Fire Protection Engineering

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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