Respiratory Protective Devices

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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