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(3) 4ho production or po s session ooours as part of 
a projoot that has beon registered undor section 6 . 
( b) Tho Soorotary may oxompt from s omo or all of 
tho r e quir e ments of subsection (a) any category of activities 
h e finds pos e s no significant risk to h e alth or tho onvironmcnt 
(1) bcoauso of tho nature of those activities, or (2) beca us e 
tho catogory is adoquatoly ^- rogulatod undor other Federal 
gKPA^DABDS 
Seo. 4. (a) For purposes of pro -t e e tin g -tko health and 
safety of individuals who work with r e combinant BN A, tho 
hea l th and safoty of tho-publio at largo, e nd ■ tho integrity 
of the environment, tho Soorotar}* — 
( -4}- s hall, no lat er - than ninoty day s - af tor tho -e nact- 
m e n t -of this Aot, promulgate (without regard - -t o s e ction 
102 -( 2) (C) -e f tho N a tional Environmental Policy Act 
o f 1 - 969 or 5 U.S.C, 553) a s int e rim s tandards - applying 
to th e production or pos s ession of rooombinant DNA - thc 
R e eombin a nt DNA Bo soar oh Guidolinos — (41- Fodoral 
Register 27901 (1976) ) , with ouoh modifications as ho 
finds ar e n e odod, 
(2) shall, no later than on e hundred and eighty 
days aftor tho promulgation of int e rim standards undor 
e l aus e ( 1 ) , initiat e pr o cedures to promulgate final stand 
ards applying to tho production or possession ofr e com - 
b i nant DNA> 
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