Memorandum of Understanding Between the Mine Safety and Health Administration and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Regarding the Respirator Approval Program

Résumé

This notice is to advise the public of the issuance of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), U.S. Department of Labor, and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This MOU delineates the roles of both agencies in a new respirator approval program under the provisions of 42 CFR part 84. Concurrently, MSHA is removing 30 CFR part 11 which contained the provisions of the existing respirator approval program. Both the MSHA and NIOSH final rules are published elsewhere in this separate part of the Federal Register.