OVERSIGHT ON THE PROPOSED TRANSFER OF THE

NIOSH FACILITIES FROM ROCKVILLE, MD.,

ATLANTA, GA., AND CINCINNATI, OHIO

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SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND SAFETY

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-SEVENTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

HEARINGS HELD IN WASHINGTON, D.C., ON JULY 28, AND
SEPTEMBER 15, 1981

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Barnes, Hon. Michael D., a Representative in Congress from the State of

Maryland.....

Blaylock, Kenneth T., national president, American Federation of Gov-

ernment Employees..

Brandt, Edward N., Jr., M.D., Ph. D., Assistant Secretary for Health,

Department of Health and Human Services, accompanied by Dr.

Donald Millar, Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and

Health; Dr. William Foege, Director, Centers for Disease Control; and

William Watson, Deputy Director....

Bundy, Dr. Merle, director of industrial medicine, United States Steel

Corp.......

Cook, Joseph E., Jr., president, local 41, American Federation of Govern-

ment Employees, AFL-CIO, accompanied by Terrence Rogers, legisla-

tive representative, National AFGE Office, and Darlene Christian, vice

president, local 41, NIOSH unit

Corn, Dr. Morton, former Assistant Secretary of Labor for NIOSH.

Finklea, Dr. John, former Director, National Institute for Occupational

Safety and Health

Green, Dr. Gareth M., professor and chairman, Department of Environ-

mental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene & Public

Health, Baltimore, Md..

Hoyer, Hon. Steny, H., a Representative in Congress from the State of

Maryland..

Kerr, Dr. Lorin, Occupational Health Department, International Union of

United Mine Workers of America..

Key, Dr. Marcus M., former Director, NIOSH

Mathias, Hon. Charles McC, a U.S. Senator from the State of Maryland....

Rom, William N., M.D., M.P.H., director, Rocky Mountain Center for

Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Utah School of

Medicine.

Sarbanes, Hon. Paul S., a U.S. Senator from the State of Maryland

Sheehan, John J., director, Legislative Department, United Steelworkers

of America, AFL-CIO..

Suskind, Raymond R., M.D., director, Institute of Environmental Health

and the Kettering Laboratory, University of Cincinnati....

Taylor, George H. R., director, Department of Occupational Safety &

Health, AFL-CIO..

Tepper, Lloyd B., M.D., corporate medical director, Air Products &

Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, Pa., on behalf of the American Academy of

Occupational Medicine, accompanied by H. Dean Belk, M.D., corporate

medical director, Aluminum Co. of America, Pittsburgh, Pa., on behalf

of the American Occupational Medical Association; Merle Bundy, M.D.,

medical director, United States Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, Pa., on behalf

of the American Occupational Medical Association.

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Barnes, Hon. Michael D., a Representative in Congress from the State of

Maryland, prepared statement of......

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Blaylock, Kenneth T., national president, American Federation of Gov-
ernment Employees, prepared statement of

Brandt, Edward N., M.D., Ph. D., Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S.

Department of Health and Human Services, accompanied by Dr.

Donald Millar, Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and

Health; Dr. William Foege, Director, Centers for Disease Control; and

William Watson, Deputy Director:

Administrative efficiencies, examples of improved administrative effi-

ciencies to be realized from the moves....

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