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Veterans Affairs on proposed business 

plans at those VA facility sites 

identified in May 2004 as requiring 

further study by the Capital Asset 

Realignment for Enhanced Services 

(CARES) Decision document The 

agenda will include a discussion of the 

summary of the proposed space plan 

and siting of new multi-specialty 

outpatient clinic on the VA Medical 

Center St. Albans campus. 

Interested persons may attend and 

present oral or written statements to the 

Committee. For additional information 

regarding the meetings, please contact 

Mr. Jay Halpern, Designated Federal 

Officer, (00CARES), 810 Vermont 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20024 by 

phone at (202) 273–5994, or by e-mail 

at jay.halpern@hq.med.va.gov. 

Dated: September 22, 2006. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

E. Philip Riggin, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Clinical Science Research and 

Development Service Cooperative 

Studies Scientific Merit Review Board; 

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 Clinical Science 

Research and Development Service 

Cooperative Studies Scientific Merit 

Review Board will be held on October 

17–18, 2006, at the Hotel Palomar, 2121 

P Street, NW., Washington, DC. On 

October 17, the session is scheduled to 

begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 3 p.m. and 

on October 18, to begin at 8:30 a.m. and 

end at 10:30 a.m. 

The Board advises the Chief Research 

and Development Officer through the 

Director of the Clinical Science 

Research and Development Service on 

the relevance and feasibility of proposed 

projects and the scientific validity and 

propriety of technical details, including 

protection of human subjects. 

The session will be open to the public 

on October 17 from 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. 

for the discussion of administrative 

matters and the general status of the 

program. The sessions will be closed 

from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on October 17 and 

will be closed the entire day on October 

18, 2006 for the Board’s review of 

research and development applications. 

During the closed portions of the 

meeting, discussion and 

recommendations will include 

qualifications of the personnel 

conducting the studies (the disclosure of 

which would constitute a clearly 

unwarranted invasion of personal 

privacy), as well as research information 

(the premature disclosure of which 

would be likely to compromise 

significantly the implementation of 

proposed agency action regarding such 

research projects). As provided by 

subsection 10(d) of Public Law 92–463, 

as amended by Public Law 94–409, 

closing portions of these meetings is in 

accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6) and 

(c)(9)(B). 

Those who plan to attend should 

contact Dr. Grant Huang, Deputy 

Director, Cooperative Studies Program 

(125), Department of Veterans Affairs, 

810 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20420, at (202) 254–

0183. 

Dated: September 22, 2006. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

E. Philip Riggin, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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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 13–14, 2006, 

from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. The 

meeting will be held in room 200BB at 

1575 I (Eye) Street, NW., Washington, 

DC. 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. 

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. On November 13, there will 

be a presentation by VA’s Public Health 

and Environmental Hazards Office. 

An open forum for oral 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, firstserved 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, by phone at (202) 273–7211, or 

by fax at (202) 275–1728. Individuals 

should submit written questions or 

prepared statements for the Committee’s 

review to Ms. Green at least five days 

prior to the meeting. Those who submit 

material may be asked for clarification 

prior to its consideration by the 

Committee. 

Dated: September 21, 2006. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

E. Philip Riggin, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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