[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 14, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 45417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-15903]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Notice of a Public Meeting of the National Conference on Weights 
and Measures, Steering Committee on Automatic Temperature Compensation

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of a Public Meeting of the National Conference on 
Weights and Measures Steering Committee on Temperature Compensation, 
August 2007.

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SUMMARY: A meeting of the National Conference on Weights and Measures 
(NCWM) Steering Committee on Automatic Temperature Compensation (ATC) 
will be held August 27, 2007, beginning at 1 p.m. in Chicago, Illinois, 
and will end at noon on August 29, 2007.
    The ATC meeting is open to the public; however, advance 
registration with the NCWM is required. The NCWM is an organization of 
state, county, and city weights and measures officials and includes 
representatives of business, federal agencies, and members of the 
private sector which come together to develop standards related to 
weights and measures technology, administration, and enforcement. 
Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 272(b)(6), the Weights and Measures Division of 
the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) supports the 
NCWM as one of the forums it uses to solicit comments and 
recommendations on revising or updating a variety of publications 
related to legal metrology. NIST promotes uniformity among the states 
in laws, regulations, methods of sale, and testing equipment that 
comprise the regulatory control of commercial weighing and measuring 
devices and other practices used in trade and commerce. Publication of 
this notice on the NCWM's behalf is undertaken as a public service; 
NIST does not endorse, approve, or recommend any of the proposals 
contained in this notice or in NCWM publications.

DATES: August 27, 2007, to August 29, 2007.
    Meeting Location: This meeting will be convened at the Sofitel 
Chicago O'Hare, 5550 North River Road, Rosemont, Illinois 60018, 
telephone: 847-678-4488; e-mail: [email protected]. Please contact the 
NCWM at its URL at http://www.ncwm.net to obtain registration form and 
hotel accommodation information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Topics related to Automatic Temperature 
Compensation for Refined Petroleum Products and Other Fuels will be 
discussed at this meeting and includes:
    1. Establishing Standardized Product Densities,
    2. Establish Specifications for Temperature Probes Used by 
Inspectors,
    3. Response Time of Thermometer Wells,
    4. Referencing 15 [deg]C vs 60 [deg]F,
    5. Temperature Uncertainties Related to the 19-Liter (5-Gallon) 
Test Draft,
    6. Implementation: ``Permissive'' or ``Mandatory,''
    7. Labeling/Signage/Receipts,
    8. Tax Data,
    9. Temperature Data, and
    10. NCWM National Type Evaluation Program Checklist.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol Hockert, Chief, NIST, Weights 
and Measures Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 2600, Gaithersburg, MD 
20899-2600, at 301-975-5507, e-mail [email protected], or the NCWM 
contact Don Onwiler, Chairman, ATC Steering Committee, National 
Conference on Weights and Measures, 15245 Shady Grove Road, Suite 130, 
Rockville, Maryland 20850-3222, at 402-471-4292, e-mail 
[email protected]. Additional NCWM contact numbers are: 240-404-6473 
(Direct) and 240-632-9454 (Main).

    Dated: August 9, 2007.
William Jeffrey,
Director.
 [FR Doc. E7-15903 Filed 8-13-07; 8:45 am]
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