[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 26, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57820-57821]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24599]


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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 of Health and Human Services (the Secretary and 
Assistant Secretary) 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 believes involvement by the committee is desirable.
    Date and Time: The meeting will be held on October 19, 2000, 8 a.m. 
to 5 p.m. and October 20, 2000, 8 a.m. to 12 noon.
    Location: Hilton Palacio del Rio Hotel, Conference Center, La 
Espada Room, 200 South Alamo St., San Antonio, TX.
    Contact Person: Ronald F. Coene, National Center for Toxicological

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Research (HFT-10), Food and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
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 conduct a review and comment on the 
scope of work for the sixth and final round of examinations of the Air 
Force Health Study.
    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 9, 
2000. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled on October 
20, 2000, between approximately 11 a.m. to 12 noon. Time allotted for 
each presentation may be limited. Those desiring to make formal oral 
presentations should notify the contact person before October 9, 2000, 
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 14, 2000.
Linda A. Suydam,
Senior Associate Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 00-24599 Filed 9-25-00; 8:45 am]
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