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DOL/OSHA | RIN: 1218-AC39 | Publication ID: Spring 2010 |
Title: Abbreviated Portacount® Quantitative Fit-Testing Protocol | |
Abstract: Appendix A of OSHA's Respiratory Protection Standard (29 CFR 1910.134) specifies the procedure for adding new test protocols to this standard. OSHA proposes to include two additional protocols for the PortaCount® quantitative fit testing methodology in its Respiratory Protection Standard; the proposed protocols would apply to employers in general industry, shipyard employment, and the construction industry. The revised PortaCount® quantitative fit testing protocols are referred to as the Revised PortaCount® Quantitative Fit Test Protocol 1 and Protocol 2. The only difference between the proposed revised PortaCount® Protocol 1 and the approved PortaCount® protocol is that the revised Protocol 1 requires that the seven test exercises be performed for 30 seconds instead of the 60 seconds per test currently required. The revised Protocol 2 would reduce exercise time to 40 seconds instead of the currently required 60 seconds, eliminate two of the eight fit testing exercises, and would raise the pass/fail criterion from 100 to 200 for half-masks and 500 to 1,000 for full facepieces. After thoroughly reviewing the comments and other information available in the record for the proposed rulemaking, OSHA concludes that the reused Portacount®Quantitative Fit-Testing Protocols are not sufficiently accurate or reliable to include among the quantitative fit-tests listed in Part II of the appendix A of its Respiratory Protection Standard. As a result, OSHA published a withdrawal notice on January 27, 2010. | |
Agency: Department of Labor(DOL) | Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant |
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions |
Major: No | Unfunded Mandates: No |
CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1910.134 | |
Legal Authority: 29 USC 655(b) 29 USC 657 |
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No | Government Levels Affected: Undetermined |
Federalism: No | |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No | |
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No | |
Agency Contact: Dorothy Dougherty Director, Directorate of Standards and Guidance Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration Room N-3718, FP Building, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210 Phone:202 693-1950 Fax:202 693-1678 Email: dougherty.dorothy@dol.gov |