PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE 25 West 43rd Street, NY, NY 10036 VOL. 35, #6 February 6, 2004 Contents American National Standards Call for Comment on Standards Proposals................................................. 2 Call for Comment Contact Information ........................................................ 8 Project Initiation Notification System (PINS)............................................... 10 International Standards ISO and IEC Draft Standards......................................................................... 13 ISO and IEC Newly Published Standards..................................................... 15 CEN/CENELEC................................................................................................. 18 Proposed Foreign Government Regulations................................................. 20 Information Concerning .................................................................................. 21 Standards Action is now available via the World Wide Web For your convenience Standards Action can now be down- loaded from the following web address: http://www.ansi.org/news_publications/periodicals/standards _action/standards_action.aspx?menuid=7 American National Standards Call for comment on proposals listed This section solicits public comments on proposed draft new American National Standards, including the national adoption of Ordering Instructions for "Call-for-Comment" Listings ISO and IEC standards as American National Standards, and on 1. 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Journals may excerpt items in their fields standards action - february 6, 2004 - page 2 of 22 pages Comment Deadline: March 7, 2004 ASA (ASC S1) (Acoustical Society of America) Reaffirmations IIAR (International Institute of Ammonia Refrigeration) BSR S1.1-1994 (R200x), Acoustical Terminology (reaffirmation of ANSI Supplements S1.1-1994 (R1999)) This standard provides definitions for a wide variety of terms, BSR/IIAR 2a-200x, Equipment, Design, and Installation of Ammonia abbreviations, and letter symbols used in acoustics and electroacoustics. Mechanical Refrigerating Systems (supplement to ANSI/IIAR 2-1999) Terms of general use in all branches of acoustics are defined, as well as Revisions and additions to First Public Review Draft of proposed many terms of special use for architectural acoustics, acoustical Addendum a to ANSI/IIAR 2-1999, pertaining to the following sections: instruments, mechanical vibration and shock, physiological and psychological acoustics, underwater sound, sonics and ultrasonics, and Proposed change #2 (affecting Section 7.3.4); music. Proposed change #3 (affecting new Informative Appendix F); and Single copy price: $150.00 Addition of proposed change #9 (affecting Informative Appendix A). Order from: Susan Blaeser, ASA (ASC S1); [email protected] ANSI/IIAR 2-1999 is an American National Standard for the design, Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Same fabrication, manufacture, installation and use of ammonia mechanical BSR S1.13-1995 (R200x), Measurement of Sound Pressure Levels in Air refrigerating systems. (reaffirmation of ANSI S1.13-1995 (R1999)) Click here to see these changes in full, or look at the end of “Standards Specifies requirements and describes procedures for the measurement Action.” of sound pressure levels in air at a single point in space. These Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Chris Combs, IIAR requirements and procedures apply primarily to measurements performed indoors but may be utilized in outdoor measurements under specified conditions. This is a fundamental standard applicable to a wide range of measurements and to sounds that may differ widely in temporal and spectral characteristics. A classification is given of the types of sound generally encounters, and the preferred descriptor for each is identified. Comment Deadline: March 22, 2004 Single copy price: $130.00 Order from: Susan Blaeser, ASA (ASC S1); [email protected] ANS (American Nuclear Society) Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Same Revisions BSR S1.18-1999 (R200x), Template Method for Ground Impedance (reaffirmation of ANSI S1.18-1999) BSR/ANS 8.17-200x, Handling, Storage, and Transportation of LWR Fuel Outside Reactors, Criteria for (revision of ANSI/ANS 8.17-1984 Describes procedures for obtaining the real and imaginary parts of the (R1997)) specific acoustic impedance of natural ground surfaces outdoors. The Standard uses templates to compare measured sound pressure level This standard provides nuclear criticality safety criteria for the handling, differences with a specific set of calculated level differences. The storage, and transportation of LWR fuel rods and units outside reactor impedance values are obtained from a model based on best fit of cores. measured and calculated level differences. The standard may also be Single copy price: $10.00 (electronic); $20.00 (paper) used to obtain the impedance of porous sound absorbing material. Order from: Cara Ford, ANS; [email protected] Single copy price: $130.00 Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Same Order from: Susan Blaeser, ASA (ASC S1); [email protected] Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Same BSR S1.26-1995 (R200x), Method for the Calculation of the Absorption of Sound by the Atmosphere (reaffirmation of ANSI S1.26-1995 Reaffirmations (R1999)) BSR/ANS 15.11-1993 (R200x), Radiation Protection at Research Provides the means to calculate atmospheric absorption losses of sound Reactor Facilities (reaffirmation of ANSI/ANS 15.11-1993) from any source for a wide range of meteorological conditions. The atmosphere is assumed to be still, homogeneous moist air of normal This standard establishes the elements of a radiation protection program composition. Non-homogeneous atmospheres may be divided into and the criteria necessary to provide an acceptable level of radiation horizontal layers within which homogeneous conditions may be protection for personnel at research reactor facilities and the public assumed. Attenuation coefficients for pure-tone sounds are calculated by consistent with keeping exposures and releases as low as is reasonably over ranges of frequency, and the humidity, pressure, and temperature achievable (ALARA). of the atmosphere. For sounds analyzed by fractional-octave-band Single copy price: $70.00 filters, alternative methods are provided. Order from: Cara Ford, ANS; [email protected] Single copy price: $130.00 Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Same Order from: Susan Blaeser, ASA (ASC S1); [email protected] Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Same ASAE (American Society of Agricultural Engineers) BSR/ANS 57.8-1995 (R200x), Nuclear Fuel Assembly Identification (reaffirmation of ANSI/ANS 57.8-1995) Withdrawals This standard describes requirements for the unique identification of fuel ANSI/ASAE S330.1-AUG88 (RJUNE00), Procedure for Sprinkler assemblies utilized in nuclear power plants. It defines the characters and Distribution Testing for Research Purposes (withdrawal of ANSI/ASAE proposed sequence to be used in assigning identification to fuel S330.1-AUG88 (RJUNE00)) assemblies. Provides a basis for the accumulation of data on the distribution of Single copy price: $10.00 (electronic); $24.00 (paper) characteristics of sprinklers. Order from: Carla Miller, ASAE; [email protected] Order from: Cara Ford, ANS; [email protected] Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Same Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Same standards action - february 6, 2004 - page 3 of 22 pages ASTM (ASTM International) BSR/ASTM D866-1999 (R200x), Specification for Crosslinked Styrene-Butadiene (SBR) Synthetic Rubber Jacket for Wire and Cable The URL to search for scopes of ASTM standards is: (reaffirmation of ANSI/ASTM D866-1999) http://www.astm.org/dsearch.htm Single copy price: $27.00 For reaffirmations and withdrawals, order from: Customer Service, ANSI For new standards and revisions, order from: Faith Lanzetta, ASTM BSR/ASTM D1389-1998 (R200x), Test Method for Proof-Voltage Testing For all ASTM standards, send comments (with copy to BSR) to: of Thin Solid Electrical Insulating