What's New on the NPPTL Website

The following is a listing of items posted to the NPPTL Web site in 2019. Postings prior to 2019 can be found in the NPPTL What’s New Archives.

December 19, 2019

• PPE CASE – TN 23126 – Christopher Illinois Fire Departmentpdf icon

December 16, 2019

• PPE CASE Notes Personal Protective Equipment Conformity Assessment Studies and Evaluation Notes: Firefighter SCBA Facepiece Sizing Issues DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2020-107

November 22, 2019

• CA 2019-1023 – Revised Chemical Warfare Agent (CWA) Test Fees, Fee Collection Process, and submission Requirements for NIOSH CBRN Respirator Approvals, effective January 1, 2020, this notice supersedes NIOSH CA 2018-1009 and the NIOSH Letter to All Manufacturers dated August 22, 2014

September 13, 2019

• CA 2019-1022 – Interim Resolution to Issue Affecting Chemical Warfare Agent (CWA) Testing for NIOSH CBRN Respirator Approvals, supplements CA-2019-1018 and 1021

August 30, 2019

• CA 2019-1021 – Interim Resolution to Issue Affecting Chemical Warfare Agent (CWA) Testing for NIOSH CBRN Respirator Approvals, supplements CA-2019-1018

August 22, 2019

• CA 2019-1020 – Meeting with Respirator Manufacturers, October 29, 2019, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM EST, NIOSH Pittsburgh Facility, Building 140 Multipurpose Room or by Adobe Connect

August 8, 2019

• Coming Soon… NIOSH Respiratory Protection Week, September 3-6, 2019
• 100 Years of Respiratory Protection

July 3, 2019

• CA 2019-1019 – Effective Immediately – NIOSH quality control plan requirements

June 24, 2019

• CA 2019-1018 – Issue Affecting Chemical Warfare Agent (CWA) Testing for NIOSH CBRN Respirator Approvals

June 6, 2019

• PPE CASE – TN 22941 – Clinton Fire Departmentpdf icon
• Filtering Facepiece Respirators – Approvals for N95 and P95 (May)

May 17, 2019

• PPE CASE – TN 22942 – Worcester Fire Departmentpdf icon
• CA 2019-1017 – NIOSH acceptance of breathing gas cylinders marked in accordance with 49 C.F.R. Part 178 and ISO 11119-2

May 6, 2019

• CA 2019-1016 – Summary of the Federal Register comments concerning the Department of Transportation Special Permit 16320

April 3, 2019

• CA 2019-1015 – Resolution to Issue Affecting Gas and Vapor Testing for NIOSH Respirator Approvals, supersedes NIOSH CA 2019-1014

March 18, 2019

• PPE CASE 2019-0101 – Point-of-Use Assessment for Self-Contained Self-Rescuers Randomly Sampled from Mining Districts: Third Phase

March 14, 2019

• CA 2019-1014 – Issue Affecting Gas and Vapor Testing for NIOSH Respirator Approvals

February 26, 2019

• CA 2019-1013 – NIOSH labeling requirements for air-purifying and powered air-purifying respirators, effective March 1, 2019. Supersedes the July 19, 1995 Letter to All Respirator Manufacturers
• CA 2019-1012 – NIOSH Respirator Approval Contents and Meaning. Supersedes: March 17, 2006 Respirator User Notice – Meaning of NIOSH Approvals May 15, 2015 Letter to All Respirator Manufacturers – NIOSH Respirator Certificate of Approval, Approval Labels and User Instructions
• CA 2018-1006-R1 – Self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) user information regarding compressed breathing gas containers (cylinders), NIOSH approval holder user instructions, and Department of Transportation (DOT) permit and marking. Revised: Supersedes the August 2018 version

February 5, 2019

• PPE CASE – TN 22547 – Watertown Fire Departmentpdf icon

January 15, 2019

• CA 2019-1011 – NIOSH Respirator Approval Program’s use of the NIOSH Bivariate Panel during Isoamyl Acetate Fit Testing beginning February 1, 2019, Supersedes: May 18, 2005 Letter to All Respirator Manufacturers

January 14, 2019

• Filtering Facepiece Respirators – Approvals for N95 and R95 (January)