National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Proposes To Revise Codes and Standards, 69741-69742 [05-22786]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 221 / Thursday, November 17, 2005 / Notices 69741 2006 FALL REVISION CYCLE—REPORT ON PROPOSALS—Continued [P = Partial revision; W = Withdrawal; R = Reconfirmation; N = New; C = Complete Revision] NFPA NFPA NFPA NFPA NFPA 1951 1961 1981 1982 2001 ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard on on on on on Protective Ensemble for USAR Operations ....................................................................................................... Fire Hose ............................................................................................................................................................ Open-Circuit Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus for Fire and Emergency Services ...................................... Personal Alert Safety Systems (PASS) ............................................................................................................. Clean Agent Fire Extinguishing Systems ........................................................................................................... Dated: November 8, 2005. William Jeffrey, Director. [FR Doc. 05–22785 Filed 11–16–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–13–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Institute of Standards and Technology National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Proposes To Revise Codes and Standards National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) proposes to revise some of its safety codes and standards and requests proposals from the public to amend existing or begin the process of developing new NFPA 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 that takes 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 process contains five basic steps that are followed both for developing new documents as well as revising existing documents. These steps are: Calling for Proposals; Publishing the Proposals in the Report on Proposals; Calling for Comments on the Committee’s disposition of the proposals and these Comments are published in the Report on Comments; having a Technical Report Session at the VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:38 Nov 16, 2005 Jkt 208001 NFPA Annual Meeting; and finally, the Standards Council Consideration and Issuance of documents. Note: Under new rules effective this Fall 2005, anyone wishing to make Amending Motions on the Technical Committee Reports (ROP and ROC) must signal their intention by submitting a Notice of Intent to Make a Motion by the Deadline stated in the ROC. Certified motions will then be posted on the NFPA website. Documents that receive notice of proper Amending Motions (Certified Amending Motions) will be presented for action at the annual June Association Technical Meeting. Documents that receive no motions will be forwarded directly to the Standards Council for action on issuance. For more information on these new rules and for up-to-date information on schedules and deadlines for processing NFPA Documents, check the NFPA Web site at www.nfpa.org or contact NFPA Codes and Standards Administration. DATES: Interested persons may submit proposals on or before the dates listed with the standards. ADDRESSES: Casey C. Grant, Secretary, Standards Council, NFPA, 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, Massachusetts 02269–7471. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Casey C. Grant, Secretary, Standards Council, at above address, (617) 770– 3000. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 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 the Document. The Call for Proposals is published in a variety of publications. Interested PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 C P C C P 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 Committees’ action and each Proposal, as well as all Committeegenerated 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 respective committee member, as well as anyone else who requests a copy. All ROP’s are also available for free downloading at 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 complied into a second Report, called the Report on Comments (ROC), which, like the ROP, is published and 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 yet a further opportunity for debate and E:\FR\FM\17NON1.SGM 17NON1 69742 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 221 / Thursday, November 17, 2005 / Notices discussion through the Technical Report Sessions that take place at the NFPA Annual Meeting. The Technical Report Session 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 to amend the Report. Before making an allowable motion at a Technical Report Session, 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 FollowUp Motions (that is, motions that have become necessary as a result of previous successful amending motions) will be allowed at the Technical Report Session. The specific rules for the types of motions that can be made are 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 a Technical Report Session. Interested persons may submit proposals, supported by written data, views, or arguments to Casey C. Grant, Document–edition NFPA NFPA NFPA NFPA NFPA NFPA NFPA 17—2002 ............ 17A—2002 .......... 59—2004 ............ 70E—2004 .......... 115—2003 .......... 496—2003 .......... 497—2004 .......... NFPA 499—2004 .......... NFPA NFPA NFPA NFPA 730—2006 .......... 