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Web page is the preferred method for
submittal of comments as this will allow
NIST to electronically sort and group
comments that address the same issue.
Comments may also be submitted by
e-mail to wtc@nist.gov, by fax to (301)
975–6122, or by mail to: WTC Technical
Information Repository, Attention: Mr.
Stephen Cauffman, National Institute of
Standards and Technology, Stop 8610,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899–8610.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information or if you have
questions, please contact Mr. Steve
Cauffman by e-mail at
cauffman@nist.gov or by telephone at
(301) 975–6051.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) released a total of 43
draft reports documenting the Federal
Building and Fire Safety Investigation of
the World Trade Center Disaster. These
reports include the draft summary
report on the Investigation of the WTC
Towers, 8 project reports, and 34
supporting technical topic reports.
Fifteen of these reports, including three
project reports, were released on April
5, 2005.
These reports are being issued in draft
form with a period for public comment.
Public comments will be accepted until
5 p.m. EDT on August 4, 2005.
In response to the terrorist attacks of
September 11, 2001, the National
Institute of Standards and Technology
(NIST) initiated a formal Federal
building and fire safety investigation of
the World Trade Center disaster on
August 21, 2002. NIST issued two
written updates on its WTC
investigation activities (December 2002
and December 2003) and detailed
technical progress reports in May 2003
and June 2004.
The investigation objectives are:
1. To determine (a) why and how the
WTC 1 and WTC 2 collapsed following
the initial impact of the aircraft, and (b)
why and how the 47-story WTC 7
collapsed.
2. To determine why the loss of life
and injuries were so low or so high
depending on location, including
technical aspects of fire protection,
occupant behavior, evacuation, and
emergency response.
3. To determine the procedures and
practices which were used in the
design, construction, operation, and
maintenance of the WTC buildings.
4. To identify, as specifically as
possible, areas in national building and
fire codes, standards, and practices that
warrant revision.
Among the specific questions that
NIST is investigating within the above
four objectives are the following:
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How and why did WTC 1 stand nearly
twice as long as WTC 2 before
collapsing (103 min versus 56 min),
though they were hit by virtually
identical aircraft?
What factors related to normal
building and fire safety considerations
not unique to the terrorist attacks of
September 11, 2001, if any, could have
delayed or prevented the collapse of the
WTC towers?
Would the undamaged WTC towers
have remained standing in a normal
major building fire?
What factors related to normal
building and fire safety considerations,
if any, could have saved additional
WTC occupant lives or could have
minimized the loss of life among the
ranks of first responders on September
11, 2001?
How well did the procedures and
practices used in the design,
construction, operation, and
maintenance of the WTC buildings
conform to accepted national practices,
standards, and codes?
The draft final report documents the
investigation of the World Trade Center
Towers, the findings of the
investigation, and the recommendations
resulting from the investigation.
Additionally, NIST has released in draft
form the eight project reports, and 34
technical topic reports that document
all aspects of the investigation. All of
the reports are being released as drafts
for public comment. NIST will
separately release a draft supplementary
report documenting the collapse
investigation of World Trade Center 7
and allow a period for public comment
following its release.
Request for Public Comment: Persons
interested in commenting on the draft
investigation reports should submit
their comments as instructed above. All
comments received in response to this
notice will become part of the public
record and will be available for
inspection and copying at the National
Institute of Standards and Technology,
Freedom of Information Act Reading
Room, Gaithersburg, MD.
Comments submitted should be
specific to the maximum extent
possible: they should clearly state the
issue, location (report number, page
number, paragraph or sentence), provide
a short reason for any suggested change,
and provide suggested language for the
requested revision. Due to the length of
the reports, NIST cannot guarantee
consideration of comments submitted
without this information.
Comments may be submitted to NIST
in any of four ways. A link on the WTC
Investigation Web site, https://
wtc.nist.gov will take users to a page
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where comments may be entered. The
Web page is the preferred method for
submittal of comments as this will allow
NIST to electronically sort and group
comments that address the same issue.
