2004
Conference Call
Participants
1. Patrick Beatty (ChevronTexaco) 2. Stuart Cagen (Shell)
3. Bruce Jarnot (API) 4. Shan Tsai (Shell)
General Items
Antitrust review
~GtJgm .... ~rq9E:l; identify the new ConocoPhillips representative (completed)
Outreach Prioritization Prioritized list of regulatory & NGO agencies, with contacts:
....o US EPA (ip~igrj arQq~QWQrKwt8?triqkQr)~Oi~iV?pprQ?9n: Bill
Farland, Peter Pruce, Bob Sonowanee [NCEA], Michael Brown, George Woodall [RTP], Larry Cupitt [RTP]) o Cal EPA o NIOSH o OSHA
o NIEHS (~~ign .... ~t(.l~rt: to identify contact)
o NCI (Martha Linet) o ACGIH (Jim Price) o Leukemia & Lymphoma Society o American Cancer Society (ACS) o EU Environment DG o EU Labor DG o UK MRC (Medical Research Council?) (Len Levy) Approach: late-spring (e.g. May) by-invitation workshop at API, along the style like initial sponsor kick-off meeting o Preferable have Richard, Tom Armstrong (or Rob Schnatter) and
perhaps Otto present at workshop
DRAFT 1128104
Page 1 of 2
SH ELL-MCCLU RG-054826
Benzene Health Research Consortium Draft Technical Committee Meeting Notes
I.G"Qrnt-grl.lG~le~~riGk: email proposed Priority List to BHRC-OC for
endorsement I approval; set up May outreach meeting at API o Allow 2-week review period (by 11 Feb) of proposed list o Next TC conf call: gam EST, Friday 13 February
~q~iQnt-arQ~: ask Helmut Greim for guidance on EU organizations (and
contacts) to invite onto the workshop
~q~iQnt-$tQrt: ask Shell EU contacts for guidance on Ursulla Gunderter-
Remy EU (and perhaps others) as EU contact(s)
Budget Tracking
~pt.gn .... ~rq9~~$tqrt: preview 40 data in early February, and reassess
need for sponsor payments
Status of Shanghai Exposure Assessment Helmut reminded that the most important output of the study is "risk assessment", which requires good exposure assessment data Urinary biomarker for benzene exposure is now included
.l.\q~iQr'l""E:3rQq~: ask Tom Armstrong re: status of IH exposure
assessments
Additional Items
.l.\p~~9r'l""R?tmqJ.l$tQ~rttE:3r4~: initiate monthly PI Study Updates, based on
phone calls with Irons & Wong ... o Ask Richard re: status of protocol revisions o Ask Richard re: status of progress vs. budget tracking o Ask Richard re: status of exposure assessment
DRAFT 1128104
Page 20f2
SH ELL-MCCLU RG-OS4827