Directory of United States Standardization Activities Sophie J. Chumas, Editor Institute for Applied Technology National Bureau of Standards Washington, D.C. 20234 Supersedes Miscelleous Publication 288 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary James A. Baker, III, Under Secretary Dr. Betsy Ancker-Johnson, Assisfanf Secretary for Sc/ence and Technology NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS, Ernest Ambler, Acting Director Issued November 1975 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Chumas, Sophie J Directory of United States standardization activities (NBS Special Publication; 417) Supersedes a publication of the same title by J. E. Hartman, issued in 1967 as the Bureau's Miscellaneous publication No. 288. "CODEN: XNBSAV." Includes indexes. Supt. of Docs. No. C 13.10:417. 1. Standardization—United States—Directories. I. Hartman, Joan E. Directory of United States standardization activities. II. Title. III. Series: United States. National Bureau of Standards. Special Publication; 417. QC100.U57 No. 417 389'.08s [389'.6'02573] 75-619012 National Bureau of Standards Special Publication 417 Nat. Bur. Stand. (U.S.), Spec. Publ. 417, 228 pages (Nov. 1975) CODEN: XNBSAV U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1975 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 (Order by SD Catalog No. C13.10:417 ). Price $6.75. (Add 25 percent additional for other than U.S. mailing) Stock No. 003-003-01395 Foreword Standards are critical to the smooth, efficient functioning of our highly technical society. So impor- tant are standards that over 580 organizations in this country consider standardization to be a major or important part of their work. Their efforts in developing and disseminating standards contribute directly to the success of our nation's standardization programs. This directory describes their activi- ties in the fields, products, and services in which they specialize. The National Bureau of Standards assists these organizations under Congressional authorization which directs "cooperation with other Government Agencies and with private organizations in the estab- lishment of standard practices, incorporated in codes and specifications." Special needs of standard- izing groups are met through additional Bureau functions which include provision of new and better standards for measurement, determination of physical constants and properties of materials and devel- opment of methods for testing. This Directory is designed to serve the needs of those interested or engaged in national standard- ization activities. It should be of particular value to manufacturers, engineers, purchasing agents, and writers of standards and specifications. Ernest Ambler Acting Director iii I Contents Page Foreword iii 1. Introduction 1 2. Associations 3 3. State Governments 169 4. Federal Governments 176 5. Indexes 5.1. Association Index by Subject Heading Areas 197 5.2. Subject Index 209 V I Directory of United States Standardization Activities Sophie J. Chumas, Editor* This Directory serves as a guide to standardization activities in the United States. It super- sedes a Directory of the same title, issued in 1967, as National Bureau of Standards Miscellaneous Publication 288. Included in the Directory are summaries of the standardization activities of trade associations, technical and other professional societies representing industry and commerce, and state and Federal governments. For the first time this Directory covers nonengineering and non- industry organizations. SP 417 contains current descriptive summaries of more than 580 or- ganizations. Criteria for inclusion are that the organizations have standardization activities such as standards- writing groups, that they assist in the development of standards, or that they issue standards or disseminate standards information. The standardization activities summaries are grouped into three sections: associations, states, and agencies of the Federal Government. In each section, the summaries are arranged alphabeti- cally by organization. Two types of indexes are included in SP 417 to assist the reader in iden- tifying an activity: (1) a subject index of key words taken from the summaries; and (2) a listing of organizations classified into 24 subject heading areas. Key words: Codes; consensus system; Directory; Federal Government—standardization; industry standards activities; national standards activities; recommended practices; specifications; stand- ardization activities; standards; states—standardization activities; test methods. Directory includes a key word subject index and a 1 . Introduction subject area heading index. For the this Directory, the term "stand- History purpose of ards" encompasses the following words: specifications, tests and test methods, analyses, assays, reference sam- This revised Directory has been compiled at the di- ples, recommended practices, guides to good practice, rection of WilHam E. Andrus, Jr., while he was Pro- nomenclature, symbols, grading rules, codes, forms and gram Manager for Engineering and Information contracts, criteria, methods and codes of practice. Processing Standards. This Directory of U.S. stand- ardization activities was first published in 1941, as Criteria Standardization Activities of National Technical and Trade Organizations, National Bureau of Standards Criteria for inclusion are that the organizations have (NBS) Miscellaneous Publication (MP) 169, edited by standardization activities such as standards-writing Robert A. Martino. The second edition was issued in groups, that they contribute toward the development 1960 and entitled Standardization Activities in the of standards, or that they issue standards or dissemi- United States—a Descriptive Directory, NBS MP 230, nate standards information. International groups were edited by Sherman Booth. This publication supersedes included if they involved a large American member- the third edition, Directory of United States Standard- ship and conducted a major portion of their stand- ization Activities, NBS MP 288, edited by Joan Hart- ardization activities in the United States. man, issued in 1967. Standards Information Services of the Institute for Applied Technology has since as- The Survey sumed the responsibility of updating the standards information contained in SP 417 and will continue to A survey was conducted to gather the information revise and issue the Directory. needed to assemble this Directory. The survey included inquiries to all organizations listed in MP 288, or- Scope ganizations selected from Gale's Encyclopedia of Asso- ciations that appeared likely to have standardization This Directory provides summaries of the standard- programs, states and territories, and Federal Govern- ization activities of private associations, state govern- ment agencies which were considered to possibly have ments, and the Federal Government. In previous either voluntary or mandatory standardization pro- editions, the associations covered were primarily tech- grams. Government approval for the survey was ob- nical and trade groups representing industry and com- tained from the Office of Management and Budget. merce. The scope of this current edition has been There were 966 technical and trade organizations, 50 broadened to include the standardization activities of states and three outlying U.S. areas, and 109 Federal professional groups in such areas as medicine, health, Government departments and independent agencies and education, recreation, and athletics and sports. The offices therein surveyed for this project. Submission of information for consideration for inclusion in this Present address: Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, D.C. 20201. Directory was voluntary. The results of the project 1 provided this Directory with current descriptive sum- The section entitled State Governments (sec. 3) in- maries of 506 technical and nontechnical, trade, and cludes all states that responded affirmatively to the other professional organizations; 26 state agencies; survey. Almost all of the summary entries in that sec- and 50 Federal Government agencies that met .the tion pertain to purchasing offices. Some states are in criteria for inclusion. The survey forms varied the stage of developing standards activities and a few slightly depending on the type of organization sur- do not yet have any program. The summaries are in- veyed. For the associations, the form requested dexed under the name of the state, followed by its legal information on the scope of the association's activities; form of address, whether state or commonwealth. the percentage of its standardization program to the The section entitled Federal Government (sec. 4) total program; the names of the groups within the contains information on all the Government agencies association that administer the standardization activi- that responded affirmatively to the survey. They include ties; the association's participation in international the agencies which are involved with mandatory stand- programs; the involvement of the association with the ardization activities as well as voluntary. Unless they Federal Government; the association's certification are independent agencies, offices are in alphabetical program activities; the total number of current stand- order under major department and then agency; for ards issued and their titles; the active standards com- example. Commerce, Department of. National Bureau mittees and new projects under consideration; the of