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TEXT BOX B GOOD PRACTICE IN PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT — THE FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT IN THE UNITED STATES... 

In 1972, the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA Public Law 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App.) was passed by Congress. Its purpose was to ensure that advice given to government by the various advisory committees, task forces, boards, and commissions formed over the years by Congress and the president, be both objective and accessible to the public. ... 

Before submitting information to the Committee on Food Chemicals Codex, please read carefully the following paragraphs about the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) Amendments of 1997, section 15, public law number 105-153. This act creates certain new requirements regarding studies performed for federal government agencies by the National Academies the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), the Institute of Medicine (IOM), and the National Research Council (NRC) (collectively referred to as the National Academies ). 

In his letter to Secretary Shalala, Chairman Burton stated "For the public to have confidence in the decisions made by their government, they must be assured that those decisions are not being affected by conflict of interest.. .. It has become clear over the course of this investigation that the VRBPAC and the ACIP are dominated by individuals with close working relationships with the vaccine producers. This was never the intent of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, which requires that a diversity of views be represented on advisory committees."... 

The 1972 passage of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463), enabled the Federal government to make use of outside... 

General Accounting Office (GAO), Chemical Warfare the Chemical Warfare Commission Did Not Comply With the Federal Advisory Committee Act, GAO/NSIAD-87-55BR. 

Chemical Warfare Review Commission Did Not Comply with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Briefing Report to Congressional Requesters. (GAO/NSIAD-87-55-BR) January 1987. 

This part of the Clean Water Act was relatively neglected until 1996. A Federal Advisory Committee was convened and produced in 1998 a report and subsequent proposed changes for implementation of the TMDL program and associated changes in the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System for point sources. A number of court orders were also motivating factors in the implementation and proposed changes to the rule. 

In the USA, the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 established the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program as a federal no-fault compensation system for individuals who may have been injured by specific vaccines. This compensation program relies on a Vaccine Injury Table that lists the vaccines that are covered by the program, as well as injuries, disabilities, illnesses, and conditions (including death) for which compensation may be awarded. To better reflect current scientific knowledge about vaccine injuries, the Vaccine Injury Table was revised in 1995 and has been subsequently further modified. The latest modification, which became effective on December 1, 2004, is shown in Table 7. This revision took into account a review of the literature on specific adverse consequences of pertussis and rubella vaccines performed and published by the lOM (SED-12, 817) (SED-12, 825). In addition to the seven vaccines (diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, measles, mumps, rubella, and poliomyelitis) included in the first Vaccine Injury Table, the 1997 revision includes hepatitis B, Hemophilus influenzae type b, and Varicella vaccines, as well as any future licensed vaccine recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for routine administration to children (38). 

The Act regulates workplace safety at the Federal level. Responsibilities under the Act are distributed between the Department of Labor and the Department of Health and Human Services. The National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health was created to coca dinate activities between the 2 departments. The 12 members of this committee represent employees, employers, the public, and health and safety professionals. A 3-member Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, comprised of presidential appointees, is empowered to settle disputes arising from enforcement of the Act. 

SCHEME 1 Procedure leading to the regulation of a substance by the Canadian Environmental Contaminants Act. Steps 1, 2, 4, 7, 9, and 14 are initiated by the two regulatory agencies (Environment Canada and Health and Welfare Canada) while steps 3 and 8 imply consultation with provincial authorities and other federal agencies. The Advisory Committee (steps 5 and 6) is a non-mandatory consultative body. The Environmental Contaminants Act Board of Review (steps 11 and 12) must hold a hearing if an objection is filed (step 10). Decision to add the substance to the schedule is made at the government level (step 13). (For more details see Crowley et al. 1986 Crowley 1985.)... 

The Board of directors of the Federation includes professors and a representative of Euromines, who acts as a representative of the major European mining / mineral companies. Several other companies have made commitments, or expressed interest, to support FEMP. At this moment ABN-AMRO, Caterpillar and Pricewaterhouse Coopers are supporting FEMP. Representatives of these companies are members of the Industrial Advisory Committee. 

Emery G. Lee, 111, Thomas E. Willging, The Impact of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 on the Federal Courts Fourth Interim Report to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules 1 (April 2008). 

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