[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 51 (Thursday, March 16, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 13680]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-2528]


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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 
April 5-6, 2006, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. The meeting will be 
held at the Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., 
Room 728, Washington, DC. 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 agenda for both days will be analyses of medical and scientific 
papers concerning the health effects of exposure to ionizing radiation. 
On the basis of the discussions, the Committee may make recommendations 
to the Secretary concerning the relationship of certain diseases to 
exposure to ionizing radiation. On April 5, VA's Public Health and 
Environmental Hazards Office will also make a presentation. The April 6 
session will include planning for future Committee activities and 
assignment to tasks among the members.
    Interested persons wishing to attend the meeting should contact Ms. 
Bernice Green, 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 
Committee's review. Statements should be sent to Ms. Green's attention 
at least 5 days prior to the meeting. 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 be 
available for 20 minutes during the morning and 20 minutes in the 
afternoon each day. Each person wishing 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: March 10, 2006.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-2528 Filed 3-15-06; 8:45 am]
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