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Announcement Closing the Voluntary Children’s Chemical Evaluation Program (VCCEP)
Ad Hoc Panel Nominations for Xylenes

The Ad Hoc Panelist Nomination Period for the VCCEP Peer Consultation of Xylenes Will Close on October 7, 2005 In January 2005, TERA announced the opening of nominations for ad hoc panel members the VCCEP Peer Consultation Panel reviewing o-Xylene (CAS No. 95-47-6) and m-Xylene (CAS No. 108-38-3).  The sponsors’ submissions for Xylenes will include ortho and meta, as well as para-and mixed xylenes. The submissionis anticipated to be submitted shortly, and the Peer Consultation Panel meetings for  xylenes is tentatively scheduled for December 13-14, 2005 in Cincinnati , Ohio .  In order to provide sufficient time to select and enroll ad hoc expert scientists for these panels, TERA is closing the ad hoc panelist nomination period for xylenes on October 7, 2005 . Further information describing the ad hoc nomination process is available on TERA’s website at http://www.tera.org/peer/VCCEP/VCCEPNomSelectPolicy.html   If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Dan Briggs at (513) 542-7475, ext. 21 or via email at briggs@tera.org