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###### Department of Health and Human Services

###### Food and Drug Administration 

# AGENCY:

Food and Drug Administration, HHS. 

# ACTION:

Notice. 

This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory committee of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The meeting will be open to the public. 

*Name of Committee:*                     Advisory Committee on Special Studies Relating to the Possible Long-Term Health Effects of Phenoxy Herbicides and Contaminants (Ranch Hand Advisory Committee).                 

*General Function of the Committee:*                     To advise the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary and Assistant Secretary) concerning its oversight of the conduct of the Ranch Hand study by the U.S. Air Force and provide scientific oversight of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Army Chemical Corps Vietnam Veterans Health Study, and other studies in which the Secretary or the Assistant Secretary believes involvement by the committee is desirable.                 

*Date and Time:*                     The meeting will be held on October 19, 2000, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and October 20, 2000, 8 a.m. to 12 noon.                 

*Location:*                     Hilton Palacio del Rio Hotel, Conference Center, La Espada Room, 200 South Alamo St., San Antonio, TX.                 

*Contact Person:*                     Ronald F. Coene, National Center for Toxicological                           ( print page 57821)                        Research (HFT-10), Food and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, 301-827-6696, or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area), code 12560. Please call the Information Line for up-to-date information on this meeting.                 

*Agenda:*                     The committee will conduct a review and comment on the scope of work for the sixth and final round of examinations of the Air Force Health Study.                 

*Procedure:*                     Interested persons may present data, information, or views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before the committee. Written submissions may be made to the contact person by October 9, 2000. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled on October 20, 2000, between approximately 11 a.m. to 12 noon. Time allotted for each presentation may be limited. Those desiring to make formal oral presentations should notify the contact person before October 9, 2000, and submit a brief statement of the general nature of the evidence or arguments they wish to present, the names and addresses of proposed participants, and an indication of the approximate time requested to make their presentation.                 

Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2). 

Dated: September 14, 2000. 

Linda A. Suydam, 

Senior Associate Commissioner.

[FR Doc. 00-24599 Filed 9-25-00; 8:45 am] 

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