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NIOSH Docket Number 036:

Total Inward Leakage Test for Half-Mask Air-Purifying Particulate Respirators

 

The Program to add Total Inward Leakage requirements for all types of respirators as part of the NIOSH certification was begun in 2004. A public meeting to discuss the Concept, the half-mask air-purifying respirator benchmark testing results, and proposed requirements was held on June 26, 2007. The docket items related to that public meeting and the subsequent comments are listed below.

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Pre-Meeting Information
Total Inward Leakage Test for Half-mask Air-purifying Particulate Respirators, Procedure No. RCT-APR-STP-0068, January 31, 2007 (12 pages, 2,190kb)
Appendix A. Statistical Aspects of Formulating the TIL Criteria, Version 1, February 6, 2007 (5 pages, 3,050kb)
Notice of public meeting; 72 FR 29501; 5/29/07 (2 pages, 2,560kb)
Letter to all interested parties from Szalajda (NIOSH) regarding National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory Public Meeting – 5/30/07 (2 pages, 1,560kb)
Meeting Information
Agenda for the NIOSH-NPPTL Total Intake Leakage Public Meeting; Coraopolis, PA – 6/26/07 (1 page, 184kb)
Opening remarks (4 pages, 903kb)
Presentation titled, “Anthropometrics Research to Develop Respirator Fit Test Panels” by Zhuang (NIOSH) (19 pages, 3,820kb)
Presentation titled, “NPPTL Action Plan: Response to the IOM Report on the Assessment of the NIOSH Head-and-Face Anthropometric Survey of Respirator Users” by Shaffer (NIOSH) (3 pages, 731kb)
Presentation titled, “Statistical Explanations for Development of the TIL Criteria” by Landsittel (NIOSH) (7 pages, 1,510kb)
Presentation titled, “National Academies Involvement in PPT Activities: Assessment of the NIOSH Head-and-Face Anthropometric Survey of US Respirator Users” by Boord (NIOSH) (4 pages, 798kb)
Presentation titled, “Proposed Total Inward Leakage Testing in NIOSH Certification Benchmark Testing” by Newcomb (NIOSH) (9 pages, 1,630kb)
Presentation titled, “Proposed Total Inward Leakage Testing in NIOSH Certification NPPTL Testing Capabilities” by Szalajda (NIOSH) (3 pages, 588kb)
Presentation titled, “Proposed Total Inward Leakage Testing in NIOSH Certification Program Concept” by Newcomb (NIOSH) (7 pages, 1,440kb)
Presentation titled, “Proposed Total Inward Leakage Testing in NIOSH Certification Technical Concept” by Newcomb (NIOSH) (9 pages, 1,780kb)
Presentation titled, “NIOSH Public Meeting: Total Inward Leakage” by Pope (Institute of Medicine of the National Academies) (9 pages, 1,830kb)
Post-meeting Information (7 pages, 1,510kb)
Submission to the docket from Steward (Eastern Technologies) – 3/13/07 (1 page, 713kb)
Transcript  of the NIOSH/NPPTL Total Inward Leakage Public Meeting, Corapolis, PA, June 26, 2007 (35 pages, 16,470kb)
Submission to the docket from Green (Syntech International, Inc/PABBAN Development Co.) – 6/29/07 (1 page, 651kb)
Submission to the docket from Weinberg (Wein Products Inc) – 6/29/07 (1 page, 706kb)
Submission to the docket from Green (Syntech International, Inc/PABBAN Development Co.) – 7/18/07 (3 pages, 1,710kb)
Submission to the docket from Gardner (US Army RDBCOM) – 8/16/07 (5 pages, 1,012kb)
Submission to the docket from Birkner (Moldex-Metric) – 8/22/07 (2 pages, 583kb)
Submission to the docket from Sell (Dräger Safety, Inc.) – 8/27/07 (5 pages, 1,170kb)
Submission to the docket from Shaw (Mine Safety Appliances Co.) – 8/30/07 (3 pages, 701kb)
Submission to the docket from Arash (Triosyn Corporation/Safelife Corporation) – 8/31/07 (4 pages, 2,280kb)
Submission to the docket from Colton (3M) – 8/31/07 (17 pages, 4,040kb)
Submission to the docket from Shipp (International Safety Equipment Association) – 8/31/07 (2 pages, 1,510kb)
Submission to the docket from Weed (TSI Inc) – 8/31/07 (5 pages, 3,070kb)
Submission to the docket from Welsh (Cal/OSHA) – 8/31/07 (5 pages, 1,280kb)
Submission to the docket from Birkner (Moldex-Metric, Inc.) – 2/01/08 (6 pages, 1,620kb)

 

The NIOSH Docket