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§ 1211.13 Inherent force activated

secondary door sensors.

(a) Normal operation test. (1) A force

activated door sensor of a door system

installed according to the installation

instructions shall actuate when the door

applies a 15 pound (66.7 N) or less force

in the down or closing direction and

when the door applies a 25 pound

(111.2 N) or less force in the up or

opening direction. For a force activated

door sensor intended to be used in an

operator intended for use only on a

sectional door, the force is to be applied

by the door against the longitudinal

edge of a 17⁄8 (47.6 mm) diameter

cylinder placed across the door so that

the axis is perpendicular to the plane of

the door. See Figure 6 of this part. The

weight of the door is to be equal to the

maximum weight rating of the operator.

(2) The test described in paragraph

(a)(1) of this section is to be repeated

and measurements made at various

representative points across the width

and height of the door. The cycles are

not required to be consecutive.

Continuous operation of the motor

without cooling is not required. For this

test, a door sensor system and

associated components shall withstand

a total of 9 cycles of mechanical

operation without failure with the force

applied as follows:

(i) At the center at points one, three,

and five feet from the floor,

(ii) Within 1 foot of the end of the

door, at points one, three, and five feet

from the floor,

(iii) Within 1 foot of the other end of

the door at points one, three, and five

feet from the floor.

(b) Adjustment of door weight. (1)

With the door at the point and at the

weight determined by the tests of

paragraphs (a)(2) and (b)(2) of this

section to be the most severe, the door

sensor and associated components shall

withstand 50 cycles of operation

without failure.

(2) At the point determined by the test

in paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this

section to be the most severe, weight is

to be added to the door in 5.0 pound

(2.26 Kg) increments and the test

repeated until a total of 15.0 pounds

(66.72 N) has been added to the door.

Before performing each test cycle, the

door is to be cycled 2 times to update

the profile. Similarly, starting from

normal weight plus 15.0 pounds, the

test is to be repeated by subtracting

weight in 5.0 pound increments until a

total of 15.0 pounds has been subtracted

from the door.

13. Redesignated section 1211.14 is

amended as follows:

a. In paragraph (a)(4), third sentence,

remove the word ‘‘that’’ and add in its

place ‘‘than’’.

b. In paragraph (b)(1) remove the

initial word ‘‘If’’ (in paragraph 4 of the

installation instructions) and add, in its

place ‘‘Where’’; remove the word

‘‘Mount’’ and add, in its place ‘‘For

products requiring an emergency

release, mount’’.

c. In paragraph (b)(2), in the second

sentence of paragraph 4 of the safety

instructions, remove the number ‘‘1’’

and add in its place the number ‘‘11⁄2’’.

d. In paragraph (b)(2) before the initial

word ‘‘If’’ (in paragraph 5 of the safety

instructions), add ‘‘For products

requiring an emergency release,’’ and

revise the word ‘‘If’’ to read ‘‘if’’.

14. Redesignated section 1211.15 is

amended as follows:

a. In paragraph (g)(1) remove the

words ‘‘A child may become’’ and add,

in their place ‘‘There is a risk of a child

becoming’’.

b. In paragraph (g)(2)(iv) remove the

first word ‘‘If’’ and add, in its place ‘‘In

the event’’.

c. In paragraph (g)(2)(iv) add a second

sentence to read ‘‘For products not

having an emergency release use instead

’In the event a person is trapped under

the door, push the control button’’’.

d. In paragraph (g)(3)(i) in the second

sentence, remove the word ‘‘If’’ and add

it its place ‘‘In the event’’.

e. In paragraph (i) remove the initial

word ‘‘A’’ and add, in its place ‘‘Except

for door operators complying with

§ 1211.9(b), a’’.

Dated: June 6, 2000.

Sadye E. Dunn,

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety

Commission.

