[Federal Register: October 23, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 204)]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS



 
Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses; 

Notice of Meeting



    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 

Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Research Advisory 

Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses will meet on November 2-3, 

2009, in Room 230 at the Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The sessions will start at 8 a.m. each day 

and end at 5:15 p.m. on November 2 and at 1 p.m. on November 3. The 

meeting is open to the public.



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    The purpose of the Committee is to provide advice and make 

recommendations to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on proposed 

research studies, research plans and research strategies relating to 

the health consequences of military service in the Southwest Asia 

theater of operations during the Gulf War.

    The Committee will review VA program activities related to Gulf War 

Veterans' illnesses and updates on relevant scientific research 

published since the last Committee meeting. Additionally, there will be 

presentations and discussion of background information on the Gulf War 

and Gulf War Veterans' illnesses, chronic health effects of exposures 

to insecticides and pesticides, potential treatments for fibromyalgia 

and symptoms affecting ill Gulf War Veterans, and discussion of 

Committee business and activities.

    Public comments will be received at 4:45 until 5:15 p.m. on 

November 2 and at 12:30 until 1 p.m. on November 3. Public comments 

will be limited to five minutes each. A sign-up sheet will be available 

at the meeting. Individuals wishing to make oral statements before the 

Committee will be accommodated on a first-come, first-serve basis. 

Individuals who speak are invited to submit a 1- to 2-page summary of 

their comments at the time of the meeting for inclusion in the official 

meeting record. Members of the public may also submit written 

statements for the Committee's review to Dr. Roberta White, Chair, 

Department of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public 

Health, 715 Albany St., T2E, Boston, MA 02118, or at rwhite@bu.edu.

    Any member of the public seeking additional information should 

contact Dr. White, Scientific Director, at (617) 638-4620 or Dr. 

William Goldberg, Designated Federal Officer, at (202) 461-1667.



    Dated: October 19, 2009.



    By direction of the Secretary.

Vivian Drake,

Acting Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. E9-25479 Filed 10-22-09; 8:45 am]

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