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The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is working to develop appropriate standards and test procedures for respiratory devices used to protect workers in hazardous environments. NIOSH has initiated a program to update portions of 42 CFR Part 84 to promote improved performance and reliability of Closed-Circuit Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (CC-SCBA).
Closed-Circuit Self-Contained breathing apparatus (CC-SCBA) devices designed for use as respiratory protection during entry into hazardous atmospheres that can be Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health (IDLH) are described as an apparatus of the type in which the exhaled breath is rebreathed by the wearer after the carbon dioxide has been effectively removed and oxygen concentration restored to suitable levels.
NIOSH Public Meetings were held on December 15, 2004, July 20, 2005, and October 12, 2006 discussed the development of a CC-SCBA performance standard for protection against Chemical, Biological, Nuclear and Radiological (CBRN) threats. Stakeholder feedback accumulated as a result of these meetings is being considered in the conceptual development of performance and testing requirements.
The docket items related to these public meetings and the subsequent comments are listed below.
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| Meeting held at the Sheraton Station Square Hotel in Pittsburgh, PA on December 13, 2005 |
| Pre-Meeting Information |
| Letter to all interested parties regarding National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory Public Meeting on December 13, 2005, from Szalajda (NPPTL); 11/8/05 (1 page, 67kb) |
| Notice; CDC/NIOSH announces the following meeting on Continued Discussions for Standards for Approval of Respirators for Use against Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) and Concepts for Standards for Industrial, Powered Air Purifying Respirators (PAPR); 70 FR 72436; 12/5/05 (2 pages, 229kb) |
| Registration form for meeting – 12/13/05 (1 pages, 123kb) |
| Meeting Information |
| Agenda – 12/13/05 (2 pages, 266kb) |
| Presentation by Szalajda (NIOSH) – 12/13/05 (5 pages, 490kb) |
| Presentation by Boord (NIOSH) – 12/13/05 (13 pages, 1,490kb) |
| Presentation by Szalajda (NIOSH) – 12/13/05 (20 pages, 2,390kb) |
| Presentation by Hoffman (NIOSH) – 12/13/05 (4 pages, 359kb) |
| Presentation by Szalajda and Hoffman (NIOSH) –12/13/05 (7 pages, 736kb) |
| Presentation by Thornton, Vojtko and Palcic (NIOSH) – 12/13/05 (31 pages, 2,990kb) |
| Presentation by Butler and Bryant (NIST) and Kovac (NIOSH) – 12/13/05 (11 pages, 1,080kb) |
| Presentation by Kovac (NIOSH) – 12/13/05 (5 pages, 254kb) |
| Presentation by Rehak (NIOSH) – 12/13/05 (4 pages, 1,760kb) |
| Submissions from the public in order of receipt |
| Submission to NIOSH Docket Office from Heins (Draeger) – 9/16/05 (5 pages, 225kb) |
| Submission to NIOSH Docket Office from Heins (Draeger) – 1/31/05 (12 pages, 495kb) |
| Post-Meeting Information |
| Transcript of the NIOSH/NPPTL Public Meeting on Continued Discussions for Standards for Approval of Respirators for Use against Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) and Concepts for Standards for Industrial, Powered Air Purifying Respirators (PAPR); Sheraton Station Square Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA; 12/13/05 (274 pages, 8,300kb) |
| Meeting held at the Holiday Inn Select, Pittsburgh South, Pittsburgh, PA on July 19-21, 2005 |
| Pre-Meeting Information |
| Letter to all interested parties regarding National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory Public Meeting on July 19-20, 2005, from Boord (NPPTL); 6/23/05 (3 pages, 261kb) |
| Notice; CDC/NIOSH announces the following meeting on Discussions of Concepts for Approval of Respirators for Use against Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) and Guidelines for their use; and Concepts for Standards for a Multi-Function Powered Air Purifying Respirator (PAPR); 70 FR 35445; 6/20/05 (3 pages, 570kb) |
