[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 3, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51444-51445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-20147]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Announcement of a Public Meeting on U.S. Technical Participation 
in the 13th Quadrennial Conference of the International Organization of 
Legal Metrology (OIML)

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Meeting announcement and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will 
hold a public meeting to discuss U.S. technical participation in the 
13th Quadrennial Conference of the International Organization of Legal 
Metrology (OIML). This pre-conference public meeting is open to all 
interested parties.
    The principal focus of the public meeting will be the 26 OIML 
Recommendations on legal measuring instruments that will be presented 
for ratification by the Conference. These Recommendations and OIML-
member nations' technical comments on them will be reviewed with 
interested parties who will be given an opportunity to present their 
views on the Recommendations and other relevant issues related to the 
Conference.
    Participants with an expressed interest in particular topics may 
obtain copies of the OIML Conference technical agenda, including copies 
of the Recommendations to be ratified, from the OIML International 
Conference Web site at http://www.oiml.org/events/sydney, at the OIML 
Web site at http://www.oiml.org, or from the NIST International Legal 
Metrology Group.
    Interested parties wishing to schedule an oral presentation at the 
pre-conference meeting should provide a written summary of comments to 
the NIST International Legal Metrology Group no later than 2 October 
2008. Written comments from parties unable to attend the pre-conference 
public meeting are also welcome.

DATES: Pre-conference meeting at the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology: Thursday, 9 October 2008 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon; 
Thirteenth OIML International Conference of Legal Metrology in Sydney, 
Australia, 29-31 October 2008.

ADDRESSES: Pre-conference meeting: National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, Administration Building, Lecture Room D, 100 Bureau Drive, 
Gaithersburg, MD 20899; International Conference: Star City Hotel, 
Sydney, Australia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ralph Richter, International Legal 
Metrology Group, Weights and Measures Division, National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-2600; telephone: 301-
975-3997; fax: 301-926-8091; e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The International Organization of Legal 
Metrology (OIML) is an intergovernmental treaty organization in which 
the United States and 58 other nations are members. Its principal 
purpose is to harmonize national laws and regulations pertaining to 
testing and verifying the performance of legal measuring instruments 
used for equity in commerce, for public and worker health and safety, 
and for monitoring and protecting the environment. The harmonized 
results promote the international trade of measuring instruments and 
products affected by measurement.
    Twenty-six Recommendations will be presented for ratification by 
the Conference in the following two categories; Category 1: those 
already approved by the International Committee of Legal Metrology 
(CIML) between 2004 and 2007 and Category 2: those that are expected to 
be submitted directly to the Conference for ratification. These 
Recommendations and the OIML-member nations holding the responsible 
secretariat for their development are listed below:

Category 1

R21 ``Taximeters. Metrological and technical requirements, test 
procedures and test report format.'' (revision) (United Kingdom);
R35-1 ``Material measures of length for general use. Part 1: 
Metrological and technical requirements.'' (revision) (United Kingdom);
R39 ``Rockwell hardness machines.'' (revision) (United States);
R49-1 and R49-2 ``Water meters intended for the metering of cold 
potable water and hot water. Part 1: Metrological and technical 
requirements and Part 2: Test methods.'' (revision) (United Kingdom);
R51-1 ``Automatic catchweighing instruments. Part 1: Metrological and 
technical requirements--Tests.'' (revision) (United Kingdom);
R65 ``Force measuring system of uniaxial material testing machines.'' 
(revision) (United States);
R76-1 ``Non-automatic weighing instruments. Part 1: Metrological and 
technical requirements--Tests.'' (revision) (France and Germany);
R82 ``Gas chromatographic systems for measuring the pollution from 
pesticides and other toxic substances.'' (revision) (United States);
R83 ``Gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer systems for the analysis of 
organic pollutants in water.'' (revision) (United States);
R99 ``Amendment: Instruments for measuring vehicle exhaust emissions 
(joint publication ISO3930/OIML R 99).'' (revision) (Netherlands);
R107-1 ``Discontinuous totalizing automatic weighing instruments 
(totalizing hopper weighers). Part 1: Metrological and technical 
requirements--Tests.'' (revision) (United Kingdom);
R116 ``Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometers for the 
measurement of metal pollutants in water.'' (revision) (United States);
R117-1 ``Dynamic measuring systems for liquids other than water. Part 
1: Metrological and technical requirements.'' (revision) (United States 
and Germany);
 R134-1 ``Automatic instruments for weighing road vehicles in motion 
and axle-load measuring. Part 1: Metrological and technical 
requirements--Tests.'' (new document) (United Kingdom);
R137-1 ``Gas Meters. Part 1: Requirements.'' (new document) 
(Netherlands);
R138 ``Vessels for commercial transactions.'' (new document) 
(Switzerland);
R139 ``Compressed gaseous fuel measuring systems for vehicles.'' (new 
document) (Netherlands);
R140 ``Measuring systems for gaseous fuel.'' (new document) 
(Netherlands);
B-3/Amend ``OIML Certificate System for Measuring Instruments--
Amendment.'' (new document) (OIML);
B10-1/Amend ``Framework for a Mutual Acceptance Arrangement on OIML 
Type Evaluations (MAA)--Amendment.'' (new document) (OIML).

Category 2

R56 ``Standard solutions reproducing the conductivity of electrolytes'' 
(revision) (Russian Federation);
R71 ``Fixed storage tanks. General requirements'' (revision) (Austria 
and Germany);
R85 ``Automatic level gauges for measuring the level of liquid in fixed 
storage tanks.'' (revision) (Austria and Germany);

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Procedure for calibration and verification of the main characteristics 
of thermographic instruments (new document) (Russian Federation);
Automatic refractometers: Methods and means of verification (new 
document) (Russian Federation).

    Dated: August 22, 2008.
James M. Turner,
Deputy Director.
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