Document ID: FDA-2012-N-0001-0126
Agency: fda
Document Type: Notice
Title: Risk Communication Advisory Committee Meeting
Posted Date: 2012-10-12T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 198 (Friday, October 12, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62242-62243]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-25101]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2012-N-0001]

Risk Communication Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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    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: Risk Communication Advisory Committee.
    General Function of the Committee: To provide advice and 
recommendations to the Agency on FDA's regulatory issues.
    Date and Time: The meeting will be held on November 2, 2012, from 8 
a.m. to 3 p.m.
    Location: FDA White Oak Campus, Building 31 Conference Center, 
Great Room, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20993. 
Information regarding special accommodations due to a disability, 
visitor parking, and transportation may be accessed at: 
http:[sol][sol]www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/default.htm; under the 
heading ``Resources for You,'' click on ``Public Meetings at the FDA 
White Oak Campus.'' Please note that visitors to the White Oak Campus 
must enter through Building 1.
    Contact Person: Lee L. Zwanziger, Risk Communication Staff, Office 
of Planning, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., 
Bldg. 32, Rm. 3278, Silver Spring, MD 20993, 301-796-9151, FAX: 301-
847-8611, email: RCAC@fda.hhs.gov, or FDA Advisory Committee 
Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC 
area), to find out further information regarding FDA advisory committee 
information. A notice in the Federal Register about last minute 
modifications that impact a previously announced advisory committee 
meeting cannot always be published quickly enough to provide timely 
notice. Therefore, you should always check the Agency's Web site at 
http:[sol][sol]www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/default.htm and scroll 
down to the appropriate advisory committee meeting link, or call the 
advisory committee information line to learn about possible 
modifications before coming to the meeting.
    Agenda: On November 2, 2012, the Committee will discuss general 
factors in risk communication about FDA regulated products, including 
approaches to avoid message fatigue and related communication barriers 
such as prevention or warning fatigue or inaccurate risk perception.
    FDA intends to make background material available to the public no 
later than 2 business days before the meeting. If FDA is unable to post 
the background material on its Web site prior to the meeting, the 
background material will be made publicly available at the location of 
the advisory committee meeting, and the background material will be 
posted on FDA's Web site after the meeting. Background material is 
available at http:[sol][sol]www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/Calendar/
default.htm. Scroll down to the appropriate advisory committee meeting 
link.
    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 on or before 
October 25, 2012. Oral presentations from the public will

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be scheduled between approximately 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. on 
November 2, 2012. Those individuals interested in making formal oral 
presentations should notify the contact person 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 
on or before October 25, 2012. Time allotted for each presentation may 
be limited. If the number of registrants requesting to speak is greater 
than can be reasonably accommodated during the scheduled open public 
hearing session, FDA may conduct a lottery to determine the speakers 
for the scheduled open public hearing session. The contact person will 
notify interested persons regarding their request to speak by October 
26, 2012. Interested persons can also log on to 
https:[sol][sol]collaboration.fda.gov/rcac/ to hear and see the 
proceedings.
    Persons attending FDA's advisory committee meetings are advised 
that the Agency is not responsible for providing access to electrical 
outlets.
    FDA welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory committee 
meetings and will make every effort to accommodate persons with 
physical disabilities or special needs. If you require special 
accommodations due to a disability, please contact Lee L. Zwanziger at 
least 7 days in advance of the meeting.
    FDA is committed to the orderly conduct of its advisory committee 
meetings. Please visit our Web site at http:[sol][sol]www.fda.gov/
AdvisoryCommittees/AboutAdvisoryCommittees/ucm111462.htm for procedures 
on public conduct during advisory committee meetings.
    Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).

    Dated: October 9, 2012.
Jill Hartzler Warner,
Acting Associate Commissioner for Special Medical Programs.
[FR Doc. 2012-25101 Filed 10-11-12; 8:45 am]
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