[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 204 (Friday, October 23, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54882-54883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-25479]
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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 [email protected].
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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