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PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE 25 West 43rd Street, NY, NY 10036 VOL. 39, #8 February 22, 2008 Contents American National Standards Call for Comment on Standards Proposals................................................. 2 Call for Comment Contact Information........................................................ 10 Call for Members (ANS Consensus Bodies) ............................................... 12 Project Initiation Notification System (PINS) .............................................. 15 Toy Safety Coordination Initiative ........................................................ 28 International Standards ISO Draft Standards....................................................................................... 29 ISO and IEC Newly Published Standards .................................................... 30 Proposed Foreign Government Regulations ................................................ 32 Information Concerning.................................................................................. 33 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 public review comments electronically. Ì Standard for consumer products © 2008 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 - February 22, 2008 - Page 2 of 38 Pages Comment Deadline: March 23, 2008 ABYC (American Boat and Yacht Council) New Standards NSF (NSF International) BSR/ABYC H-40-200x, Anchoring, Mooring and Strong Points (new Revisions standard) BSR/NSF 50-200x (i46), Circulation system components and related Provides a guide for the selection, design, construction, and installation materials for swimming pools, spas/hot tubs (revision of ANSI/NSF of fittings and equipment for anchoring, morring, docking, lifting, towing, 50-2007) and trailering of boats. Issue 46 - (Pool Covers). To include requirements for thorough Single copy price: $25.00 (ABYC Members);$50.00 (non-members) evaluation of covers used on recreational water structures such as Order from: Dorothy Valentine, ABYC; [email protected] swimming pools, hot tubs, and spas. Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Eric Johnson, ABYC; Click here to see these changes in full, or look at the end of “Standards [email protected] Action.” Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Mindy Costello, NSF; AIHA (ASC Z9) (American Industrial Hygiene [email protected] Association) BSR/NSF 50-200x (i52), Circulation system components and related Revisions materials for swimming pools, spas/hot tubs (revision of ANSI/NSF 50-2007) BSR/AIHA Z9.6-200x, Exhaust Systems for Grinding, Polishing, and Issue 52 - To update the name and scope of this standard. Buffing (revision of ANSI/AIHA Z9.6-1999) Represents the minimum criteria intended: Click here to see these changes in full, or look at the end of “Standards (1) to protect the health of personnel engaged in and working in the Action.” vicinity of grinding, polishing, and buffing operations; and Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Mindy Costello, NSF; (2) to control contaminants generated by those operations. [email protected] Single copy price: Free Obtain an electronic copy from: [email protected] Order from: Mili Mavely, AIHA (ASC Z9); [email protected] Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Same Comment Deadline: April 7, 2008 ASA (ASC S12) (Acoustical Society of America) Reaffirmations AAMI (Association for the Advancement of Medical BSR/ASA S12.8-1998 (R200x), Methods for Determining the Insertion Instrumentation) Loss of Outdoor Noise Barriers (reaffirmation and redesignation of Supplements ANSI S12.8-1998 (R2003)) Adopts insertion loss - the difference between acoustical levels before BSR/AAMI RD52-2004/A3-200x, Dialysate for hemodialysis - and after a noise-barrier installation - as the basis for evaluating the Amendment 3 - Annex E: Acute dialysis (supplement to ANSI/AAMI acoustical effectiveness of an outdoor noise barrier. Methods are RD52-2004) provided to determine the insertion loss of outdoor noise barriers at Provides recommendations for acute dialysis. selected receiver locations and under conditions of interest. It covers insertion loss determination, by measurement or by the combination of Single copy price: Free measurement and prediction, for outdoor noise barriers of all types. Obtain an electronic copy from: www.aami.org Single copy price: $150.00 Order by Phone: AAMI Publications, Phone: 1-877-249-8226; Fax Obtain an electronic copy from: Susan Blaeser 1-301-206-9789 Order from: Susan Blaeser, ASA (ASC S1); [email protected]; Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Cliff Bernier, AAMI; [email protected] [email protected] Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Same Reaffirmations BSR/ASA S12.9-Part 2-1992 (R200x), Quantities and Procedures for BSR/AAMI SP10-2002 (R200x), Manual, electronic, or automated Description and Measurement of Environmental Sound - Part 2 sphygmomanometers (reaffirmation and consolidation of ANSI/AAMI Measurement of Long-Term, Wide-Area Sound (reaffirmation and SP10-2002, ANSI/AAMI SP10-2002/A1-2003, and ANSI/AAMI redesignation of ANSI S12.9-Part 2-1992 (R2003)) SP10-2002/A2-2006) Describes recommended procedures for measurement of long-term, Establishes labeling, safety and performance requirements for time-average environmental sound outdoors at one or more locations in sphygmomanometers, including electronic, electromechanical and a community for environmental assessment or planning for compatible nonautomated devices that are used in the indirect measurement of land uses and for other purposes such as noise prediction validation and blood pressure. Ambulatory blood pressure monitors, which are regulation. Its purpose is to provide for a commonality for measurement portable, lightweight, automated devices worn or carried by the patient of outdoor environmental sound as it may affect people in and around that are able to obtain and store the results of repeated determinations of dwellings. blood pressure and heart rate during activities of ordinary daily living, are Single copy price: $100.00 also included in the scope of this document. Obtain an electronic copy from: [email protected] Single copy price: $95.00 (nonmembers)/$50.00 (AAMI members) Order from: Susan Blaeser, ASA (ASC S1); [email protected]; Obtain an electronic copy from: [email protected] http://marketplace.aami.org/eseries/ScriptContent/Index.cfm Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Same Order from: www.aami.org Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Hae Choe (AAMI); [email protected] Standards Action - February 22, 2008 - Page 3 of 38 Pages BSR/ASA S12.9-Part 3-1993 (R200x), Quantities and Procedures for Withdrawals Description and Measurement of Environmental Sound - Part 3, Short-Term Measurements with an Observer Present (reaffirmation ANSI T1.105.07-1996 (R2005), Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) - and redesignation of ANSI S12.9-Part 3-1993 (R2003)) Sub STS-1 Interface Rates and Formats Specification (withdrawal of ANSI T1.105.07-1996 (R2005)) Describes recommended procedures for measurement of short-term, time-average environmental sound outdoors at one or more locations in Establishes the rates and formats specifications for Sub STS-1 SONET a community for environmental assessment or planning for compatible interfaces. Specifically, this standard defines the formats for the VT1.5 land uses and for other purposes such as demonstrating compliance interface and virtual tributary group interface, including the definitions with a regulation. These measurements are distinguished by the and content of the associated overheard channels. requirement to have an observer present. Methods are given to correct Single copy price: $108.00 the measured levels for the influence of background sound. Obtain an electronic copy from: [email protected] Single copy price: $100.00 Order from: Kerrianne Conn, ATIS; [email protected] Obtain an electronic copy from: [email protected] Send comments