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Reproduced below is the NIOSH announcement of what was granted PLAINTIFFS 1. EXHIBIT 6 P-205 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE rUBUC HEALTH SERVICE Center for Disease Control National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health 1014 Broadway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 to : All Regional Program Directors, NIOSH DATE: February 28, 1974 from : Director, Division of Laboratories and Criteria Development SUBJECT: Extension of Expiration Date of Approval for all Respirators As a result of a meeting between NIOSH, MESA, and OSHA on Friday, February 22, 1974, the following agreement was reached and will be published in the Federal Register. 1. The expiration date of approval for all respirators under BOM schedules 13 through 13 E, 14 F, 19 B, 21 B, and 23 B is extended to September 30, 1974. 2. After September 30, 1974 respirators purchased will not be approved unless such respirators were manufactured pursuant to a quality,control plan approved under 30 CFR 11. When both a general niul specific respirator quality''.control, plan have benn approved, a revised approval label will be issued bearing the letters "TC" instead of "BM." 3. After September 30, 1974 only those respirators manufactured in accordance with Part 11 Quality Control requirements or those respirators certified under Part 11 may be sold as approved respirators. 4. After March 31, 1975, only those respirators approved under the requirements of 30 CFR 11 may be sold as approved respirators. In addition, it was agreed to grandfather (30 CFR file) those respirators manufactured under the old Bureau of Mines approval as follows: Type of Respirator Bureau of Mines Approval Schedule(s) Proposed Terminal Use Date Self-contained Self-contained Gas mask Supplied-air Dust, fume, mist Chemical-cartridge 13 - 13D 13E 14F 19B 21B 23B March 31, 1979 March 31, 1979 March 31, 1977 March 31, 1980 March 31, 1976 March 31, 1976 Those respirators bearing the TC. prefix may be used for their normal usability lifetime. Elliott S. Harris, Ph.D.