tula Bingham, Ph.D. 
Assistant Secretary for 
Occupational Safety and Health 
U.S. Department of Lao or 
Washington, D.C. 20210 
Dear tula: 
In your letter of Deceiver 17, you raised issues concerning potential regulation 
of the inuustrial application of recombinant DMA technology that on earlier 
occasions vie have aiscussea at least tentatively in the Federal Interagency 
Advisory Couch frees on Recombinant DHa Research. As you knew, this Cor.r,i ttee 
was createu in October 1976 to serve as the Federal policy coordinator for 
recombinant GiiA research and regulatory policies. Its rAancershlp (see 
attached) is broao ana it is intended to provide ar. effective forum for 
dealing with tne issues that concern any of the agencies having jurisdiction 
or other relevant interest in the use of recombinant u»A rrathocolocy. 
I believe it is the EtJSt appropriate group to consider the points you raise. 
I will convene a meeting of tie Cop*aittee wltnin the exmth to consider tne£i. 
One possible approach would oe to create a special industrial production 
suocotai ttee to aeal with the Eany issues that interest noc only the Occupa- 
tional Safety and Health /Ministration but also the environment Protection 
Agency, and the Food ana Drug Administration. 
Sincerely yours, 
' 3/ tCSAiii •• .*T ' 1. 
Donald S. Fredrickson, ri.D. 
Director 
: Enclasure 
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