[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 52 (Monday, March 17, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14254-14255]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-5259]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-08-0109]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call 
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639-5960 or send an email to 
[email protected]. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-6974. 
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Respiratory Protective Devices--42 CFR 84--Regulation--(0920-
0109)--Reinstatement--National Institute for Occupational Safety and 
Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The regulatory authority for the National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) certification program for 
respiratory protective devices is found in the Mine Safety and Health 
Amendments Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 577a, 651 et seq., and 657(g)) and 
the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 3, 5, 7, 811, 
842(h), 844). These regulations provide the basis for the performance 
tests and the criteria to respirator manufacturers who submit 
respirators for testing and certification to be NIOSH-approved. 
Respirators are used by millions of American construction workers, 
miners, painters, asbestos removal workers, fabric mill workers, and 
fire fighters. Improved testing requirements have

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benefits industrial workers, and health care workers implementing the 
current CDC Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Tuberculosis. 
Recent developments have provided approvals for self-contained 
breathing apparatus (SCBA), Air-Purifying respirators, Powered Air-
Purifying (PAPR) and Air-Purifying Escape respirators for use by fire 
fighters and other first responders to potential terrorist attacks. 
NIOSH, in accordance with 42 CFR 84: (1) Issues certificates of 
approval for respirators meeting specified construction, performance, 
and protection requirements; (2) establishes procedures and 
requirements to be met in filing applications for approval; (3) 
specifies minimum requirements and methods to be employed by NIOSH and 
by applicants in conducting inspections, examinations, and tests to 
determine effectiveness of respirators; (4) establishes a schedule of 
fees to be charged applicants for testing and certification, and (5) 
establishes approval labeling requirements.
    Information is collected from respirator manufacturers such as; 
contact information, type of respirator, quality assurance plan, and 
draft labels, as specified in the regulation. The estimated annualized 
burden hours are 78,776.
    There is no cost to the respondents other than their time.

                                       Estimated Annualized Burden Hours:
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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                     Number of       Number of        burden
          Type of respondents                 Type of forms         respondents    responses per   response (in
                                                                                    respondent        hours)
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Respirator Manufacturers..............  84.11 Applications......              43               8              86
                                        84.33 Labeling..........              43               8               2
                                        84.35 Modifications.....              43               8              66
                                        84.41 Reporting.........              43               8              23
                                        84.43 Record Keeping....              43               8              46
                                        84.257 Labeling.........              43               8               3
                                        84.1103 Labeling........              43               8               3
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    Dated: March 11, 2008.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E8-5259 Filed 3-14-08; 8:45 am]
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