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PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE 25 WEST 43RD STREET NY, NY 10036 VOL. 52| NO. 33 August 13, 2021 CONTENTS American National Standards Project Initiation Notification System (PINS) ............................................................... 2 Call for Comment on Standards Proposals .................................................................. 5 Final Actions - (Approved ANS) .................................................................................. 17 Call for Members (ANS Consensus Bodies) ................................................................ 25 Accreditation Announcements (Standards Developers) ............................................ 27 Meeting Notices (Standards Developers) .................................................................. 28 American National Standards (ANS) Process ............................................................. 29 ANS Under Continuous Maintenance ........................................................................ 30 ANSI-Accredited Standards Developer Contact Information ..................................... 31 International Standards ISO and IEC Draft Standards ....................................................................................... 34 ISO Newly Published Standards ................................................................................. 39 International Organization for Standardization (ISO) ................................................ 41 Registration of Organization Names in the United States .......................................... 42 Proposed Foreign Government Regulations ............................................................... 43 © 2021 by American National Standards Institute, Inc. ISSN 0038-9633 ANSI members may reproduce for internal distribution. Journals may excerpt item in their fields. ANSI Standards Action - August 13, 2021 - Page 2 of 64 pages Project Initiation Notification System (PINS) ANSI Procedures require notification of ANSI by ANSI-accredited standards developers (ASD) of the initiation and scope of activities expected to result in new or revised American National Standards (ANS). Early notification of activity intended to reaffirm or withdraw an ANS and in some instances a PINS related to a national adoption is optional. The mechanism by which such notification is given is referred to as the PINS process. For additional information, see clause 2.4 of the ANSI Essential Requirements: Due Process Requirements for American National Standards. Following is a list of proposed actions and new ANS that have been received recently from ASDs. Please also review the section in Standards Action entitled "American National Standards Maintained Under Continuous Maintenance" for additional or comparable information with regard to standards maintained under the continuous maintenance option. Use the following Public Document Library url to access PDF & EXCEL reports of approved & proposed ANS: List of Approved and Proposed ANS Directly and materially affected interests wishing to receive more information or to submit comments are requested to contact the standards developer directly within 30 days of the publication of this announcement. ASIS (ASIS International) 1625 Prince Street, Alexandria, VA 22314-2818 www.asisonline.org Contact: Aivelis Opicka; [email protected] Revision BSR/ASIS PSC.1-202X, Management System for Quality of Private Security Company Operations - Requirements with Guidance (revision of ANSI ASIS PSC.1-2012 (R2017)) Stakeholders: Private security companies; military and government agencies and organizations; aid agencies and organizations; not-for-profit organizations and foundations; the global business community; United Nations organizations; human rights groups; educational institutions; professional security practitioners and consultants. Project Need: The U.S. Assistant Deputy Under-Secretary of Defense and the international community have identified the need for third-party certification of armed private security providers to drive greater accountability (U.S. National Defense Authorization Act of 2011). This Standard builds on the international effort to develop binding industry standards for all armed private security providers, working for any client, in conditions where rule of law has been undermined through conflict or disaster. Scope: This Standard builds on the Montreux Document and the International Code of Conduct (ICoC) for Private Security Service Providers to provide requirements and guidance for a management system with auditable criteria for Quality of Private Security Company Operations, consistent with respect for human rights, legal obligations, and good practices related to operations of private security service provider companies in conditions where governance and the rule of law have been undermined by conflict or disaster. It provides auditable requirements based on the Plan-Do- Check-Act model for third-party certification of private security service providers working for any client. Project Initiation Notification System (PINS) ANSI Standards Action - August 13, 2021 - Page 3 of 64 pages Project Initiation Notification System (PINS) AWS (American Welding Society) 8669 NW 36th Street, Miami, FL 33166-6672 www.aws.org Contact: Rakesh Gupta; [email protected] New Standard BSR/AWS A5.21/A5.21M-202x, Specification for Bare Electrodes and Rods for Surfacing (new standard) Stakeholders: Welding industry. Project Need: Adding new filler metal classification. Scope: This specification prescribes the requirements for classification of bare (uncoated) solid wire as well as tubular electrodes and rods for weld surfacing. Solid surfacing electrodes and rods are classified on the basis of the composition of the material as manufactured. Metal-cored and flux-cored composite (tubular) surfacing electrodes and rods are classified on the basis of the chemical composition of the deposited weld metal. Tubular tungsten- carbide bare rods are classified on the basis of the mesh range, quantity, and composition of the tungsten carbide granules. A guide is appended to the specification as a source of information concerning the characteristics and applications of the classified electrodes and rods. AWS (American Welding Society) 8669 NW 36th Street, Miami, FL 33166-6672 www.aws.org Contact: Stephen Borrero; [email protected] Revision BSR/AWS D10.18M/D10.18-202x, Guide for Welding Ferritic/Austenitic Duplex Stainless Steel Piping and Tubing (revision of ANSI/AWS D10.18M/D10.18-2017) Stakeholders: Owners, fabricators, and inspectors associated with welding of duplex stainless steels. Project Need: Needed by owners, fabricators, and inspectors associated with welding of duplex stainless steels Scope: This standard presents a detailed discussion of the metallurgical and welding characteristics and weldability of duplex stainless steel used in piping and tubing. A number of tables and graphs are presented in order to illustrate the text. CTA (Consumer Technology Association) 1919 S. Eads Street, Arlington, VA 22202 www.cta.tech Contact: Catrina Akers; [email protected] New Standard BSR/CTA 2075.1-202x, Loudness Standard for Over-the-Top Television and Online Video Distribution for Mobile and Fixed Devices - LM1 (new standard) Stakeholders: Consumers, manufacturers, and retailers. Project Need: To add LM1 as a metadata type that can be derived from streaming related to audio loudness. Scope: This document adds LM1 to ANSI/CTA 2075, Loudness Standard for Over-the-Top Television and Online Video Distribution for Mobile and Fixed Devices. ANSI/CTA 2075 applies to devices, whether mobile or fixed, that receive OTT and OVD services and create audio output either through a built-in loudspeaker or through an interface to an external transducer or another A/V device. Project Initiation Notification System (PINS) ANSI Standards Action - August 13, 2021 - Page 4 of 64 pages Project Initiation Notification System (PINS) IAPMO (Z) (International Association of Plumbing & Mechanical Officials) 4755 East Philadelphia Street, Ontario, CA 91761 https://www.iapmostandards.org Contact: Hugo Aguilar; [email protected] New Standard BSR/IAPMO Z13XX-202x, District Ambient Temperature Loop (ATL) (new standard) Stakeholders: Manufacturers, inspectors, consumers, engineers, and designers. Project Need: District ambient temperature loops (ATLs) are a relative new technology which are being designed and utilized without a standard to cover their performance. This standard is intended to cover the performance and requirements for such products. Currently, district energy systems are not addressed by any standards. Scope: This standard applies to ambient temperature loop (ATL) distributed energy systems and related low- temperature distribution systems. Such systems can be integrated with multiple renewables such as solar thermal and solar photovoltaic. An ATL system is a closed-loop piping system with central pumping that includes various heat sources and heat sinks to hold the loop fluid near the long-term average ambient air temperature. The sources/sinks can be passive (e.g., a ground loop, a body of water, sewer effluent) or active (e.g., a cooling tower) and further can include opportunistic or unique locally available waste or byproduct heat sources (e.g., data center, industrial process). The closed-loop piping system typically controls or engages these sources/sinks to maintain the loop temperature to meet the seasonal requirements as well as specific building needs.
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