[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 201 (Tuesday, October 19, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64309-64310]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-26221]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Docket Number NIOSH-220]


Components for Evaluation of Direct-Reading Monitors for Gases 
and Vapors and Addendum

AGENCY: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice of draft publication available for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 
(NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 
announces the availability of the following draft publication for 
public comment. The document and its addendum are entitled, 
respectively, ``Components for Evaluation of Direct-Reading Monitors 
for Gases and Vapors'' and ``Addendum to Components for Evaluation of 
Direct-Reading Monitors for Gases and Vapors: Hazard Detection in First 
Responder Environments.'' The draft documents and instructions for 
submitting comments can be found at: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docket/review/docket220. The document expands the 1995 method development and 
evaluation experimental testing methods to direct-reading monitors for 
gases and vapors. These Components are provided for laboratory users, 
consensus standard setting bodies, and manufacturers of direct-reading 
instrumentation and are compatible with the Instrumentation, Systems, 
and Automation Society guidelines. The addendum to the document expands 
the applicability of the Components by presenting methods to be used in 
evaluating direct-reading monitors for hazard detection in First 
Responder environments. The 1995 document, entitled ``Guidelines for 
Air Sampling and Analytical Method Development and Evaluation,'' can be 
viewed at: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/95-117/.
    This guidance does not have the force and effect of the law.

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DATES: Public Comment Period: Comments must be received by December 20, 
2010.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted to the NIOSH Docket 
Office, identified by Docket Number NIOSH-220, by any of the following 
methods:
    <bullet> Mail: NIOSH Docket Office, Robert A. Taft Laboratories, 
MS-C34, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226.
    <bullet> Facsimile: (513) 533-8285.
    <bullet> E-mail: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6b05020418030f0408000e1f2b080f08450c041d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="187671776b707c777b737d6c587b7c7b367f776e">[email protected]</span></a>.
    All information received in response to this notice will be 
available for public examination and copying at the NIOSH Docket 
Office, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Room 111, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226. A 
complete electronic docket containing all comments submitted will be 
available on the NIOSH web page at http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docket, and 
comments will be available in writing by request. NIOSH includes all 
comments received without change in the docket, including any personal 
information provided. All electronic comments should be formatted as 
Microsoft Word. Please make reference to Docket Number NIOSH-220.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stanley A. Shulman, PhD., telephone 
(513) 841-4258, e-mail mailto: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f6859785c4b6959295d8919980"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7003110342301314135e171f06">[email protected]</span></a>, or Amy Feng, M.S., 
telephone (513) 841-4128, e-mail <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2a424b4c1a6a494e49044d455c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="076f6661374764636429606871">[email protected]</span></a>, NIOSH, MS-R3, 4676 
Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226.

John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-26221 Filed 10-18-10; 8:45 am]
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