[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 209 (Friday, October 29, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66725-66728]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-27434]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Proposes To Revise
Codes and Standards
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) proposes to
revise some of its safety codes and standards and requests proposals
from the public to amend existing or begin the process of developing
new NFPA safety codes and standards. The purpose of this request is to
increase public participation in the system used by NFPA to develop its
codes and standards. The publication of this notice of request for
proposals by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
on behalf of NFPA is being undertaken as a public service; NIST does
not necessarily endorse, approve, or recommend any of the standards
referenced in the notice.
The NFPA process provides ample opportunity for public
participation in the development of its codes and standards. All NFPA
codes and standards are revised and updated every three to five years
in Revision Cycles that begin twice each year and take approximately
two years to complete. Each Revision Cycle proceeds according to a
published schedule that includes final dates for all major events in
the process. The code revision Process contains five basic steps that
are followed for developing new documents as well as revising existing
documents: Call for Proposals; Publishing the Report on Proposals
(ROP); Call for Comments on the Committee's disposition of the
Proposals and publication of these Comments in the Report on Comments
(ROC); the Association Technical Meeting at the NFPA Conference & Expo;
and finally, the Standards Council Consideration and Issuance of
documents.
Note: Anyone wishing to make Amending Motions on the Technical
Committee Reports (ROP and ROC) must signal his or her intention by
submitting a Notice of Intent to Make a Motion by the Deadline
stated in the ROC. Certified motions will then be posted on the NFPA
Web site. Documents that receive notice of proper Amending Motions
(Certified Amending Motions) will be presented for action at the
annual June Association Technical Meeting. Documents that receive no
motions will be forwarded directly to the Standards Council for
action on issuance.
For more information on these new rules and for up-to-date
information on schedules and deadlines for processing NFPA Documents,
check the NFPA Web site at http://www.nfpa.org, or contact NFPA Codes
and Standards Administration.
DATES: Interested persons may submit proposals on or before the dates
listed with the standards.
ADDRESSES: Amy Beasley Cronin, Secretary, Standards Council, NFPA, 1
Batterymarch Park, Quincy, Massachusetts 02169-7471.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Beasley Cronin, Secretary,
Standards Council, at above address, (617) 770-3000.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) develops building,
fire, and electrical safety codes and standards. Federal agencies
frequently use these codes and standards as the basis for developing
Federal regulations concerning safety. Often, the Office of the Federal
Register approves the incorporation by reference of these standards
under 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR Part 51.
When a Technical Committee begins the development of a new or
revised NFPA code or standard, it enters one of two Revision Cycles
available each year. The Revision Cycle begins with the Call for
Proposals, that is, a public notice asking for any interested persons
to submit specific written proposals for developing or revising a code
or standard. The Call for Proposals is published in a variety of
publications. Interested parties have approximately twenty weeks to
respond to the Call for Proposals.
Following the Call for Proposals period, the Technical Committee
holds
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a meeting to consider and accept, reject or revise, in whole or in
part, all the submitted Proposals. The committee may also develop its
own Proposals. A document known as the Report on Proposals, or ROP, is
prepared containing all the Public Proposals, the Technical Committees'
action on each Proposal, as well as all Committee-generated Proposals.
The ROP is then submitted for the approval of the Technical Committee
by a formal written ballot. If the ROP does not receive approval by a
two-thirds vote calculated in accordance with NFPA rules, the Report is
returned to the committee for further consideration and is not
published. If the necessary approval is received, the ROP is published
in a compilation of Reports on Proposals issued by NFPA twice yearly
for public review and comment, and the process continues to the next
step.
The Reports on Proposals are sent automatically free of charge to
all who submitted Proposals and each Committee member, as well as
anyone else who requests a copy. All ROPs are also available for free
downloading at http://www.nfpa.org.
Once the ROP becomes available, there is a 60-day comment period
during which anyone may submit a Public Comment on the proposed changes
in the ROP. The Committee then reconvenes at the end of the comment
period and acts on all Comments.
As before, a two-thirds approval vote by written ballot of the
eligible members of the Committee is required for approval of actions
on the Comments. All of this information is compiled into a second
report, called the Report on Comments (ROC), which, like the ROP, is
published, and is made available for public review for a seven-week
period.
