Document 17 
Environmental 
Defense 
Fund 
1525 18th Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20036 • 202/833-1484 
October 18, 1976 
Dr. Donald S. Fredrickson 
Director 
National Institutes of Health 
9000 Rockville Pike 
Bldg. 1, Room 124 
Bethesda, Maryland 20014 
Dear Dr. Fredrickson; 
Enclosed is a copy of the Environmental Defense Fund's 
Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for 
NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA 
Molecules . 
Sincere ly 
BKZ ;ms 
Appendix K — 54 
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