[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 34 (Wednesday, February 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7671-7672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-4074]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


International Code Council: The Update Process for the 
International Codes and Standards

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The International Code Council (ICC), promulgator of the 
International Codes and Standards, maintains a process for updating the 
entire family of International Codes

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based on receipt of proposals from interested individuals and 
organizations involved in the construction industry as well as the 
general public. The codes are updated every three years (2000--current 
edition, 2003, 2006 editions, etc.) with an intervening Supplement 
published every 18 months. There are two hearings for each code 
development cycle: In the first, a committee considers proposals and 
recommends an action on each; in the second, the committee considers 
comments submitted in response to the committee actions. The schedule 
is printed below.
    The purpose of this request is to increase public participation in 
the system used by ICC to develop and maintain its codes and standards. 
The publication of this notice by the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology (NIST) on behalf of ICC is undertaken as a public 
service; NIST does not necessarily endorse, approve, or recommend any 
of the codes or standards referenced in the notice.

DATES: Interested persons may submit proposals to the ICC at the 
address shown below and may participate in the public debate concerning 
these matters. The hearing dates are as follows:

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                                    Submittal
          Cycle year                 deadline         Public hearings
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2002..........................  November 15, 2001  First Hearing, April
                                                    8-19, 2002, Radisson
                                                    Hotel Green Tree,
                                                    Pittsburgh, PA 800-
                                                    333-3333.
                                                   Second Hearing,
                                                    September 29-October
                                                    4, 2002, Fort Worth
                                                    Convention Center,
                                                    Fort Worth, TX.
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          Completion of this cycle results in the 2003 edition.
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2003..........................  February 15, 2003  First Hearing,
                                                    September 5-14,
                                                    2003, Opryland
                                                    Hotel, Nashville,
                                                    TN.
                                                   Second Hearing, May,
                                                    2004, Date/Location
                                                    TBD.
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        Completion of this cycle results in the 2004 Supplement.
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2004..........................  August 15, 2004    First Hearing,
                                 (tentative).       February 21-March 2,
                                                    2005, Cincinnati
                                                    Convention Center,
                                                    Cincinnati, OH.
                                                   Second Hearing,
                                                    September, 2005,
                                                    Date/Location TBD.
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Completion of this cycle results in the 2006 edition. The 3-year cycle 
continues as noted above.
    Updates to the schedule are posted on the ICC website at: 
www.intlcode.org.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Pfeiffer, PE, Secretary, Code 
Development, 4051 West Flossmoor Road, Country Club Hills, IL 60478 
Telephone 708/799-2300 Extension 338.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    ICC produces the only family of Codes and Standards that are 
comprehensive, coordinated and necessary to regulate the built 
environment. Federal agencies frequently use these codes and standards 
as the basis for developing Federal regulations concerning new and 
existing construction. The Code Development Process is initiated when 
proposals from interested persons, supported by written data, views, or 
arguments are solicited and published in the Proposed Changes document. 
This document is distributed a minimum of 30 days in advance of the 
first hearing and serves as the agenda. At the first hearing, the ICC 
Code Development Committee considers testimony on every proposal and 
acts on them individually (Approval, Disapproval, or Approval as 
Modified). The results are published in a report entitled the Report of 
the Public Hearing, which identifies the disposition of each proposal 
and the reason for the committee's action. Anyone wishing to submit a 
comment on the committee's action, expressing support or opposition to 
the action, is provided the opportunity to do so. Comments received are 
published and distributed in a document called the Final Action Agenda, 
which serves as the agenda for the second hearing. Proposals that are 
approved at the second hearing are incorporated in either the 
Supplement or Edition, as applicable, with the next cycle starting with 
the submittal deadline for proposals. Proponents of proposals 
automatically receive a copy of all documents (Proposed Changes, Report 
of the Public Hearing and Final Action Agenda).
    Interested parties also may request a copy, free of charge, from 
ICC headquarters at:
    International Code Council, 5203 Leesburg Pike, Suite 600, Falls 
Church, VA 22041-3401 or download a copy from the ICC web site at 
www.intlcode.org.

The International Codes and Standards consist of the following:

International Building Code
ICC Electrical Code
International Energy Conservation Code
International Existing Building Code
International Fire Code
International Fuel Gas Code
International Mechanical Code
ICC Performance Code for Buildings and Facilities
International Plumbing Code
International Private Sewage Disposal Code
International Property Maintenance Code
International Residential Code
International Urban-Wildland Interface Code
International Zoning Code
ICC/ANSI A 117.1 Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities
ICC Standard on Bleachers, Folding and Telescopic Seating and 
Grandstands

    The maintenance process for ICC Standards such as ICC/ANSI A 117.1 
and the ICC Standard on Bleachers, Folding and Telescopic Seating and 
Grandstands follows a similar process of soliciting proposals, 
committee action, public comment and ultimately the update and 
publication of the standard.

    Dated: February 14, 2002.
Karen Brown,
Deputy Director.
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