The process of public input and review does not end with the
publication of the ROP and ROC. Following the completion of the
Proposal and Comment periods, there is a further opportunity for debate
and discussion through the Association Technical Meeting that take
place at the NFPA Conference & Expo.
The Association Technical Meeting provides an opportunity for the
final Technical Committee Report (i.e., the ROP and ROC) on each
proposed new or revised code or standard to be presented to the NFPA
membership for the debate and consideration of motions to amend the
Report. Before making an allowable motion at an Association Technical
Meeting, the intended maker of the motion must file, in advance of the
session, and within the published deadline, a Notice of Intent to Make
a Motion. A Motions Committee appointed by the Standards Council then
reviews all notices and certifies all amending motions that are proper.
Only these Certified Amending Motions, together with certain allowable
Follow-Up Motions (that is, motions that have become necessary as a
result of previous successful amending motions) will be allowed at the
Association Technical Meeting.
For more information on dates/locations of NFPA Technical Committee
meetings and NFPA Annual Association Technical Meeting, check the NFPA
Web site at: http://www.nfpa.org/itemDetail.asp?categoryID=822&itemID=22818.
The specific rules for the types of motions that can be made are
who can make them are set forth in NFPA's Regulation Governing
Committee Projects which should always be consulted by those wishing to
bring an issue before the membership at an Association Technical
Meeting.
Interested persons may submit proposals, supported by written data,
views, or arguments, to Amy Beasley Cronin, Secretary, Standards
Council, NFPA, 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, Massachusetts 02169-7471.
Proposals should be submitted on forms available from the NFPA Codes
and Standards Administration Office, or from NFPA's Web site at http://www.nfpa.org.
Each person must include his or her name and address, identify the
code or standard, and give reasons for the proposal. Proposals received
by 5 p.m. EDT/EDST on or before the closing date indicated with each
code or standard would be acted on by the respective Committee, and
then considered by the NFPA Membership at the Association Technical
Meeting.
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Proposal
Document-- Edition Document title closing date
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NFPA 17--2009.............. Standard for Dry Chemical 5/23/2011
Extinguishing Systems.
NFPA 17A--2009............. Standard for Wet Chemical 5/23/2011
Extinguishing Systems.
NFPA 20--2010.............. Standard for the 11/23/2010
Installation of Stationary
Pumps for Fire Protection.
NFPA 36--2009.............. Standard for Solvent 5/23/2011
Extraction Plants.
NFPA 51--2007.............. Standard for the Design and 11/23/2010
Installation of Oxygen-
Fuel Gas Systems for
Welding, Cutting, and
Allied Processes.
NFPA 52--2010.............. Vehicular Gaseous Fuel 5/23/2011
Systems Code.
NFPA 55--2010.............. Compressed Gases and 11/23/2010
Cryogenic Fluids Code.
NFPA 61--2008.............. Standard for the Prevention 11/23/2010
of Fires and Dust
Explosions in Agricultural
and Food Processing
Facilities.
NFPA 70B--2010............. Recommended Practice for 5/23/2011
Electrical Equipment
Maintenance.
NFPA 72--2010.............. National Fire Alarm and 11/5/2010
Signaling Code.
NFPA 77--2007.............. Recommended Practice on 5/23/2011
Static Electricity.
NFPA 80--2010.............. Standard for Fire Doors and 11/23/2010
Other Opening Protectives.
NFPA 101A--2010............ Guide on Alternative 11/23/2010
Approaches to Life Safety.
NFPA 105--2010............. Standard for the 11/23/2010
Installation of Smoke Door
Assemblies and Other
Opening Protectives.
NFPA 110--2010............. Standard for Emergency and 11/23/2010
Standby Power Systems.
NFPA 111--2010............. Standard on Stored 11/23/2010
Electrical Energy
Emergency and Standby
Power Systems.
NFPA 130--2010............. Standard for Fixed Guideway 11/23/2010
Transit and Passenger Rail
Systems.
NFPA 140--2008............. Standard on Motion Picture 5/23/2011
and Television Production
Studio Soundstages,
Approved Production
Facilities, and Production
Locations.
NFPA 225--2009............. Model Manufactured Home 5/23/2011
Installation Standard.
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NFPA 259--2008............. Standard Test Method for 5/23/2011
Potential Heat of Building
Materials.
