f6098d8b__and_Use_of_Laboratory_Animals__Comments
[ID] 33 [Entry Date] 03/11/2011 at 11:45:39 AM [Affiliation] Organization [Organization Name] Association of American Universities and Association of Public and Land-grant Universities [Organization City and State] Washington, DC [Comments] 
Comment 1: March 11, 2011 Patricia Brown, VMD, MS NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare Office of Extramural Research RKL1, Suite 360 6705 Rockledge Drive Bethesda, MD 20892-7982 Dear Dr. Brown: On behalf of the Association for American Universities (AAU) and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), please accept this request for an extension of the deadline for submission of comments in response to the National Institutes of Health notice (FR Doc. 2011–4172) concerning the Proposed Adoption and Implementation of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals: Eighth Edition ("The Guide"). We request an additional 30 days with a suggested new comment deadline of April 25, 2011. AAU and APLU's combined memberships include most of the major public and private research universities in the United States. We greatly appreciate the opportunity to comment on whether NIH should adopt The Guide, as well as on the proposed implementation plan, and applaud NIH for exploring the potential impact of this policy change. However, in order to provide "insight from institutions on the impact of changes to the Guide on their animal care and use programs" as requested, our members and the research community need more than 30 days. As noted in the Federal Register notice, the Eighth Edition "contains substantive changes and additions from the previous additions." The research community needs sufficient time to assess the consequences of these changes and their related costs in order to offer thoughtful and thorough comments to NIH. Additional time will not compromise the care and use of animals used in PHS-supported research because we remain responsible for compliance with the earlier 1996 version of the Guide. Therefore, we respectfully request that you extend the comment period to April 25, 2011. Thank you for consideration of this request. Sincerely, Respectfully, Robert M. Berdahl President Association of American Universities Peter McPherson President Association of Public and Land-grant Universities
Listing of Public Comments on Proposed Adoption and Implementation of the Eighth Edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals