PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE 25 West 43rd Street, NY, NY 10036 VOL. 39, #42 October 17, 2008 Contents American National Standards Call for Comment on Standards Proposals ................................................. 2 Call for Comment Contact Information ........................................................ 14 Call for Members (ANS Consensus Bodies)................................................ 16 Final Actions .................................................................................................. 19 Project Initiation Notification System (PINS)............................................... 21 International Standards ISO Draft Standards....................................................................................... 25 IEC Newly Published Standards ................................................................... 26 Proposed Foreign Government Regulations................................................. 28 Information Concerning .................................................................................. 29 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. 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Journals may excerpt items in their fields Standards Action - October 17, 2008 - Page 2 of 37 Pages BSR/UL 1123-200x, Standard for Safety for Marine Buoyant Devices Comment Deadline: November 16, 2008 (Bulletin dated October 2008) (revision of ANSI/UL 1123-2008b) Includes revisions to the following 5/2/2008 proposal: Add requirements AMT (ASC B11) (Association for Manufacturing for zipper retention for horseshoe buoys. Technology) Click here to see these changes in full, or look at the end of “Standards Revisions Action.” Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Betty McKay; (919) 549-1896, BSR B11.1-200x, Machine Tools - Safety Requirements for Mechanical [email protected] Power Presses (revision of ANSI B11.1-2001) Applies only to those mechanically powered machines, commonly BSR/UL 1283-200x, Standard for Safety for Electromagnetic Interference referred to as mechanical power presses, which transmit force Filters (Bulletin dated October 17, 2008) (revision of ANSI/UL mechanically to cut, form, or assemble metal or other materials by 1283-2005) means of tools or dies attached to or operated by slides. Provides for insulated live parts that extend through primary enclosures. Click here to see these changes in full, or look at the end of “Standards Click here to see these changes in full, or look at the end of “Standards Action.” Action.” Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: David Felinski, AMT (ASC B11); Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Edward Minasian; (631) [email protected]; [email protected] 271-6200 x23305, [email protected] NSF (NSF International) Revisions BSR/NSF 40-200x (i19r2), Residential wastewater treatment systems (revision of ANSI/NSF 40-2005) Comment Deadline: December 1, 2008 Issue 19, revision 2 - To clarify in 8.5.1.5; this spells out the details for performance testing, that samples are to be taken during the stress ACCA (Air Conditioning Contractors of America) recovery period, not the stress loading period. New Standards Click here to see these changes in full, or look at the end of “Standards Action.” BSR/ACCA 9 QI Verification Protocols-200x, ACCA QI Verification Protocols (new standard) Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Mindy Costello; (734) 827-6819, [email protected] Defines the roles and responsibilities of those who participate (contractors, verifier, and administrator) in verification efforts that ensure HVAC systems meet the requirements of ANSI/ACCA 5 QI-2007. The UL (Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.) proposed standard also establishes protocols for the verification effort of New Standards minimum sampling rates and evaluation criteria. Single copy price: Free @ www.acca.org/ansi BSR/UL 2238-200x, Cable Assemblies and Fittings for Industrial Control and Signal Distribution (new standard) Obtain an electronic copy from: www.acca.org/ansi (Standard and Response Form) Covers devices intended for interconnection of equipment, sensors, and actuators in remote-control, signaling, and power-limited circuits. Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Dick Shaw; (231) 854-1488, Included are cable assemblies and fittings, feeder-tap cable systems, [email protected]; [email protected] feed-through connectors, multi-outlet fittings, panel-mount fittings, and splitters. Click here to see these changes in full, or look at the end of “Standards Action.” AMCA (Air Movement and Control Association) Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Megan VanHeirseele; (847) New Standards 664-2881, [email protected] BSR/AMCA 540-200x, Test Method for Impact Testing of Louvers (new Revisions standard) BSR/UL 291-200x, Automated Teller Systems (Proposals dated Provides for impact testing of louvers used on the outside of buildings, 10/17/08) (revision of ANSI/UL 291-2006) as required by the ICC code. Adds a secondary lock to 13.1.2. Single copy price: $5.00 Click here to see these changes in full, or look at the end of “Standards Obtain an electronic copy from: [email protected] Action.” Order from: John Pakan; (847) 394-0150, [email protected] Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Linda Phinney; (408) 754-6684, Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Same [email protected] BSR/UL 1023-200x, Standard for Household Burglar-Alarm System Units (revision of ANSI/UL 1023-2004) ASTM (ASTM International) Proposes revisions to the requirements for transmission methods used The URL to search for scopes of ASTM standards is: for residential burglar alarm systems and the deletion of 7.2.7. http://www.astm.org/dsearch.htm Click here to see these changes in full, or look at the end of “Standards For reaffirmations and withdrawals, order from: Customer Service, ANSI Action.” For new standards and revisions, order from: Corice Leonard, ASTM ; [email protected] Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Megan Cahill; (847) 664-3411, For all ASTM standards, send comments (with copy to BSR) to: [email protected] Corice Leonard, ASTM ; [email protected] Standards Action - October 17, 2008 - Page 3 of 37 Pages New Standards BICSI (Building Industry Consulting Service BSR/ASTM F2686-200x, Specification for Glass Fiber Reinforced International) Thermoplastic Pipe (new standard) New Standards Single copy price: $35.00 BSR/NECA/BICSI 607-200x, Telecommunications - Bonding and Grounding - Planning and Installation Methods for Commercial ATIS (Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Buildings (new standard) Solutions) Specifies aspects of planning and installation of telecommunications New Standards bonding and grounding systems within a commercial building. This standard is intended to enhance the planning, specification and layout of BSR ATIS 0600015.01-200x, Energy Efficiency for Telecommunications an effective telecommunications grounding and bonding system. Equipment - Methodology for Measuring and Reporting Server Additionally, this standard specifies installation requirements for Requirements (new standard) components of the telecommunications bonding and grounding system. Defines how to measure the Telecommunication Energy Ration (TEER) Single copy price: $15.00 of a server of server blade. The standard will also provide requirements Obtain an electronic copy from: [email protected] for how equipment vendors shall respond to a TEER request based on a specific application description by making use of relevant data from Order from: Nicholas Daly; (301) 657-3110, [email protected] internal and independent test reports. Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Same Single copy price: $43.00 ISA (ISA) Obtain an electronic copy from: [email protected] Order from: Kerrianne Conn; (202) 434-8841, [email protected] Revisions Send comments (with copy to