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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) intends to update the medical evaluation provisions currently required by the Respiratory Protection Standard (29 CFR 1910.134) for filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) and loose-fitting powered air purifying respirators (PAPRs).  This action will be deregulatory and / or burden reducing to employers whose employees wear such devices.  This rulemaking is consistent with the intent of Executive Order 14219 (Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficient Deregulatory Initiative) because the agency has good cause to believe that the existing regulation significantly and unjustifiably impedes technological innovation and economic development.  By modernizing the existing regulation, OSHA will allow increased productivity and reduce the regulatory burden on employers with workers who wear respiratory protection.