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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 1995 07:08:25 -0500
To: Dennis Pierce <epic@so*.ha*.ed*>
From: rkw@da*.ne* (Richard Wackerbarth)
Subject: Re: NITROX Fills
Cc: techdiver@terra.net

>yes, believe it or not, padi announced just last week that they plan a
>nitrox certification later this year..

The catch is that they first need to clarify things with OSHA. It seems
that, in the USA, there is an exception for recreational diving on air, but
any other gas mixture falls under the commercial diving regulations. (You
do have your emergency recompression chamber at the dive site, don't you)

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Richard Wackerbarth
rkw@da*.ne*

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