[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 101 (Thursday, May 26, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-13028]


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[Federal Register: May 26, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Public Health Service

42 CFR Part 84

 

Respiratory Protective Devices

AGENCY: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 
Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Service, HHS.

ACTION: Proposed rule: extension of comment period, and change in dates 
and location of meeting.

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SUMMARY: On May 24, 1994, NIOSH published in the Federal Register (59 
FR 26850) a proposed rule for certification of respiratory protective 
devices. Due to requests from the public, this Notice announces that 
NIOSH is extending the period for public comment on the proposed rule 
and is rescheduling an informal public meeting announced in the 
preamble to the proposed rule. The close of the comment period has been 
changed from July 8, 1994, to July 22, 1994. The meeting has been 
rescheduled from June 7 and 8, 1994, to June 23 and 24, 1994.

DATES: Written comments on the proposed rule must be received at the 
NIOSH Docket Office before the close of business on July 22, 1994. The 
informal pubic meeting on the proposed rule is scheduled to begin at 10 
a.m. on June 23, and at 9 a.m. on June 24, 1994. Interested persons 
wishing to provide oral comments at the informal public meeting should 
file a request for appearance with the NIOSH Docket Office no later 
than close of business June 16, 1994. The record of the informal public 
meeting will remain open for 28 days following the close of the meeting 
to allow interested persons to submit written statements or comments 
regarding oral presentations made at the public meeting.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the proposed rule should be mailed in triplicate 
to the NIOSH Docket Office, Robert A. Taft Laboratories, Mail Stop C34, 
4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinatti, Ohio 45226. Requests to participate 
in the public meeting should be mailed in duplicate to the NIOSH Docket 
Officer, at the above address. The public meeting will be held at the 
Vista Hotel, 1400 M Street NW., Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard W. Metzler, Chief, Certification and Quality Assurance Branch, 
Division of Safety Research, NIOSH, 944 Chestnut Ridge Road, 
Morgantown, West Virginia 26505-2888; the telephone number is (304) 
284-5713.

    Dated: May 24, 1994.
Ted Katz,
Acting Assistant Director for Legislation and Policy, NIOSH.
[FR Doc. 94-13028 Filed 5-25-94; 8:45 am]
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