industrial applications and are not used in military systems needing stringent environmental and electrical requirements.

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7. NOTES

7.1 PIN. The PIN should be used for Government purposes to buy commercial products to this CID.

See section 2 for PIN format example.

7.2 Environmentally preferable material. Environmentally preferable materials should be used to the maximum

extent possible to meet the requirements of this specification. As of the date of this document, the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is focusing efforts on reducing 31 priority chemicals. The list of

chemicals and additional information is available on their website at

cadmium, lead, and mercury. Use of the materials on the list should be minimized or eliminated unless needed

to meet the requirements specified herein (see Section 3).

7.3 Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code. For ordering purposes, inventory control, and

submission of these resistors to DLA Land and Maritime under the Military Parts Control Advisory Group

(MPCAG) evaluation program, CAGE code 58536 should be used.

7.4 Source of documents.

FEDERAL REGULATIONS

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) � Use of Recovered Materials and

Biobased Products.

(Copies of these documents are available online at www.acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html.)

7.5 Ordering data. The contract or order should specify the following:

a. CID document number, revision, and CID PIN.

b. Product conformance provisions.

c. Packaging requirements.

7.6 Commercial products. As part of the market analysis and research effort, this CID was coordinated

with the following manufacturers of commercial products. At the time of CID preparation and

coordination, these manufacturers were known to have commercial products that would meet the

requirements of this CID. (NOTE: This information should not be considered as a list of approved

manufacturers or be used to restrict procurement to only the manufacturers shown.)