3. the current and planned domestic capability of primate 
production; and 
4. a continuing analysis of factors that may have impact on the 
overall primate usage and supply system in both short and long 
terms. 
While the responsibility for collecting detailed data specific to an 
individual sponsor rests with the sponsor, the IPSC will collect data 
summarized by sponsors and develop an overall picture of the nation's 
requirements for primates and the availability of primates to meet those 
requirements. 
Based on an understanding of the total primate usage and supply system, 
the IPSC will advise and coordinate the activities of sponsors and 
performers in their efforts to meet those national health needs requiring 
the use of primates. Other specific responsibilities, identified within 
the National Primate Plan, logically fall to the IPSC as a result of 
this understanding. 
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