Comments may also be submitted by
e-mail to wtc@nist.gov, by fax to (301)
975–6122, or by mail to:
WTC Technical Information Repository,
Attention: Mr. Stephen Cauffman,
National Institute of Standards and
Technology, Stop 8610, Gaithersburg,
MD 20899–8610.
All comments should contain the
following information:
Name (Optional):
Affiliation (Optional):
Contact (Optional): Phone number or
e-mail address where you can be
contacted in case of questions.
Report Number: (e.g., NCSTAR 1–1).
Page Number:
Paragraph/Sentence: (e.g., paragraph 2/
sentences 2–4).
Comment:
Reason for Comment:
Suggestion for Revision:
Dated: June 24, 2005.
Hratch Semerjian,
Acting Director.
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Meetings: Weights and Measures
National Conference
National Institute of Standards
and Technology, Commerce.
ACTION: Announcement of public
meeting of the National Conference on
Weights and Measures.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
the Annual Meeting of the National
Conference on Weights and Measures
will be held July 10 through 14, 2005,
at the Hilton in Walt Disney World,
Orlando, FL. This meeting is open to the
public. Meeting registration and hotel
information can be found on the NCWM
Web site (https://www.ncwm.net). The
National Conference on Weights and
Measures is an organization of weights
and measures enforcement officials of
the states, counties, and cities of the
United States, and private sector
representatives. The Annual Meeting of
the Conference brings together
enforcement officials, other government
officials, and representatives of
business, industry, trade associations,
and consumer organizations to discuss
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and vote upon subjects related to the
field of weights and measures
technology and administration.
Pursuant to (15 U.S.C. 272(b)(6)), the
National Institute of Standards and
Technology supports the National
Conference on Weights and Measures in
order to promote uniformity among the
States in the complexity of laws,
regulations, methods of inspection, and
testing of equipment that comprises
regulatory control by the states of
commercial weighing and measuring.
DATES: July 10–14, 2005.
ADDRESSES: The Hilton in Walt Disney
World, Orlando, FL.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
National Conference on Weights and
Measures (NCWM) has the following
topics scheduled for discussion and
vote at the Annual Meeting in July. This
meeting is comprised of work sessions
of the NCWM Committees to discuss
and modify, if necessary, and to present
items for vote on recommendations that
are considered sufficiently developed.
Please see NCWM Publication 16, which
is available on the NIST Web site (http:/
/www.nist.gov/owm) and the NCWM
Web site (https://www.ncwm.net) for
additional information. Written
comments may be submitted to the
Chief, NIST Weights and Measures
Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 2600,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899–2600, or via
email at owm@nist.gov.
The following provides a brief
description of the voting items.
Additional information items and
subjects for further development will be
presented to receive additional input.
The NCWM Specifications and
Tolerances Committee addresses
proposed changes or amendments to
NIST Handbook 44, ‘‘Specifications,
Tolerances, and other Technical
Requirements for Weighing and
Measuring Devices.’’ The items address
commercial weighing and measuring
devices that may be used in commercial
measurement applications, that is,
devices that are normally used to buy
from or sell to the general public or used
for determining the quantity of products
sold among businesses. Issues on the
agenda of the NCWM Laws and
Regulations Committee relate to 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 (Items Scheduled for a Vote)
General Code
Item 310–2: Clarify the tolerances to
be applied during the type evaluation of
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weighing and measuring instruments;
that is, special test tolerances do not
apply to instruments undergoing type
evaluation.
Scales Code
Item 320–1: Clarify the requirement’s
original intent for marking zero
indications on scales and point-of-sale
systems, where a zero-balance condition
is represented by other than a digital
zero indication.
Item 320–2: The recommendation is
to drop the ‘‘#’’ mark as an acceptable
symbol for ‘‘pound’’ on a receipt printed
by a point-of-sale system, i.e., a cash
register interfaced with a scale.
Item 320–3: Add a new user
requirement to the Scales Code to
address the proper interface of
computing scales with electronic cash
registers (ECR).
Item 320–4: Change the zero-tracking
requirement (the amount of weight that
can automatically be rezeroed) for class
III scales manufactured after January 1,
2006, to be consistent with the
international standard recommended by
the International Organization of Legal
Metrology (OIML).
