[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 141 (Friday, July 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45419-45423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18455]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA-00-7570]


Highway Safety Programs; Model Specifications for Devices To 
Measure Breath Alcohol

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice amends the Conforming Products List for 
instruments that conform to the Model Specifications for Evidential 
Breath Testing Devices (58 FR 48705).

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 21, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. James F. Frank, Office of Traffic 
Injury Control Programs, Impaired Driving Division (NTS-11), National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 400 Seventh Street, SW, 
Washington, D.C. 20590; Telephone: (202) 366-5593.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 5, 1973, the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) published the Standards for 
Devices to Measure Breath Alcohol (38 FR 30459). A Qualified Products 
List of Evidential Breath Measurement Devices comprised of instruments 
that met this standard was first issued on November 21, 1974 (39 FR 
41399).
    On December 14, 1984 (49 FR 48854), NHTSA converted this standard 
to Model Specifications for Evidential Breath Testing Devices, and 
published a conforming Products List (CPL) of instruments that were 
found to conform to the Model Specifications as Appendix D to that 
notice (49 FR 48864).
    On September 17, 1993, NHTSA published a notice (58 FR 48705) to 
amend the Model Specifications. The notice changed the alcohol 
concentration levels at which instruments are evaluated, from 0.000, 
0.050, 0.101, and 0.151 BAC, to 0.000, 0.020, 0.040, 0.080, and 0.160 
BAC; added a test for the presence of acetone; and expanded the 
definition of alcohol to include other low molecular weight alcohols 
including methyl or isopropyl. On June 4, 1999, the most recent 
amendment to the Conforming Products List (CPL) was published (64 FR 
30097), identifying those instruments found to conform with the Model 
Specifications.
    Since the last publication of the CPL, two (2) instruments have 
been evaluated and found to meet the model specifications, as amended 
on September 17, 1993, for mobile and

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non-mobile use. They are: (1) Intoxilyzer 400PA manufactured by CMI, 
Inc. of Owensboro, KY. This device is a hand-held breath tester with a 
fuel cell alcohol sensor. (2) Alco Sensor IV-XL manufactured by 
Intoximeters, Inc. of St. Louis, MO. This device is a hand-held breath 
tester with a fuel cell alcohol sensor that is microprocessor 
controlled. It is designed to minimize operator involvement in 
performing the test and processing the test data.
    The CPL has been amended to add these two instruments to the list.
    In accordance with the foregoing, the CPL is therefore amended, as 
set forth below.

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    Conforming Products List of Evidential Breath Measurement Devices
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           Manufacturer and model                Mobile       Nonmobile
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Alcohol Countermeasure Systems Corp.,
 Mississauga, Ontario, Canada:
    Alert J3AD*.............................            X             X
PBA3000C....................................            X             X
BAC Systems, Inc., Ontario, Canada: Breath              X             X
 Analysis Computer*.........................
CAMEC Ltd., North Shields, Tyne and Ware,               X             X
 England: IR Breath Analyzer*...............
CMI, Inc., Owensboro, KY:
    Intoxilyzer Model:
        200.................................            X             X
        200D................................            X             X
        300.................................            X             X
        400.................................            X             X
        400PA...............................            X             X
        1400................................            X             X
        4011*...............................            X             X
        4011A*..............................            X             X
        4011AS*.............................            X             X
        4011AS-A*...........................            X             X
        4011AS-AQ*..........................            X             X
        4011 AW*............................            X             X
        4011A27-10100*......................            X             X
        4011A27-10100 with filter*..........            X             X
        5000................................            X             X
        5000 (w/Cal. Vapor Re-Circ.)........            X             X
        5000 (w\3/8\" ID Hose option).......            X             X
        5000CD..............................            X             X
        5000CD/FG5..........................            X             X
        5000EN..............................            X             X
        5000 (CAL DOJ)......................            X             X
        5000VA..............................            X             X
        PAC 1200*...........................            X             X
        S-D2................................            X             X
Decator Electronics, Decator, IL: Alco-                               X
 Tector model 500*..........................
Draeger Safety, Inc., Durango, CO:
    Alcotest Model:
        7010*...............................            X             X
        7110*...............................            X             X
        7110 MKIII..........................            X             X
        7110 MKIII-C........................            X             X
        7410................................            X             X
        7410 Plus...........................            X             X
    Breathalyzer Model:
        900*................................            X             X
        900A*...............................            X             X
        900BG*..............................            X             X
        7410................................            X             X
        7410-II.............................            X             X
Gall's Inc., Lexington, KY: Alcohol                     X             X
 Detection System-A.D.S. 500................
Intoximeters, Inc., St. Louis, MO:
    Photo Electric Intoximeter*.............            X
    GC Intoximeter MK II*...................            X             X
    GC Intoximeter MK IV*...................            X             X
Auto Intoximeter*                                       X             X
Intoximeter Model:
        3000*...............................            X             X
        3000 (rev B1)*......................            X             X
        3000 (rev B2)*......................            X             X
        3000 (rev B2A)*.....................            X             X
        3000 (rev B2A) w/FM option*.........            X             X
        3000 (Fuel Cell)*...................            X             X
        3000 D*.............................            X             X
        3000 DFC*...........................            X             X
    Alcomonitor.............................                          X
    Alcomonitor CC..........................            X
    Alco-Sensor III.........................            X             X
    Alco-Sensor IV..........................            X             X
    Alco-Sensor IV-XL.......................           XL             X
    Alco-Sensor AZ..........................            X             X
    RBT-AZ..................................            X             X
    RBT III.................................            X             X
    RBT III-A...............................            X             X
    RBT IV..................................            X             X

