National Conference on Weights and Measures 97th Interim Meeting, 81477-81479 [2011-33276]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 249 / Wednesday, December 28, 2011 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Institute of Standards and Technology Announcing an Open Meeting of the Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board National Institute of Standards and Technology. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will meet Wednesday, February 1, 2012, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., Thursday, February 2, 2012, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., and Friday, February 3, 2012 from 8 a.m. until 12 p.m. All sessions will be open to the public. DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 1, 2012, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., Thursday, February 2, 2012, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Eastern time., and Friday, February 3, 2012 from 8 a.m. until 12 p.m. Eastern time. ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place in the Residence Inn Washington, 1199 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington DC, 20005–3519. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Annie Sokol, Information Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8930, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–8930, telephone: (301) 975–2006. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., notice is hereby given that the Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will meet Wednesday, February 1, 2012, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., Thursday, February 2, 2012, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., and Friday, February 3, 2012 from 8 a.m. until 12 p.m. All sessions will be open to the public. The ISPAB was established by the Computer Security Act of 1987 (Pub. L. 100–235) and amended by the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107–347) to advise the Secretary of Commerce and the Director of NIST on security and privacy issues pertaining to federal computer systems. Details regarding the ISPAB’s activities are available at https://csrc.nist.gov/ groups/SMA/ispab/. srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: —Discussion/updates on the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC), —Panel discussion on derived credentials, —Presentation on DHS updates and cybersecurity strategy, —Panel discussion on data feedback and network, —Panel discussion/presentation on NCIC (National Crime Information Center) System, —Presentation/Discussion on NIST Research and Secure Mobile Devices, —Panel Discussion on cyber R&D Strategy, and —Update of NIST Computer Security Division. Note that agenda items may change without notice because of possible unexpected schedule conflicts of presenters. The final agenda will be posted on the Web site indicated above. Approximately fifteen seats will be available for the public and media. No registration is required to attend this meeting. Public Participation: The ISPAB agenda will include a period of time, not to exceed thirty minutes, for oral comments from the public (Friday, February 3, 2012, between 8:15 a.m. and 8:45 a.m.). Speakers will be selected on a first-come, first served basis. Each speaker will be limited to five minutes. Members of the public who are interested in speaking are asked to contact Ms. Annie Sokol at the telephone number indicated above. In addition, written statements are invited and may be submitted to the ISPAB at any time. Written statements should be directed to the ISPAB Secretariat, Information Technology Laboratory, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8930, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–8930. Dated: December 22, 2011. Willie E. May, Associate Director for Laboratory Programs. [FR Doc. 2011–33278 Filed 12–27–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–13–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Institute of Standards and Technology The Agenda is Expected To Include the Following Items National Conference on Weights and Measures 97th Interim Meeting —Presentation relating to legislature updates, —Panel discussion on data storage and data location, —Panel discussion on FedRAMP— Supply Chain and Certification, AGENCY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:22 Dec 27, 2011 Jkt 226001 National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce. ACTION: Notice. The Interim Meeting of the 97th National Conference on Weights SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 81477 and Measures (NCWM) will be held January 22 to 25, 2012. This notice contains information about significant items on the NCWM Committee agendas, but does not include all agenda items. As a result, the items are not consecutively numbered. DATES: The meeting will be held on January 22–25, 2012. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hotel Monteleone located at 214 Royal Street, New Orleans, LA 70130– 2201. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Carol Hockert, Chief, NIST, Office of Weights and Measures, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 2600, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–2600. You may also contact Ms. Hockert by telephone (301) 975–5507 or by email at Carol.Hockert@nist.gov. The meetings are open to the public, but a paid registration is required. Please see NCWM Publication 15 ‘‘Interim Meeting Agenda’’ (www.ncwm.net or https:// www.nist.gov/pml/wmd/index.cfm) to view the meeting agendas, registration forms and hotel reservation information. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Publication of this notice on the NCWM’s behalf is undertaken as a public service; NIST does not endorse, approve, or recommend any of the proposals contained in this notice or in the publications of the NCWM. The NCWM is an organization of weights and measures officials of the states, counties, and cities of the United States, federal agencies, and private sector representatives. These meetings bring together government officials and representatives of business, industry, trade associations, and consumer organizations on subjects related to the field of weights and measures technology, administration and enforcement. NIST participates to promote uniformity among the states in laws, regulations, methods, and testing equipment that comprise the regulatory control of commercial weighing and measuring devices and other trade and commerce issues. The following are brief descriptions of some of the significant agenda items that will be considered along with other issues at the NCWM Interim Meeting. Comments will be taken on these and other issues during several public comment sessions. At this stage, the items are proposals. This meeting also includes work sessions in which the Committees may also accept comments, and where they will finalize recommendations for NCWM consideration and possible adoption at its 97th Annual Meeting that will be held in Portland, Maine, on July 15–19, 2012. The Committees may withdraw or E:\FR\FM\28DEN1.SGM 28DEN1 81478 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 249 / Wednesday, December 28, 2011 / Notices carryover items that need additional development. The Specifications and Tolerances Committee (S&T Committee) will consider proposed amendments to NIST Handbook 44, ‘‘Specifications, Tolerances, and other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices.’’ Those items address weighing and measuring devices used in commercial applications, that is, devices that are used to buy from or sell to the public or used for determining the quantity of product sold among businesses. Issues on the agenda of the NCWM Laws and Regulations Committee (L&R Committee) relate to proposals to amend 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 The following items are proposals to amend NIST Handbook 44: Item 320–4, UR.1.2. Grain Hopper Scales. The intent of this proposal is to add language to NIST Handbook 44 to clarify the requirement that hopper scales used to weigh grain must be Accuracy Class III weighing devices. The submitter of this proposal believes that this revision is needed to help ensure that weights and measures officials uniformly apply the handbook’s tolerances and other technical and use requirements to grain hopper scales. srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Liquid Measuring Devices Some gasoline and fuel retailers offer a variety of discounts to consumers on fuel prices in connection with marketing services and dispensing product. The items that follow include proposals to modify Section 3.30. Liquid-Measuring Devices to require that retailers provide consumers with adequate transaction information to assist them in making value comparisons and ensure transparency when fuel purchases are discounted after a delivery. Item 330–1, S.1.6.4.1. Unit Price This proposal would modify the device specification to recognize current marketing practices that offer post delivery discounts on fuel prices and require final unit price information. design and operation of customer operated controls on motor-fuel dispensers by recognizing the use of new technology in the selection of a unit price. Item 330–3, S.1.6.6. Agreement between Indications This proposal would exempt ‘‘total money values’’ displays on the dispenser and auxiliary equipment (such as the display on a remote control console in an operator’s kiosk) from agreement requirements when retailers offer post delivery discounts for a fuel sale. Item 330–4, S.1.6.7. Recorded Representations This proposal would ensure that fuel dispensers provide receipts with sufficient price and other information to allow customers to understand any post delivery discounts and recognize the use of either digitally transmitted or printed receipts. Item 330–5, UR.3.2. Unit Price and Product Identity This proposal is intended to clarify the requirements for displaying or posting the final unit price of a fuel offered at a discount and