[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 200 (Thursday, October 16, 1997)]
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Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting



Recombinant DNA Research; Proposed Actions Under the Guidelines; Notice

Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 200 / Thursday, October 16, 1997 / 
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

    Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given of a meeting 
of the Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee on December 15-16, 1997. The 
meeting will be held at the National Institutes of Health, Building 
31C, 6th Floor, Conference Room 10, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, 
Maryland 20892, starting on December 15, 1997, at approximately 9 a.m., 
and will recess at approximately 5 p.m. The meeting will reconvene on 
December 16, 1997, at approximately 9:00 a.m. and will adjourn at 
approximately 5 p.m. The meeting will be open to the public to discuss 
Proposed Actions under the NIH Guidelines for Research Involving 
Recombinant DNA Molecules (59 FR 34496) and other matters to be 
considered by the Committee. The Proposed Actions to be discussed will 
follow this notice of meeting. Attendance by the public will be limited 
to space available.
    Debra W. Knorr, Acting Director, Office of Recombinant DNA 
Activities, National Institutes of Health, MSC 7010, 6000 Executive 
Boulevard, Suite 302, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7010, Phone (301) 496-
9838, FAX (301) 496-9839, will provide summaries of the meeting and a 
roster of committee members upon request. Individuals who plan to 
attend and need special assistance, such as sign language 
interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, should contact Ms. 
Knorr in advance of the meeting.
    OMB's ``Mandatory Information Requirements for Federal Assistance 
Program Announcements'' (45 FR 39592, June 11, 1980) requires a 
statement concerning the official government programs contained in the 
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. Normally NIH lists in its 
announcements the number and title of affected individual programs for 
the guidance of the public. Because the guidance in this notice covers 
not only virtually every NIH program but also essentially every Federal 
research program in which DNA recombinant molecule techniques could be 
used, it has been determined not to be cost effective or in the public 
interest to attempt to list these programs. Such a list would likely 
require several additional pages. In addition, NIH could not be certain 
that every Federal program would be included as many Federal agencies, 
as well as private organizations, both national and international, have 
elected to follow the NIH Guidelines. In lieu of the individual program 
listing, NIH invites readers to direct questions to the information 
address above about whether individual programs listed in the Catalog 
of Federal Domestic Assistance are affected.

    Dated: October 7, 1997.
LaVerne Y. Stringfield,
Committee Management Officer, NIH.
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