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Suggested Citation:"C Committee Meetings." National Research Council. 1997. Marking, Rendering Inert, and Licensing of Explosive Materials: Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5755.
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Appendix C
Committee Meetings

First Meeting.

November 25–26, 1996

Presentations:

Study Background and Expectations from Sponsor

Sonny Wilson and Ray Conrad, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF)

Bomb Scene Investigation Procedures

Mike Bouchard, ATF

FAA Explosive Detection Program

Lyle Malotky, Committee Member

Second Meeting and “Workshop on Technical Details Relevant to the Use and Effectiveness of Taggants”

January 13–15, 1997

Presentations:

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Work on Plastic Explosive Taggants (in Executive Session)

Tung Ho Chen, Committee Member

Pilot Test for the Identification Tagging of Explosives: Description and Results

Gary Fuller, former Aerospace Corporation staff

Taggant concept-Microtrace, Inc.

William J. Kerns and Charles W. Faulkner

Taggant concept-Micro Tracers, Inc.

David A. Eisenberg

   

NOTE: Because of the sensitive nature of some of the information, some presentations to the committee were not delivered in open session. These are indicated by “(in Executive Session).”

Suggested Citation:"C Committee Meetings." National Research Council. 1997. Marking, Rendering Inert, and Licensing of Explosive Materials: Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5755.
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Taggant stakeholder-National Mining Association

Terry O'Connor and Bobby J. Jackson

Taggant stakeholder-Institute of Makers of Explosives

J. Christopher Ronay

Taggants and Explosive Detection Research

David Boyd, National Institute of Justice

Taggant stakeholder-A Law Enforcement Perspective

Lt. Thomas Spencer and Sgt. Howard Rechtshaffen, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

Taggant concept-CDS, Inc.

Victor A. Cranich

Taggant concept-SRI International

James Colton

Taggant concept-Isotag LLC

Manny Gonzalez and Dale Spall

Taggant concept-Cambridge Isotope Laboratories, Inc.

Daniel Bolt

Taggant concept-Tri-Valley Research

John Pearson and Robert M. Pearson

Taggant concept-Bio Traces, Inc.

Andrzej Drukier and James Wadiak

Taggant concept-Biocode, Inc.

Frank Angella

Taggant concept-Innovative Biosystems, Inc.

Keith Stormo

Taggant stakeholder-Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute (SAMMI)

James Baker, Don Burton, and Ken Green

Taggant stakeholder-National Rifle Association (NRA)

Tanya Metaksa and Mark Barnes

Suggested Citation:"C Committee Meetings." National Research Council. 1997. Marking, Rendering Inert, and Licensing of Explosive Materials: Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5755.
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Taggant stakeholder-Chemical Manufacturers Association (CMA)

Marybeth Kelliher

Taggant stakeholder-American Pyrotechnics Association (APA)

John Conkling and Julie Hechtman

Taggant stakeholder-International Society of Explosives Engineers (ISEE)

Jeffrey L. Dean

Third Meeting

March 3–5, 1997

Presentations:

JASON committee reports on explosive detection (in Executive Session)

Paul Horowitz, Harvard University and member of the JASONs

Briefing on definition of terms (types of explosives) and precursor materials (in Executive Session)

Jimmie Oxley, Committee Member

Briefing on types of bombers, tactics, materials, and methods of fabrication (in Executive Session)

Greg Carl, FBI

Explosive manufacturing, chain of ownership, and impurity profiling between batches

Paul Rydlund, Vice President, El Dorado Chemical

The Fertilizer Institute

Gary Myers, President, and Ford West, Vice President

Technical Steering Working Group (TSWG) on Counter-Terrorism explosive detection programs (in Executive Session)

Mike Jakub, State Department and TSWG

Explosive desensitization program (in Executive Session)

Joe Hemeriel, Army Research Laboratory

Navy work on desensitizing of explosive materials (in Executive Session)

Ruth Doherty, Naval Surface Warfare Center-Indian Head

Suggested Citation:"C Committee Meetings." National Research Council. 1997. Marking, Rendering Inert, and Licensing of Explosive Materials: Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5755.
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Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) controls on precursor chemicals (in Executive Session)

Will Carpenter, Monsanto (retired) and Robert Mikulak, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) controls on precursor chemicals (in Executive Session)

John Mudri, DEA

Chemical industry flows (in Executive Session)

Jeff Terry, Chemical Manufacturers Association

Fourth Meeting

March 24–25, 1997

Presentations:

Holston Army Ammunition Plant Marking of Military C-4 Explosive (in Executive Session)

Jerry Hammonds, Holston Army Ammunition Plant

Law Enforcement Perspectives (in Executive Session)

Richard Saferstein (retired), New Jersey State Police Laboratory

Cobalt-60 Detection Taggant Evaluation (in Executive Session)

Kenneth Moy, Special Technologies Laboratory

Types of Explosive Materials Used in Improvised Explosive Devices (in Executive Session)

Rick Strobel, ATF Laboratory

Taggant Usefulness in an Actual Bombing Case (in Executive Session)

Dan Boeh, ATF Investigator

Landmine Sniffing Technologies (in Executive Session)

Regina Dugan, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Ammonium Nitrate Manufacturing

Robert Hopler, Committee Member

Status of the Commercial Explosives Industry

Robert Hopler, Committee Member

Suggested Citation:"C Committee Meetings." National Research Council. 1997. Marking, Rendering Inert, and Licensing of Explosive Materials: Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5755.
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Legal Issues in Actual Bombing Cases

James W. Jardine, Q.C., Barrister and Solicitor

Behavorial science: Deterrent Effects on Crime

Daniel Nagin, Carnegie Mellon University

Risk Assessment

James Lamb, Jellinek, Schwartz and Connolly, Inc.

Measuring Costs and Benefits

Richard Mudge, Apogee Research, Inc.

Site Visits:

On March 26, members of the committee visited both the ATF (Rockville, Md.) and FBI (Washington, D.C.) forensic science laboratories associated with bomb scene investigations.

Suggested Citation:"C Committee Meetings." National Research Council. 1997. Marking, Rendering Inert, and Licensing of Explosive Materials: Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5755.
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