[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR1170.2]

[Page 406]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
      CHAPTER XI--TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 1170_METRIC CONVERSION POLICY FOR FEDERAL AGENCIES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1170.2  Definition.

    Metric system means the International System of Units (SI) 
established by the General Conference of Weights and Measures in 1960, 
as interpreted or modified from time to time for the United States by 
the Secretary of Commerce under the authority of the Metric Conversion 
Act of 1975 and the Metric Education Act of 1978.
    Other business-related activities means measurement sensitive 
commerical or business directed transactions or programs, i.e., standard 
or specification development, publications, or agency statements of 
general applicability and future effect designed to implement, 
interpret, or prescribe law or policy or describing the procedure or 
practice requirements of an agency. ``Measurement sensitive'' means the 
choice of measurement unit is a critical component of the activity, 
i.e., an agency rule/regulation to collect samples or measure something 
at specific distances or to specific depths, specifications requiring 
intake or discharge of a product to certain volumes or flow rates, 
guidelines for clearances between objects for safety, security or 
environmental purposes, etc.