Workshop Goals and Objectives

1. Use shale gas extraction as a case study to explore the health impacts of emerging energy technologies.
2. Application of health impact assessments to identify ways to mitigate adverse health effects; state of the science.
3. Identify direct and indirect health risks and solutions from a cradle-to-grave approach. Draw from analogous conditions when data is incomplete.
4. Identify vulnerable populations and stakeholders.
5. Describe research questions, data sources, data gaps, and how to address uncertainty. Identify opportunities to draw from insights from similar and well characterized operations conducted in different regions of the country or world.
6. Discuss next steps for stakeholders.

7:00 am

Breakfast (Roundtable Members and Speakers Only)

Tre Room

8:00 am

Welcome

Lynn Goldman, M.D., M.P.H.
Vice Chair, Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research and Medicine
Dean, School of Public Health
George Washington University

8:15 am

Charge of the workshop

Purpose and logic. Magnitude of concerns.

Christopher Portier, Ph.D.
Director
National Center for Environmental Health and
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

8:30am

Hydraulic Fracturing: Accessing Shale and Tight Gas

David Cole, M.S.
Regional Discipline Leader - Production Technology/Chemistry
Shell Upstream Americas

8:50 am

Using Health Impact Assessments to Minimize Health Risks

How is it different from an Environmental Impact Assessment?

Aaron Wernham, M.D.
Project Director
Health Impact Project
Pew Charitable Trusts

9:10 am

Discussion

Moderator: Lynn Goldman, M.D., M.P.H.

9:30 am

BREAK

9:45 am

Setting the Stage for Health: Why Fracking, Why Now? Identifying Key Issues That Are Unique And Potential Priorities

Linda McCauley, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, FAAOHN
Dean
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
Emory University

10:05 am

Geographic Footprint Part I: Progress in Identifying the Actual Shale Gas Development Environmental Impacts

Charles Groat, Ph.D.
John A. and Katherine G. Jackson Chair in Energy and Mineral Resources
Department of Geological Sciences
Professor of Geological Sciences and Public Affairs
Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
The University of Texas at Austin

10:25 am

Geographic Footprint Part II (dust, noise pollution, light pollution, seismic activity)

Michael Focazio, Ph.D.
Assistant Program Coordinator
Toxic Substances Hydrology Program
U.S. Geological Survey

10:45 am

Discussion

Moderator: Aubrey Miller, M.D., M.P.H.
Senior Medical Advisor
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
National Institutes of Health

11:15 am

NIOSH Field Effort to Assess Chemical Exposures in Oil and Gas Workers

Eric J. Esswein, M.S.P.H.
Senior Industrial Hygienist
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

11:35 am

Discussion

Moderator: Linda McCauley, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, FAAOHN

11:55 am

Federal Environmental Policies and Initiatives: Incorporating Health Impact Assessments

Nancy Sutley, M.P.P. (invited)
Chair
White House Council on Environmental Quality

12:15 pm

Discussion

Moderator: Lynn Goldman , M.D., M.P.H.

12:25 pm

LUNCH

1:20 pm

Community Impacts of Natural Gas Development and Human Health

Roxana Witter, M.D., M.S.P.H., M.S.
Assistant Research Professor
Environmental and Occupational Health
Colorado School of Public Health

1:40 pm

Economic and Community Impacts of Gas Shale in Pennsylvania

Timothy Kelsey, Ph.D.
Professor of Agricultural Economics
State Program Leader, Economic & Community Development
The Pennsylvania State University

2:00 pm

Discussion

Moderator: Linda McCauley, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN

2:30 pm

Air Part I: Potential air quality impacts of the development and production of Marcellus Shale gas

Allen Robinson, Ph.D.
Professor
Engineering and Public Policy
Mechanical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University

2:50 pm

Air Part II: Air Quality Impacts of Natural Gas Operations in Texas

Michael Honeycutt, Ph.D.
Toxicology Division Director
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

3:10 pm

Air Part III

John Adgate, Ph.D., M.S.P.H.
Professor and Chair
Department of Environmental & Occupational Health
Colorado School of Public Health

3:30 pm

Air Respondent

Bernie Goldstein, M.D.
Professor Emeritus
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
Graduate School of Public Health
University of Pittsburgh

3:35 pm

Discussion

Moderator: Richard Fenske, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Associate Chair and Professor
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
School of Public Health
University of Washington

3:55 pm

BREAK

4:10 pm

Water Part I (will primarily focus on direct effects and not indirect through ecosystems; includes slickwater; water quality; water consumption, handling of waste water)

Deborah L. Swackhamer, Ph.D., M.S.
Professor, Co-Director of the Water Resources Center
Division of Environmental Health Sciences
University of Minnesota School of Public Health

4:30 pm

Water Part II (will primarily focus on direct effects and not indirect through ecosystems; includes slickwater; water quality; water consumption; handling of waste water)

Robert B. Jackson, Ph.D., M.S., M.S.
Nicholas Chair of Global Environmental Change, Nicholas School of the Environment
Professor, Department of Biology
Duke University

4:50 pm

Water Part III

Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta, Ph.D.
Interim National Program Director, Safe and Sustainable Water Resources
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

5:10 pm

Discussion

Moderator: Jamie Bartram, Ph.D.
Professor of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Director of the Water Institute
Gillings School of Global Public Health
University of North Carolina

5:40 pm

Adjourn for the Day

6:30 pm

Reception/ Dinner (Roundtable Members and Speakers Only)

La Chaumiere
2813 M Street Northwest
Washington, DC 20007

7:00 am

Breakfast
Tre Room

8:00 am

Welcome Back

Lynn Goldman , M.D., M.P.H.

8:15 am

Sustainable Energy For All: Ensuring Health I

Steven Hamburg, Ph.D., M.F.S.
Chief Scientist
Environmental Defense Fund

8:35 am

Sustainable Energy For All: Ensuring Health II
Daniel S. Greenbaum, M.S.
President
Health Effects Institute

8:55 am

Discussion

Assessment of the Science and Next Steps

• What evidence links adverse health effects and hydrofracking?
• What can be done to minimize adverse health effects as the technology evolves (e.g., best practices)?
• Where is there uncertainty (appropriate metrics)?
• What are the next steps for stakeholders?

9:20 am

Panel I: Research Community

Moderator: Richard J. Jackson, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor and Chair
Department of Environmental Health Sciences
School of Public Health
University of California, Los Angeles

David Carey, Ph.D.
Director
Weis Center for Research
Geisinger Health Center

Rob Donnelly, M.B. Ch.B., MFOM
Vice President of Health
Shell Oil Company

Bernie Goldstein, M.D.
Professor Emeritus
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
Graduate School of Public Health
University of Pittsburgh

Roxana Witter, M.D., M.S.P.H.
Assistant Research Professor
Environmental and Occupational Health
Colorado School of Public Health

10:00 am

Discussion

10:30 am

BREAK

10:50 am

Environmental Health and Hydrofracking

Bob Perciasepe, M.Pl., M.P.A.
Deputy Administrator
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

11:05 am

Discussion

11:15 am

Panel II: Federal Representatives

Moderator: George Gray, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
Director, Center for Risk Science and Public Health
School of Public Health and Health Services
The George Washington University

Aubrey Miller, M.D., M.P.H.
Senior Medical Advisor
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
National Institutes of Health

Suzette Kimball, Ph.D.
Deputy Director
United States Geological Survey - Water and Science
United States Department of the Interior

David Michaels, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Secretary of Labor
U.S. Department of Labor
Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Christopher Portier, Ph.D.
Director
National Center for Environmental Health and
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

12:00 am

Discussion

12:30 pm

ADJOURN