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[FR Doc No: 94-15898]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

41 CFR Part 101-6

 

Fire Protection Engineering

AGENCY: Public Buildings Service (PBS), GSA.

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The General Services Administration has proposed a regulation 
to further define the term equivalent level of safety (59 FR 26768, May 
24, 1994). The Federal Fire Safety Act of 1992 amended the Fire 
Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to require sprinklers or an 
equivalent level of safety in certain types of Federal Employee office 
buildings, Federal employee housing units, and Federally assisted 
housing units. This regulation establishes certain criteria which 
alternative approaches must satisfy to be judged equivalent. These 
criteria have been selected to provide the level of life safety 
prescribed in the Act.

DATES: To ensure consideration, comments must be received at the 
address, as provided below, no later than 5:00 p.m. on July 25, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Mail comments to the following address: General Services 
Administration, Safety and Environmental Management Division (PMS), 
Federal Fire Safety Act Comments, 18th & F Streets, NW, Washington, DC 
20405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Donald G. Bathurst, (202) 501-1271.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At the request of the Department of Defense, 
the period for public comments on the proposed rule further defining an 
equivalent level of safety is being extended. The public will have 
until July 25, 1994, to comment on the regulation.
    A survey of individuals involved in fire protection, conducted by 
the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, indicated a number of people 
were unaware of the proposed rule and the request for public comments. 
A thirty-day extension of the public comment period should provide 
sufficient time for interested individuals to respond. Consideration of 
all substantive issues is important is ensuring that the rule reflects 
sound state-of-the-art fire protection engineering principles, fosters 
science and technological advancements, and provides reasonable 
flexibility.

    Dated: June 22, 1994.
David L. Bibb,
Acting Commissioner, Public Buildings Service.
[FR Doc. 94-15898 Filed 6-29-94; 8:45 am]
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