
[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 101 (Thursday, May 24, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 31025]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-12587]


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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 June 29, 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://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), and follow the prompts to the desired 
center or product area. Please call the Information Line for up-to-
date information on this meeting. 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 and call the appropriate advisory committee hot 
line/phone line to learn about possible modifications before coming 
to the meeting.
    Agenda: On June 29, 2011, the Committee will discuss recent 
research on communicating and understanding uncertainty, and risk 
perception and information seeking when facing multiple risks.
    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, 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://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/Calendar/default.htm. Scroll down to the 
appropriate advisory committee 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 
June 21, 2012. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled 
between approximately 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. on June 29, 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 June 18, 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 
June 19, 2012. Interested persons can also log on to https://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://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: May 17, 2012.
Leslie Kux,
Assistant Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2012-12587 Filed 5-23-12; 8:45 am]
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