periods where the highest unit price shall be displayed. Item 330–6, UR.3.3. Computing Device This proposal would require that customer receipts include adequate information to allow the customer to understand and verify any post delivery discounts the retailer provides in connection with a fuel sale. Vehicle Tank Meters Item 331–1, T.4. Product Depletion Test This proposal would amend the handbook to base the product depletion test tolerances on the meter’s maximum flow rate (a marking required on all meters), rather than the marked meter size (this marking is required for meters manufactured in 2009 or later). The justifications for this proposal are that it will improve the consistency of the tolerance application to older meters that are not required to be marked with the meter size and correct the application of tolerances applied to small meters. Item 330–2, S.1.6.5.4. Selection of Unit Price This proposal would allow device manufacturers greater flexibility in the VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:22 Dec 27, 2011 Jkt 226001 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Electronic Livestock, Meat and Poultry Carcass Evaluation Systems Item 359–1, Tentative Status of Code 5.59. Electronic Livestock, Meat, and Poultry Evaluation Systems and/or Devices The intent of this proposal is to make tentative Code 5.59. in Handbook 44 enforceable so that it can be used to control the accuracy and use of electronic carcass evaluation equipment. The equipment in this code is used commercially in livestock procurement operations to determine the value of the animals being purchased. Currently, there is no independent, third party verifying the accuracy of these devices. In 2010, 106.9 million hogs weighing 21.8 billion pounds with a total value of $15.7 billion were commercially purchased. Of these purchases, about 80 percent were made on a carcass yield weight basis using an electronic carcass evaluation device. The use of these devices in the beef industry is just emerging so no data on the level of use is available for that application. In addition, electronic evaluation devices are used to measure composition or quality constituents in individual cuts of meat for further sale to consumers. Studies have shown that improper use of electronic carcass evaluation equipment can change the value of livestock, meat, and poultry. The impact of calibration, machine, and formula errors is unknown. Because the revenues of livestock and poultry producers in every state are, or will be, affected by the use of these devices, adoption of a final code that defines specifications, tolerances, and other technical requirements for these devices will help ensure equity between buyer and seller and fair competition between businesses. NCWM Laws and Regulations Committee The following items are proposals to amend NIST Handbook 130 or NIST Handbook 133: Uniform Regulation for the Method of Sale of Commodities Item 232–1., Polyethylene Products— Method of Sale Regulation—Section 2.13.4. ‘‘Declaration of Weight.’’ The Committee will consider a proposal to revise the density values used to calculate the net weights on some packages of polyethylene products to recognize that heavier density plastics are now being used in some sheeting and bags. (See also Item 260– 4, Handbook 133, Chapter 4.7. E:\FR\FM\28DEN1.SGM 28DEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 249 / Wednesday, December 28, 2011 / Notices Polyethylene Sheeting—Test Procedure—Footnote to Step 3.) Item 232–6, Packaged Printer Ink and Toner Cartridges A proposed method of sale will be considered for adoption to clarify the labeling requirements for packaged inkjet and toner cartridges to ensure that consumers are informed about the net quantity of contents of these products, and that value comparisons can be made, and quantities can be verified to ensure equity between buyer and seller and fair competition between sellers, including original equipment manufacturers and refillers. Uniform Engine Fuels and Automotive Lubricants Regulation Item 237–9, Requirements for Hydrogen, and Item 237–10, Definition for Hydrogen Fuel for Internal Combustion Engines and Fuel Cell Vehicles These two proposed regulations are being considered to adopt a national quality standard for commercial hydrogen fuel and to adopt hydrogen related definitions. Both proposals would apply to hydrogen fuel when it is sold through dispensing equipment for use in fuel cell and internal combustion engine vehicles. The first proposal would add the most recent version of SAE International’s Standard J2719 ‘‘Hydrogen Fuel Quality for Fuel Cell Vehicles’’ to specify the quality standards that hydrogen fuel would have to meet, and the second proposal would define the hydrogen-related terms of ‘‘fuel cell,’’ ‘‘hydrogen fuel,’’ and ‘‘internal combustion engine.’’ Dated: December 22, 2011. Willie E. May, Associate Director for Laboratory Programs. [FR Doc. 2011–33276 Filed 12–27–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–13–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RIN 0648–XA897 srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Fisheries of the South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico; Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR); Spanish Mackerel and Cobia National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of SEDAR Workshops for South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Spanish mackerel and cobia. AGENCY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:22 Dec 27, 2011 Jkt 226001 The SEDAR assessments of the South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico stocks of Spanish mackerel and cobia will consist of a series of workshops and webinars: a Data Workshop and webinar, an Assessment Workshop and webinars, and a Review Workshop. The data and assessment webinars will be announced in a separate notice. This is the twenty-eighth SEDAR. DATES: The Data Workshop will take place February 6–10, 2012. The Assessment Workshop will take place May 7–11, 2012. The Review Workshop will take place August 6–10, 2012. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times. ADDRESSES: The Data Workshop will be held at the Marriott Charleston, 170 Lockwood Blvd., Charleston, SC 29403; telephone: (843) 723–3000. The Assessment Workshop will be held at the Courtyard Miami Coconut Grove, 2649 South Bayshore Drive, Miami, FL 33133; telephone: (305) 858–2500. The Review Workshop will be held at the Doubletree by Hilton Atlanta— Buckhead, 3342 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, GA 30326; telephone: (404) 231–1234. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kari Fenske, SEDAR Coordinator, 4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 29405; telephone: (843) 571–4366. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery Management Councils, in conjunction with NOAA Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commissions have implemented the Southeast Data, Assessment and Review (SEDAR) process, a multi-step method for determining the status of fish stocks in the Southeast Region. SEDAR includes three workshops: (1) Data Workshop, (2) Stock Assessment Workshop and (3) Review Workshop. The product of the Data Workshop is a data report which compiles and evaluates potential datasets and recommends which datasets are appropriate for assessment analyses. The product of the Stock Assessment Workshop is a stock assessment report which describes the fisheries, evaluates the status of the stock, estimates biological benchmarks, projects future population conditions, and recommends research and monitoring needs. The assessment is independently peer reviewed at the Review Workshop. The product of the Review Workshop is a Consensus Summary documenting Panel opinions regarding the strengths and weaknesses of the stock assessment and input data. Participants for SEDAR Workshops are SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 81479 appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery Management Councils and NOAA Fisheries Southeast Regional Office and Southeast Fisheries Science Center. Participants include data collectors and database managers; stock assessment scientists, biologists, and researchers; constituency representatives including fishermen, environmentalists, and NGO’s; International experts; and staff of Councils, Commissions, and state and Federal agencies. SEDAR 28 Workshop Schedule: February 6–10, 2012; SEDAR 28 Data Workshop February 6, 2012: 1 p.m.–8 p.m.; February 7–9, 2012: 8 a.m.–8 p.m.; February 10, 2012: 8 a.m.–1 p.m. An assessment data set and associated documentation will be developed during the Data Workshop. Participants will evaluate all available data and select appropriate sources for providing information on life history characteristics, catch statistics, discard estimates, length and age composition, and fishery dependent and fishery independent measures of stock abundance. May 7–11, 2012; SEDAR 28 Assessment Workshop May 7, 2012: 1 p.m.–8 p.m.; May 8– 10, 2012: 8 a.m.–8 p.m.; May 11, 2012: 8 a.m.–1 p.m. Using datasets provided by the Data Workshop, participants will develop population models to evaluate stock status, estimate population benchmarks and Sustainable Fisheries Act criteria, and project future conditions. Participants will recommend the most appropriate methods and configurations for determining stock status and estimating population parameters. Participants will prepare a workshop report, compare and contrast various assessment approaches, and determine whether the assessments are adequate for submission to the review panel. August 6–10, 2012; SEDAR 28 Data Workshop August 6, 2012: 1 p.m.–8 p.m.; August 7–9, 2012: 8 a.m.–8 p.m.; August 10, 2012: 8 a.m.–1 p.m. The Review Workshop is an independent peer review of the assessment developed during the Data and Assessment Workshops. Workshop Panelists will review the assessment and document their comments and recommendations in a Consensus Summary. E:\FR\FM\28DEN1.SGM 28DEN1

