Veterans' Advisory Committee on Environmental Hazards, Notice of Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 54 (Monday, March 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13852-13853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6857]


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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 Pub. L. 
92-463 that a meeting of the Veterans' Advisory Committee on 
Environmental Hazards will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, May 19-
20, 1999, in room 230 of VA Central Office, 810 Vermont Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, DC 20420. The meeting will convene at 9:00 a.m. and adjourn 
at 5:00 p.m. on both days.

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    The purpose of the meeting is to review information relating to the 
health effects of 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 their 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.
    The meeting is open to the public on both days. Those who wish to 
attend or submit written questions or prepared statements for review by 
the Committee should contact Ersie Farber-Collins of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, Compensation and Pension Service, 810 Vermont Avenue, 
N.W., Washington, DC 20420, by May 12, 1999. Ms. Farber-Collins may 
also be reached at 202-273-7268.

    Dated: March 12, 1999.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-6857 Filed 3-19-99; 8:45 am]
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