QNFT or QLFT, which is acceptable for an emergency responder entering IDLH atm’s?

Since I was able to conduct my very first fit test, I was taught that the Qualitative method was ONLY permitted when the user was wearing an Air Purifying Respirator (APR) which needed a fit factor of 100 or less.  When I read 1910.134(f)(6), that is exactly how I read it today…  QLFT may only be used to fit test negative pressure air-purifying respirators that must achieve a fit factor of 100 or less.  So what in the heck is OSHA up to with the 2008 revisions of the CPL?

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