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(c) Within — 
(1) sixty days of the conclusion of a hearing held 
on an application submitted under subsection (b) , or 
(2) one hundred and twenty days of the date the 
application was submitted, 
whichever occurs) later, the Secretary shall either approve 
or disapprove such application. The decision of the Secretary 
shall be in writing, shall, if a hearing was held on the appli- 
cation, contain the recommendation made by the presiding 
officer at such hearing, and shall include a complete state- 
ment of the reasons for the decision of the Secretary. 
TRAILING AiSTD STUDIES 
Sec. 107. (a) The Secretary may conduct and support 
training in the safe handling of recombinant DNA. 
(b) (1) The Secretary shall conduct or support on a 
continuing basis studies designed to assess the risks to health 
and the environment which may be presented by recom- 
binant DNA activities. 
(2) The Secretary may, by order, make the require- 
ments of section 102 inapplicable, under such terms and 
conditions as the Secretary shall include in the order, to 
any study conducted or supported under paragraph ( 1 ) . 
Each such order shall be published in the Federal Register 
together with a statement of the basis for the order. 
[Appendix B — 17] 