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


National Conference on Weights and Measures 97th Interim Meeting

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Interim Meeting of the 97th National Conference on Weights 
and Measures (NCWM) will be held January 22 to 25, 2012. This notice 
contains information about significant items on the NCWM Committee 
agendas, but does not include all agenda items. As a result, the items 
are not consecutively numbered.

DATES: The meeting will be held on January 22-25, 2012.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hotel Monteleone located at 
214 Royal Street, New Orleans, LA 70130-2201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Carol Hockert, Chief, NIST, Office 
of Weights and Measures, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 2600, Gaithersburg, MD 
20899-2600. You may also contact Ms. Hockert by telephone (301) 975-
5507 or by email at Carol.Hockert@nist.gov. The meetings are open to 
the public, but a paid registration is required. Please see NCWM 
Publication 15 ``Interim Meeting Agenda'' (www.ncwm.net or https://www.nist.gov/pml/wmd/index.cfm) to view the meeting agendas, 
registration forms and hotel reservation information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Publication of this notice on the NCWM's 
behalf is undertaken as a public service; NIST does not endorse, 
approve, or recommend any of the proposals contained in this notice or 
in the publications of the NCWM.
    The NCWM is an organization of weights and measures officials of 
the states, counties, and cities of the United States, federal 
agencies, and private sector representatives. These meetings bring 
together government officials and representatives of business, 
industry, trade associations, and consumer organizations on subjects 
related to the field of weights and measures technology, administration 
and enforcement. NIST participates to promote uniformity among the 
states in laws, regulations, methods, and testing equipment that 
comprise the regulatory control of commercial weighing and measuring 
devices and other trade and commerce issues.
    The following are brief descriptions of some of the significant 
agenda items that will be considered along with other issues at the 
NCWM Interim Meeting. Comments will be taken on these and other issues 
during several public comment sessions. At this stage, the items are 
proposals. This meeting also includes work sessions in which the 
Committees may also accept comments, and where they will finalize 
recommendations for NCWM consideration and possible adoption at its 
97th Annual Meeting that will be held in Portland, Maine, on July 15-
19, 2012. The Committees may withdraw or

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carryover items that need additional development.
    The Specifications and Tolerances Committee (S&T Committee) will 
consider proposed amendments to NIST Handbook 44, ``Specifications, 
Tolerances, and other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring 
Devices.'' Those items address weighing and measuring devices used in 
commercial applications, that is, devices that are used to buy from or 
sell to the public or used for determining the quantity of product sold 
among businesses. Issues on the agenda of the NCWM Laws and Regulations 
Committee (L&R Committee) relate to proposals to amend 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

    The following items are proposals to amend NIST Handbook 44:

Item 320-4, UR.1.2. Grain Hopper Scales.

    The intent of this proposal is to add language to NIST Handbook 44 
to clarify the requirement that hopper scales used to weigh grain must 
be Accuracy Class III weighing devices. The submitter of this proposal 
believes that this revision is needed to help ensure that weights and 
measures officials uniformly apply the handbook's tolerances and other 
technical and use requirements to grain hopper scales.

Liquid Measuring Devices

    Some gasoline and fuel retailers offer a variety of discounts to 
consumers on fuel prices in connection with marketing services and 
dispensing product. The items that follow include proposals to modify 
Section 3.30. Liquid-Measuring Devices to require that retailers 
provide consumers with adequate transaction information to assist them 
in making value comparisons and ensure transparency when fuel purchases 
are discounted after a delivery.

Item 330-1, S.1.6.4.1. Unit Price

    This proposal would modify the device specification to recognize 
current marketing practices that offer post delivery discounts on fuel 
prices and require final unit price information.

Item 330-2, S.1.6.5.4. Selection of Unit Price

    This proposal would allow device manufacturers greater flexibility 
in the design and operation of customer operated controls on motor-fuel 
dispensers by recognizing the use of new technology in the selection of 
a unit price.

Item 330-3, S.1.6.6. Agreement between Indications

    This proposal would exempt ``total money values'' displays on the 
dispenser and auxiliary equipment (such as the display on a remote 
control console in an operator's kiosk) from agreement requirements 
when retailers offer post delivery discounts for a fuel sale.

Item 330-4, S.1.6.7. Recorded Representations

    This proposal would ensure that fuel dispensers provide receipts 
with sufficient price and other information to allow customers to 
understand any post delivery discounts and recognize the use of either 
digitally transmitted or printed receipts.

Item 330-5, UR.3.2. Unit Price and Product Identity

    This proposal is intended to clarify the requirements for 
displaying or posting the final unit price of a fuel offered at a 
discount and periods where the highest unit price shall be displayed.

