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requests for exceptions and exemptions will involve review by the RAC 
and provisions for public comment, investigators are urged to discuss 
the proposal with ORDA before submitting a formal request. Decisions on 
requests for exceptions or exemptions will be published in the Federal 
Register and the Recombinant DNA Technical Bulletin . 
III. PROCEDURES FOR REGISTRATION OF NONFEDERALLY 
SUPPORTED PROJECTS AND FOR VOLUNTARY REGISTRATION 
III-A. Mandatory Registration . Institutions receiving NIH funds 
for reccmbinant DNA research must inform NIH of all such research, 
ongoing and nonfederally supported, to which the Guidelines are 
applicable. 
Ill— B. Voluntary Registration . The Guidelines stipulate that any 
institution that is not receiving NIH funds for reccmbinant ENA research 
may nevertheless register with the NIH any ongoing projects to which the 
Guidelines are applicable. At the present time, however, proprietary 
information should not be submitted to this register. 
III-C. Procedures for Registration . The procedures in this 
section apply to registration of projects under III-A and III-B above. 
Because nonfederally supported projects filed with NIH will immediately 
be added to the register of ongoing recombinant ENA research, institu- 
tions may register only those projects that are ongoing or about to be 
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