(a) Testing of cigarettes shall be conducted in accordance with the American Society of Testing and Materials ("ASTM") standard E2187-02b "Standard Test Method for Measuring the Ignition Strength of Cigarettes," subject to the modifications stated in Appendix A to this Part. This standard may be obtained from the publisher at ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, P.O. Box C700, W. Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959. This material is available for public inspection and distribution at the Department of State, Office of Fire Prevention and Control, 41 State Street, Albany, NY 12231-0001.

(b) Testing shall be conducted on 10 layers of filter paper.

(c) Forty replicate tests shall comprise a complete test trial for each cigarette tested.

(d) The performance standard required by section 429.4 of this Part shall only be applied to a complete test trial.

(e) Laboratories conducting testing in accordance with this section shall implement a quality control and quality assurance program that includes a procedure that will determine the repeatability of the testing results. The repeatability value shall be no greater than 0.19 pursuant to section 429.4 of this Part.