# Notice of Meeting of the EPA's Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee (CHPAC)
**AGENCY:**
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
**ACTION:**
Notice of meeting.
**SUMMARY:**
Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given that the next meeting of the Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee (CHPAC) will be held February 22-24, 2005 at the Hotel Washington, Washington, DC. The CHPAC was created to advise the Environmental Protection Agency on science, regulations, and other issues relating to children's environmental health.
**DATES:**
The Science and Regulatory Work Groups will meet Tuesday, February 22; Plenary sessions will take place Wednesday, February 23 and Thursday, February 24.
**ADDRESSES:**
Hotel Washington, 515 15th Street, NW., Washington, DC.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Contact Joanne Rodman, Office of Children's Health Protection, USEPA, MC 1107A, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, (202) 564-2188, *[email protected]* .
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
The meetings of the CHPAC are open to the public. The Science and Regulatory Work Groups will meet Tuesday, February 22 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The plenary CHPAC will meet on Wednesday, February 23 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with a public comment period at 5:15 p.m., and on Thursday, February 24 from 8:45 a.m. to 12 p.m.
The plenary session will open with introductions and a review of the agenda and objectives for the meeting. Agenda items include highlights of the Office of Children's Health Protection (OCHP) activities and a presentation on assessing cancer risks from early life exposure. Other potential agenda items include a panel discussion of the NAS review of EPA's Perchlorate Risk Assessment, and a presentation on PBDE.
Dated: February 2, 2005.
Elizabeth H. Blackburn,
Acting Designated Federal Official.
**U.S. Environmental Protection Agency**
**Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee, Hotel Washington, 515 15th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20004-1099, February 22-24, 2005**
**Draft Agenda**
**Tuesday, February 22, 2005**
Work Group Meetings
**Wednesday, February 23, 2005**
**Plenary Session**
9:00 *Welcome, Introductions, Review Meeting Agenda*
9:15 *Highlights of Recent OCHP Activities*
9:45 *Presentation: Cancer Guidelines Update*
10:15 Break
10:30 *Science and Regulatory Workgroup Reports*
12:00 Lunch (on your own)
1:30 *Panel Discussion: NAS Review of EPA's Perchlorate Risk Assessment*
3:00 Break
3:30 *Presentation and Discussion: OCHP Strategic Plan*
5:15 *Public Comment*
**Thursday, February 24, 2005**
8:45 *Discussion of Day One*
9:00 *Presentation: PBDE Update*
10:15 Break
10:45 *Presentation: Update on EPA's Response to CHPAC Mercury Comment Letters*
11:45 *Wrap Up/Next Steps*