731—2006 .......... 801—2003 .......... 806—P* .............. NFPA 921—2004 .......... NFPA 1901—2003 ........ NFPA 1962—2003 ........ NFPA 1964—2003 ........ NFPA 1989—2003 ........ NFPA 1999—2003 ........ Secretary, Standards Council, NFPA, 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, Massachusetts 02269–7471. Proposals should be submitted on forms available from the NFPA Codes and Standards Administration Office or on NFPA’s Web site at www.nfpa.org. Each person must include his or her name and address, identify the document and give reasons for the proposal. Proposals received before or by 5 p.m. local time on the closing date indicated would be acted on by the Committee. The NFPA will consider any proposal that it receives on or before the date listed with the codes or standard. Proposal closing date Document title Standard for Dry Chemical Extinguishing Systems ................................................................................ Standard for Wet Chemical Extinguishing Systems ............................................................................... Utility LP-Gas Plant Code ....................................................................................................................... Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace ..................................................................................... Standard on Laser Fire Protection .......................................................................................................... Standard for Purged and Pressurized Enclosures for Electrical Equipment .......................................... Recommended Practice for the Classification of Flammable Liquids, Gases, or Vapors and of Hazardous (Classified) Locations for Electrical Installations in Chemical Process Areas. Recommended Practice for the Classification of Combustible Dusts and of Hazardous (Classified) Locations for electrical installations in Chemical Process Areas. Guide for Premises Security ................................................................................................................... Standard for the Installation of Electronic Premises Security Systems ................................................. Standard for Fire Protection for Facilities Handling Radioactive Materials ............................................ Performance Based Standard for Fire Protection for Advanced Nuclear Reactor Electric Generating Plants. Guide for Fire and Explosion Investigations ........................................................................................... Standard for Automotive Fire Apparatus ................................................................................................ Standard for the Inspection, Care and Use of Fire Hose, Couplings and Nozzles; and the Service Testing of Fire Hose. Standard for Spray Nozzles .................................................................................................................... Standard on Breathing Air Quality for Fire and Emergency Services Respiratory Protection ............... Standard on Protective Clothing for Emergency Medical Operations .................................................... 5/26/2006 5/26/2006 3/3/2006 9/15/2006 5/26/2006 5/26/2006 5/26/2006 5/26//2006 5/26/2006 5/26/2006 5/26/2006 5/26/2006 5/26/2006 3/10/2006 3/10/2006 3/10/2006 12//30/2005 12/30/2005 *P Proposed NEW drafts are available from NFPA’s Web site—www.nfpa.org or may be obtained from NFPA’s Codes and Standards Administration, 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, Massachusetts 02269–7471. Dated: November 8, 2005. William Jeffrey, Director. [FR Doc. 05–22786 Filed 11–16–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–13–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [I.D. 092105E] Endangered Species; File No. 1541 National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. AGENCY: ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit. VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:38 Nov 16, 2005 Jkt 208001 SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Kristen M. Hart, Ph.D, United States Geologic Survey, Florida Integrated Science Center, Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies, has been issued a permit to take green (Chelonia mydas), Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii), loggerhead (Caretta caretta), and hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) sea turtles for purposes of scientific research. ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review upon written request or by appointment in the following office(s): Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone (301)713– 2289; fax (301)427–2521; and Southeast Regional Office, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 263 13th PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701; phone (727) 824–5312; fax (727)824– 5309. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Opay or Kate Swails, (301)713– 2289. On July 12, 2005, notice was published in the Federal Register (70 FR 40004) that a request for a scientific research permit to take green, Kemp’s ridley, loggerhead, and hawksbill sea turtles had been submitted by the applicant. The requested permit has been issued under the authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and the regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of endangered and threatened species (50 CFR parts 222–226). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E:\FR\FM\17NON1.SGM 17NON1

