[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 77 (Thursday, April 21, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22383-22385]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-8040]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
National Fire Codes: Request for Proposals for Revision of Codes
and Standards
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is
publishing this notice on behalf of the National Fire Protection
Association (NFPA) to announce the NFPA's proposal to revise some of
its fire safety codes and standards and requests proposals from the
public to amend existing or begin the process of developing new NFPA
fire 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.
DATES: Interested persons may submit proposals by 5 p.m. EST/EDST on or
before the date listed with the code or standard.
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: The National Fire Protection Association
(NFPA) proposes to revise some of its fire safety codes and standards
and requests proposals from the public to amend existing or begin the
process of developing new NFPA fire 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; 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: NFPA rules state that, 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 5 p.m. EST/EDST of 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 Association
Technical Meeting at the NFPA Conference & Expo. Documents that
receive no motions will be forwarded directly to the Standards
Council for action on issuance.
For more information on these rules and for up-to-date information
on schedules and deadlines for processing NFPA Codes and Standards,
check the NFPA Web site at http://www.nfpa.org, or contact NFPA Codes
and Standards Administration.
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 fire 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 standards. 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 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
Committee's 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 ROP's 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 further opportunity for debate
and discussion through the Association Technical Meeting that takes
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
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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 Conference & Expo, 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 and
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.
Request for Proposals
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 on 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. EST/EDST on or before the closing date
indicated with each code or standard would be acted on by the
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 10-2010................... Standard for Portable 5/23/2011
Fire Extinguishers.
NFPA 14-2010................... Standard for the 5/23/2011
Installation of
Standpipe and Hose
Systems.
NFPA 17-2009................... Standard for Dry 5/23/2011
Chemical Extinguishing
Systems.
NFPA 17A-2009.................. Standard for Wet 5/23/2011
Chemical Extinguishing
Systems.
NFPA 22-2008................... Standard for Water 5/23/2011
Tanks for Private Fire
Protection.
NFPA 36-2009................... Standard for Solvent 5/23/2011
Extraction Plants.
NFPA 52-2010................... Vehicular Gaseous Fuel 5/23/2011
Systems Code.
NFPA 70B-2010.................. Recommended Practice 5/23/2011
for Electrical
Equipment Maintenance.
NFPA 77-2007................... Recommended Practice on 5/23/2011
Static Electricity.
NFPA 99B-2010.................. Standard for Hypobaric 11/23/2012
Facilities.
NFPA 140-2008.................. Standard on Motion 5/23/2011
Picture and Television
Production Studio
Soundstages, Approved
Production Facilities,
and Production
Locations.
NFPA 211-2010.................. Standard for Chimneys, 5/23/2011
Fireplaces, Vents, and
Solid Fuel-Burning
Appliances.
NFPA 225-2009.................. Model Manufactured Home 5/23/2011
Installation Standard.
NFPA 241-2009.................. Standard for 5/23/2011
Safeguarding
Construction,
Alteration, and
Demolition Operations.
NFPA 259-2008.................. Standard Test Method 5/23/2011
for Potential Heat of
Building Materials.
NFPA 260-2009.................. Standard Methods of 5/23/2011
Tests and
Classification System
for Cigarette Ignition
Resistance of
Components of
Upholstered Furniture.
NFPA 261-2009.................. Standard Method of Test 5/23/2011
for Determining
Resistance of Mock-Up
Upholstered Furniture
Material Assemblies to
Ignition by Smoldering
Cigarettes.
NFPA 270-2008.................. Standard Test Method 5/23/2011
for 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 5/23/2011
Testing of Passive
Protection Materials
for Use on LP-Gas
Containers.
NFPA 495-2010.................. Explosive Materials 5/23/2011
Code.
NFPA 496-2008.................. Standard for Purged and 5/23/2011
Pressurized Enclosures
for Electrical
Equipment.
NFPA 498-2010.................. Standard for Safe 5/23/2011
Havens and Interchange
Lots for Vehicles
Transporting
Explosives.
NFPA 501A-2009................. Standard for Fire 5/23/2011
Safety Criteria for
Manufactured Home
Installations, Sites,
and Communities.
NFPA 501-2010.................. Standard on 5/23/2011
Manufactured Housing.
NFPA 502-2011.................. Standard for Road 11/25/2011
Tunnels, Bridges, and
Other Limited Access
Highways.
NFPA 505-2011.................. Fire Safety Standard 5/23/2011
for Powered Industrial
Trucks Including Type
Designations, Areas of
Use, Conversions,
Maintenance, and
Operations.
NFPA 520-2010.................. Standard on 5/24/2013
Subterranean Spaces.
NFPA 551-2010.................. Guide for the 5/23/2011
Evaluation of Fire
Risk Assessments.
NFPA 705-2009.................. Recommended Practice 5/23/2011
for a Field Flame Test
for Textiles and Films.
NFPA 801-2008.................. Standard for Fire 5/23/2011
Protection for
Facilities Handling
Radioactive Materials.
NFPA 853-2010.................. Standard for the 5/24/2013
Installation of
Stationary Fuel Cell
Power Systems.
NFPA 900-2010.................. Building Energy Code... 5/23/2011
NFPA 909-2010.................. Code for the Protection 5/23/2011
of Cultural Resource
Properties--Museums,
Libraries, and Places
of Worship.
NFPA 914-2010.................. Code for Fire 5/24/2013
Protection of Historic
Structures.
NFPA 1002-2009................. Standard for Fire 8/26/2011
Apparatus Driver/
Operator Professional
Qualifications.
NFPA 1006-2008................. Standard for Technical 5/23/2011
Rescuer Professional
Qualifications.
NFPA 1404-2006................. Standard for Fire 5/23/2011
Service Respiratory
Protection Training.
NFPA 1451-2007................. Standard for a Fire 5/23/2011
Service Vehicle
Operations Training
Program.
NFPA 1600-2010................. Standard on Disaster/ 5/23/2011
Emergency Management
and Business
Continuity Programs.
NFPA 1855-P*................... Standard for Selection, 5/23/2011
Care, and Maintenance
of Protective
Ensembles for
Technical Rescue
Incidents.
NFPA 1925-2008................. Standard on Marine Fire- 5/23/2011
Fighting Vessels.
NFPA 1962-2008................. Standard for the 5/23/2011
Inspection, Care, and
Use of Fire Hose,
Couplings, and Nozzles
and the Service
Testing of Fire Hose.
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NFPA 1964-2008................. Standard for Spray 5/23/2011
Nozzles.
NFPA 1981-2007................. Standard on Open- 5/23/2011
Circuit Self-Contained
Breathing Apparatus
(SCBA) for Emergency
Services.
NFPA 1982-2007................. Standard on Personal 5/23/2011
Alert Safety Systems
(PASS).
NFPA 1999-2008................. Standard on Protective 5/23/2011
Clothing for Emergency
Medical Operations.
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* Proposed NEW 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: March 28, 2011.
Charles H. Romine,
Acting Associate Director for Laboratory Programs.
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