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    RBT IV with CEM (cell enhancement                   X             X
     module)................................
        Intox EC/IR.........................            X             X
    Portable Intox EC/IR....................            X             X
Komyo Kitagawa, Kogyo, K.K.:
    Alcolyzer DPA-2*........................            X             X
    Breath Alcohol Meter PAM 101B*..........            X             X
Lifeloc Technologies, Inc., (formerly
 Lifeloc, Inc.), Wheat Ridge, CO:
    PBA 3000B...............................            X             X
    PBA 3000-P*.............................            X             X
    PBA 3000C...............................            X             X
    Alcohol Data Sensor.....................            X             X
    Phoenix.................................            X             X
Lion Laboratories, Ltd., Cardiff, Wales, UK:
    Alcolmeter Model:
        300.................................            X             X
        400.................................            X             X
        AE-D1*..............................            X             X
        SD-2*...............................            X             X
        EBA*................................            X             X
        Auto-Alcolmeter*....................            X
    Intoxilyzer Model:
        200.................................            X             X
        200D................................            X             X
        1400................................            X             X
        5000 CD/FG5.........................            X             X
        5000 EN.............................            X             X
Luckey Laboratories, San Bernadino, CA:
    Alco-Analyzer Model:
        1000*...............................                          X
        2000*...............................            X
National Draeger, Inc., Durango, CO:
    Alcotest Model:
        7010*...............................            X             X
        7110*...............................            X             X
        7110 MKIII..........................            X             X
        7110 MKIII-C........................            X             X
        7410................................            X             X
        7410 Plus...........................            X             X
    Breathalyzer Model:
        900*................................            X             X
        900A*...............................            X             X
        900BG*..............................            X             X
        7410................................            X             X
        7410-II.............................            X             X
National Patent Analytical Systems, Inc.,
 Mansfield, OH:
    BAC DataMaster (with or without the                 X             X
     Delta-1 accessory).....................
    BAC Verifier Datamaster (with or without            X             X
     the Delta-1 accessory).................
    DataMaster cdm (with or without the                 X             X
     Delta-1 accessory).....................
Omicron Systems, Palo Alto, CA:
    Intoxilyzer Model:
        4011*...............................            X             X
        4011AW*.............................            X             X
Plus 4 Engineering, Minturn, CO: 5000 Plus4*            X             X
Seres, Paris, France:
    Alco Master.............................            X             X
    Alcopro.................................            X             X
Siemans-Allis, Cherry Hill, NJ:
    Alcomat*................................            X             X
    Alcomat F*..............................            X             X
Smith and Wesson Electronics, Springfield,
 MA:
    Breathalyzer Model:
        900*................................            X             X
        900A*...............................            X             X
        1000*...............................            X             X
        2000*...............................            X             X
        2000 (non-Humidity Sensor)*.........            X             X
Sound-Off, Inc., Hudsonville, MI:
    AlcoData................................            X             X
    Seres Alco Master.......................            X             X
    Seres Alcopro...........................            X             X
    Stephenson Corp.: Breathalyzer 900*.....            X             X
U.S. Alcohol Testing, Inc./Protection
 Devices, Inc., Rancho Cucamonga, CA:
    Alco-Analyzer 1000......................                          X

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    Alco-Analyzer 2000......................                          X
    Alco-Analyzer 2100......................            X             X
Verax Systems, Inc., Fairport, NY:
    BAC Verifier*...........................            X             X
    BAC Verifier Datamaster.................            X             X
    BAC Verifier Datamaster II*.............            X            X
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*Instruments marked with an asterisk (*) meet the Model Specifications
  detailed in 49 FR 48854 (December 14, 1984) (i.e., instruments tested
  at 0.000, 0.050, 0.101, and 0.151 BAC.) Instruments not marked with an
  asterisk meet the Model Specifications detailed in 58 FR 48705
  (September 17, 1993), and were tested at BACs = 0.000, 0.020, 0.040,
  0.080, and 0.160. All instruments that meet the Model Specifications
  currently in effect (dated September 17, 1993) also meet the Model
  Specifications for Screening Devices to Measure Alcohol in Bodily
  Fluids.


(23 U.S.C. 402; delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.50 and 501.1)

    Issued on: July 17, 2000.
Rose A. McMurray,
Associate Administrator for Traffic Safety Programs.
[FR Doc. 00-18455 Filed 7-20-00; 8:45 am]
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