21 January 2003
Minutes
The meeting was convened at the Vashon Chamber office. Present were: Board President James English, Secretary Steven Macdonald, and Treasurer Nan Hammett. Director Macdonald chaired the meeting. The agenda is attached as the last page of these minutes.
Review and adoption of minutes from prior meeting (12/10/02)
The minutes were adopted as revised by President English. The Board approved the proposal to post the minutes on the IERE website <http://www.iere.org/vashon-metals.html>.
Treasurer's report
Treasurer Hammett presented an itemized report dated 1/21/2003, showing expenditures to date of $11,254.57.
Technical consulting services
Contractor progress and continuation were discussed separately for each contractor.
The Board continues to be satisfied with the progress made by IERE on the three contracted tasks: R5 (technical consulting on environmental labs), R6 (technical consulting on sources of soil), and D1 (webpage). The Board decided to forward the IERE webpage statistics reports to Kathy Seel at Ecology.
The Board continues to be dissatisfied with the progress made by Kleinfelder on the six contracted tasks: R1-R4 (independent scientific-technical review of documents), D4 (framework for surveys), and D7 (focus sheets, event surveys). The 12/10 draft "Assessment of Ecology's Interim Action Level Methodology" still needs considerable work. The Board had asked Kleinfelder initially in October, and repeatedly since, to consult with IRPPC's other technical consultant, Rita Schenck of IERE, and they failed to do so prior to preparation of this draft. In a 1/3 memo, Scott Dwyer agreed to a number of revisions in Kleinfelder's practices, including bi-weekly status reports. The first status report, dated 1/17, reported that Dwyer had finally spoken with Schenck, as well as that the firm plans to correct its billing irregularities.
The Board discussed the proposal and draft Agreement sent by Earthworks Environmental Inc. The proposal covered three tasks: R1-R4 (independent scientific-technical review of documents), D3 (periodic column for island newspapers), and D4 (framework for surveys). The Board approved forwarding of the draft Agreement to Ecology for administrative review, and approved asking Earthworks to conduct a scientific-technical review of the 2001 Ecology report on VMI Child-Use Area Sample Results.
IRPPC projects
The Ecology 1/13 memo from Seel was discussed; Ecology seems to be confusing HMRC meeting minutes with IRPPC meeting minutes. Director Hammett will discuss this matter with Kathy Seel at Ecology in order to clarify the differences between these two distinct organizations.
VMICC HMRC
The results from the two studies (Schenck phytoremediation sampling study, and Kissel- Weppner farm family biomonitoring study) presented at the 1/10 HMRC meeting were reviewed. Neither of these studies received any financial support from IRPPC.
Considerable concern was raised over the proposal to allow commercial booths at the next symposium. The Board believes that the credibility (of both sponsors: VMICC-HMRC and IRPPC) may be harmed if commercial operators are permitted to have booths or tables. Treasurer Hammett will communicate with Ecology's Seel to see whether this would affect our ability to provide financial support for the symposium.
The draft Guide for Healthcare Practitioners also raised considerable concern, insofar as it currently contains material relevant only to alternative medical providers, and lacks material which will be credible with conventional medical providers. In this case, however, the draft Guide is a project solely of VMICC-HMRC, and IRPPC does not provide any financial support.
21 January 2003
Agenda
1. Announcements
2. Review and adoption of minutes from prior meeting (12/10/2002)
?Post on IERE website?
3. Treasurer's report
4. Technical consulting services: Contractor progress, continuation
?Kleinfelder (R1, R2, R3, R4, D4, D7)
??R1-4: Independent review of documents
2001 Ecy report on interim action trigger levels for arsenic & lead
???2001 Ecy report on VMI Child-Use Area Sample Results
??Dwyer memo 3 January
?Earthworks (D4?, D3?, R1-4?)
?IERE (R5, R6*, D1)
5. IRPPC projects: Symposia support (Ecy reimbursement)
6. Ecology PPG grant: Grant proposal review timeline
7. VMICC HMRC meetings 1/10
?UW SPHCM study (Kissel, Weppner)
?Symposia planning
?draft Guide for Healthcare Practitioners
8. Board membership and composition
Next meetings
7:15pm, second Tuesday evening of each month: 11 February, 11 March, 8 April. Location: Vashon Chamber of Commerce office, 17232 Vashon Highway.