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BILLING CODE 6335–01–P

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

20 CFR Parts 404 and 416

RIN 0960–AF18

Federal Old-Age, Survivors and

Disability Insurance; Supplemental

Security Income; Determining

Disability and Blindness; Revisions to

the Growth Impairment Listings

AGENCY: Social Security Administration

(SSA).

ACTION: Notice of intent to issue

regulations and request for comments.

SUMMARY: This document ask experts on

growth impairments in children, and

other interested members of the public,

for comments on how we should revise

the growth impairment listings in our

‘‘Listing of Impairments,’’ in appendix 1

to subpart P of 20 CFR part 404 (‘‘the

listings’’). The growth impairment

listings contain the medical criteria we

use to evaluate disability claims for

children with linear growth

impairments at the third step of our

sequential evaluation of disability for

children.

DATES: To be sure your comments are

considered, we must receive them no

later than August 14, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

submitted in writing to the

Commissioner of Social Security, P.O.

Box 17703, Baltimore, MD 21235–7703,

sent by telefax to (410) 966–2830; sent

by e-mail to regulations@ssa.gov, or

delivered to the Office of Process and

Innovation Management, Social Security

Administration, L2109 West Low Rise

Building, 6401 Security Boulevard,

Baltimore, MD 21235–6401, between

8:00 A.M. and 4:30 P.M. on regular

business days. Comments may be

inspected during these hours by making

arrangements with the contact person

shown below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Regina Connell, Social Insurance

Specialist, Office of Disability, 3–A–9

Operations Building, Social Security

Administration, 6401 Security

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235–6401;

(410) 965–1891 or TTY (410) 966–5609

for information about this notice. For

information on eligibility or claiming

benefits, call our national toll-free

numbers, 1–800–772–1213 or TTY 1–

800–325–0778.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

This notice ask experts on growth

impairments in children, and other

interested members of the public, for

comments that will help us decide how

we should revise section 100.00 of the

listings. We use the criteria in the

listings to evaluate disability claims

under both the Social Security disability

insurance (title II) and Supplemental

Security Income (SSI) (title XVI)

programs at the third step of the

sequential evaluation processes for

adults and children. The listings

describe impairments that are

considered severe enough to prevent a

person from doing any gainful activity.

In the case of a child under age 18

seeking SSI benefits based on disability,

the listings describe impairments that

are considered severe enough to cause

marked and severe functional

limitations. For more information on the

definitions of disability and on the

sequential evaluation processes, see 20

37322 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 115 / Wednesday, June 14, 2000 / Proposed Rules

CFR § § 404.1505 and 404.1520 (for title

II), 416.905 and 416.920 (for SSI adults),

and 416.906 and 416.924 (for children

claiming SSI benefits based on

disability).

The listings are divided into Part A

and Part B. Part A contains medical

criteria that we use to evaluate claims

filed by individuals age 18 and over.

The Part A listings can also apply to

children if the disease processes have a

similar effect on adults and younger

persons. Part B contains medical criteria

that apply only to children. In both

parts, the impairments are grouped by

major body systems; e.g.,

musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, and

mental. More complete explanations of

the listings and their role in the

disability evaluation process are set out

in 20 CFR § § 404.1525 and 404.1526

(for title II) and 20 CFR § § 416.925,

416.926, and 416.926a (for SSI).

Section 100.00 of the listings is in Part

B and contains the medical criteria we

use to evaluate linear growth

impairments in children. Section 100.00

consists of a preface that explains key

concepts used in the section, and two

growth impairment listings: 100.02 and

100.03. Listings 100.02 and 100.03

involve only linear growth impairments;

i.e., impairments that affect a child’s

length or height. We also refer to the

growth impairment listings in other Part

B body systems listings for cases in

which certain specified disease

processes cause impaired linear growth.

For example, in the cardiovascular body

system, listing 104.06G provides criteria

for evaluating congenital heart disease

that is accompanied by growth failure

‘‘as described in 100.00.’’ When we

revise the current growth impairment

listings, we may also have to revise the

body system listings that refer to the

growth impairment listings.

