[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 152 (Tuesday, August 7, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 47043]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-19285]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Work Group on Measuring Systems for Electric Vehicle Fueling
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is
forming a Work Group (WG) to develop proposed requirements for
commercial electricity-measuring devices (including those used in sub-
metering electricity at residential and business locations and those
used to measure and sell electricity dispensed as a vehicle fuel) and
to ensure that the prescribed methodologies and standards facilitate
measurements that are traceable to the International System of Units
(SI). This work is not intended to address utility metering in the home
or business where the electricity metered is consumed by the end
purchaser.
DATES: A preliminary web-based meeting or teleconference will be held
on Wednesday, August 29, 2012, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern
time. This meeting is intended to be a precursor to any subsequent
face-to-face meeting and will serve to provide further information and
orientation regarding the objectives of the WG. To register for this
preliminary meeting, please submit your full name, email address, and
phone number to Mr. Marc Buttler by Friday, August 24, 2012, using the
contact information provided below.
ADDRESSES: The preliminary meeting will be held using either a
teleconference or a web-based format where participants will join the
meeting remotely by telephone and/or computer. Once registered,
participants will receive login and/or call-in instructions via email.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Marc Buttler, NIST, Office of
Weights and Measures, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 2600, Gaithersburg, MD
20899-2600. You may also contact Mr. Buttler by telephone (301) 975-
4615 or by email at marc.buttler@nist.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The formation of this WG is intended to
bring together government officials and representatives of business,
industry, trade associations, and consumer organizations on the subject
of standards and test procedures used in the testing of commercial
measuring devices and systems by regulatory officials and service
companies. NIST participates to promote uniformity among the states in
laws, regulations, methods, and testing equipment that comprises the
regulatory control of commercial weighing and measuring devices and
systems and other trade and commerce issues.
The WG will review and propose changes as needed to draft method-
of-sale requirements for: (1) Possible inclusion in NIST Handbook 130,
``Uniform Laws and Regulations in the Areas of Legal Metrology and
Engine Fuel Quality''; (2) draft requirements for equipment used to
measure and sell electricity in commercial applications for possible
inclusion in NIST Handbook 44, ``Specifications, Tolerances, and Other
Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices''; and (3)
proposed procedures for type evaluation, laboratory, and field testing
of equipment for possible inclusion in NIST Examination Procedure
Outlines and other procedures documents.
The changes proposed to NIST Handbooks 44 and 130 will be put
forward through the submission process outlined in the ``Introduction''
sections of these Handbooks.
Included among the topics to be discussed by the WG for current and
emerging device technologies used in commercial electric measuring
systems are: (1) Method-of-sale requirements; (2) metrology laboratory
standards and test procedures; (3) uncertainties; (4) measurement
traceability; (5) tolerances and other technical requirements for
commercial measuring systems; (6) existing standards for testing
equipment; (7) field implementation; (8) data analysis; (9) field test
and type evaluation procedures; (10) field enforcement issues; (11)
training at all levels; and (12) other relevant issues identified by
the WG. The WG's technical output may result in the revision of current
standards or the development of new standards for testing equipment,
including documents such as the NIST Handbook 105 Series for field
standards; NIST HB 44, and NIST Examination Procedure Outlines, as well
as proposed changes to requirements and testing procedures for
commercial devices and systems used to assess charges to consumers for
electric vehicle fuel.
There is no cost for participating in the Work Group. No
proprietary information will be shared as part of the Work Group, and
all research results will be in the public domain.
Dated: August 1, 2012.
Willie E. May,
Associate Director for Laboratory Programs.
[FR Doc. 2012-19285 Filed 8-6-12; 8:45 am]
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