Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 41 / Wednesday, March 4, 2009 / Proposed Rules 9381 

Dated: February 26, 2009. 

Charles E. Johnson, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–4620 Filed 3–3–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

42 CFR Part 84 

[Docket Number NIOSH–109] 

RIN 0920–AA04 

Quality Assurance Requirements for 

Respirators 

AGENCY: Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; 

Reopening of comment period and 

notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS) is reopening the 

comment period until April 10, 2009 

and will hold public meetings 

concerning the proposed rule for 

Quality Assurance Requirements for 

Respirators that was published in the 

Federal Register on Wednesday, 

December 10, 2008. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

proposed rule published December 10, 

2008 (73 FR 75045), is reopened. All 

written comments on the proposed rule 

must be received on or before April 10, 

2009. Public meetings on this proposed 

rule will be held on March 23 and 

March 30, 2009. Details concerning 

those meetings are in the SUPPLEMENTAL

INFORMATION section below. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by RIN: 0920–AA04, by any 

of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• E-mail: niocindocket@cdc.gov. 

Include ‘‘RIN: 0920–AA04’’ and ‘‘42 

CFR pt. 84’’ in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Mail: NIOSH Docket Office, Docket 

#109, Robert A. Taft Laboratories, MS– 

C34, 4676 Columbia Parkway, 

Cincinnati, OH 45226. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number or Regulatory 

Information Number (RIN) for this 

rulemaking, RIN: 0920–AA04. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to http://www.cdc.gov/ 

niosh/docket, including any personal 

information provided. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.cdc.gov/niosh/docket. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Health and Human 

Services published a proposed rule on 

the Quality Assurance Requirements for 

Respirators on December 10, 2008. The 

Department requested comments on or 

before February 9, 2009. The 

Department planned to hold public 

meetings before that date but these 

meetings could not be scheduled during 

the comment period. 

The Department will hold two public 

meetings on the proposed rule at the 

following times and locations: March 

23, 2009, beginning at 8:30 a.m. EST 

and expected to end at 12:30 p.m. EST, 

at the Marriot Inn and Conference 

Center UMUC, 3501 University 

Boulevard E., Adelphi, MD 20783; and 

March 30, 2009, beginning at 9 a.m. 

PST, and expected to end by 12:30 PST, 

at the Marriot Los Angeles Airport, 5855 

West Century Boulevard, Los Angeles, 

CA 90045. As a result, the Department 

is also reopening the comment period 

until April 10, 2009 to permit additional 

time for interested parties to submit 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jonathan V. Szalajda, NIOSH, National 

Personal Protective Technology 

Laboratory (NPPTL), Post Office Box 

18070, 626 Cochrans Mill Road, 

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15236, 

telephone (412) 386–5200, facsimile 

(412) 386–4089, e-mail zfx1@cdc.gov. 

Dated: February 26, 2009. 

Charles E. Johnson, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–4621 Filed 3–3–09; 8:45 am] 

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