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attributable to the modified bacteria, the N I H Recombinant ONA Advisory 
Coumittee (RAC) rejected this aspect of the proposal and recommended that NIH 
approve the proposal only if bactericides were not used and If all above ground 
plant parts are burned or preferably burled at the test site. 
4.2 Alternatives to the Proposed Action 
4.2.1 Approval of Original Proposal (September 17, 1982) Without 
Restriction 
Under this alternative NIH would be approving the field tests described in 
section 4.1 except that: the tests would be conducted at six sites instead of 
one; and antibiotics would be sprayed on the plants to kill the bacteria in the 
unlikely event the plants suffer injury attributable to the modified bacteria 
or the modified bacteria are detected in significant numbers beyond the test 
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4.2.2 Approval of Modified Proposal (March 8, 1983) Without Restriction 
Under this alternative the field test would be the same as that described 
in section 4.1 except that antibiotics would be sprayed on the plants td kill 
the bacteria In the unlikely event the plants suffer injury attributable to the 
modified bacteria or the modified bacteria are detected in significant numbers 
beyond the test plot. 
4.2.3 Approval of Proposal as Approved by NIH on June 1, 1983 With 
Changes Proposed by the Investigators 
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