Item 330-6, UR.3.3. Computing Device

    This proposal would require that customer receipts include adequate 
information to allow the customer to understand and verify any post 
delivery discounts the retailer provides in connection with a fuel 
sale.

Vehicle Tank Meters

Item 331-1, T.4. Product Depletion Test

    This proposal would amend the handbook to base the product 
depletion test tolerances on the meter's maximum flow rate (a marking 
required on all meters), rather than the marked meter size (this 
marking is required for meters manufactured in 2009 or later). The 
justifications for this proposal are that it will improve the 
consistency of the tolerance application to older meters that are not 
required to be marked with the meter size and correct the application 
of tolerances applied to small meters.

Electronic Livestock, Meat and Poultry Carcass Evaluation Systems

Item 359-1, Tentative Status of Code 5.59. Electronic Livestock, Meat, 
and Poultry Evaluation Systems and/or Devices

    The intent of this proposal is to make tentative Code 5.59. in 
Handbook 44 enforceable so that it can be used to control the accuracy 
and use of electronic carcass evaluation equipment. The equipment in 
this code is used commercially in livestock procurement operations to 
determine the value of the animals being purchased. Currently, there is 
no independent, third party verifying the accuracy of these devices. In 
2010, 106.9 million hogs weighing 21.8 billion pounds with a total 
value of $15.7 billion were commercially purchased. Of these purchases, 
about 80 percent were made on a carcass yield weight basis using an 
electronic carcass evaluation device. The use of these devices in the 
beef industry is just emerging so no data on the level of use is 
available for that application. In addition, electronic evaluation 
devices are used to measure composition or quality constituents in 
individual cuts of meat for further sale to consumers. Studies have 
shown that improper use of electronic carcass evaluation equipment can 
change the value of livestock, meat, and poultry. The impact of 
calibration, machine, and formula errors is unknown. Because the 
revenues of livestock and poultry producers in every state are, or will 
be, affected by the use of these devices, adoption of a final code that 
defines specifications, tolerances, and other technical requirements 
for these devices will help ensure equity between buyer and seller and 
fair competition between businesses.

NCWM Laws and Regulations Committee

    The following items are proposals to amend NIST Handbook 130 or 
NIST Handbook 133:

Uniform Regulation for the Method of Sale of Commodities

Item 232-1., Polyethylene Products--Method of Sale Regulation--Section 
2.13.4. ``Declaration of Weight.''

    The Committee will consider a proposal to revise the density values 
used to calculate the net weights on some packages of polyethylene 
products to recognize that heavier density plastics are now being used 
in some sheeting and bags. (See also Item 260-4, Handbook 133, Chapter 
4.7.

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Polyethylene Sheeting--Test Procedure--Footnote to Step 3.)

Item 232-6, Packaged Printer Ink and Toner Cartridges

    A proposed method of sale will be considered for adoption to 
clarify the labeling requirements for packaged inkjet and toner 
cartridges to ensure that consumers are informed about the net quantity 
of contents of these products, and that value comparisons can be made, 
and quantities can be verified to ensure equity between buyer and 
seller and fair competition between sellers, including original 
equipment manufacturers and refillers.

Uniform Engine Fuels and Automotive Lubricants Regulation

Item 237-9, Requirements for Hydrogen, and Item 237-10, Definition for 
Hydrogen Fuel for Internal Combustion Engines and Fuel Cell Vehicles

    These two proposed regulations are being considered to adopt a 
national quality standard for commercial hydrogen fuel and to adopt 
hydrogen related definitions. Both proposals would apply to hydrogen 
fuel when it is sold through dispensing equipment for use in fuel cell 
and internal combustion engine vehicles. The first proposal would add 
the most recent version of SAE International's Standard J2719 
``Hydrogen Fuel Quality for Fuel Cell Vehicles'' to specify the quality 
standards that hydrogen fuel would have to meet, and the second 
proposal would define the hydrogen-related terms of ``fuel cell,'' 
``hydrogen fuel,'' and ``internal combustion engine.''

    Dated: December 22, 2011.
Willie E. May,
Associate Director for Laboratory Programs.
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