| Registration form for meeting (1 page, 83kb) |
| Meeting Information |
| Agenda – 7/19/05 (2 pages, 439kb) |
| List of attendees – 7/19/05 (11 pages,1,900kb) |
| Meeting Handouts |
| Determination of CBRN organic vapor (cyclohexane) service life test, tight-fitting powered air-purifying respirators (PAPR) standard test procedure (STP) – 7/11/05 (9 pages, 2,850kb) |
| Determination of CBRN acid gases (cyanogen chloride) service life test, tight-fitting powered air-purifying respirators (PAPR) standard test procedure (STP) – 7/11/05 (8 pages, 273kb) |
| Determination of CBRN acid gases (hydrogen cyanide) service life test, tight-fitting powered air-purifying respirators (PAPR) standard test procedure (STP) – 7/11/05 (9 pages, 282kb) |
| Determination of CBRN acid gases (phosgene) service life test, tight-fitting powered air purifying respirators (PAPR) standard test procedure (STP) – 7/11/05 (8 pages, 270kb) |
| Determination of CBRN acid gases (hydrogen sulfide) service life test, tight-fitting powered air purifying respirators (PAPR) standard test procedure (STP) – 7/11/05 (8 pages, 267kb) |
| Determination of CBRN acid gases (sulfur dioxide) service life test, tight-fitting powered air purifying respirators (PAPR) standard test procedure (STP) – 7/11/05 (6 pages, 273kb) |
| Determination of CBRN acid gases (ammonia) service life test, tight-fitting powered air purifying respirators (PAPR) standard test procedure (STP) – 7/11/05 (8 pages, 266kb) |
| Determination of CBRN nitrogen oxide gases (nitrogen dioxide) service life test, tight-fitting powered air purifying respirators (PAPR) standard test procedure (STP) – 7/11/05 (8 pages, 266kb) |
| Determination of CBRN hydride gases (phosphine) service life test, tight-fitting powered air purifying respirators (PAPR) standard test procedure (STP) – 7/11/05 (8 pages, 2,560kb) |
| Determination of CBRN formaldehyde service life test, tight-fitting powered air purifying respirators (PAPR) standard test procedure (STP) -- 7/11/05 (12 pages, 3,410kb) |
| Determination of CBRN tight fitting and non-tight fitting, powered air purifying respirators (PAPR) performance during dynamic testing against the chemical agent distilled sulfur mustard (HD) vapor and distilled sulfur mustard (HD) liquid CBRN standard testing procedure (STP) – 11/16/04 (33 pages, 3,200kb) |
| Determination of CBRN tight fitting and non-tight fitting, powered air purifying respirators (PAPR) performance during dynamic testing against the chemical agent vapor sarin (GB) CBRN standard testing procedure (STP) – 7/11/05 (4 pages, 306kb) |
| Determination of laboratory respirator protection level (LRPL) values using a quantitative, medium flow, deep probe, corn oil performance test for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) self-contained breathing apparatus facepieces or CBRN tight-fitting, fullface, air purifying respirator, standard test procedure – 12/20/04 (47 pages, 15,420kb) |
| Draft - Comparison of proposed concept powered, air-purifying respirator (PAPR) standards for industrial, WMD, and CBRN classifications – 5/30/05 (6 pages, 596kb) |
| Draft - Concept for industrial powered air-purifying respirator (PAPR) standard – 5/30/05 (12 pages, 797kb) |
| CBRN PAPR STP Index – 7/14/05 (2 pages, 22kb) |
| Draft - NIOSH-Approved CBRN SCBA User’s Guide Training Aid – 5/20/05 (16 pages, 962kb) |
| Draft for discussion – Concept for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN), powered air purifying respirator (PAPR) – 6/20/05 (17 pages,1,400kb) |
| Draft for discussion – “Attention emergency responders: NIOSH interim guidance on the use of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) full facepiece, air-purifying respirators/gas masks certified under 42 CFR Part 84 CBRN APR User Guide” – 7/8/05 (40 pages, 3,150kb) |
