Document 22 
COMMISSIONERS 
OHANNA S. NORRIS 
Chairman 
dean h. hill 
Viea Chairman 
VERA M. BERKMAN 
LOVO D. PETERSON 
DREWM. VISLOSKY 
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ROBERT J. McLEOD 
General Manager 
WILLIAM S. LINDUNG 
Secretary 
FAULT. SISSON 
General Counsel 
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Rudoil G. Wa/mcA, M.P. 
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VeaA Va. (ilanneA: 
Thank you {^OA youA teXteJi SepicinbeA 23, 1976 conczAnlng 
N1H'& acXTond to a^&uAz that the. ^eweAage. 6y6tem doe^ not Ae.cetve 
hoAm^ut contaminants and also ^OA the VAa^t EnviAonaicntat Impact 
Statement o^ the Recombinant PWA ReseoAch Guideiines and the Finai 
EnviAonmentaZ Impact Statement o^ the Revised f^asteA Plan, Bethesda 
ReseAvation. 
The WSSC sta^^ has Aeviewed youA tetteA and the enviAonmentai 
impact statements [EIS) and has the ^otiowing comments and questions 
conceAning the biologicat, chemicaZ and Aadioactive substances in 
NIH's ivastewateA. 
The "GuideZines ^oA Recombinant WPA ReseoAch" expAess the 
^oZZouiing NJH conceAn about disposaZ o^ potentiaZZy hoAm{^uZ micAc- 
oAganismS: 
"PAincipaZ questions to be onsweAed pAioA to disposaZ OjJ 
any objects oA mateAtaZs £Aom ZaboAatoAies deaZtng uiith 
PotentiaZZy infectious micAooAganisms oA animaZ tissues 
one: 
1. Have the objects oa mateAtaZs been effectiveZy decon- 
taminated by an appAoved pAoceduAe? 
2. Does disposaZ of the decontaminanted objects oa matcAiaZs 
invoZve any adcUtionaZ potentioJCliazaAds , bioZogicaZ oa 
otheAioise, to peASonneZ eitheA: 
H) Those coAAying out the tmmediate dZsposaZ pAoceduAes 
OA 
(ii) Those who might come in contact with the objects oA 
mateAtaZs outside the ZaboAotoAy compZex?" 
Appendix K — 112 
