will be as widespread and profound as the impact of nuclear 
technology. Many scientists in the field have likened the 
splicing together of DNA from different organisms to the 
splitting of the atom. Yet the Draft EIS makes no attempt 
to discuss or analyze these impacts. 
Section 102(2) (C) of NEPA explicitly requires the 
impact statement to discuss 
" (iv) the relationship between short-term uses of 
man's environment and the maintenance and 
enhancement of long-term productivity, and 
(v) any irreversible and irretrievable commitments 
of resources which would be involved in the proposed 
action should it be implemented." 
The final EIS must contain a major section which discusses long 
range impacts and conducts the analysis required by (iv) and (v) 
of §102(2) (C) . 
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