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Highway Safety Programs; Model Specifications for Devices to Measure Breath Alcohol


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Highway Safety Programs; Model Specifications for Devices to Measure Breath Alcohol

Michael B. Brownlee
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
April 20, 1994


[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 20, 1994)]
[Unknown Section]
[Page 0]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-9510]


[[Page Unknown]]

[Federal Register: April 20, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[NHTSA Docket No. 94-021; Notice 1]

 

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: April 20, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. Robin Mayer, Office of Alcohol 
and State Programs, NTS-21, National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20590; 
Telephone: (202) 366-9825.

SUPPLEMENTARY 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 a 
Conforming Products List (CPL) of instruments that were found to 
conform to the Model Specifications was published 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. The September 17, 1993, notice included, 
as Appendix A, a Conforming Products List (CPL) identifying those 
instruments found to conform with the Model Specifications.
    Since the last publication of the CPL, six (6) instruments have 
been evaluated and found to meet the model specifications, as amended 
on September 17, 1993, for mobile and non-mobile use: CMI, Inc.'s, 
Intoxilyzer 5000CD/FG5 and SD2; Intoximeters, Inc.'s Intox EC-IR and 
Alcomonitor CC; Life-Loc Inc.'s PBA 3000B; and National Draeger, Inc.'s 
Breathalyzer 7410. The designation of the National Draeger 
``Breathalyzer 7410'' represents a change in the model designation, 
from ``Alcotest 7410''.
    The Conforming Products List is therefore amended, as set forth 
below, to reflect the results of these evaluations. It identifies those 
instruments found to conform with the model specifications as amended 
in 58 FR 48705 (September 17, 1993), and also those instruments found 
to conform with the Model Specifications detailed in 49 FR 48854 
(December 14, 1984).

   Conforming Products List of Evidential Breath Measurement Devices    
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             Manufacturer and model                 Mobile     Nonmobile
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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         
    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         
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         
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............................                        
    AE-D1*......................................  X           X         
    SD-2*.......................................  X           X         
    EBA*........................................  X           X         
    Auto-Alcolmeter*............................  ..........  X         
Luckey Laboratories, San Bernadino, CA                                  
    Alco-Analyzer Model 1000*...................  ..........  X         
    2000*.......................................  ..........  X         
National Draeger, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA                                  
    Alcotest Model 7010*........................  X           X         
    7110*.......................................  X           X         
    7410........................................  X           X         
    Breathalyzer Model 900*.....................  X           X         
    900A*.......................................  X           X         
    900BG*......................................  X           X         
    7410........................................  X           X         
National Patent Analytical Systems, Inc.,                               
 Mansfield, OH                                                          
    BAC DataMaster..............................  X           X         
    BAC DataMaster--Transportable...............  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         
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). (23 U.S.C. 402; delegations of authority at 49  
  CFR 1.50 and 501.8)                                                   

Michael B. Brownlee,
Associate Administrator for Traffic Safety Programs.
[FR Doc. 94-9510 Filed 4-19-94; 8:45 am]
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