[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 205 (Tuesday, October 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 61696]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-21313]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Veterans' 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 
Veterans' Advisory Committee on Environmental Hazards will be held on 
Wednesday, November 30 and Thursday, December 1, 2005, from 8 a.m. to 5 
p.m. each day. The meeting will be held at the Hilton Tampa Airport 
Westshore, 2225 N. Lois Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33607. 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 its analyses and 
discussions, the Committee may make recommendations to the Secretary 
concerning the relationship of certain diseases with exposure to 
ionizing radiation. On November 30, there will be a presentation by 
VA's Public Health and Environmental Hazards Office. The December 1 
session 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. Members of the public may submit written 
questions or prepared statements in advance for the Committees review. 
Statements should be sent to Ms. Green's attention at least 5 days 
prior to the meeting at the address show 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 each day. Each person who wishes to make a verbal statement 
before the Committee will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served 
basis and will be provided three (3) minutes to present a statement.

    Dated: October 19, 2005.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-21313 Filed 10-24-05; 8:45am]
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