National Fire Codes: Request for Comments on NFPA's Codes and Standards, 24729-24730 [2013-09936]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 81 / Friday, April 26, 2013 / Notices Dated: April 22, 2013. Willie E. May, Associate Director for Laboratory Programs. [FR Doc. 2013–09938 Filed 4–25–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–13–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Institute of Standards and Technology National Fire Codes: Request for Comments on NFPA’s Codes and Standards National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is publishing this notice on behalf of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) to announce the availability of and request comments on the First Draft Reports that will be reporting in NFPA’s 2014 Annual Revision Cycle. DATES: Thirty First Draft Reports are published on the NFPA Web site at https://www.nfpa.org/FDRSDR . Comments received by 5:00 p.m. EST/ EDST on or before May 3, 2013 will be considered by the respective NFPA Committees before final action is taken on the comments. ADDRESSES: The 2014 Annual Revision Cycle First Draft Reports are available and downloadable from NFPA’s Web site at: https://www.nfpa.org/FDRSDR. Comments on the First Draft Reports can be submitted online by going to the link above. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Beasley Cronin, Secretary, Standards Council, NFPA, 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, Massachusetts, 02169–7471, (617) 770– 3000. David F. Alderman, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, MS 2100, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, email: david.alderman@nist.gov or by phone at 301–975–4019. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Since 1896, the National Fire Protection SUMMARY: Association (NFPA) has accomplished its mission by advocating consensus codes and standards, research, training and education for safety related issues. NFPA’s National Fire Codes®, which holds over 295 documents, are administered by more than 240 Technical Committees comprised of approximately 7600 volunteers and are adopted and used throughout the world. NFPA is a nonprofit membership organization with approximately 70,000 members from over 100 nations, all working together to fulfill the Association’s mission. 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 take 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 Code Revision Process contains four basic steps that are followed for developing new documents as well as revising existing documents: Step 1: Public Input Stage, which results in the First Draft Report (formerly ROP); Step 2: Comment Stage, which results in the Second Draft Report (formerly ROC); Step 3: the Association Technical Meeting at the NFPA Conference & Expo; and Step 4: Standards Council consideration and issuance of documents. Note: Anyone wishing to make Amending Motions on the Second Draft Reports (formerly ROP and ROC) must signal his or her intention by submitting a Notice of Intent to Make a Motion by the Deadline of 5:00 p.m. EST/EDST on or before February 7, 2014. Certified motions will be posted by April 4, 2014. Documents that receive notice of proper Amending Motions (Certified Amending Motions) will be presented for action at the Annual June 2014 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 24729 NFPA Documents, check the NFPA Web site at www.nfpa.org, or contact NFPA Codes and Standards Administration. The purpose of this notice is to request comments on the First Draft Reports for the NFPA’s 2014 Annual Revision Cycle. The publication of this notice 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. 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 fire 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. Request for Comments Interested persons may participate in these revisions by submitting written data, views, or arguments, to Amy Beasley Cronin, Secretary, Standards Council, NFPA, 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, Massachusetts 02169–7471. Commenters may go to the NFPA Web site at https://www.nfpa.org/FDRSDR. Each person submitting a comment should include his or her name and address, identify the notice, and give reasons for any recommendations. Comments received by 5:00 p.m. EST/ EDST on or before May 3, 2013 for the 2014 Annual Revision Cycle First Draft Reports will be considered by the NFPA before final action is taken on the First Draft Reports. Copies of all written comments received and the disposition of those comments by the NFPA committees will be published as the 2014 Annual Revision Cycle Second Draft Reports and will are available on the NFPA Web site at https://www.nfpa.org/FDRSDR . erowe on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 2014 ANNUAL MEETING—FIRST DRAFT REPORTS [P = Partial revision; W = Withdrawal; R = Reconfirmation; N = New] NFPA NFPA NFPA NFPA NFPA NFPA NFPA NFPA NFPA NFPA 1 .............. 3 .............. 4 .............. 30 ............ 30A ......... 30B ......... 54 ............ 59 ............ 70E ......... 79 ............ VerDate Mar<15>2010 Fire Code ............................................................................................................................................................................. Recommended Practice for Commissioning and Integrated Testing of Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems ............ 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NFPA 2113 ........ NFPA 5000 ........ Standard for Ovens and Furnaces ...................................................................................................................................... Recommended Practice for Fluid Heaters .......................................................................................................................... Standard for Parking Structures .......................................................................................................................................... Standard for the Installation of Air-Conditioning and Ventilating Systems ......................................................................... Standard for the Installation of Warm Air Heating and Air-Conditioning Systems ............................................................. Health Care Facilities Code ................................................................................................................................................. Standard for Hypobaric Facilities ......................................................................................................................................... Life Safety Code® ................................................................................................................................................................ Standard on Types of Building Construction ....................................................................................................................... Standard for High Challenge Fire Walls, Fire Walls, and Fire Barrier Walls ...................................................................... Fire Protection Standard for Pleasure and Commercial Motor Craft .................................................................................. Standard for the Protection of Semiconductor Fabrication Facilities .................................................................................. Standard for Combustible Metals ........................................................................................................................................ Standard for Fire Retardant—Treated Wood and Fire–Retardant Coatings for Building Materials ................................... Standard for the Installation of Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detection and Warning Equipment ............................................. Standard for Competency of Third-Party Field Evaluation Bodies ..................................................................................... Recommended Practice and Procedures for Unlabeled Electrical Equipment Evaluation ................................................. Standard for the Organization and Deployment of Fire Suppression Operations, Emergency Medical Operations and Special Operations to the Public by Volunteer Fire Departments. Standard on Selection, Care, Use, and Maintenance of Flame-Resistant Garments for Protection of Industrial Personnel Against Flash Fire. Building Construction and Safety Code® ............................................................................................................................ Dated: April 22, 2013. Willie E. May, Associate Director for Laboratory Programs. [FR Doc. 2013–09936 Filed 4–25–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–13–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RIN 0648–XC641 New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC); Public Meeting National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 81 (Friday, April 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


