[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 209 (Monday, October 28, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55617-55618]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27566]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
[Docket No. 960516133-6285-02]
RIN 0693-XX19


Voluntary Product Standard, Amendment and Editorial Correction to 
PS 20-94

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; announcement of an amendment and an editorial 
correction to Voluntary Product Standard PS 20-94 American Softwood 
Lumber Standard.

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SUMMARY: On July 18, 1996, NIST requested the American Lumber Standard 
Committee (ALSC) to amend PS 20-94 to clarify NIST's role in the 
nomination of members to the ALSC Board of Review. The Committee 
unanimously approved the amendment, which became effective August 24, 
1996. Also, on July 18, 1996, NIST notified the ALSC that it was making 
an editorial correction for the purpose of clarification to Sec. 5.1 of 
PS 20-94 and that the correction would become effective immediately.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barbara M. Meigs, (301) 975-4025.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Voluntary Product Standard PS 20-94 American 
Softwood Lumber Standard was developed under procedures published by 
the Department of Commerce in Part 10, Title 15, of the Code of Federal 
Regulations. The ALSC acts as the Standing Committee for PS 20-94.

    This announcement is to provide public notice of the recent 
amendment and editorial correction to PS 20-94. These changes shall be 
listed as addenda to the standard until the standard is reprinted.
    The amendment affects three sections of PS 20-94. The sections have 
been modified to read as follows:

    Sec. 10.4  Composition, election, terms, compensation, and 
removal--The Board shall be composed of three members, none of whom 
shall be members of the ALSC or affiliated with a grading agency or 
any member of a grading agency.
    Sec. 10.4.1  The chairman of the ALSC shall appoint a 
spokesperson for each of the three membership groups within the ALSC 
that shall nominate members of the Board. The spokesperson shall 
determine and report the decision of the group to the Chairman along 
with a summary of the qualifications of each nominee and a statement 
of any interests, financial or otherwise, which the nominee has in 
the lumber industry. Except as provided in 10.4.1.4, Board members 
shall be nominated as follows:
    Sec. 10.4.1.5  The names of the nominees shall be submitted to 
the Department of

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Commerce prior to election and shall be accompanied by the summary 
of the qualifications of each nominee and an attestation that the 
requirements of 10.4 and 10.4.1 have been met.

    The editorial correction, which was made by NIST pursuant to its 
authority under Sec. 10.12 of Department procedures, affects Sec. 5.1 
and was made to improve the clarity of this section and to read as 
follows:

    Sec. 5.1  Rough size--The minimum rough thickness of dry or 
unseasoned lumber 1 or more inches in nominal thickness shall be not 
less than \1/8\ inch (3 mm) thicker than the corresponding minimum 
dressed thickness, except that up to 20 percent of a shipment shall 
be not less than \3/32\ inch (2 mm) thicker than the corresponding 
minimum dressed thickness. The minimum rough widths shall not be 
less than \1/8\ inch (3 mm) wider than the corresponding minimum 
dressed width.

    Authority: 15 USC 272 and 15 CFR Part 10.

    Dated: October 22, 1996.

Samuel Kramer,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 96-27566 Filed 10-25-96; 8:45 am]
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