| Meeting Presentations |
| Presentation by Szalajda (NIOSH) – 7/19/05 (5 pages, 1,970kb) |
| Presentaiton by Boord (NIOSH) – 7/19/05 (3 pages, 984kb) |
| Presentation by Kovac (NIOSH) – 7/19/05 (4 pages, 1,580kb) |
| Presentation by Bergman (NIOSH) – 7/19/05 (33 pages, 17,990kb) |
| Presentation by Cloonan (NIOSH) – 7/19/05 (8 pages, 2,070kb) |
| Presentation by Cloonan (NIOSH) – 7/19/05 (7 pages, 2,440kb) |
| Presentation by Palya and Kovac (NIOSH) – 7/19/05 (2 pages, 754kb) |
| Presentation by Kovac (NIOSH) – 7/19/05 (3 pages, 1,060kb) |
| Presentation by Rehak (NIOSH) –7/19/05 (7 pages, 2,630kb) |
| Presentation by Kyriazi (NIOSH) – 7/19/05 (11 pages, 3,670kb) |
| Presentation by Palya (NIOSH) – 7/19/05 (10 pages, 3,280kb) |
| Post-Meeting Information |
| Transcript of the NIOSH/NPPTL Public Meeting on Discussions of Concepts for Approval of Respirators for Use against Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) and Guidelines for their use; and Concepts for Standards for a Multi-Function Powered Air Purifying Respirator (PAPR); 70 FR 35445; 6/20/05; Holiday Inn Select, Pittsburgh, PA; 7/19/05 (146 pages, 4,300kb) |
| Meeting held at the Sheraton Station Square, Pittsburgh, PA on December 15, 2004 |
| Pre-Meeting Information |
| Letter to all interested parties regarding National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory Public Meeting on December 15, 2004, from Boord (NPPTL); 11/12/04 (3 pages, 211kb) |
| Notice; CDC/NIOSH announces the following meeting on Continued Discussions for Concepts of Powered Air-Purifying Respirator (PAPR) Standards and Introduction of Concepts for Closed Circuit, Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus Standards Development Efforts Used for Respiratory Protection Against Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Agents; 70 FR 67582; 11/18/04 (2 pages, 126kb) |
| Meeting Information |
| Agenda – 12/15/04 (1 page, 195kb) |
| List of Attendees – 12/15/04 (10 pages, 479kb) |
| Meeting Handouts |
| Draft for discussion “Concept standard for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN), full facepiece, closed circuit, self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA)” -- 10/30/04 (11 pages, 495kb) |
| Draft for discussion “Concept for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN), tight fitting, powered air purifying respirator (PAPR)” – 10/30/04 (18 pages, 848kb) |
| Meeting Presentations |
| Presentation by Metzler (NIOSH) – 12/15/04 (6 pages, 719kb) |
| Presentation by Szalajda (NIOSH) – 12/15/04 (7 pages, 857kb) |
| Presentation by Caretti (Edgewood) – 12/15/04 (21 pages, 2,550kb) |
| Presentation by Hoffland and Hyre (NIOSH) – 12/15/04 (13 pages, 1,870kb) |
| Presentation by Kovac (NIOSH) – 12/15/04 (8 pages, 1,112kb) |
| Presentation by Klemetti (NIOSH) – 12/15/04 (11 pages, 1,260kb) |
| Presentation by Monahan (NIOSH) – 12/15/04 (19 pages, 2,490kb) |
| Presentation by Thornton (NIOSH) – 12/15/04 (11 pages, 1,480kb) |
| Presentation by Klemetti (NIOSH) – 12/15/04 (28 pages, 3,300kb) |
| Presentation by Szalajda (NIOSH) – 12/15/04 (4 pages, 493kb) |
| Presentation by Szalajda (NIOSH) – 12/15/04 (6 pages, 769kb) |
| Presentation by Szalajda (NIOSH) – 12/15/04 (6 pages, 735kb) |
| Presentation by Kyriazi (NIOSH) – 12/15/04 (20 pages, 2,350kb) |
| Presentation by Palya (NIOSH) – 12/15/04 (16 pages, 1,900kb) |
| Presentation by Palya (NIOSH) – 12/15/04 (22 pages, 2,990kb) |
| Post-Meeting Information |
| Transcript of the NIOSH/NPPTL Public Meeting on Continued Discussions for Concepts of Powered Air-Purifying Respirator (PAPR) Standards and Introduction of Concepts for Closed Circuit, Self-Contained Breathing apparatus Standards Development Efforts Used for Respiratory Protection Against Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Agents; 70 FR 67582; 11/18/05; Sheraton Station Square, Pittsburgh, PA; 12/13/04 (275 pages, 10,040kb) |
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