National Fire Codes: Request for Comments on NFPA's Codes and 
Standards

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is 
publishing this notice on behalf of the National Fire Protection 
Association (NFPA) to announce the availability of and request comments 
on the First Draft Reports that will be reporting in NFPA's 2014 Annual 
Revision Cycle.

DATES: Thirty First Draft Reports are published on the NFPA Web site at 
https://www.nfpa.org/FDRSDR . Comments received by 5:00 p.m. EST/EDST on 
or before May 3, 2013 will be considered by the respective NFPA 
Committees before final action is taken on the comments.

ADDRESSES: The 2014 Annual Revision Cycle First Draft Reports are 
available and downloadable from NFPA's Web site at: https://www.nfpa.org/FDRSDR. Comments on the First Draft Reports can be 
submitted online by going to the link above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Beasley Cronin, Secretary, 
Standards Council, NFPA, 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, Massachusetts, 
02169-7471, (617) 770-3000. David F. Alderman, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, 
MS 2100, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, email: david.alderman@nist.gov or by 
phone at 301-975-4019.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Since 1896, the National Fire Protection 
Association (NFPA) has accomplished its mission by advocating consensus 
codes and standards, research, training and education for safety 
related issues. NFPA's National Fire Codes[supreg], which holds over 
295 documents, are administered by more than 240 Technical Committees 
comprised of approximately 7600 volunteers and are adopted and used 
throughout the world. NFPA is a nonprofit membership organization with 
approximately 70,000 members from over 100 nations, all working 
together to fulfill the Association's mission.
    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 take 
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 Code Revision Process contains four 
basic steps that are followed for developing new documents as well as 
revising existing documents: Step 1: Public Input Stage, which results 
in the First Draft Report (formerly ROP); Step 2: Comment Stage, which 
results in the Second Draft Report (formerly ROC); Step 3: the 
Association Technical Meeting at the NFPA Conference & Expo; and Step 
4: Standards Council consideration and issuance of documents.

    Note: Anyone wishing to make Amending Motions on the Second 
Draft Reports (formerly ROP and ROC) must signal his or her 
intention by submitting a Notice of Intent to Make a Motion by the 
Deadline of 5:00 p.m. EST/EDST on or before February 7, 2014. 
Certified motions will be posted by April 4, 2014. Documents that 
receive notice of proper Amending Motions (Certified Amending 
Motions) will be presented for action at the Annual June 2014 
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.
    The purpose of this notice is to request comments on the First 
Draft Reports for the NFPA's 2014 Annual Revision Cycle. The 
publication of this notice 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.

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 fire 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.

