interpretation — because it may allow any number of pending 
deliberate release experiments to be conducted abroad to escape 
compliance with the Guidelines — we request a supplemental 
Federal Register Notice on the meeting placing our proposed 
amendment on the agenda. As you are aware, there is precedent 
for such supplemental notices and additions to a RAC agenda. In 
the alternative, we request the scheduling (and notice) of 
another RAC meeting within 30 days after February 2, 1986, with 
this item on the agenda. 
By making these requests for changes to Section 1-C, we are 
net waiving our rights to seek other forums for relief from what 
we consider to be your arbitrary and capricious interpretation of 
that provision in its present form; that interpretation is not 
only inconsistent with the spirit and purposes of the Guidelines, 
including the other provisions of Section 1-C, as we previously 
noted, but also conflicts with applicable federal environmental 
law. 
Sincerely yours. 
Counsel for the 
Foundation on Economic 
Trends and Jeremy Rifkin 
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