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From: Brower, Connie [/O=EXCHANGELABS/OU=EXCHANG[ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP
(FYD|BOHF2]SPDLT)/CN=REOP|ENTS/CN=7EE8DB84D95G431C9A1F78IF5597BA62-CUBROVV[R]
Sent: 8/1/20I78:2I54PM
To: Candace Prusiawicz[cmpmsiewicz@Xmai|.com]
Subject: RE: FW: Governor Cooper expands state science panel to address new or unregulated chemicals
Tom Au8spergervvouN be a wonderful asset!
As for the schedule ? | am not in the full loop. | literally ran into Robin !
From: Candace Prusiexvcz [naiko:omprusiexvcz@gmaiicom]
Sent: Tuesday, August U1,2U174:OZPK4
To: Brower, Connie <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: FW: Governor Cooper expands state science panel to address new or unregulated chemicals
Connie. Second email lreceived today about thio� lwish the ucvrSAJBliaison well. oo loh»»nvnomoc
finallygetting 0nvvorkoo importance for the state. Hopefully, things will move along
quicker than when lvvau there. Keep me posted on potential board members. l received a call from Tom at us
wildlife and fishing agency. He had submitted his name for consideration. When will the board be appointed?
On Aug l,2Ol73:55PM, Connie" i wrote:
Sent: Tuesday, August Ol,JO17J:4ZPM
To: Brower, Connie
Subject: FW: Governor Cooper expands state science panel to address new or unregulated chemicals
Good to see you at Seaboard the other day. Here's some new information for you.
Cheers
Supervisor
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From: Lucas, Jill M [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2017 2:30 PIVI
To: NCDENR.DENR.DAQ<[e-mail]>
Subject: FW: Governor Cooper expands state science panel to address new or unregulated chemicals
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From: Jamie Kritzer [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2017 12:04 PIVI
To: Lucas, Jill M <Jill. Lucas@ ncdenr.gov>
Subject: Governor Cooper expands state science panel to address new or unregulated chemicals
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Release: IMMEDIATE
Date: Aug. 1, 2017
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Contact: Jamie Kritzer; Chris Mackey
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Michael S. Regan, Secretary
Governor Cooper expands state science panel to address ncNv or unregulated chemicals
RALEIGH — Governor Roy Cooper has expanded a state science panel to help guide state officials on ways to better protect
public health and the environment from new or unregulated chemicals.
A new charter for the panel was drawn up and signed by secretaries for the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, or
DHHS, and N.C. Department of Environmental Quality, or DEQ, Friday. The panel's new charter expands the scope of the
Secretary's Science Advisory Board on Toxic Air Pollutants and changes its name to the Secretaries' Science Advisory Board.
"We are taking every necessary step to protect public health and the quality of our water and air by addressing emerging
chemicals of concern such as GenX and hexavalent chromium," said DEQ Secretary Michael Regan. "This panel will provide
the state with much -needed scientific expertise to confront these issues."
"We will work with experts in epidemiology, toxicology and other disciplines to help us protect the safety and health of all
North Carolinians," said DHHS Secretary Mandy Cohen.
The panel's new charter directs it to assist DEQ and DHHS in achieving clean air, water and land. Among its new duties, the
panel will perform or recommend reviews and evaluations of contaminants released to the environment; act as consultants on
DEQ's determinations to regulate releases of contaminants; assist both agencies in identifying contaminants of emerging
concern and help determine whether the contaminants should be studied further; assist the secretaries in providing expertise to
evaluate the human and environmental impacts of exposure to hazardous contaminants; and provide input to DHHS as the
agency establishes health goals for emerging contaminants.
The new charter expands the board from eight to 11 voting members. All members are appointed by the DEQ and DHHS
secretaries. Members will come from academic institutions, the public and private sectors, and independent research facilities.
Members will include scientists, the state epidemiologist or state health director, two toxicologists, a physician, a local health
director with experience in environmental health and epidemiology.
The secretaries for DEQ and DHHS plan to appoint members, including a chairman of the pancl, soon. The board will meet at
least six times a year.
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Scientific experts with DEQ and the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services will work, together with the panel as it
evaluates new health data.
This science panel will conduct business in an open forum to allow for public in -out as they are considering the latest research
and will offer much -needed peer review of available scientific data.
Read the new charter for the pane
l pl or at this link.
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