Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 37 / Thursday, February 25, 2010 / Notices 8789 

Respondents: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 2,039 

hours. 

Bureau Clearance Officer: R. Joseph 

Durbala, Internal Revenue Service, 1111 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Room 6129, 

Washington, DC 20224; (202) 622–3634. 

OMB Reviewer: Shagufta Ahmed, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503; (202) 395–7873. 

Dawn D. Wolfgang, 

Treasury PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3880 Filed 2–24–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Veterans’ Rural Health Advisory 

Committee; Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92– 

463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) 

that the Veterans’ Rural Health Advisory 

Committee will hold a meeting on 

March 2–3, 2010, in the Robert Taylor 

Room at the Carnegie Hotel, 1216 West 

State of Franklin Road, Johnson City, 

Tennessee. The sessions will begin at 8 

a.m. each day and end at 4 p.m. on 

March 2 and at 2:30 p.m. on March 3. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

on health care issues affecting enrolled 

Veterans residing in rural areas. The 

Committee examines programs and 

policies that impact the provision of VA 

health care to enrolled Veterans residing 

in rural areas, and discusses ways to 

improve and enhance VA services for 

these Veterans. 

On March 2, the Committee will meet 

in open session from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. 

The Committee will hear from its 

chairman, the acting director of the VA 

Office of Rural Health, and the directors 

of the three Veterans Rural Health 

Resource Centers. The Committee will 

hold a panel discussion on the 

opportunities and challenges of VA 

collaboration with rural community 

partners, and discuss its 2010 work plan 

and priorities. The Committee will 

convene a closed session from 2 p.m. to 

4 p.m. in order to protect patient 

privacy as the Committee tours patient 

treatment areas at the Mountain Home 

VA Medical Center. Closing this portion 

of the meeting is in accordance with 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). 

On March 3, the Committee will 

receive a summary of the tour of the 

Mountain Home VA Medical Center, 

presentations on service delivery 

models for primary care and their 

application in the rural context from VA 

and Indian Health Service and discuss 

Committee priorities and action plans 

for fiscal year 2010. 

Time will be allocated for receiving 

public comments at 1:45 p.m. 

Individuals who speak are invited to 

submit 1–2 page summaries of their 

comments at the time of the meeting for 

inclusion in the official meeting record. 

For additional information, please 

contact Christina White, Designated 

Federal Officer, at 

rural.health.inquiry@va.gov or (202) 

461–7100. 

By Direction of the Secretary. 

Vivian Drake, 

Acting Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3752 Filed 2–24–10; 8:45 am] 

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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 March 1–2, 2010, in room 230 

at the Department of Veterans Affairs, 

810 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC. The meeting will be 

open to the public and it will start at 8 

a.m. each day and will adjourn at 5 p.m. 

on March 1 and at 1:15 p.m. on March 

2. 

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 pain, 

potential health effects of exposure to 

sarin, chronic fatigue syndrome, a 

planned survey of the health status of 

Norwegian Gulf War Veterans, and 

updates on a number of ongoing 

research at the University of Texas 

Southwestern Medical Center and the 

VA War Related Illness and Injury 

Centers. There will also be discussion of 

Committee business and activities. 

The meeting will include time 

reserved for public comments. A signup sheet for five-minute comments will 

be available at the meeting. Individuals 

who speak are invited to submit a 1–2 

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. 

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: February 22, 2010. 

By Direction of the Secretary. 

Vivian Drake, 

Acting Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3874 Filed 2–22–10; 8:45 am] 

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