Meetings: Veterans' Advisory Committee on Environmental Hazards

Federal Register: October 21, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 202)

Notices

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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

November 9-10, 2009, at VA Central Office, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day. The sessions will be held in Room 630 on November 9 and Room C-7 on November 10. 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.

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The major items on the agenda for both days will be discussions 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.

An open forum for verbal statements from the public will be available for 30 minutes in the afternoon each day. People wishing to make oral statements before the Committee will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis and will be provided three minutes per statement.

Members of the public wishing to attend should contact Ms. Bernice

Green at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Compensation and Pension

Service, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, or by phone at

(202) 461-9723, or by fax at (202) 275-1728 or by e-mail at bernice.green@va.gov. Individuals should submit written questions or prepared statements for the Committee's review to Ms. Green prior to the meeting. The Committee may ask those who submit material for clarification prior to its consideration.

Dated: October 14, 2009.

By Direction of the Secretary.

Vivian Drake,

Acting Committee Management Officer.

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