[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 31 (Friday, February 14, 1997)]
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Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee Meeting and Recombinant DNA 
Research: Proposed Actions Under the Guidelines; Notices

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee; Meeting

    Pursuant to Pub. L. 92-463, notice is hereby given of a meeting of 
the Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee on March 6-7, 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 March 6, 1997, at approximately 9 a.m., and will 
recess at approximately 5 p.m. The meeting will reconvene on March 7, 
1997, at approximately 8:30 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. Members of the public wishing to speak at this meeting may 
be given such opportunity at the discretion of the Chair.
    Ms. 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 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 Ms. Knorr 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: January 30, 1997.
Paula N. Hayes,
Acting Committee Management Officer, National Institutes of Health.
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