Minnesota Administrative Rules

4731.2280 USE OF HIGHER ASSIGNED PROTECTION FACTORS.

A licensee must obtain authorization from the commissioner before using assigned protection factors in excess of those specified in part 4731.2700. The commissioner may authorize a licensee to use higher assigned protection factors on receipt of an application that:

A.

describes the situation for which a need exists for higher protection factors; and

B.

demonstrates that the respiratory protection equipment provides these higher protection factors under the proposed conditions of use.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 144.1202; 144.1203

History:

29 SR 755

Published Electronically:

March 12, 2009