[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 73 (Monday, April 17, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 19269]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9313]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Appendix B Subcommittee for the Recombinant DNA Advisory 
Committee; Meeting

    Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Appendix B Subcommittee 
for the Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee on May 5, 1995, at the 
National Institutes of Health (NIH), Building 31C, 6th Floor, 
Conference Room 8, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, 
starting at approximately 9 a.m. to adjournment at approximately 5 p.m. 
The meeting will be open to the public to discuss updating Appendix B, 
Classification of Microorganisms on the Basis of Hazard, and additional 
revisions to the remaining appendices of the NIH Guidelines for 
Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules (59 FR 34496 and amended 
59 FR 40170) that are required to adequately accommodate the revised 
Appendix B. Members of the public wishing to speak at this meeting may 
be given such opportunity at the discretion of the Chair. Attendance by 
the public will be limited to space available.
    Dr. Nelson A. Wivel, Director, Office of Recombinant DNA 
Activities, Suite 323, National Institutes of Health, 6006 Executive 
Boulevard, MSC 7052, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7052, Phone (301) 496-
9838, FAX (301) 496-9839, will provide materials to be discussed at 
this meeting, roster of committee members, and substantive program 
information. Individuals who plan to attend and need special 
assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable 
accommodations, should contact Dr. Wivel in advance of the meeting. A 
summary of the meeting will be available at a later date.
    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: April 11, 1995.
Susan K. Feldman,
Committee Management Officer, NIH.
[FR Doc. 95-9313 Filed 4-14-95; 8:45 am]
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