Notice2024-12191
National Conference on Weights and Measures 2024 Annual Meeting
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Published
June 4, 2024
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Commerce DepartmentNational Institute of Standards and Technology
Abstract
The 109th Annual Meeting of the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) will be held at the Hotel Cleveland in Cleveland, Ohio from Sunday, July 14, 2024, through Thursday, July 18, 2024. This notice contains information about significant items on the NCWM Committee agendas but does not include all agenda items. As a result, the items are not consecutively numbered.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47899-47901]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12191]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
National Conference on Weights and Measures 2024 Annual Meeting
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The 109th Annual Meeting of the National Conference on Weights
and Measures (NCWM) will be held at the Hotel Cleveland in Cleveland,
Ohio from Sunday, July 14, 2024, through Thursday, July 18, 2024. This
notice contains information about significant items on the NCWM
Committee agendas but does not include all agenda items. As a result,
the items are not consecutively numbered.
DATES: The 2024 NCWM Annual Meeting will be held from Sunday, July 14,
2024, through Thursday, July 18, 2024. The meeting schedule will be
available on the NCWM website at <a href="https://www.ncwm.com/events-detail/2024-annual-OH">https://www.ncwm.com/events-detail/2024-annual-OH</a>.
ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Hotel Cleveland, located at
24 Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio 44113.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Katrice Lippa, NIST, Office of
Weights and Measures, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 2600, Gaithersburg, MD
20899-2600. You may also contact Dr. Lippa at (301) 975-3116 or by
email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4c272d383e252f296220253c3c2d0c22253f38622b233a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8ae1ebfef8e3e9efa4e6e3fafaebcae4e3f9fea4ede5fc">[email protected]</span></a>. The meeting is open to the public, but
the payment of a registration fee is required. Please see the NCWM
website (<a href="http://www.ncwm.com">www.ncwm.com</a>) to view the meeting agendas, registration forms,
and hotel reservation information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Publication of this notice on the NCWM's
behalf is undertaken as a public service and does not itself constitute
an endorsement by the National Institute of Standards and Technology
(NIST) of the content of the notice. NIST participates in the NCWM as
an NCWM member and pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 272(b)(10) and (c)(4) and in
accordance with Federal policy (e.g., OMB Circular A-119 ``Federal
Participation in the Development and Use of Voluntary Consensus
Standards'').
The NCWM is an organization of weights and measures officials of
the states, counties, cities, and territories of the United States, and
representatives from the private sector and federal agencies. These
meetings bring together government officials and representatives of
business, industry, trade associations, and consumer organizations on
subjects related to the field of weights and measures technology,
administration, and enforcement. NIST hosted the first meeting of the
NCWM in 1905. Since then, the conference has provided a model of
cooperation between Federal, State, and local governments and the
private sector. NIST participates to encourage cooperation between
federal agencies and the states in the development of legal metrology
requirements. NIST also promotes uniformity in state laws, regulations,
and testing procedures used in the regulatory control of commercial
weighing and measuring devices, packaged goods, and for other trade and
commerce issues.
The NCWM has established multiple committees, task groups, and
other working bodies to address legal metrology issues of interest to,
inter alia, regulatory officials, industry representatives, and
consumers. Comments will be taken by the various NCWM committees on
agenda items during the open hearing portions of the conference
identified in the meeting schedule. At this stage, the items are
proposals. The open hearing sessions are accessible to all registered
attendees of the conference, including both NCWM members and non-
members. The conference also includes committee work sessions in which
the committees may, inter alia, accept comments, withdraw or carry over
agenda items that need additional maturation, and develop
recommendations for the agenda items for consideration and
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possible adoption during the voting session of the meeting.
This notice is intended to make interested parties aware of
significant agenda items and alert them to the committees' intentions
to share reports on the status of each at the 2024 NCWM Annual Meeting.
This notice is also presented to invite the participation of
manufacturers, experts, consumers, users, and others who may be
interested in these efforts.
Comments will be taken on these and other recommendations to amend
NIST Handbook 44, ``Specifications, Tolerances, and other Technical
Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices'' (NIST Handbook 44 or
NIST HB 44), NIST Handbook 130, ``Uniform Laws and Regulations in the
areas of Legal Metrology and Fuel Quality'' (NIST Handbook 130 or NIST
HB 130), and NIST Handbook 133, ``Checking the Net Contents of Packaged
Goods'' (NIST Handbook 133 or NIST HB 133).
These NIST Handbooks are regularly adopted by reference or through
the administrative procedures of all the states. At this stage these
agenda items are only proposals to amend the handbooks.
NCWM S&T Committee
The NCWM Specifications and Tolerances Committee (S&T Committee)
will consider proposed amendments to NIST HB 44, including those
identified below. These items address weighing and measuring devices
used in commercial applications, that is, devices used to buy from or
sell to the public or used to determine the quantity of products or the
cost of services based on a weight or measurement. For a detailed
technical review of the NCWM S&T Committee agenda items, see the 2024
NIST OWM Analysis at 2024 NIST OWM Annual Analysis.
SCL--Scales
SCL-23.3. Verification Scale Division e: Multiple Sections.
The S&T Committee has assigned a Voting status to a proposal
submitted by the NCWM Verification Scale Division e Task Group that is
intended to update NIST Handbook 44, Section 2.20 Scales to clarify how
error is determined in relation to the verification scale division (e)
and the scale division (d), clarify which is the proper reference; the
verification scale division (e) or the scale division (d) throughout
this section, ensure proper selection of a scale in reference to the
verification scale division (e) and the scale division (d), and clarify
the relationship between the verification scale division (e) and the
scale division (d).