NFPA 260--2009............. Standard Methods of Tests 5/23/2011
and Classification System
for Cigarette Ignition
Resistance of Components
of Upholstered Furniture.
NFPA 261--2009............. Standard Method of Test for 5/23/2011
Determining Resistance of
Mock-Up Upholstered
Furniture Material
Assemblies to Ignition by
Smoldering Cigarettes.
NFPA 270--2008............. Standard Test Method for 5/23/2011
Measurement of Smoke
Obscuration Using a
Conical Radiant Source in
a Single Closed Chamber.
NFPA 274--2009............. Standard Test Method to 5/23/2011
Evaluate Fire Performance
Characteristics of Pipe
Insulation.
NFPA 289--2009............. Standard Method of Fire 5/23/2011
Test for Individual Fuel
Packages.
NFPA 290--2009............. Standard for Fire Testing 5/23/2011
of Passive Protection
Materials for Use on LP-
Gas Containers.
NFPA 301--2008............. Code for Safety to Life 11/23/2010
from Fire on Merchant
Vessels.
NFPA 400--2010............. Hazardous Materials Code... 11/23/2010
NFPA 402--2008............. Guide for Aircraft Rescue 10/8/2010
and Fire-Fighting
Operations.
NFPA 415--2008............. Standard on Airport 11/23/2010
Terminal Buildings,
Fueling Ramp Drainage, and
Loading Walkways.
NFPA 424--2008............. Guide for Airport/Community 10/8/2010
Emergency Planning.
NFPA 450--2009............. Guide for Emergency Medical 11/23/2010
Services and Systems.
NFPA 472--2008............. Standard for Competence of 11/23/2010
Responders to Hazardous
Materials/Weapons of Mass
Destruction Incidents.
NFPA 473--2008............. Standard for Competencies 11/23/2010
for EMS Personnel
Responding to Hazardous
Materials/Weapons of Mass
Destruction Incidents.
NFPA 495--2010............. Explosive Materials Code... 5/23/2011
NFPA 496--2008............. Standard for Purged and 5/23/2011
Pressurized Enclosures for
Electrical Equipment.
NFPA 498--2010............. Standard for Safe Havens 5/23/2011
and Interchange Lots for
Vehicles Transporting
Explosives.
NFPA 501A--2009............ Standard for Fire Safety 5/23/2011
Criteria for Manufactured
Home Installations, Sites,
and Communities.
NFPA 501--2010............. Standard on Manufactured 5/23/2011
Housing.
NFPA 555--2009............. Guide on Methods for 11/23/2010
Evaluating Potential for
Room Flashover.
NFPA 705--2009............. Recommended Practice for a 5/23/2011
Field Flame Test for
Textiles and Films.
NFPA 909--2010............. Code for the Protection of 5/23/2011
Cultural Resources
Properties--Museums,
Libraries, and Places of
Worship.
NFPA 1001--2008............ Standard for Fire Fighter 11/23/2010
Professional
Qualifications.
NFPA 1122--2008............ Code for Model Rocketry.... 11/23/2010
NFPA 1127--2008............ Code for High Power 11/23/2010
Rocketry.
NFPA 1144--2008............ Standard for Reducing 11/23/2010
Structure Ignition Hazards
from Wildland Fire.
NFPA 1221--2010............ Standard for the 11/23/2010
Installation, Maintenance,
and Use of Emergency
Services Communications
Systems.
NFPA 1404--2006............ Standard for Fire Service 5/23/2011
Respiratory Protection
Training.
NFPA 1500--2007............ Standard on Fire Department 11/23/2010
Occupational Safety and
Health Program.
NFPA 1582--2007............ Standard on Comprehensive 11/23/2010
Occupational Medical
Program for Fire
Departments.
NFPA 1851--2008............ Standard on Selection, 11/30/2010
Care, and Maintenance of
Protective Ensembles for
Structural Fire Fighting
and Proximity Fire
Fighting.
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* Proposed NEW document drafts are available from NFPA's Web site--
http://www.nfpa.org, or may be obtained from NFPA's Codes and Standards
Administration, 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, Massachusetts 02169-7471.
Dated: October 22, 2010.
Harry S. Hertz,
Director, Baldrige Performance Excellence Program.
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