Other listings do not refer to the linear

growth impairment listings in section

100.00, but include weight-related

growth criteria. For example, listing

103.02E.6 contains criteria for

evaluating bronchopulmonary dysplasia

that is accompanied by involuntary

weight loss or failure to gain weight at

an appropriate rate for the child’s age.

Several other listings, including listings

104.02D, 105.08, and 114.08I, also

include weight-related growth criteria. If

we include weight-related criteria in the

revised growth impairment listings, we

may also have to revise those body

system listings that now include weightrelated criteria.

We first published the Part B

childhood listings, including the growth

impairment listings, in the Federal

Register on March 16, 1977 (42 FR

14705). We made minor changes to the

growth impairment listings on

December 6, 1985 (50 FR 50068). Since

1985, we have extended the expiration

date for the growth impairment listings

without making further revisions.

Currently, the growth impairment

listings will no longer be effective on

July 2, 2001, unless we extend, revise or

promulgate them again by publication of

a final rule in the Federal Register (64

FR 29786). We plan to revise the current

growth impairment listings before they

expire on July 2, 2001.

We will make revisions to ensure that

the criteria in the listings reflect any

advances in medical knowledge

regarding children with linear growth

impairments, and to ensure that the

criteria in the listings reflect a level of

severity that results in ‘‘marked and

severe functional limitations.’’

Request for Comments

Information about growth

impairments in children, especially the

functional consequences of such

impairments, is not readily available.

Therefore, we are using this method of

requesting comments before formally

proposing any revisions to the listings.

We want to give interested members of

the public an early opportunity to

provide us with information about

growth impairments in children as we

begin the rulemaking process. We are

asking experts on growth impairments

in children and other interested

members of the public for ideas about

how we should revise the existing

growth impairment listings, including

the material in the preface. We are

particularly interested in determining if

any scientific research shows a

relationship between growth

impairments and loss of functioning,

and whether and how impaired linear

growth affects a child’s functioning.

In addition, we are interested in

comments on whether the criteria for

evaluating weight-related impaired

growth or failure to thrive in children

should be included in revised growth

impairment listings, or included in

other body system listings as they are

now. We are interested in any

suggestions about revising those

portions of the other body system

listings that directly reference the linear

growth impairment listings, or that

mention a child’s growth (including

weight) without specifying linear

growth or the growth impairment

listings.

We will consider your comments

along with other information, such as

medical research, and our program

experience. Based on all of that

information, we will decide how to

revise the growth impairment listings.

We will not respond to your comments

directly. However, when we propose

revisions to the growth impairment

listings, we will publish a Notice of

Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the

Federal Register and include a formal

request for comments. In that case, we

will consider and respond to significant

comments that we receive in response to

the NPRM when we issue any final

rules.

Electronic Version

The electronic file of this document is

available on the Internet at http://

www.access.gpo.gov/suldocs/aces/

aces140. It is also available on the

Internet site for SSA (i.e., SSA Online)

at http://www.ssa.gov/.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Programs Nos. 96.001, Social SecurityDisability Insurance; and 96.006,

Supplemental Security Income)

List of Subjects

20 CFR Part 404

Administrative practice and

procedure. Blind, Old-age, Survivors

and Disability benefits, Old-age,

Survivors and Disability Insurance,

Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements, Social Security.

20 CFR Part 416

Administrative practice and

procedure, Aged, Blind, Disability

benefits, Public assistance programs,

Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements, Supplemental Security

Income (SSI).

Dated: June 5, 2000.

Kenneth S. Apfel,

Commissioner of Social Security.

[FR Doc. 00–14841 Filed 6–13–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

29 CFR Part 1910

[Docket No. S–777]

RIN 1218–AB36

Ergonomics Program

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA), Department of

Labor.

ACTION: Proposed rule: change of

location of informal public hearing;

change of date for notices of intention

to appear.

SUMMARY: OSHA is changing the

location of the informal public hearing