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1 employees of, and who do not have a financial interest in, 
2 any applicant for a license under section 475. 
3 “(2) The Secretary, in consultation with the Advisory 
4 Committee, may require a committee to use a biological 
5 safety officer to cany out the monitoring and inspection func- 
6 tions of the committee with respect to recombinant DNA 
7 activities described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of sec- 
8 tion 475(a) (4). Such an officer shall have such public 
9 health, microbiological, and other appropriate training as the 
10 Secretary shad prescribe. 
11 “inspections 
12 “Sec. 477. (a) (1) Tor purposes of enforcement of the 
13 licensing requirements of this part and the requirements of 
14 section 472 applicable to facilities, individuals (including 
15 employees and agents of local biohazards committees) desig- 
16 nated as inspectors by the Secretary, upon presenting appro- 
17 priatc credentials and a written notice to the owner, operator, 
18 or agent in charge and after clearly informing him of their 
19 authority, are authorized to enter and inspect any facility 
20' in a State in which a recombinant DNA activity is being 
21 conducted or in the case of individuals conducting an inspec- 
22 tion for a local biohazards committee, any facility under the 
23 jurisdiction of such committee in which a recombinant DNA 
24 activity is being conducted. A separate notice shall he given 
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