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PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE 25 West 43rd Street, NY, NY 10036 VOL. 36, #44 November 4, 2005 Contents American National Standards Call for Comment on Standards Proposals ................................................ 2 Call for Comment Contact Information ....................................................... 7 Initiation of Canvasses ................................................................................. 9 Final Actions.................................................................................................. 10 Project Initiation Notification System (PINS).............................................. 12 International Standards ISO and IEC Draft Standards........................................................................ 14 ISO and IEC Newly Published Standards.................................................... 16 Proposed Foreign Government Regulations................................................ 19 Information Concerning ................................................................................. 20 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. Order from the organization indicated for the specific proposals to revise, reaffirm or withdraw approval of existing proposal. American National Standards. A draft standard is listed in this section under the ANSI-accredited standards developer (ASD) 2. Use the full identification in your order, including the that sponsors it and from whom a copy may be obtained. BSR prefix; for example, Electric Fuses BSR/SAE J554. Comments in connection with a draft American National 3. Include remittance with all orders. Standard must be submitted in writing to the ASD no later than 4. BSR proposals will not be available after the deadline of the last day of the comment period specified herein. Such call for comment. comments shall be specific to the section(s) of the standard under review and include sufficient detail so as to enable the Comments should be addressed to the organization indicated, reader to understand the commenter’s position, concerns and with a copy to the Board of Standards Review, American National Standards Institute, 25 West 43rd Street, New York, suggested alternative language, if appropriate. Please note that the ANSI Executive Standards Council (ExSC) has determined NY 10036. Fax: 212-840-2298; e-mail: [email protected] that an ASD has the right to require that interested parties submit Ì public review comments electronically. Standard for consumer products © 2005 by American National Standard Institute, Inc. ISSN 0038-9633 ANSI members may reproduce for internal distribution. Journals may excerpt items in their fields standards action - november 4, 2005 - page 2 of 20 pages ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Comment Deadline: December 19, 2005 New Standards BSR/ASME B31Q-200x, Pipeline Personnel Qualification (new standard) ADA (American Dental Association) This standard establishes the requirements for developing and New National Adoptions implementing an effective Pipeline Personnel Qualification Program utilizing accepted industry practices. The standard also offers guidance BSR/ADA 78-200x, Endodontic Obturating Points (national adoption with and examples of acceptable practices to meet selected requirements. modifications and revision of ANSI/ADA 78-2000) The standard specifies the requirements for identifying covered tasks This regional/national standard specifies the dimensions and that impact the safety or integrity of pipelines, for qualifying individuals to requirements for prefabricated metallic or polymeric-based cones perform those tasks, and for managing the qualifications of pipeline suitable for use in the obturation of a root canal system restoration. It personnel. also specifies numerical systems and color-coding system for Single copy price: $70.00 designating sizes. Obtain an electronic copy from: http://cstools.asme.org/publicreview Single copy price: $26.00 Order from: Mayra Santiago, ASME; [email protected] Obtain an electronic copy from: [email protected] Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Gerald Eisenberg, ASME; Order from: Thelma Drawhorn, ADA; [email protected] [email protected] Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Same ASQ (ASC Z1) (American Society for Quality) AHAM (Association of Home Appliance New National Adoptions Manufacturers) BSR/AIAG/ASQ IWA-1-200x, Quality management systems - Guidelines New Standards for process improvements in health service organizations (identical national adoption) BSR/AHAM AC-2-200x, Method for Sound Testing of Portable Household Electric Room Air Cleaners (new standard) The IWA 1 2nd Edition is intended to provide the IWA 1,1st Edition content with the same intent, but with improved appearance and Establishes a method to determine the sound rating of portable usefulness. This is not the only way to interpret the ISO 9000 series of household electric room air cleaners. The sound rating is comprised of a standards for health service organizations. The examples, definitions, set of sound levels that includes: and text given are only representative of how the wording is used within (1) A-weighted sound power level; and the context of this document. Organization-specific terminology can be (2) loundness. used as applicable. Single copy price: Free Single copy price: $42.00 (ASQ member price), $50.00 (Nonmember Obtain an electronic copy from: [email protected] Obtainprice) an electronic copy from: [email protected] Order from: Ramona Saar, AHAM; [email protected] Order from: American Society for Quality; [email protected] Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Same Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Same ASABE (American Society of Agricultural and ASTM (ASTM International) Biological Engineers) The URL to search for scopes of ASTM standards is: http://www.astm.org/dsearch.htm New Standards For reaffirmations and withdrawals, order from: Customer Service, ANSI For new standards and revisions, order from: Corice Leonard, ASTM ; BSR/ASABE S354.5-200x, Safety for Farmstead Equipment (new [email protected] standard) For all ASTM standards, send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Provides a reasonable degree of personal safety for operators and other Corice Leonard, ASTM ; [email protected] persons during normal operation and servicing of farmstead equipment. It does not apply to agricultural field equipment nor to self-propelled mobile equipment such as motor vehicles, all terrain vehicles, skid-steer New Standards loaders, or farmstead equipment covered by other ASABE safety standards, unless it is specifically referenced by these standards. BSR/ASTM D7214-200x, Test Method for Determination of the Oxidatio of Used Lubricants by FT-IR Using Peak Area Increase Calculation Single copy price: $40.00 (new standard) Obtain an electronic copy from: [email protected] Single copy price: $39.00 Order from: Carla VanGilder, ASABE; [email protected] Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Same BSR/ASTM D7215-200x, Test Method for Calculated Flash Point from Simulated Distillation Analysis of Petroleum Products (new standard) ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating Single copy price: $28.00 and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc.) BSR/ASTM D7216-200x, Test Method for Determining Automotive Reaffirmations Engine Oil Compatibility with Typical Seal Elastomers (new standard) BSR/ASHRAE 79-2002 (R200x), Methods of Testing for Rating Room Single copy price: $44.00 Fan-Coil Conditioners (reaffirmation of ANSI/ASHRAE 79-2002) This standard includes procedures that describe and specify test BSR/ASTM D7220-200x, Test Method for Sulfur in Automotive Fuels by instruments and apparatus; describe and specify laboratory test Polarization X-Ray Flurescence Spectrometry (new standard) instruments and apparatus, laboratory test methods and procedures, test data to be recorded, and calculations to be made from test data; define Single copy price: $28.00 terms used in testing; and specify standard thermoedynamic properties. BSR/ASTM E2404-200x, Practice for Specimen Preparation and Single copy price: Free Mounting of Paper or Vinyl Wall Coverings to Assess Surface Burning Obtain an electronic copy from: Free at www.ashrae.org Characteristics (new standard) Order from: [email protected] Single copy price: $28.00 Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: [email protected] standards action - november 4, 2005 - page 3 of 20 pages New National Adoptions Reaffirmations BSR/ASTM 17024-200x, Conformity assessment - General requirements BSR/AWS A5.19-1992 (R200x), Magnesium Alloy Welding Electrodes for bodies operating certification of persons (identical national and Rods (reaffirmation of ANSI/AWS A5.19-1992 (R1997)) adoption) This specification prescribes requirements for the classification of bare Single copy price: $39.00 magnesium alloy welding electrodes and rods for use with the gas metal arc, gas tungsten arc, oxyfuel gas, and plasma arc welding processes. Revisions Classification is based upon chemical composition of the welding wire. Standard