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RESPIRATORY PROTECTION
NIOSH is working with NFPA to develop NFPA 1986, Standard on Respiratory Protection Equipment for Technical and Tactical Operations. It specifies the minimum design, performance, and testing requirements for self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) and supplied air respirators (SAR).
updated regulation for Powered Air Purifying Respirators (PA- PRs). These are respirators that are often used in construction, manufacturing, and health care facilities. NIOSH is also working on its own to develop a Combination Unit Respirator (CUR) up- date. These are respirators that employ technology of two or more different types of respiratory protection devices.
NIOSH is working with ANSI/ASSE to develop a Respirator Fit Capability Standard, which NIOSH might consider incorporating into its regulations or possibly as a non-mandatory/voluntary stan- dard. This would be a performance standard that would assess the fit of certified respirators based on a panel of surrogate users in a laboratory setting. The standard has been designated as Z88.15, Respirator Fit Capability.
NIOSH is also working with the NFPA to develop NFPA 1986,
Standard on Respiratory Protection Equipment for Technical and
Tactical Operations. Simply stated, this specifies the minimum design, performance, and testing requirements for self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) and supplied air respirators (SAR). They are also working with the NFPA to develop NFPA 1982, Standard on Personal Alert Safety Systems (PASS). This standard establishes requirements intended to ensure reliable performance of personal alert safety systems that enable emergency responders to signal for help if they are lost, disoriented, injured, trapped, or run out of breathing air.
Finally, NIOSH is working with the FDA to streamline cer- tifications and evaluations where a manufacturer wants NIOSH approval under 42 CFR 84’s relevant standards, as well as re- quirements of the FDA, which include flame retardance, fluid resistance/penetration, biocompatibility, and filter penetration efficiency. Hopefully, NIOSH would review the requirements on FDA’s behalf to simplify the process so that manufacturers can get new products to market in a more expeditious manner.
EPA, OSHA, and ANSI/ASSE Regulations and Standards
The EPA is promulgating Significant New Use Rules (SNURs) under the Toxic Substances Control Act for numerous chemicals. These will include specific labeling and use requirements for the manufacturers of these chemicals, as well as users. The require- ments are intended to provide guidance to downstream users of the chemicals.
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