[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 51 (Thursday, March 16, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14320-14322]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6519]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[NHTSA Docket No. 94-021; Notice 2]


Highway Safety Programs; Model Specifications for Devices to 
Measure Breath Alcohol

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice amends the Conforming Products List for 
instruments that conform to the Model Specifications for Evidential 
Breath Testing Devices (58 FR 48705).

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 16, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. James F. Frank, Office of Alcohol 
and State Programs, NTS-21, National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, 400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20590; 
Telephone: (202) 366-5593.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: On November 5, 1973, the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) published the Standards for 
Devices to Measure Breath Alcohol (38 FR 30459). A Qualified Products 
List of Evidential Breath Measurement Devices comprised of instruments 
that met this standard was first issued on November 21, 1974 (39 FR 
41399).
    On December 14, 1984 (49 FR 48854), NHTSA converted this standard 
to Model Specifications for Evidential Breath Testing Devices, and 
published a Conforming Products List (CPL) of instruments that were 
found to conform to the Model Specifications as Appendix D to that 
notice (49 FR 48864).
    On September 17, 1993, NHTSA published a notice (58 FR 48705) to 
amend the Model Specifications. The notice changed the alcohol 
concentration levels at which instruments are evaluated, from 0.000, 
0.050, 0.101, and 0.151 BAC, to 0.000, 0.020, 0.040, 0.080, and 0.160 
BAC; added a test for the presence of acetone; and expanded the 
definition of alcohol to include other low molecular weight alcohols 
including methyl or isopropyl. On April 20, 1994, the most recent 
amendment to the Conforming Products List (CPL) was published (59 FR 
18839), identifying those instruments found to conform with the Model 
Specifications.
    Since the last publication of the CPL, five (5) instruments have 
been evaluated and found to meet the model specifications, as amended 
on September 17, 1993, for mobile and non-mobile use. They are: CMI, 
Inc.'s ``Intoxilyzer 5000 (CAL DOJ)'' and ``Intoxilyzer 400'' (which is 
identical to Lion Laboratories of Cardiff, Wales, UK ``Alcometer 400'' 
that will also be listed); Intoximeters, Inc.'s ``Portable Intox EC-
IR;'' National Draeger's ``Breathalyzer 7410-II''; Sound-Off, Inc.'s 
``AlcoData'' (which is identical to the ``Alcohol Detection System-
A.D.S. 500'' sold by Gall's Inc. of Lexington, KY that will also be 
listed). CMI, Inc.'s Intoxilyzer Model 200D has also been added to the 
CPL. NHTSA has determined that testing is not required for this 
instrument. The changes from the Model 200 to the Model 200D were 
determined not to affect precision and accuracy of the device. 
Similarly, the agency has determined that differences between CMI's 
Intoxilyzer 5000 (CAL DOJ) and the Intoxilyzer 5000, 5000 (with Cal 
vapor recirc.), 5000 (w/ 3/8 ID hose option), as well as the 5000 (CAL 
DOJ) do not affect precision or accuracy. Accordingly, NHTSA has 
determined that additional testing is not required for these 
instruments. These devices have been added to the CPL. Finally, the 
agency has determined that the ``BAC DataMaster-Transportable'' made by 
National Patent Analytical Systems, Inc. of Mansfield, OH is no longer 
manufactured, and the manufacturer reports that no devices are in use. 
Therefore, the ``BAC DataMaster-Transportable'' has been removed from 
the CPL.
    In accordance with the foregoing, the CPL is therefore amended, as 
set forth below.

