[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 10 (Thursday, January 15, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 2394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-857]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Veteran's Advisory Committee on Environmental Hazards; Notice of 
Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that a meeting of the 
Veteran's Advisory Committee on Environmental Hazards will be held on 
Wednesday and Thursday, February 11-12, 2004, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 
each day. The meeting will be held at the Department of Veterans 
Affairs (Lafayette Building), 811 Vermont Avenue, NW., Room 819, 
Washington, DC 20420. The meeting is open to the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to provide advice to the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs on adverse health effects that may be associated 
with exposure to ionizing radiation and to make recommendations on 
proposed standards and guidelines regarding VA benefit claims based 
upon exposure to ionizing radiation.
    The major items on the agenda for both days will be discussions and 
analyses of medical and scientific papers concerning the health effects 
of exposure to ionizing radiation. On the basis of those analyses and 
discussions, the Committee may make recommendations to the Secretary 
concerning diseases that are the result of exposure to ionizing 
radiation. The agenda for the second day will include planning future 
Committee activities and assignment of tasks among the members.
    Those who wish to attend should contact Ms. Bernice Green, of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, Compensation and Pension Service, 810 
Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, by phone at (202) 273-7210, 
or by fax at (202) 275-1728, prior to February 9, 2004. Members of the 
public may submit written questions or prepared statements for review 
by the Committee in advance of the meeting. Statements must be received 
at least five (5) days prior to the meeting and should be sent to Ms. 
Bernice Green's attention at the address given above. Those who submit 
material may be asked to clarify it prior to its consideration by the 
Committee. An open forum for verbal statements from the public will 
also be available for 20 minutes during the morning and 20 minutes in 
the afternoon for each day. Each person who wishes to make a verbal 
statement before the Committee will be accommodated on a first come, 
first serve basis and will be provided three minutes to present the 
statement.

    Dated: January 8, 2004.

    By Direction of the Secretary:
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-857 Filed 1-14-04; 8:45 am]
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