ESTA Standards Watch September 2016 Volume 20, Number 17 Table of Contents New Project: The Event Safety Guide, second edition ............................................................................................ 1 Two ESTA Draft Standards in Public Review .......................................................................................................... 2 ICC Public Comment Agenda Available .................................................................................................................. 2 ANSI Webinar on Brexit and Standardization ......................................................................................................... 2 Opus – German Stage Award Entries Now Invited ................................................................................................. 3 WTO Technical Barrier to Trade Notifications ......................................................................................................... 3 Argentina Notification ARG/305........................................................................................................................... 3 Trinidad and Tobago Notification TTO/116..........................................................................................................3 Trinidad and Tobago Notification TTO/115 ( Corr.1 )...........................................................................................4 ANSI Public Review Announcements ..................................................................................................................... 4 Due 10 October 2016.......................................................................................................................................... 4 Due 17 October 2016.......................................................................................................................................... 5 Due 24 October 2016.......................................................................................................................................... 5 Due 25 October 2016.......................................................................................................................................... 6 Due 1 November 2016........................................................................................................................................ 6 BSI Public Review Announcements ........................................................................................................................ 7 Due 24 October 2016.......................................................................................................................................... 7 Due 13 November 2016...................................................................................................................................... 7 DIN Public Review Announcements ....................................................................................................................... 7 Due 16 November 2016...................................................................................................................................... 7 New ANS Projects .................................................................................................................................................. 7 Final Actions on American National Standards ....................................................................................................... 9 Draft IEC & ISO Standards ................................................................................................................................... 10 Recently Published IEC & ISO Standards ............................................................................................................. 11 TSP Meeting Schedule ......................................................................................................................................... 13 Investors in Innovation .......................................................................................................................................... 14 New Project: The Event Safety Guide, second edition The Event Safety Alliance and ESTA have agreed on a joint copyright that will allow a second edition of The Event Safety Guide to be developed as an American National Standard. The project is so new that it does not have an alphanumeric designation yet; the first working group meeting will be on the morning of Friday, October 21, at the Embassy Suites, 3600 Paradise Road in Las Vegas. The working group has a special membership application form, available at http://tsp.esta.org/tsp/working_groups/index.html. The special application form is necessitated by the working group having interest categories different from ESTA's other working groups. The working group needs representation in each of the interest categories to have a balance of interests. The interest categories are: Volume 20, Number 17 Page 1 ● Event producer ● Equipment producer ● Equipment dealer or rental business ● Designer of events (including artistic elements, safety systems, etc.) ● Event worker ● Performing artist ● Event insurance company ● General interest Voters in the Technical Standards Program are required to attend meetings and to vote on letter ballots. Membership in ESTA or any other organization is not a requirement for participation in ESTA's Technical Standards Program, but there is a $100 a year per person participation fee—a flat rate, regardless of voting status or the number of working groups a person joins. The first edition of The Event Safety Guide is an excellent reference to help people plan and execute safe events. However, it needs expansion and revision for a second edition, and American National Standard status would help it gain wider recognition and more people using it. The revision work can be done as part of the process of creating an ANS. The plan is to work on the Guide as a multi-part standard, so that sections needing little work can be adopted and published quickly. Two ESTA Draft Standards in Public Review Two draft standards are posted for public comment at http://tsp.esta.org/tsp/documents/public_review_docs.php. Instructions on how to comment are available, along with the review forms and the draft standards. The public reviews are over at the end of the day on 26 September. Submit comments to [email protected] before 27 September 2016. BSR E1.4-3 – 20xx, Entertainment Technology—Manually Operated Hoist Rigging Systems This standard applies to permanently installed, human-powered manually operated hoists used as part of rigging systems for raising, lowering, and suspension of scenery, properties, lighting, and similar loads. This standard intends to establish requirements for the design, manufacture, installation, inspection, and maintenance of manual hoist systems for lifting and suspension of loads for performance, presentation, and theatrical production. BSR E1.47 – 20xx, Entertainment Technology—Recommended Guidelines for Entertainment Rigging System Inspections These guidelines include recommended inspector qualifications and responsibilities, scope and frequency of inspections, content of the rigging inspection report, and related information concerning the inspection process. Consensus on this document has been achieved, but one change is needed to bring clause 5.1.6 into compliance with the ANSI requirements for commercial terms and conditions in American National Standards. ICC Public Comment Agenda Available The schedule for the 2016 Group B Public Comment Hearings is now available at http://go.iccsafe.org/e/25182/- uploads-2016-PCH-Schedule-pdf/bsxqn9/1078403454. The hearings will begin at 08:00 on Wednesday, Oct. 19, at the Kansas City Convention Center. Final changes to the codes will be decided through both in-person and online voting. Register to attend the ICC 2016 Annual Conference, Public Comment Hearings and Expo at http://go.iccsafe.org/e/25182/2016-ICC-PCH-index-html/bsxqnf/1078403454. ANSI Webinar on Brexit and Standardization The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) will host an international policy webinar on Friday, 23 September 2016, from 09:00 to 10:30 ET to highlight Brexit’s impact on international and regional standardization. The session—free for ANSI members and $49 for all other participants—will feature opening Volume 20, Number 17 Page 2 remarks by ANSI president and CEO Joe Bhatia, followed by 15 minute remarks with presentations from several standardization expert speakers. All interested stakeholders can visit the webinar registration page at http://estalink.us/5zj21. Opus – German Stage Award Entries Now Invited The entry period is now open for the Opus – German Stage Award. New rules allow entries to be for individuals and for team projects. Please visit http://pls.messefrankfurt.com/frankfurt/de/besucher/events/awards/opus.html or http://pls.messefrankfurt.com/frankfurt/en/besucher/events/awards/opus.html for more information in German or English respectively. The application form button is three-quarters of the way down the page: “Reichen Sie jetzt” or “Apply now.” The award ceremony will take place on 6 April 2017 in the Saal Europa at Messe Frankfurt. The deadline for entries is 4 November 2016. WTO Technical Barrier to Trade Notifications The U.S. Department of Commerce's service, Notify U.S., recently has announced WTO Technical Barrier to Trade notices that may be of interest to Standards Watch readers. If you have a problem with these notices, you can protest through your