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NIOSH Docket Number 005:

Closed-Circuit Escape Respirators (CCER) Regulatory Changes

 

Public meetings were hosted by NIOSH/NPPTL at the Marriott Key Bridge Hotel in Arlington, VA on September 19, 2006 and at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, CO on September 28, 2006. The meetings provided a forum for NPPTL to provide a general overview of the history/background of our work relating to Self-Contained Self-Rescuers (SCSRs) and to present our proposed concepts and to gain shareholders input on new certification standards for Closed-Circuit Escape Respirators (CCERs). Public responses to the meetings as well as pre-meeting correspondence, the agenda, meeting transcripts and more are available below in PDF format.

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Meeting held at the Marriott Key Bridge Hotel in Arlington, VA on September 19, 2006
Pre-Meeting Information
Letter to all interested parties regarding Closed Circuit Escape Respirator (CCER) Public Meeting from Hoffman (NPPTL/NIOSH) (2 pages, 52kb)
Notice; CDC/NIOSH announces the following meeting: Public Meeting on the Performance and Reliability Requirements of Closed-Circuit Escape Respirators (CCER); 71 FR 51829; 081/31/06 (2 pages, 141kb)
Meeting Information
Agenda (1 page, 204kb)
CCER Concept Paper (20 pages, 411kb)
Presentations by NIOSH (33 pages, 5,060kb)
Presentation by Johnson (James Clark School of Engineering) (29 pages, 4,660kb)
List of attendees (5 pages, 109kb)
Transcript of NIOSH public meeting (191 pages, 3,940kb)
Post Meeting
Submission to the docket from Heins (Draeger Safety) (5 pages, 154kb)
Submission to the docket from Harkness (Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City) (1 page, 20kb)
Submission to the docket from Kay (Ocenco) (4 pages, 113kb)
Meeting held at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, CO on September 28, 2006
Pre-Meeting Information
Letter to all interested parties regarding Closed Circuit Escape Respirator (CCER) Public Meeting from Hoffman (NPPTL/NIOSH) (2 pages, 53kb)
Notice; CDC/NIOSH announces the following meeting: Public Meeting on the Performance and Reliability Requirements of Closed-Circuit Escape Respirators (CCER); 71 FR 51829; 081/31/06 (2 pages, 140kb)
Meeting Information
Agenda (1 page, 219kb)
CCER Concept Paper (20 pages, 411kb)
Presentations by NIOSH (33 pages, 5,060kb)
Presentation by Johnson (James Clark School of Engineering) (15 pages, 3,490kb)
List of attendees (2 pages, 504kb)
Transcript of NIOSH public meeting (118 pages, 50.370kb)
Post Meeting
Submission to the docket from Heins (Draeger Safety) (5 pages, 154kb)
Submission to the docket from Harkness (Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City) (1 page, 20kb)
Submission to the docket from Kay (Ocenco) (4 pages, 113kb)

 

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