[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 133 (Friday, July 11, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 40162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-16212]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

National Institute of Justice

[OJP (NIJ) Docket No. 1662]


National Institute of Justice Compliance Testing Program's 
Compliant Product List for Ballistic Body Armor

AGENCY: National Institute of Justice, Department of Justice.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice regarding the removal of Compliant Product Lists (CPL) 
of ballistic resistant body armor models that met superseded versions 
of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Body Armor Standard.

DATES: Effective: August 25, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Longhurst, NIJ CTP by email at 
[email protected], or by telephone at (202) 616-3857.
    SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: The National Institute of Justice (NIJ)-
supported Compliance Testing Program (CTP) publishes on-line Compliant 
Product Lists (CPLs) of ballistic resistant body armor models that have 
satisfactorily demonstrated compliance with NIJ's Body Armor Standard.
    It has been NIJ's practice to continue to provide the CPLs 
associated with superseded versions of the standard for purposes of 
historical reference. The NIJ CTP currently provides four CPLs 
associated with the following four specifications:
    1. NIJ Standard 0101.03, Ballistic Resistance of Police Body Armor;
    2. NIJ Standard-0101.04, Ballistic Resistance of Personal Body 
Armor;
    3. NIJ 2005 Interim Requirements for Bullet-Resistant Body Armor; 
and
    4. NIJ Standard-0101.06, Ballistic Resistance of Body Armor. 
(Current)
    Each subsequent version of the Body Armor standard incorporates new 
research and understanding of body armor performance with direct 
implications for officer safety. The existence of the CPLs associated 
with superseded versions of the NIJ Body Armor Standard may lead 
officers and agencies to believe that the body armor models listed on 
those CPLs have been tested to the most current version of the NIJ Body 
Armor Standard. To eliminate the potential for such confusion, the CTP 
intends to remove all older versions of the CPLs and only maintain the 
CPL associated with the current version of the NIJ Body Armor Standard.
    When NIJ Standard 0101.06 is next revised, and for future revisions 
beyond that, NIJ plans to maintain the superseded CPL for a period of 
12-months after publication of the revised standard to enable agencies 
to complete purchasing actions initiated, but not completed, when the 
prior version of the standard was in effect.

Greg Ridgeway,
Acting Director, National Institute of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2014-16212 Filed 7-10-14; 8:45 am]
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