Update: The following updates relating to this announcement have been issued:
Release Date: March 18, 2011
NOT-OD-11-042:
Public Comment Period Open on Proposed Adoption and Implementation of the Guide for the Care and Use of
Laboratory Animals: Eighth Edition
NOT-OD-10-102:
Update of the Guide for
the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
This notice is to announce that the comment period originally identified in a February 24, 2011 Federal Register Notice (PDF) has been extended for 30 days to maximize the opportunity for individuals and organizations to provide comments to NIH. The comment period will now close on April 24, 2011. This notice of extension of the comment period will also be published as an update in the Federal Register.
All comments should be entered at: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/2011guidecomments/add.htm.
On February 24, 2011, the NIH published a Federal Register Notice (PDF) to seek 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 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. A 30 day comment period was established upon publication of that notice.
For questions or further information, contact:
Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
National Institutes of Health
Phone: 301-496-7163
E-mail: olaw@mail.nih.gov
Web: http://olaw.nih.gov/
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