[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR10.5]

[Page 122-123]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
PART 10--PROCEDURES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF VOLUNTARY PRODUCT STANDARDS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 10.5  Development of a recommended standard.

    (a) The Standard Review Committee, with the guidance and assistance 
of the Department and, if appropriate, the reviewer designated under 
Sec. 10.3(b), shall review a proposed standard promptly. If the 
committee finds that the proposal meets the requirements set forth in 
Sec. 10.3(a), it may recommend to the Department that the proposal be 
circulated for acceptance under Sec. 10.6. If, however, the committee 
finds that the proposal being reviewed does not meet the requirements 
set forth in Sec. 10.3(a), the committee shall change the proposal, 
after consulting with the proponent group, so that these requirements 
are met, before recommending such proposal to the Department.
    (b) The recommendation of a standard by the Standard Review 
Committee shall be approved by at least three-quarters, or rejected by 
more than one-quarter, of all of the members of the

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committee eligible to vote. The voting on the recommendation of a 
standard shall be conducted by the Department if conducted by letter 
ballot. If such voting is accomplished at a meeting of the committee, 
the balloting shall be either by roll call or by signed written ballot 
conducted by the Department or the chairman of this committee. If 
conducted by the chairman, a report of the vote shall be made to the 
Department within 15 days. If the balloting at the meeting does not 
result in either approval by at least three-quarters of all members (or 
alternates) eligible to vote (whether present or not), or rejection by 
more than one-quarter of the members (or alternates) or the committee 
eligible to vote, the balloting shall be disregarded and the Department 
shall subsequently conduct a letter ballot of all members of the 
committee.
    (c) Any member of the committee casting a negative ballot shall have 
the right to support an objection by furnishing the chairman of the 
committee and the Department with a written statement setting forth the 
basis for the objection. The written statement of objection shall be 
filed within 15 days after the date of the meeting during which the 
voting on the standard was accomplished, or, in the case of a letter 
ballot, within the time limit established for the return of the ballot.
    (d) At the time a recommended standard is submitted to the 
Department, the Chairman of the Standard Review Committee shall furnish 
a written report in support of the committee's recommendation. Such 
report shall include a statement with respect to compliance with the 
requirements as established by these procedures, a discussion of the 
manner in which any objections were resolved, and a discussion of any 
unresolved objections together with the committee's reasons for 
rejecting such unresolved objections.