[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 81 (Friday, April 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24729-24730]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-09936]
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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
http://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: http://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: [email protected] 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 http://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 http://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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