96-1734. Highway Safety Programs; Model Specifications for Devices To Measure Breath Alcohol  

  • [Federal Register Volume 61, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 30, 1996)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 3078-3081]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 96-1734]
    
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
    National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
    [NHTSA Docket No. 94-021; Notice 3]
    
    
    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: January 30, 1996.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. James F. Frank, Office of Alcohol 
    and State Programs, NTS-21, National Highway Traffic Safety 
    Administration, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 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 March 16, 1995, the most recent 
    amendment to the Conforming Products List (CPL) was published (60 FR 
    14320), identifying those instruments found to conform with the Model 
    Specifications.
        Since the last publication of the CPL, three (3) 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 300'' (which is the same as Lion Laboratories' 
    ``Alcolmeter 300'' that will also be listed); National Patent 
    Analytical Systems, Inc.'s ``BAC Verifier Datamaster'' (which is the 
    same as Verax Systems' ``BAC Verifier Datamaster'' that will also be 
    listed); and National Draeger's ``Alcotest 7110 MKIII''. Additionally, 
    four devices currently listed under the CMI brand name (Intoxilyzer 
    200, Intoxilyzer 200D, Intoxilyzer 1400 and Intoxilyzer 5000 CD/FG5) 
    will also be listed under the Lion Laboratories brand name. Lion 
    Laboratories and CMI, Inc. are both wholely-owned subsidiaries of the 
    same parent company (MPD, Inc.) and the devices are the same whether 
    they are sold by CMI or Lion Laboratories.
        In accordance with the foregoing, the CPL is therefore amended, as 
    set forth below.
    
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        Conforming Products List of Evidential Breath Measurement Devices   
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               Manufacturer and model                Mobile       Nonmobile 
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    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 
            300.................................            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 
            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:                                                   
            300.................................            X             X 
            400.................................            X             X 
            AE-D1*..............................            X             X 
            SD-2*...............................            X             X 
            EBA*................................            X             X 
            Auto-Alcolmeter*....................                          X 
        Intoxilyzer Model:                                                  
            200.................................            X            X  
    
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            200D................................            X             X 
            1400................................            X             X 
            5000 CD/FG5.........................            X             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 
            7110 MKIII..........................            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 
        BAC Verifier 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 
            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.                                                     
    
    
      
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    (23 U.S.C. 402; delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.50 and 501.1)
    
        Issued on: January 24, 1996.
    James Hedlund,
    Associate Administrator for Traffic Safety Programs.
    [FR Doc. 96-1734 Filed 1-29-96; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 4910-59-P
    
    

Document Information

Effective Date:
1/30/1996
Published:
01/30/1996
Department:
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice.
Document Number:
96-1734
Dates:
January 30, 1996.
Pages:
3078-3081 (4 pages)
Docket Numbers:
NHTSA Docket No. 94-021, Notice 3
PDF File:
96-1734.pdf