[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 20, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 15726]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6776]


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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 April 5, 2001, 8:30 a.m. 
to 4:30 p.m.
    Location: Parklawn Bldg., 5600 Fishers Lane, conference room B, 
third floor, Rockville, MD.
    Contact: Leonard M. Schechtman, 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 review four research proposals and 
provide comments and recommendations to the U.S. Air Force. The 
proposals are concerned with measurements of: (1) Carotid intima-media 
thickness, (2) peripheral blood pressure, (3) nerve conduction 
velocity, and (4) archiving blood cells for future measurements of Ah 
receptor polymorphisms.
    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 March 26, 
2001. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled on April 5, 
2001, between approximately 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Time allotted for each 
presentation may be limited. Those desiring to make formal oral 
presentations should notify the contact person before March 26, 2001, 
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: March 12, 2001.
Linda A. Suydam,
Senior Associate Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 01-6776 Filed 3-19-01; 8:45 am]
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