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Extended Testing (Default to Test) Policy

Letter to All Respirator Manufacturers

Issue Date: March 17, 2009

From: Heinz Ahlers, Chief, Technology Evaluation Branch, National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory

Subject: Extended Testing (Default to Test) Policy

The following is in response to requests for clarification of the NPPTL procedure for selecting tests for extension of approval requests.

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