[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 231 (Friday, December 2, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-29664]
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[Federal Register: December 2, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[NHTSA Docket No. 94-004; Notice 3]
Highway Safety Programs; Conforming Products List of Screening
Devices To Measure Alcohol in Bodily Fluids
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the first Conforming Products List (CPL)
of devices that conform to the Model Specifications for Screening
Devices that measure alcohol in bodily fluids (59 FR 39382).
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 2, 1994.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. James F. Frank, Office of Alcohol
and State Programs, NTS-21, National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, 400 Seventh St., SW., Washington, DC 20590; Telephone:
(202) 366-9581.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: On August 2, 1994, Model Specifications for
Screening Devices to Measure Alcohol in Bodily Fluids were published in
the Federal Register (59 FR 39382). In these model specifications,
NHTSA recognized industry efforts to develop new technologies. These
specifications establish performance criteria and methods for testing
alcohol screening devices using either breath or other bodily fluids to
measure alcohol content. NHTSA established these specifications to
support State laws that target youthful offenders (i.e., ``zero
tolerance'' laws) and the Department of Transportation's initiative to
prevent alcohol misuse. Employers are reminded that evidential breath
testing devices are still required for screening under DOT's regulation
on Alcohol Misuse Prevention, 49 CFR Part 40. Screening devices are not
authorized for use under Part 40 until DOT amends its regulation.
Alcohol screening devices have been submitted to NHTSA for testing
and were evaluated at the Volpe National Transportation System Center
in Cambridge, MA. This first publication of a Conforming Products List
for alcohol screening devices reports on five (5) devices that were
evaluated and found to meet the model specifications for alcohol
screening devices cited above. Three of these five devices are sold
under two different names (see CPL below). The Conforming Products
List, which lists models that were submitted and determined to meet the
model specifications, and the manufacturers who submitted them to NHTSA
for testing, appears below:
Conforming Products List of Alcohol Screening Devices
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Manufacturer Device(s)
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(1) Alco Check International* Alco Check 3000 D.O.T.
Hudsonville, MI. Alco Screen 3000.
(2) Guth Laboratories, Inc.* Alco Tector Mark X. Mark X
Harrisburg, PA. Alcohol Checker.
(3) Repco Marketing, Inc. Raleigh, Alco Tec III.
NC.
(4) Sound Off, Inc.* Hudsonville, Digitox D.O.T. Alco Screen
MI. 1000.
(5) STC Diagnostics, Inc. Q.E.D. A150 Saliva Alcohol
Bethlehem, PA. Test.
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*The devices listed by this manufacturer are the same device sold under
two different names.
Note that devices 1 through 4 are breath alcohol testers that use
semiconductor type sensors. Device #5 is a saliva alcohol tester that
uses an enzymatic technique to measure the alcohol concentration in a
saliva sample. All of the devices provide a direct read-out of test
results.
Issued on: November 28, 1994.
Michael B. Brownlee,
Associate Administrator for Traffic Safety Programs.
[FR Doc. 94-29664 Filed 12-1-94; 8:45 am]
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