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UNITED STATES 
ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20545 
NOV 1 9 1976 
Dr. Donald S. Fredrickson 
Director 
National Institutes of Health 
9000 Rockville Pike 
Bethesda, Maryland 20014 
Dear Dr. Fredrickson: 
This is in response to your transmittal dated September 13, 1976, 
inviting the U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration 
(ERDA) to review and comment on the draft environmental statement 
for NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules. 
We have reviewed the statement and have determined that the proposed 
action will not conflict with current or known future ERDA programs, 
therefore, we have no comments to offer. 
Thank you for the opportunity to review and comment on this draft 
statement. 
W. H. Pennington, Director 
Office of NEPA Coordination 
cc: CEQ (5) 
Appendix K — 171 
