Standards News Late December 2014 Volume 18, Number 24 Table of Contents PLASA Public Review: ANSI E1.23 up for Reaffirmation
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PLASA Standards News Late December 2014 Volume 18, Number 24 Table of Contents PLASA Public Review: ANSI E1.23 Up for Reaffirmation..................................................................................1 ’Tis the Season to Celebrate Standards!..........................................................................................................1 Comments Sought on Standard for Fire Training Structures, Props, and Equipment.......................................1 WTO Technical Barrier to Trade Notifications...................................................................................................2 Canada Notification: CAN/434...................................................................................................................... 2 ANSI Public Review Announcements...............................................................................................................3 Due 11 January 2015.................................................................................................................................... 3 Due 26 January 2015.................................................................................................................................... 3 Due 18 January 2015.................................................................................................................................... 4 Due 2 February 2015.................................................................................................................................... 4 CSA Public Review Announcements................................................................................................................6 Due 12 January 2015.................................................................................................................................... 6 Due 26 January 2015.................................................................................................................................... 6 Standards Australia Public Review Announcements.........................................................................................6 Due 20 February 2015.................................................................................................................................. 6 New ANS Projects............................................................................................................................................ 6 Final Actions on American National Standards.................................................................................................8 Draft IEC and ISO Standards.......................................................................................................................... 18 Recently Published IEC & ISO Documents.....................................................................................................21 TSP Meeting Schedule................................................................................................................................... 21 January 2015 Meetings............................................................................................................................... 21 March 2015 Meetings.................................................................................................................................. 21 Investors in Innovation.................................................................................................................................... 22 PLASA Public Review: ANSI E1.23 Up for Reaffirmation Check it out! ANSI E1.23 - 2010, Entertainment Technology - Design and Execution of Theatrical Fog Effects, is up for reaffirmation. Does it still work? Then say "Yes" to reaffirmation. Does it need changing? Then say "No" to reaffirmation and report what needs to be changed and how it needs to be changed. The public review materials for the reaffirmation of ANSI E1.23 are posted at http://tsp.plasa.org/tsp/documents/public_review_docs.php. Note that the "Review End Date" is the date on which the public review is over, finished, done. It is over when that day starts, so please submit any comments you have before the January 26 turns into January 27. ’Tis the Season to Celebrate Standards! ANSI’s musical video highlights more than 40 American National and International Standards that support a safe and satisfying holiday season. A special congratulations to the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) for DG-20-09, Stage Lighting – A Guide to the Planning of Theatres and Auditoriums, making the cut! Check out the two-minute video, “Standards Make the Holidays Sparkly and Safe,” at http://bit.ly/1vJfhkS. Comments Sought on Standard for Fire Training Structures, Props, and Equipment At its August 2014 meeting, the NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) Standards Council reviewed the scope and title for a new committee on Facilities for Fire Training and Associated Props. After review of all the material, the Council voted to publish a notice to solicit public comments for the following: need of the Volume 18, Number 24 Page 1 project; information on subject matter resources; those interested in participating, if the committee is established; and, other organizations actively involved with the subject. Comments must be submitted to [email protected] no later than 1 February 2015. The Fire Service Training TC currently is assigned responsibility for NFPA 1402, Guide to Building Fire Service Training Centers, which is a document that provides general information to architects, engineers, and fire service entities on possible components of fire training centers. The scope of the document is "food for thought" and ideas to consider when planning or designing a training center. The committee is aware that there is an increasing need to have a prescriptive standard available to provide minimum mandatory requirements for the manufacturing, installation, and maintenance of gas-fired props, and for the design and construction of live fire training structures (burn buildings) and other training props. This need has surfaced because of a growing awareness of fire fighter injuries that have occurred with gas-fired training props that have not been designed and constructed in a manner that provides a minimum required level of safety to all participants. The Fire Service Training TC has a growing concern that if a nationally recognized standard is not developed for gas-fire live fire training props there will be additional injuries and, potentially, fire fighter fatalities in the future. The Committee has spent the past two years evaluating the possibility of converting 1402 from a guide to a standard. It has concluded that a new, separate standard for fire training structures, props, and equipment is needed and that the remainder of 1402 needs to remain as a guide. For more information on the possible project and call for public input, visit http://fireservice.blog.nfpa.org/2014/12/facilities-for-fire-training-and- associated-props-looking-for-comments.html. WTO Technical Barrier to Trade Notifications The U.S. Department of Commerce's service, Notify U.S., recently has announced a few notices as WTO Technical Barriers to Trade that may be of interest to Standards News readers. If you have a problem with one of these WTO TBT notifications, you can protest it through your representative to the WTO. In the US, that is NIST ( [email protected] ). See http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/ for European TBT objections. Canada Notification: CAN/434 Date issued: 11 December 2014 Agency Responsible: Environment Canada and Health Canada National Inquiry Point: Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada Products covered: Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) Title: Proposed Notice of Intent Description of content: Notice is hereby given that the Department of the Environment is initiating the development of proposed regulations under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999) to control the manufacture, import and use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). The proposed controls will apply to HFCs as set out in Item 77 on Schedule 1 of CEPA 1999 and will include bulk HFCs and manufactured products containing HFCs. Internationally, Canada has been advocating for global action on HFCs by promoting a North American Proposal to phase down HFCs under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. While the Proposal has not yet been adopted by the international community, Canada is committed to addressing HFCs and their serious implications for our climate. HFCs are used as coolants in refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment in homes, buildings, industrial operations and vehicles, as blowing agents in the manufacture of insulating foams, and to a lesser extent, as aerosol propellants, fire suppression agents, and cleaning solvents. On August 6, 2014, the United States (U.S.) Environmental Protection Agency announced proposed rulemaking under their Significant New Alternatives Policy Program. (see footnote 1) Under these proposed rules, various HFCs and HFC-containing blends that were previously listed as acceptable alternatives to ozone-depleting substances will be listed as unacceptable for some uses. This proposal is based on information showing that substitutes that pose lower risk overall to human health and/or the environment are available for the same uses. The sectors targeted in the proposal include consumer aerosols, foam blowing end uses, commercial refrigeration and motor vehicle air conditioning. Environment Canada is considering the