[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: 15CFR10.8]

[Page 125]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
PART 10--PROCEDURES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF VOLUNTARY PRODUCT STANDARDS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 10.8  Standing Committee.

    (a) The Department shall establish and appoint the members of a 
Standing Committee prior to the publication of a standard. The committee 
may include members from the Standard Review Committee, and shall 
consist of qualified representatives of producers, distributors, and 
users or consumers of the product covered by the standard, and 
representatives of appropriate general interest groups such as 
municipal, State, and Federal agencies. When requested by the Standing 
Committee, the Department shall appoint one voting member from among the 
representatives of the Federal agencies, other than the Department of 
Commerce. When requested by the Standing Committee for PS 20-70, 
``American Softwood Lumber Standard,'' the Department shall appoint two 
voting members from among the representatives of the Federal agencies, 
other than the Department of Commerce. All other representatives of 
Federal agencies shall be advisory nonvoting members of Standing 
Committees. (Alternates to committee members may be designated by the 
Department.) When deemed appropriate by the Department, project funds 
under Sec. 10.2, may be made available to assure participation by 
consumer interests on the committee at required meetings.
    (b) Appointments to a Standing Committee may not exceed a term of 5 
years. However, the committee may be reconstituted by the Department 
whenever appropriate, and members may be reappointed by the Department 
to succeeding terms. Appointments to the committee will be terminated 
upon the withdrawal of the standard.
    (c) The Department shall be responsible for the organization of the 
committee. Any formal operating procedures developed by the committee 
shall be subject to approval by the Department. The committee may 
conduct business either in a meeting or through correspondence, but only 
if a quorum participates. A quorum shall consist of two-thirds of all 
voting members of the committee. A majority of the voting members of the 
committee participating shall be required to approve any actions taken 
by the committee except for the approval of revisions of the standard 
which shall be governed by the provisions of Sec. 10.5 (b), (c), and 
(d),
    (d) The members of a Standing Committee should be knowledgeable 
about:
    (1) The product or products covered by the standard;
    (2) The standard itself; and
    (3) Industry and trade practices relating to the standard.
    (e) The committee shall:
    (1) Keep itself informed of any advancing technology that might 
affect the standard;
    (2) Provide the Department with interpretations of provisions of the 
standard upon request;
    (3) Make recommendations to the Department concerning the 
desirability or necessity of revising or amending the standard;
    (4) Receive and consider proposals to revise or amend the standard; 
and
    (5) Recommend to the Department the revision or amendment of a 
standard.