Item 320–5: Provide guidelines on the
placement of the required nominal
capacity and scale division information
on scales.
Item 320–8: Align the U.S.
requirements for the time dependence
(creep) test for scales and load cells with
the OIML requirements.
Item 320–9: Include in NIST
Handbook 44 the list of acceptable
international symbols for marking
operational controls, indications and
features on scales.
Belt-Conveyor Scale Systems
Item 321–1: Add a requirement for
users of belt-conveyor scales to prevent
the reweighing of material that has
already been weighed, but which may
have fallen off the belt-conveyor before
delivery to the customer.
Liquid-Measuring Devices
Item 330–1: Add a nonretroactive
requirement to address ‘‘computer
jump’’ on gasoline and diesel fuel
dispensers as the price of gasoline and
diesel fuel continues to increase.
Item 330–2: The recommended
changes specify the flow rates for retail
motor fuel (gasoline and diesel fuel)
dispensers at which special tests are to
be conducted at low flow rates. The
flow rates for the special tests are
specified for dispensers marked and
those not marked with minimum flow
rates.
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Vehicle-Tank Meters
Item 331–2: Clarify that the unit price
on a vehicle-tank meter does not have
to be displayed continuously on a pricecomputing meter register. However, the
unit price must be clearly displayed and
understood by the operator and an
observer of the delivery.
Item 331–3: The recommendation is
to adopt a nonretroactive requirement
for an automatic zero-set-back interlock
on electronic vehicle-tank meters to
force meters to be set back to zero for
each delivery. Aircraft fueling is
excluded from the requirement.
Item 331–4: Modify the ‘‘splitcompartment’’ test for vehicle-tank
meters and rename the test as a
‘‘product depletion’’ test. A specific
tolerance is specified for the
performance of the vapor (air)
eliminator system.
Other Items
Item 360–1: Add a tentative code for
livestock, meat, and poultry evaluation
systems used to measure the fat content
on carcasses and other quality
characteristics that affect the price paid
for the commodities. The proposed
tentative code is based upon four
recently completed ASTM standards
that have been developed over the past
three years.
Item 360–2: Amend the Fundamental
Considerations in Handbook 44 to
recognize additional standards that are
acceptable for field standards and
update the terminology and references
for field standards, reference and
secondary standards, corrections, and
uncertainties. These changes are related
to items 221–1 and 234–1 on the agenda
of the Laws and Regulations Committee.
NCWM Laws and Regulations
Committee (Items Scheduled for a Vote)
Item 221–1: Amend the Uniform
Weights and Measures Law to modify
definitions for different types of
physical standards to be consistent with
current international terminology and
add definitions regarding traceability,
accreditation, calibration, uncertainty,
and other technical terms to recognize
current roles of accredited laboratories.
Additionally, amendments to the
Uniform Weights and Measures Law are
proposed to allow the recognition of
calibrations performed by accredited
laboratories and to broaden references to
documentary standards to allow the
recognition and use of documentary
standards developed by other national
and international standards developing
organizations.
Item 234–1: Amend the Uniform
Regulation for the Voluntary
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Registration of Servicepersons and
Service Agencies regarding the
references to the physical standards that
are used and to expand the reference to
national and international documentary
standards that may be acceptable for the
physical standards used by these service
agencies. The proposed changes would
also broaden the range of laboratories
that could verify compliance of the
physical standards to these
documentary standards.
Item 237–1: This recommendation
specifies how biodiesel fuels shall be
identified on retail dispensers of the
products, and specifies the
documentation required to be provided
to the retailer at the time of delivery of
the biodiesel fuels and blends.
COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Notice of Meeting
Office of the Secretary
SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is
publishing the unclassified text of a
section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification.
This is published to fulfill the
requirements of section 155 of Public
Law 104–164 dated 21 July 1996.
Henry V. Oppermann, Chief, NIST,
Weights and Measures Division, 100
Bureau Drive, Stop 2600, Gaithersburg,
MD 20899–2600. Telephone (301) 975–
4004, or email: owm@nist.gov.
