[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 126 (Friday, June 30, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 34285]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-16259]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Announces the 
Following Meeting

    Name: AIHA-NIOSH National Technical Workshop on Non-Powered Air-
Purifying Particulate Respirators Certified Under 42 CFR part 84.
    Times and Dates: 2 p.m.-5 p.m., July 10, 1995; 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 
July 11, 1995; 9 a.m.-12 noon, July 12, 1995.
    Place: American Industrial Hygiene Association, Suite 250, 2700 
Prosperity Avenue, Fairfax, Virginia, 22031, telephone 703/849-8888.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates 50 people.
    Purpose: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and 
Health (NIOSH) and the American Industrial Hygiene Association 
(AIHA) are jointly sponsoring a workshop to receive technical 
comment and recommendations on a draft NIOSH user's guideline on 
non-powered particulate filter respirators that will be certified 
under new testing and certification procedures contained in 42 CFR 
part 84.
    Matters To Be Discussed: New testing and certification 
procedures under the recently published NIOSH respirator 
certification standard (42 CFR 84 [60 FR 30336]) will introduce 
three new classes (N-, R-, and P-series) of particulate filters for 
non-powered air-purifying particulate respirators. Each filter type 
will be certified at three efficiency levels: 95%, 99%, 99.97%. In 
time, these new filter types will replace dust and mist; dust, fume, 
and mist; high efficiency, and other types of particulate filters 
that were certified under 30 CFR 11. To help respirator purchasers 
and users and respiratory program managers determine which of the 
new filter types to use in different work environment, NIOSH has 
prepared a draft user guideline that will be discussed at this joint 
NIOSH/AIHA workshop. Among other things, the guideline will 
recommend for the new classes of particulate-filtering respirators 
provisions APFs that are based on combined filter and faceseal 
leakage. The meeting will not address issues relating to respiratory 
protective devices certified under 30 CFR 11.
    Contact Person for More Information: Technical information: Walt 
Ruch or Jeff Bryant, NIOSH, CDC, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Mailstop C-
11, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, telephone 513/533-8251 and COPIES OF THE 
DRAFT GUIDELINES: Copies of the draft guidelines may be obtained 
from Kellie Pierson, NIOSH, CDC, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Mailstop C-
34, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, telephone 513/533-8362.
    Persons wishing to participate should respond to Anna-Marie 
DiPasquale, AIHA, Suite 250, 2700 Prosperity Avenue, Fairfax, 
Virginia, 22031, telephone 703/849-8888.

    Dated: June 27, 1995.
John C. Burckhardt,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 95-16259 Filed 6-29-95; 8:45 am]
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