[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 5, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 540-541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-33300]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
National Conference on Weights and Measures 2011 Interim Meeting
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) 2011
Interim Meeting will be held January 23 to 26, 2011. Publication of
this notice on the NCWM's behalf is undertaken as a public service. The
meetings are open to the public but a paid registration is required.
Please see registration information in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section below.
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DATES: The meeting will be held on January 23 to 26, 2011.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Fairmont Dallas, 1717 North
Akard Street, Dallas, Texas 75201.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol Hockert, Chief, NIST, Weights
and Measures Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 2600, Gaithersburg, MD
20899-2600 or by telephone (301) 975-5507 or by e-mail at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NCWM is an organization of weights and
measures officials of the states, counties, and cities of the United
States, Federal agencies, and private sector representatives. These
meetings bring together government officials and representatives of
business, industry, trade associations, and consumer organizations on
subjects related to the field of weights and measures technology,
administration and enforcement. NIST participates to promote uniformity
among the states in laws, regulations, methods, and testing equipment
that comprise the regulatory control of commercial weighing and
measuring devices and other trade and commerce issues. To register to
attend the meeting, please see NCWM Publication 15 ``Interim Meeting
Agenda'' which contains meeting agendas, registration forms and hotel
reservation information at http://www.ncwm.net or http://www.nist.gov/owm on the Internet.
The following are brief descriptions of some of the significant
agenda items that will be considered along with other issues at the
NCWM Interim Meeting. Comments will be taken on these and other issues
during several public comment sessions. At this stage, the items are
proposals. This meeting also includes work sessions in which the
Committees may also accept comments and where they will finalize
recommendations for NCWM consideration and possible adoption at its
2011 Annual Meeting to be held at the Holiday Inn Downtown at the Park
200 South Pattee Street, Missoula, Montana 59802, on July 17 to 21,
2011. The Committees may withdraw or carry over items that need
additional development.
The Specifications and Tolerances Committee (S&T Committee) will
consider proposed amendments to NIST Handbook 44, ``Specifications,
Tolerances, and other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring
Devices (NIST Handbook 44).'' Those items address weighing and
measuring devices used in commercial applications, that is, devices
that are used to buy from or sell to the public or used for determining
the quantity of product sold among businesses.
Issues on the agenda of the NCWM Laws and Regulations Committee
(L&R Committee) relate to proposals to amend NIST Handbook 130,
``Uniform Laws and Regulations in the area of legal metrology and
engine fuel quality'' and NIST Handbook 133 ``Checking the Net Contents
of Packaged Goods.''
NCWM Specifications and Tolerances Committee
The following item is a proposal to amend NIST Handbook 44:
General Code
The S&T Committee will consider Item 310-3 G-A.6. Nonretroactive
Requirements (Remanufactured Equipment). The purpose of this proposal
is to clarify the intent of the position issued by the NCWM in 2001
regarding the application of nonretroactive requirements to devices
which have been determined to have been ``remanufactured.'' The item
under consideration includes a proposed to amend subparagraphs (a) and
(b) of NIST Handbook 44's General Code paragraph G-A.6. Nonretroactive
Requirements to read as follows: G-A.6. Nonretroactive Requirements.--
``Nonretroactive'' requirements are enforceable after the effective
date for (a) Devices manufactured and remanufactured within a state
after the effective date; (b) both new, and used, and remanufactured
devices brought into a state after the effective date; and (c) devices
used in noncommercial applications which are placed into commercial use
after the effective date. Nonretroactive requirements are not
enforceable with respect to devices that are in commercial service in
the state as of the effective date or to new equipment in the stock of
a manufacturer or a dealer in the state as of the effective date.
[Nonretroactive requirements are printed (in NIST Handbook 44) in
italic type.]
Special Meeting Announcement: A Task Group on Retail Motor Fuel
Dispenser (RMFD) Price Posting and Computer Capability will meet from
1:30 to 4 p.m. on January 23, 2011 to develop criteria for possible
inclusion in the Liquid Measuring Device Code (LMD) related to price
posting and computing capability on RMFDs to reflect current market
practices in posting fuel prices.
NCWM Laws and Regulations Committee
The following items are proposals to amend NIST Handbook 130 or
NIST Handbook 133:
Method of Sale of Commodities Regulation
Item 232-1. Polyethylene Products, Method of Sale Regulation
Section 2.13.4. ``Declaration of Weight.''--The L&R Committee will
consider a proposal to revise the density value used to calculate the
net weights on some packages of polyethylene products. The intent of
the proposal is to recognize heavier density plastics are being used in
the production of some sheeting and bag products. (See also related
Item 260-2 under NIST Handbook 133, Chapter 4.7. Polyethylene Sheeting-
Test Procedure--Footnote to Step 3 in the complete agenda of the L&R
Committee in NCWM Publication 15).
Item 232-2. Proposed Method of Sale Regulation for Packages of
Printer Ink and Toner Cartridges--The L&R Committee will consider a
proposed method of sale regulation to clarify the labeling requirements
for packaged inkjet and toner cartridges to ensure that consumers are
informed about the net quantity of contents of these products so value
comparisons can be made.
Special Meeting Announcements
The Task Group on Printer Ink and Toner Cartridges will meet on
January 23, 2011, from 1:30 to 4 p.m.
The Fuel and Lubricants Subcommittee will meet on January 23, 2011,
from 1:30 to 4 p.m. to consider proposals related to requirements of a
wide variety of engine fuels.
NIST Handbook 133
Items 260-1 & 260-3. Guidance on Allowing for Moisture Loss and
Other Revisions & Moisture Allowance for Pasta Products--The L&R
Committee will consider a proposal to clarify the handbook's guidance
on making allowances for moisture loss that occurs in some packaged
goods. The L&R Committee will also consider a proposal to adopt a
specific 3% moisture allowance for macaroni, noodle, and like products
(pasta products).
Item 260-4. Seed Count for Agricultural Seeds--The L&R Committee
will consider a proposal that the NCWM reconsider a method of sale and
test procedures for use with packaged agricultural seed (specifically
corn seed, soybean seed, field bean seed, and wheat seed) sold by
``count'' adopted at the 2010 NCWM Annual Meeting.
Dated: December 29, 2010.
Charles H. Romine,
Acting Associate Director for Laboratory Programs.
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