The next meeting of the Commission
of Fine Arts is scheduled for 21 July
2005 at 10 a.m. in the Commission’s
offices at the National Building
Museum, Suite 312, Judiciary Square,
401 F Street, NW., Washington, DC
20001–2728. Items of discussion
affecting the appearance of Washington,
DC, may include buildings, parks and
memorials.
Draft agendas and additional
information regarding the Commission
are available on our Web site: https://
www.cfa.gov. Inquiries regarding the
agenda and requests to submit written
or oral statements should be addressed
to Thomas Luebke, Secretary,
Commission of Fine Arts, at the above
address or call 202–504–2200.
Individuals requiring sign language
interpretation for the hearing impaired
should contact the Secretary at least 10
days before the meeting date.
Dated: June 24, 2005.
Hratch G. Semerjian,
Acting Director.
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Dated in Washington, DC, 27 June 2005.
Thomas Luebke,
Secretary.
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Dated: June 27, 2005.
Jeannette Owings-Ballard,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer,
Department of Defense.
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[Transmittal No. 05–28]
36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification
Department of Defense, Defense
Security Cooperation Agency.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice.
Ms.
J. Hurd, DSCA/OPS–ADMIN, (703) 604–
6575.
The following is a copy of a letter to
the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Transmittal 05–28 with
attached transmittal and policy
justification.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Meetings: Weights and Measures National Conference
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.
ACTION: Announcement of public meeting of the National Conference on
Weights and Measures.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of the National
Conference on Weights and Measures will be held July 10 through 14,
2005, at the Hilton in Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL. This meeting is
open to the public. Meeting registration and hotel information can be
found on the NCWM Web site (https://www.ncwm.net). The National
Conference on Weights and Measures is an organization of weights and
measures enforcement officials of the states, counties, and cities of
the United States, and private sector representatives. The Annual
Meeting of the Conference brings together enforcement officials, other
government officials, and representatives of business, industry, trade
associations, and consumer organizations to discuss
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and vote upon subjects related to the field of weights and measures
technology and administration. Pursuant to (15 U.S.C. 272(b)(6)), the
National Institute of Standards and Technology supports the National
Conference on Weights and Measures in order to promote uniformity among
the States in the complexity of laws, regulations, methods of
inspection, and testing of equipment that comprises regulatory control
by the states of commercial weighing and measuring.
DATES: July 10-14, 2005.
ADDRESSES: The Hilton in Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Conference on Weights and
Measures (NCWM) has the following topics scheduled for discussion and
vote at the Annual Meeting in July. This meeting is comprised of work
sessions of the NCWM Committees to discuss and modify, if necessary,
and to present items for vote on recommendations that are considered
sufficiently developed. Please see NCWM Publication 16, which is
available on the NIST Web site (https://www.nist.gov/owm) and the NCWM
Web site (https://www.ncwm.net) for additional information. Written
comments may be submitted to the Chief, NIST Weights and Measures
Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 2600, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-2600, or
via email at owm@nist.gov.
The following provides a brief description of the voting items.
Additional information items and subjects for further development will
be presented to receive additional input. The NCWM Specifications and
Tolerances Committee addresses proposed changes or amendments to NIST
Handbook 44, ``Specifications, Tolerances, and other Technical
Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices.'' The items address
commercial weighing and measuring devices that may be used in
commercial measurement applications, that is, devices that are normally
used to buy from or sell to the general public or used for determining
the quantity of products sold among businesses. Issues on the agenda of
the NCWM Laws and Regulations Committee relate to 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 (Items Scheduled for a
Vote)
General Code
Item 310-2: Clarify the tolerances to be applied during the type
evaluation of weighing and measuring instruments; that is, special test
tolerances do not apply to instruments undergoing type evaluation.
Scales Code
Item 320-1: Clarify the requirement's original intent for marking
zero indications on scales and point-of-sale systems, where a zero-
balance condition is represented by other than a digital zero
indication.
Item 320-2: The recommendation is to drop the ``'' mark as
an acceptable symbol for ``pound'' on a receipt printed by a point-of-
sale system, i.e., a cash register interfaced with a scale.
