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ACTION: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is extending the period for public comments on (1) NIH’s adoption of the eighth edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (Guide) as a basis for evaluation of institutional programs receiving or SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 proposing to receive Public Health Service (PHS) support for activities involving animals; and (2) if NIH decides to adopt the eighth edition of the Guide, NIH’s proposed implementation plan, which would require that institutions complete at least one semiannual program and facility evaluation using the eighth edition of the Guide as the basis for evaluation by March 31, 2012. NIH will consider comments on (1) the adoption of the Guide and (2) the implementation plan. The notice on the proposed adoption and implementation plan for the eighth edition of the Guide was published in the Federal Register on February 24, 2011 (76 FR 10379). 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Since 1985, the PHS Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, authorized by Public Law 99– 158, 42 U.S.C. 289d, and incorporated by reference at 42 CFR 52.8 and 42 CFR 52a.8, has required that institutions receiving PHS support for animal activities base their animal care and use programs on the current edition of the Guide and comply, as applicable, with the Animal Welfare Act and other Federal statutes and regulations relating to animal activities. The PHS Policy is applicable to all PHS-conducted or -supported activities (including research, research training, experimentation or biological testing, or related purposes) involving live vertebrate animals. The eighth edition of the Guide contains substantive changes and additions from the previous edition. 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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17423-17424]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7316]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

Laboratory Animal Welfare: Proposed Adoption and Implementation
of the Eighth Edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory
Animals

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of Extension of Public Comment Period.

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SUMMARY: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is extending the
period for public comments on (1) NIH's adoption of the eighth edition
of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (Guide) as a
basis for evaluation of institutional programs receiving or proposing
to receive Public Health Service (PHS) support for activities involving
animals; and (2) if NIH decides to adopt the eighth edition of the
Guide, NIH's proposed implementation plan, which would require that
institutions complete at least one semiannual program and facility
evaluation using the eighth edition of the Guide as the basis for
evaluation by March 31, 2012. NIH will consider comments on (1) the
adoption of the Guide and (2) the implementation plan. The notice on
the proposed adoption and implementation plan for the eighth edition of
the Guide was published in the Federal Register on February 24, 2011
(76 FR 10379). The comment period is extended by 30 days and thus will
end on April 24, 2011.

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DATES: Written comments on the adoption and implementation of the
eighth edition of the Guide must be received by NIH on or before April
24, 2011 in order to be considered.

ADDRESSES: Public comments may be entered at: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/2011guidecomments/add.htm. Comments will be made publicly
available. Personally identifiable information (except organizational
affiliations) will be removed prior to making comments publicly
available.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare,
Office of Extramural Research, NIH, RKL1, Suite 360, 6705 Rockledge
Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-7982; telephone 301-496-7163.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The Guide, first published in 1963, is a widely accepted primary
reference on animal care and use. Recommendations in the Guide are
based on published data, scientific principles, expert opinion, and
experience with methods and practices that are determined to be
consistent with high quality, humane animal care and use. The eighth
edition of the Guide was published in January 2011 following a study by
the Institute for Laboratory Animal Research of the National Academy of
Sciences (NAS). The NAS study process began in 2008 and followed the
requirements of Section 15 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The
NAS study process is described at the NAS Web site: https://www.nationalacademies.org/studyprocess/.
Since 1985, the PHS Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory
Animals, authorized by Public Law 99-158, 42 U.S.C. 289d, and
incorporated by reference at 42 CFR 52.8 and 42 CFR 52a.8, has required
that institutions receiving PHS support for animal activities base
their animal care and use programs on the current edition of the Guide
and comply, as applicable, with the Animal Welfare Act and other
Federal statutes and regulations relating to animal activities. The PHS
Policy is applicable to all PHS-conducted or -supported activities
(including research, research training, experimentation or biological
testing, or related purposes) involving live vertebrate animals.
The eighth edition of the Guide contains substantive changes and
additions from the previous edition. To gain insight from institutions
on the impact of changes to the Guide on their animal care and use
programs, NIH seeks comments on whether it should adopt the eighth
edition of the Guide. NIH simultaneously proposes an implementation
plan for the eighth edition of the Guide and seeks comments on the
proposed plan.
The implementation plan proposed by NIH would require institutions
to complete at least one semiannual program and facility evaluation,
using the eighth edition of the Guide as the basis for evaluation, by
March 31, 2012. For such an evaluation to be considered complete by
NIH, it would need to include reasonable and specific plans and
schedules for corrections of deficiencies where appropriate.

II. Electronic Access

The eighth edition of the Guide is available on the NIH Office of
Laboratory Animal Welfare Web site at https://olaw.nih.gov.

Dated: March 23, 2011.
Francis S. Collins,
Director, National Institutes of Health.
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