<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><span class="gmail_default"></span><span style="font-family:"Antic Slab"">Hello planners! </span><br clear="all"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><span style="font-family:"Antic Slab""><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><span style="font-family:"Antic Slab"">We in Brockton are working toward attaining Platinum BioReady status as rated by MassBio, indicating our readiness for Life Science firms to do business in the city. In addition to having land available/permitted/in use for Life Science activities, we need to have our Board of Health adopt the NIH Guidelines on rDNA use. </span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><span style="font-family:"Antic Slab""><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><span style="font-family:"Antic Slab"">In my research, I have found that Boards of Health who do not have a subject matter expert in Biotech will hire a consultant/contractor to handle oversight and/or compliance. Does anyone know if their BOH does this, and if so, who they use? Would anyone be willing to forward contact info for a BOH member who would know and could assist, or the consultant they use if known already?</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><span style="font-family:"Antic Slab""><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><span style="font-family:"Antic Slab"">Thanks in advance, </span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><span style="font-family:"Antic Slab""><br></span></div><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><font color="#000000"><b><span style="font-family:"Antic Slab"">John Fay</span></b><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Antic Slab"">(He/<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span>Him)</span><b><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif"> </span></b></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Antic Slab""><font color="#0b5394">Senior Planner</font></span></p>

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Brockton</font></span></p>

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Planning and Economic Development</font></span></p>

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Street</font></span></p>

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02301</font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Antic Slab""><font color="#073763">O: </font><font color="#0b5394">508-580-7113</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font color="#073763"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"></span><span style="font-family:"Antic Slab"">C: </span><span style="font-family:"Antic Slab"">781-807-0665</span></font><span style="font-family:"Antic Slab""><font color="#0b5394"><br></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font color="#0b5394"><span style="font-family:"Antic Slab""><a href="mailto:jfay@cobma.us" target="_blank">jfay@cobma.us</a></span><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif"> </span></font><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:11pt;font-family:"Antic Slab""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4wfeBT01rfpQ2Wq7cLzxC5_qjUNpfUlFvqxxMqBn4379j9mYpP_65jcRqVZOqfEQ7dS9pYSAms" width="200" height="67"><font color="#0b5394"><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif"><br></span></font></p></div></div></div></div></div>