[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 66 (Friday, April 4, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18512-18513]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-7056]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


National Fire Codes: Request for Comments on NFPA Technical 
Committee Reports

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Since 1896, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 
has accomplished its mission by advocating scientifically based 
consensus codes and standards, research, and education for safety 
related issues. NFPA's National Fire Codes[supreg], which holds over 
270 documents, are administered by more than 225 Technical Committees 
comprised of approximately 7,000 volunteers and are adopted and used 
throughout the world. NFPA is a nonprofit membership organization with 
approximately 80,000 members from over 70 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 takes 
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 process contains five basic steps that 
are followed both for developing new documents as well as revising 
existing documents. These steps are: Calling for Proposals; Publishing 
the Proposals in the Report on Proposals (ROP); Calling for Comments on 
the Committee's disposition of the Proposals and these Comments are 
published in the Report on Comments (ROC); having a Technical Report 
Session at the NFPA Annual Meeting; and finally, the Standards Council 
Consideration and Issuance of documents.

    Note: Under new rules effective Fall 2005, anyone wishing to 
make Amending Motions on the Technical Committee Reports (ROP and 
ROC) must signal their intention by submitting a Notice of Intent to 
Make a Motion by the Deadline of April 3, 2009. Certified motions 
will be posted by May 1, 2009. Documents that receive notice of 
proper Amending Motions (Certified Amending Motions) will be 
presented for action at the Annual 2009 Association Technical 
Meeting. Documents that receive no motions will be forwarded 
directly to the Standards Council for action on issuance at its 
August 6, 2009 meeting.

    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 technical 
reports that will be presented at NFPA's 2009 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.

DATES: Twenty-seven reports are published in the 2009 Annual Cycle 
Report on Proposals and will be available on June 20, 2008. Comments 
received on or before August 29, 2008, will be considered by the 
respective NFPA Committees before final action is taken on the 
proposals.

ADDRESSES: The 2009 Annual Revision Cycle Report on Proposals is 
available and downloadable from NFPA's Web site--www/nfpa.org or by 
requesting a copy from the NFPA, Fulfillment Center, 11 Tracy Drive, 
Avon, Massachusetts 02322. Comments on the report should be submitted 
to Milosh Puchovsky, Secretary, Standards Council, NFPA, 1 Batterymarch 
Park, P.O. Box 9101, Quincy, Massachusetts 02269-9101.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Milosh Puchovsky, Secretary, Standards 
Council, NFPA, 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, Massachusetts 02269-9101, 
(617) 770-3000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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 Milosh Puchovsky, Secretary, 
Standards Council, NFPA, 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, Massachusetts 
02269-9101. Commenters may use the forms provided for comments in the 
Reports on Proposals. Each person submitting a comment should include 
his or her name and address, identify the notice, and give reasons for 
any recommendations. Comments received on or before August 29, 2008, 
for the 2009 Annual Cycle Report on Proposals will be considered by the 
NFPA before final action is taken on the proposals.
    Copies of all written comments received and the disposition of 
those comments by the NFPA committees will be published as the 2009 
Annual Cycle Report on Comments by February 20, 2009. A copy of the 
Report on Comments will be sent automatically to each commenter. 
Reports of the Technical Committees on documents that do not receive a 
Notice of Intent to Make a Motion will automatically be forwarded to 
the Standards Council for action on issuance. Action on the reports of 
the Technical Committees on documents that do receive a Notice of 
Intent to Make a Motion will be taken at the Annual Meeting, June 7-11, 
2009, in Chicago, Illinois, by NFPA members.

                2009 Annual Meeting; Report on Proposals
 [P = Partial revision; W = Withdrawal; R = Reconfirmation; N = New; C =
                           Complete Revision]
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NFPA 13.....................  Standard for the Installation   P
                               of Sprinkler Systems.
NFPA 13D....................   Standard for the Installation   P
                               of Sprinkler Systems in One-
                               and Two-Family Dwellings and
                               Manufactured Homes.
NFPA 13R....................   Standard for the Installation   P
                               of Sprinkler Systems in
                               Residential Occupancies up to
                               and Including Four Stories in
                               Height.
NFPA 20.....................  Standard for the Installation    P
                               of Stationary Pumps for Fire
                               Protection.
NFPA 24.....................  Standard for the Installation    P
                               of Private Fire Service Mains
                               and Their Appurtenances.
NFPA 72.....................  National Fire Alarm Code[reg].   P

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NFPA 80.....................  Standard for Fire Doors and      P
                               Other Opening Protectives.
NFPA 99.....................  Standard for Health Care         P
                               Facilities.
NFPA 99B....................   Standard for Hypobaric         P
                               Facilities.
NFPA 99C....................   Standard on Gas and Vacuum      P
                               Systems.
NFPA 101A...................  Guide on Alternative             P
                               Approaches to Life Safety.
NFPA 105....................  Standard for the Installation   P
                               of Smoke Door Assemblies and
                               Other Opening Protectives.
NFPA 110....................  Standard for Emergency and      P
                               Standby Power Systems.
NFPA 111....................  Standard on Stored Electrical   P
                               Energy Emergency and Standby
                               Power Systems.
NFPA 130....................  Standard for Fixed Guideway     P
                               Transit and Passenger Rail
                               Systems.
NFPA 291....................  Recommended Practice for Fire   P
                               Flow Testing and Marking of
                               Hydrants.
NFPA 302....................  Fire Protection Standard for    P
                               Pleasure and Commercial Motor
                               Craft.
NFPA 400....................  Hazardous Materials Code......  N
NFPA 430....................  Code for the Storage of Liquid   W
                               and Solid Oxidizers.
NFPA 432....................  Code for the Storage of          W
                               Organic Peroxide Formulations.
NFPA 434....................  Code for the Storage of          W
                               Pesticides.
NFPA 490....................  Code for the Storage of          W
                               Ammonium Nitrate.
NFPA 1123...................  Code for Fireworks Display....  P
NFPA 1124...................  Code for the Manufacture,       P
                               Transportation, Storage, and
                               Retail Sales of Fireworks and
                               Pyrotechnic Articles.
NFPA 1221...................  Standard for the Installation,  P
                               Maintenance, and Use of
                               Emergency Services
                               Communications Systems.
NFPA 1710...................  Standard for the Organization   C
                               and Deployment of Fire
                               Suppression Operations,
                               Emergency Medical Operations,
                               and Special Operations to the
                               Public by Career Fire
                               Departments.
NFPA 1720...................  Standard for the Organization
                               and Deployment of Fire
                               Suppression Operations,
                               Emergency Medical Operations
                               and Special Operations to the
                               Public by Volunteer Fire
                               Departments.
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    Dated: March 31, 2008.
Richard F. Kayser,
Acting Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. E8-7056 Filed 4-3-08; 8:45 am]
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