[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 52638]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-25919]



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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 November 14, 2001, from 
1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., and November 15, 2001, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
    Location: Holiday Inn Select, 8120 Wisconsin Ave., Maryland Room, 
Bethesda, MD.
    Contact: Leonard Schechtman, National Center for Toxicology 
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 U.S. Air Force will present information on: Data 
release; cancer incidence; area under the curve; matched diabetes 
graphs; memory loss and peripheral neuropathy; thyroid abnormalities; 
and Seveso and Ranch Hand TCDD Half-Life. The Veterans Administration 
will provide an update on: The VA Army Chemical Corps Vietnam-Era 
Health Study including status of recruitment, interviewing, and medical 
record retrieval; documentation of self-reported health outcomes; 
results of serum dioxin analysis; and preliminary results of survey 
data analysis.
    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 November 2, 
2001. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled on November 
15, 2001, between approximately 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Time allotted for each 
presentation may be limited. Those desiring to make formal oral 
presentations should notify the contact person before November 2, 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: October 4, 2001.
Linda A. Suydam,
Senior Associate Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 01-25919 Filed 10-15-01; 8:45 am]
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