Item 320-3: Add a new user requirement to the Scales Code to
address the proper interface of computing scales with electronic cash
registers (ECR).
Item 320-4: Change the zero-tracking requirement (the amount of
weight that can automatically be rezeroed) for class III scales
manufactured after January 1, 2006, to be consistent with the
international standard recommended by the International Organization of
Legal Metrology (OIML).
Item 320-5: Provide guidelines on the placement of the required
nominal capacity and scale division information on scales.
Item 320-8: Align the U.S. requirements for the time dependence
(creep) test for scales and load cells with the OIML requirements.
Item 320-9: Include in NIST Handbook 44 the list of acceptable
international symbols for marking operational controls, indications and
features on scales.
Belt-Conveyor Scale Systems
Item 321-1: Add a requirement for users of belt-conveyor scales to
prevent the reweighing of material that has already been weighed, but
which may have fallen off the belt-conveyor before delivery to the
customer.
Liquid-Measuring Devices
Item 330-1: Add a nonretroactive requirement to address ``computer
jump'' on gasoline and diesel fuel dispensers as the price of gasoline
and diesel fuel continues to increase.
Item 330-2: The recommended changes specify the flow rates for
retail motor fuel (gasoline and diesel fuel) dispensers at which
special tests are to be conducted at low flow rates. The flow rates for
the special tests are specified for dispensers marked and those not
marked with minimum flow rates.
Vehicle-Tank Meters
Item 331-2: Clarify that the unit price on a vehicle-tank meter
does not have to be displayed continuously on a price-computing meter
register. However, the unit price must be clearly displayed and
understood by the operator and an observer of the delivery.
Item 331-3: The recommendation is to adopt a nonretroactive
requirement for an automatic zero-set-back interlock on electronic
vehicle-tank meters to force meters to be set back to zero for each
delivery. Aircraft fueling is excluded from the requirement.
Item 331-4: Modify the ``split-compartment'' test for vehicle-tank
meters and rename the test as a ``product depletion'' test. A specific
tolerance is specified for the performance of the vapor (air)
eliminator system.
Other Items
Item 360-1: Add a tentative code for livestock, meat, and poultry
evaluation systems used to measure the fat content on carcasses and
other quality characteristics that affect the price paid for the
commodities. The proposed tentative code is based upon four recently
completed ASTM standards that have been developed over the past three
years.
Item 360-2: Amend the Fundamental Considerations in Handbook 44 to
recognize additional standards that are acceptable for field standards
and update the terminology and references for field standards,
reference and secondary standards, corrections, and uncertainties.
These changes are related to items 221-1 and 234-1 on the agenda of the
Laws and Regulations Committee.
NCWM Laws and Regulations Committee (Items Scheduled for a Vote)
Item 221-1: Amend the Uniform Weights and Measures Law to modify
definitions for different types of physical standards to be consistent
with current international terminology and add definitions regarding
traceability, accreditation, calibration, uncertainty, and other
technical terms to recognize current roles of accredited laboratories.
Additionally, amendments to the Uniform Weights and Measures Law are
proposed to allow the recognition of calibrations performed by
accredited laboratories and to broaden references to documentary
standards to allow the recognition and use of documentary standards
developed by other national and international standards developing
organizations.
Item 234-1: Amend the Uniform Regulation for the Voluntary
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Registration of Servicepersons and Service Agencies regarding the
references to the physical standards that are used and to expand the
reference to national and international documentary standards that may
be acceptable for the physical standards used by these service
agencies. The proposed changes would also broaden the range of
laboratories that could verify compliance of the physical standards to
these documentary standards.
Item 237-1: This recommendation specifies how biodiesel fuels shall
be identified on retail dispensers of the products, and specifies the
documentation required to be provided to the retailer at the time of
delivery of the biodiesel fuels and blends.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Henry V. Oppermann, Chief, NIST,
Weights and Measures Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 2600,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-2600. Telephone (301) 975-4004, or email:
owm@nist.gov.
Dated: June 24, 2005.
Hratch G. Semerjian,
Acting Director.
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