Request for Comments

    Interested persons may participate in these revisions by submitting 
written data, views, or arguments, to Amy Beasley Cronin, Secretary, 
Standards Council, NFPA, 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, Massachusetts 
02169-7471. Commenters may go to the NFPA Web site at https://www.nfpa.org/FDRSDR. Each person submitting a comment should include 
his or her name and address, identify the notice, and give reasons for 
any recommendations. Comments received by 5:00 p.m. EST/EDST on or 
before May 3, 2013 for the 2014 Annual Revision Cycle First Draft 
Reports will be considered by the NFPA before final action is taken on 
the First Draft Reports.
    Copies of all written comments received and the disposition of 
those comments by the NFPA committees will be published as the 2014 
Annual Revision Cycle Second Draft Reports and will are available on 
the NFPA Web site at https://www.nfpa.org/FDRSDR .

                 2014 Annual Meeting--First Draft Reports
   [P = Partial revision; W = Withdrawal; R = Reconfirmation; N = New]
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NFPA 1..........................  Fire Code......................      P
NFPA 3..........................  Recommended Practice for             P
                                   Commissioning and Integrated
                                   Testing of Fire Protection and
                                   Life Safety Systems.
NFPA 4..........................  Standard for Integrated Fire         N
                                   Protection and Life Safety
                                   System Testing.
NFPA 30.........................  Flammable and Combustible            P
                                   Liquids Code.
NFPA 30A........................  Code for Motor Fuel Dispensing       P
                                   Facilities and Repair Garages.
NFPA 30B........................  Code for the Manufacture and         P
                                   Storage of Aerosol Products.
NFPA 54.........................  National Fuel Gas Code.........      P
NFPA 59.........................  Utility LP-Gas Plant Code......      P
NFPA 70E........................  Standard for Electrical Safety       P
                                   in the Workplace[supreg].
NFPA 79.........................  Electrical Standard for              P
                                   Industrial Machinery.

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NFPA 86.........................  Standard for Ovens and Furnaces      P
NFPA 87.........................  Recommended Practice for Fluid       P
                                   Heaters.
NFPA 88A........................   Standard for Parking                P
                                   Structures.
NFPA 90A........................   Standard for the Installation       P
                                   of Air-Conditioning and
                                   Ventilating Systems.
NFPA 90B........................   Standard for the Installation       P
                                   of Warm Air Heating and Air-
                                   Conditioning Systems.
NFPA 99.........................   Health Care Facilities Code...      P
NFPA 99B........................   Standard for Hypobaric              P
                                   Facilities.
NFPA 101........................   Life Safety Code[supreg]......      P
NFPA 220........................   Standard on Types of Building       P
                                   Construction.
NFPA 221........................   Standard for High Challenge         P
                                   Fire Walls, Fire Walls, and
                                   Fire Barrier Walls.
NFPA 302........................   Fire Protection Standard for        P
                                   Pleasure and Commercial Motor
                                   Craft.
NFPA 318........................   Standard for the Protection of      P
                                   Semiconductor Fabrication
                                   Facilities.
NFPA 484........................   Standard for Combustible            P
                                   Metals.
NFPA 703........................   Standard for Fire Retardant--       P
                                   Treated Wood and Fire-
                                   Retardant Coatings for
                                   Building Materials.
NFPA 720........................   Standard for the Installation       P
                                   of Carbon Monoxide (CO)
                                   Detection and Warning
                                   Equipment.
NFPA 790........................   Standard for Competency of          P
                                   Third-Party Field Evaluation
                                   Bodies.
NFPA 791........................  Recommended Practice and             P
                                   Procedures for Unlabeled
                                   Electrical Equipment
                                   Evaluation.
NFPA 1720.......................   Standard for the Organization       P
                                   and Deployment of Fire
                                   Suppression Operations,
                                   Emergency Medical Operations
                                   and Special Operations to the
                                   Public by Volunteer Fire
                                   Departments.
NFPA 2113.......................   Standard on Selection, Care,        P
                                   Use, and Maintenance of Flame-
                                   Resistant Garments for
                                   Protection of Industrial
                                   Personnel Against Flash Fire.
NFPA 5000.......................   Building Construction and           P
                                   Safety Code[supreg].
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    Dated: April 22, 2013.
Willie E. May,
Associate Director for Laboratory Programs.
[FR Doc. 2013-09936 Filed 4-25-13; 8:45 am]
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