WIM--Weigh-In-Motion Systems
WIM-23.1. Add Section 2.26. Weigh-in-Motion Systems Used for
Vehicle Direct Enforcement.
The S&T Committee will consider a proposal to add Section 2.26.
Weigh-in-Motion Systems Used for Vehicle Direct Enforcement. This also
includes (but is not limited to): (1) specifications that direct how a
device must be designed. (S); (2) the addition of test procedures
specific to devices designed to enforce road weight limit restrictions
for vehicles in the test procedures (N) section addressing test speeds,
dynamic test loads, and vehicle configurations; (3) the designation of
tolerances (T) to be applied to WIM scales used for enforcement
purposes; and (4) the addition of selection, installation, maintenance,
and violation parameters in the user requirements (UR) for the
enforcement of road weight limit restrictions for vehicles based on
axle, axle group, and gross vehicle weights. The proposal has been
through several revisions since the release of the 2023 NCWM
Publication 15. During the 2024 NCWM Interim Meeting, the Committee
updated the item based on revised language proposed by the submitter
and input received during the meeting. The item was assigned a Voting
status.
EVF--Electric Vehicle Fueling Systems
EVF-24.2--S.2.7. Indication of Delivery, N.3.2. Accuracy Testing.,
and T.2.1. EVSE Load Test Tolerances.
This item proposes to amend the exemption date applicable to DC EV
charging equipment from 2028 to 2025 for those paragraphs that include
the exemption. Exempting DC systems currently placed into service up
through December 31, 2024, from displaying specific sales information
and accuracy testing and tolerances. Whereas all other AC and DC EVSE
in service must meet all HB 44 display and accuracy requirements and be
held to minimum test procedures.
EVF-23.4--S.5.2. EVSE Identification and Marking Requirements,
S.5.3. Abbreviations and Symbols, and N.3. Test of an EVSE System. This
item proposes to expand EVSE test procedures and amend EVSE marking
requirements which are used to identify that the system is in the
proper state for testing.
EVF-23.6--S.5.2. EVSE Identification and Marking Requirements., and
T.2. Accuracy Test Tolerances. This item proposes to create a new
accuracy class for DC EV charging equipment where a <plus-minus>5%
performance tolerance would apply until 2034. This would permit DC
systems currently in use and placed into service up through December
31, 2023, a wider accuracy tolerance when marked with the designation
``Accuracy Class 5'' while other DC systems operate and meet the
current <plus-minus>2% tolerance.
OTH--Other Items
OTH-16.1--Non-Utility Electricity-Measuring Systems (NUEMS)--
Tentative Code. This item proposes to create a new NIST HB 44 code
section that would apply to electricity meters that are not under the
authority of municipal and public utilities. If adopted the code would
have a tentative designation which means it would have a trial or
experimental status and is not intended to be enforced.
NCWM L&R Committee
The NCWM Laws and Regulations Committee (L&R Committee) will
consider proposed amendments to NIST HB 133, including those identified
below. A detailed technical review of the L&R Committee agenda items
will be made available prior to the 2024 NCWM Annual Meeting in the
2024 NIST OWM Annual Analysis.
NET--NIST Handbook 133
NET-24.1. Section 3.11. Ice Cream Novelties. The L&R Committee will
consider a proposal designated as ``Voting'' to modify NIST HB 133,
Section 3.11. Ice Cream Novelties. This is a test procedure that will
provide updated technical guidance on the preparation and maintenance
of ice water at the required temperature to test ice cream novelties
such as ice cream bars, ice cream sandwiches, or cones.
NET-24.2. Section 4.9. Procedure for Checking the Contents of
Specific Agriculture Seed Packages Labeled by Count and Appendix D.
AOSA Rules for Testing Seeds. The L&R Committee will consider a
proposal designated as ``Voting'' to align NIST HB 133, Section 4.9.
Procedure for Checking the Contents of Specific Agriculture Seed
Packages Labeled by Count and Appendix D. AOSA Rules for Testing Seeds
with recent changes to the Association of Official Seed Analyst (AOSA)
Rules. This proposal would provide a standardized mechanical seed
counter calibration procedure for all models of mechanical seed
counters being used across the United States, to determine the number
of seeds per pound and/or for the purpose of packaging seeds by count.
NET 22.1 Section 1.2.6. Deviations Caused by Moisture Loss or Gain
and Section 2.3.8. Table 2-3 Moisture Allowances. The L&R Committee
will
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consider a proposal that is designated as ``Voting'' to Section 1.2.6.
Deviations Caused by Moisture Loss or Gain and Section 2.3.8. Table 2-3
Moisture Allowances. This proposal would provide for a 3% moisture
allowance for packages of Cannabis plant material containing more than
0.3% total delta-9 THC (Cannabis, Marijuana, or Marihuana \1\) or
containing 0.3% less total delta-9 THC (hemp). Deviations from the net
quantity of contents caused by the loss or gain of moisture from the
package are permitted when they are caused by ordinary and customary
exposure to conditions that normally occur in good distribution
practices and that unavoidably result in a change of weight or measure.
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\1\ In contrast to hemp, marijuana, which is defined as cannabis
with a tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) concentration of more than 0.3
percent on a dry weight basis, remains a Schedule I substance under
the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). 21 U.S.C. 812(d); 21 CFR
1308.11(d)(23).
Alicia Chambers,
NIST Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2024-12191 Filed 6-3-24; 8:45 am]
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