    Conforming Products List of Evidential Breath Measurement Devices   
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           Manufacturer and model                Mobile       Nonmobile 
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Alcohol Countermeasures System, Inc., Port                              
 Huron, MI:                                                             
    Alert J3AD*.............................            X             X 
BAC Systems, Inc., Ontario, Canada:                                     
    Breath Analysis Computer*...............            X               
CAMEC Ltd., North Shields, Tyne and Ware,                               
 England:                                                               
    IR Breath Analyzer*.....................            X             X 
CMI, Inc., Owensboro, KY:                                               
    Intoxilyzer Model:                                                  
        200.................................            X             X 
        200D................................            X             X 
        400.................................            X             X 
        1400................................            X             X 
        4011*...............................            X             X 
        4011A*..............................            X             X 
        4011AS*.............................            X             X 
        4011AS-A*...........................            X             X 
        4011AS-AQ*..........................            X             X 
        4011 AW*............................            X             X 
        4011A27-10100*......................            X             X 
        4011A27-10100 with filter*..........            X             X 
        5000................................            X             X 
        5000 (w/Cal. Vapor Re-Circ.)........            X             X 
        5000 (w/3/8'' ID Hose option).......            X             X 
        5000CD..............................            X             X 
        5000CD/FG5..........................            X             X 
        5000 (CAL DOJ)......................            X            X  
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        5000VA..............................            X             X 
        PAC 1200*...........................            X             X 
        S-D2................................            X             X 
Decator Electronics, Decator, IL:                                       
    Alco-Tector model 500*..................                          X 
Gall's Inc., Lexington, KY:                                             
    Alcohol Detection System-A.D.S. 500.....            X             X 
Intoximeters, Inc., St. Louis, MO:                                      
    Photo Electric Intoximeter*.............                          X 
    GC Intoximeter MK II*...................            X             X 
    GC Intoximeter MK IV*...................            X             X 
    Auto Intoximeter*.......................            X             X 
    Intoximeter Model:                                                  
        3000*...............................            X             X 
        3000 (rev B1)*......................            X             X 
        3000 (rev B2)*......................            X             X 
        3000 (rev B2A)*.....................            X             X 
        3000 (rev B2A) w/FM option*.........            X             X 
        3000 (Fuel Cell)*...................            X             X 
        3000 D*.............................            X             X 
        3000 DFC*...........................            X             X 
    Alcomonitor.............................                          X 
    Alcomonitor CC..........................            X             X 
    Alco-Sensor III.........................            X             X 
    Alco-Sensor IV..........................            X             X 
    RBT III.................................            X             X 
    RBT III-A...............................            X             X 
    RBT IV..................................            X             X 
    Intox EC-IR.............................            X             X 
    Portable Intox EC-IR....................            X             X 
Komyo Kitagawa, Kogyo, K.K.:                                            
    Alcolyzer DPA-2*........................            X             X 
    Breath Alcohol Meter PAM 101B*..........            X             X 
Life-Loc, Inc., Wheat Ridge, CO:                                        
    PBA 3000B...............................            X             X 
    PBA 3000-P*.............................            X             X 
Lion Laboratories, Ltd., Cardiff, Wales, UK:                            
    Alcolmeter Model:                                                   
        400.................................            X             X 
        AE-D1*..............................            X             X 
        SD-2*...............................            X             X 
        EBA*................................            X             X 
    Auto-Alcolmeter*........................                          X 
Luckey Laboratories, San Bernadino, CA:                                 
    Alco-Analyzer Model:                                                
        1000*...............................                          X 
        2000*...............................                          X 
National Draeger, Inc., Durango, CO:                                    
    Alcotest Model:                                                     
        7010*...............................            X             X 
        7110*...............................            X             X 
        7410................................            X             X 
    Breathalyzer Model:                                                 
        900*................................            X             X 
        900A*...............................            X             X 
        900BG*..............................            X             X 
        7410................................            X             X 
        7410-II.............................            X             X 
National Patent Analytical Systems, Inc.,                               
 Mansfield, OH:                                                         
    BAC DataMaster..........................            X             X 
Omicron Systems, Palo Alto, CA:                                         
    Intoxilyzer Model:                                                  
        4011*...............................            X             X 
        4011AW*.............................            X             X 
Plus 4 Engineering, Minturn, CO:                                        
    5000 Plus4*.............................            X             X 
Siemans-Allis, Cherry Hill, NJ:                                         
    Alcomat*................................            X             X 
    Alcomat F*..............................            X             X 
Smith and Wesson Electronics, Springfield,                              
 MA:                                                                    
    Breathalyzer Model:                                                 
        900*................................            X            X  
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        900A*...............................            X             X 
        1000*...............................            X             X 
        2000*...............................            X             X 
        2000 (non-Humidity Sensor)*.........            X             X 
Sound-Off, Inc., Hudsonville, MI:                                       
    AlcoData................................            X             X 
Stephenson Corp.:                                                       
    Breathalyzer 900*.......................            X             X 
U.S. Alcohol Testing, Inc./Protection                                   
 Devices, Inc., Rancho Cucamonga, CA:                                   
    Alco-Analyzer 1000......................                          X 
    Alco-Analyzer 2000......................                          X 
    Alco-Analyzer 2100......................            X             X 
Verax Systems, Inc., Fairport, NY:                                      
    BAC Verifier*...........................            X             X 
    BAC Verifier Datamaster*................            X             X 
    BAC Verifier Datamaster II*.............            X            X  
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*Instruments marked with an asterisk (*) meet the Model Specifications  
  detailed in 49 FR 48854 (December 14, 1984) (i.e., instruments tested 
  at 0.000, 0.050, 0.101, and 0.151 BAC.) Instruments not marked with an
  asterisk meet the Model Specifications detailed in 58 FR 48705        
  (September 17, 1993), and were tested at BACs = 0.000, 0.020, 0.040,  
  0.080, and 0.160.                                                     

(23 U.S.C. 402; delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.50 and 501.1)
Michael B. Brownlee,
Associate Administrator for Traffic Safety Programs.
[FR Doc. 95-6519 Filed 3-15-95; 8:45 am]
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