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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 221 (Thursday, November 17, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69741-69742]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-22786]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology

National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Proposes To Revise
Codes and Standards

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) proposes to
revise some of its safety codes and standards and requests proposals
from the public to amend existing or begin the process of developing
new NFPA 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 that takes
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 process contains five basic steps that
are followed both for developing new documents as well as revising
existing documents. These steps are: Calling for Proposals; Publishing
the Proposals in the Report on Proposals; Calling for Comments on the
Committee's disposition of the proposals and these Comments are
published in the Report on Comments; having a Technical Report Session
at the NFPA Annual Meeting; and finally, the Standards Council
Consideration and Issuance of documents.

Note: Under new rules effective this Fall 2005, anyone wishing
to make Amending Motions on the Technical Committee Reports (ROP and
ROC) must signal their intention by submitting a Notice of Intent to
Make a Motion by the Deadline stated in the ROC. Certified motions
will then be posted on the NFPA website. Documents that receive
notice of proper Amending Motions (Certified Amending Motions) will
be presented for action at the annual June Association Technical
Meeting. Documents that receive no motions will be forwarded
directly to the Standards Council for action on issuance.

For more information on these new rules and for up-to-date
information on schedules and deadlines for processing NFPA Documents,
check the NFPA Web site at www.nfpa.org or contact NFPA Codes and
Standards Administration.

DATES: Interested persons may submit proposals on or before the dates
listed with the standards.

ADDRESSES: Casey C. Grant, Secretary, Standards Council, NFPA, 1
Batterymarch Park, Quincy, Massachusetts 02269-7471.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Casey C. Grant, Secretary, Standards
Council, at above address, (617) 770-3000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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 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 the
Document. 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
Committees' action and 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 respective committee member, as
well as anyone else who requests a copy. All ROP's are also available
for free downloading at 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 complied into a second
Report, called the Report on Comments (ROC), which, like the ROP, is
published and 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 yet a further opportunity for
debate and

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discussion through the Technical Report Sessions that take place at the
NFPA Annual Meeting.
The Technical Report Session 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 to amend the Report. Before
making an allowable motion at a Technical Report Session, 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 Technical
Report Session.
The specific rules for the types of motions that can be made are
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 a Technical Report Session.
Interested persons may submit proposals, supported by written data,
views, or arguments to Casey C. Grant, Secretary, Standards Council,
NFPA, 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, Massachusetts 02269-7471. Proposals
should be submitted on forms available from the NFPA Codes and
Standards Administration Office or on NFPA's Web site at www.nfpa.org.
Each person must include his or her name and address, identify the
document and give reasons for the proposal. Proposals received before
or by 5 p.m. local time on the closing date indicated would be acted on
by the Committee. The NFPA will consider any proposal that it receives
on or before the date listed with the codes or standard.

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Document-edition Document title Proposal closing date
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NFPA 17--2002....................... Standard for Dry Chemical Extinguishing Systems 5/26/2006
NFPA 17A--2002...................... Standard for Wet Chemical Extinguishing Systems 5/26/2006
NFPA 59--2004....................... Utility LP-Gas Plant Code...................... 3/3/2006
NFPA 70E--2004...................... Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace 9/15/2006
NFPA 115--2003...................... Standard on Laser Fire Protection.............. 5/26/2006
NFPA 496--2003...................... Standard for Purged and Pressurized Enclosures 5/26/2006
for Electrical Equipment.
NFPA 497--2004...................... Recommended Practice for the Classification of 5/26/2006
Flammable Liquids, Gases, or Vapors and of
Hazardous (Classified) Locations for
Electrical Installations in Chemical Process
Areas.
NFPA 499--2004...................... Recommended Practice for the Classification of 5/26//2006
Combustible Dusts and of Hazardous
(Classified) Locations for electrical
installations in Chemical Process Areas.
NFPA 730--2006...................... Guide for Premises Security.................... 5/26/2006
NFPA 731--2006...................... Standard for the Installation of Electronic 5/26/2006
Premises Security Systems.
NFPA 801--2003...................... Standard for Fire Protection for Facilities 5/26/2006
Handling Radioactive Materials.
NFPA 806--P*........................ Performance Based Standard for Fire Protection 5/26/2006
for Advanced Nuclear Reactor Electric
Generating Plants.
NFPA 921--2004...................... Guide for Fire and Explosion Investigations.... 5/26/2006
NFPA 1901--2003..................... Standard for Automotive Fire Apparatus......... 3/10/2006
NFPA 1962--2003..................... Standard for the Inspection, Care and Use of 3/10/2006
Fire Hose, Couplings and Nozzles; and the
Service Testing of Fire Hose.
NFPA 1964--2003..................... Standard for Spray Nozzles..................... 3/10/2006
NFPA 1989--2003..................... Standard on Breathing Air Quality for Fire and 12//30/2005
Emergency Services Respiratory Protection.
NFPA 1999--2003..................... Standard on Protective Clothing for Emergency 12/30/2005
Medical Operations.
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*P Proposed NEW drafts are available from NFPA's Web site--www.nfpa.org or may be obtained from NFPA's Codes and
Standards Administration, 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, Massachusetts 02269-7471.

Dated: November 8, 2005.
William Jeffrey,
Director.
[FR Doc. 05-22786 Filed 11-16-05; 8:45 am]
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