[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 51328]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24598]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
Advisory Committee on Special Studies Relating to the Possible
Long-Term Health Effects of Phenoxy Herbicides and Contaminants (Ranch
Hand Advisory Committee); Notice of Meeting
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory
committee of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The meeting will
be open to the public.
Name of Committee: Advisory Committee on Special Studies Relating
to the Possible Long-Term Health Effects of Phenoxy Herbicides and
Contaminants (Ranch Hand Advisory Committee).
General Function of the Committee: To advise the Secretary and the
Assistant Secretary for Health concerning its oversight of the conduct
of the Ranch Hand study by the U.S. Air Force and provide scientific
oversight of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Army Chemical
Corps Vietnam Veterans Health Study, and other studies in which the
Secretary or the Assistant Secretary for Health believes involvement by
the committee is desirable.
Date and Time: The meeting will be held on October 14 and 15, 1999,
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: Parklawn Bldg., 5600 Fishers Lane, conference rm. K,
Rockville, MD.
Contact Person: Ronald F. Coene, Food and Drug Administration, 5600
Fishers Lane, rm. 16-53, Rockville, MD 20857, 301-827-6696, or FDA
Advisory Committee Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in
the Washington, DC area), code 12560. Please call the Information Line
for up-to-date information on this meeting.
Agenda: The committee will receive an update from the Department of
Veterans Affairs on the Army Chemical Corps Vietnam Veterans Health
Study and will continue their review of the Air Force Health Study-
Cycle 5, draft report.
Procedure: Interested persons may present data, information, or
views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before the committee.
Written submissions may be made to the contact person by October 7,
1999. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled on October
15, 1999, between approximately ll a.m. to 12 m. Time allotted for each
presentation may be limited. Those desiring to make formal oral
presentations should notify the contact person before October 7, 1999,
and submit a brief statement of the general nature of the evidence or
arguments they wish to present, the names and addresses of proposed
participants, and an indication of the approximate time requested to
make their presentation.
Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).
Dated: September 13, 1999.
Linda A. Suydam,
Senior Associate Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 99-24598 Filed 9-21-99; 8:45 am]
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