Notice2024-27838
National Council on Weights and Measures 2025 Interim Meeting
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Published
November 27, 2024
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Commerce DepartmentNational Institute of Standards and Technology
Abstract
The 2025 Interim Meeting of the National Council on Weights and Measures (NCWM) will be held in-person at the Francis Marion Hotel, Charleston, South Carolina from Sunday, January 12, 2025, through Wednesday, January 15, 2025. This notice contains information about the most significant agenda items of the NCWM committees. As a result, the items are not consecutively numbered.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 93551-93553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27838]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
National Council on Weights and Measures 2025 Interim Meeting
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The 2025 Interim Meeting of the National Council on Weights
and Measures (NCWM) will be held in-person at the Francis Marion Hotel,
Charleston, South Carolina from Sunday, January 12, 2025, through
Wednesday, January 15, 2025. This notice contains information about the
most significant agenda items of the NCWM committees. As a result, the
items are not consecutively numbered.
DATES: The 2025 NCWM Interim Meeting will be held from Sunday, January
12, 2025, through Wednesday, January 15, 2025. The meeting schedule
will be available on the NCWM website at <a href="http://www.ncwm.com">www.ncwm.com</a>.
ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Francis Marion Hotel, with
an address at 387 King Street, Charleston, South Carolina 29403.
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#80ebe1f4f2e9e3e5aeece9f0f0e1c0eee9f3f4aee7eff6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6f040e1b1d060c0a4103061f1f0e2f01061c1b41080019">[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
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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, and cities 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 council has provided a model of
cooperation between Federal, State, and local governments and the
private sector. NIST participates in the NCWM to provide technical
insights and expertise and encourage cooperation between the private
sector, 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 meeting identified
in the meeting schedule. At this stage, the items are proposals. The
open hearing sessions are accessible to all registered attendees of the
meeting, including both NCWM members and non-members. The meeting also
includes committee work sessions in which the committees may, inter
alia, accept comments, withdraw or carryover agenda items that need
additional maturation, and develop recommendations for the agenda items
for consideration and possible adoption in July 2025 at the NCWM 110th
Annual Meeting.
These notices are 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 2025 NCWM Interim
Meeting. The notices are also presented to invite the participation of
manufacturers, experts, consumers, users, and others who may be
interested in these efforts.
The following are brief descriptions of significant agenda items
that will receive further consideration by the standing committees at
the upcoming 2025 NCWM Interim Meeting. The full agenda of each
standing committee is provided in NCWM Publication 15 (<a href="http://ncwm.com/publication-15">ncwm.com/publication-15</a>). Comments will be taken on recommendations intended to
amend NIST Handbook 44, ``Specifications, Tolerances, and Other
Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices'' (NIST HB
44), NIST Handbook 130, ``Uniform Laws and Regulations in the Areas of
Legal Metrology and Fuel Quality'' (NIST HB 130), and NIST Handbook
133, ``Checking the Net Contents of Packaged Goods'' (NIST HB 133). The
NIST Handbooks are regularly adopted by the states, either by reference
or through administrative procedures.
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. A detailed technical review by the NIST Office of
Weights and Measures of the S&T Committee agenda items will be made
available prior to the 2025 NCWM Interim Meeting in the 2025 NIST OWM
Interim Technical Analysis at <a href="https://www.nist.gov/pml/owm/publications/owm-technical-analysis">https://www.nist.gov/pml/owm/publications/owm-technical-analysis</a>.
SCL--Scales
SCL-25.1 S.5.2. Parameters for Accuracy Class, S.6. Marking
Requirements, and UR.3. Use Requirements
The S&T Committee will consider a new proposal submitted by NIST
Office of Weights and Measures. The proposal is to amend the
requirements to establish a minimum capacity for scales and require
that information to be marked on new scales.
SCL-25.3 UR.3.14. Zero-Balance Recorded Weight for Forklift Scales
The S&T Committee will consider a new proposal submitted by the
Pennsylvania Bureau of Ride and Measurement Standards. The proposal is
to add a requirement for forklift scales that would require these
devices to indicate and record a zero-balance condition prior to
determining the weight of the load on the device.
FMT--Farm Milk Tanks
FMT-25.1 UR.1. Installation
The S&T Committee will consider a new proposal submitted by the
USDA-AMS-Dairy Programs. The proposal amends the current section 4.42.
Farm Milk Tanks Code paragraph UR.1. Installation to require the
leveling legs on stationary farm milk tanks to be permanently attached
to the floor by cement as a means to prevent any adjustment to the
leveling legs after calibration. The proposal removes the option for
defining the correct position of each leg on the floor for tanks that
are not permanently mounted in the facility.
Item Block 1 (B1)
TXI--Taximeters and TNS--Transportation Network Measurement Systems
B1-TXI-25.1 5.54 Transportation-For-Hire Systems
The S&T Committee will consider a new proposal submitted by the
NCWM Transportation-for-Hire Systems Task Group. The proposal would
revise section 5.54., currently titled ``Taximeters,'' and rename it
``Transportation-For-Hire Systems.'' The new revised section would
combine the existing requirements for taximeters in section 5.54. with
those that are currently in section 5.60. Transportation Network
Measurement Systems to create a single section addressing both types of
vehicle for hire applications.
B1-TNS-25.1 Section 5.60. Transportation Network Measurement Systems--
Tentative Code
The S&T Committee will consider a new proposal submitted by the
Transportation-for-Hire Systems Task Group. The proposal would
consolidate section 5.60. Transportation Network Measurement Systems
with section 5.54. Taximeters. Both sets of requirements would be
incorporated into an updated and renamed section 5.54., and section
5.60. would be removed from NIST HB 44.
OTH--Other Items
OTH-25.1 2.26. Weigh-in-Motion Systems Used for Vehicle Direct
Enforcement
The S&T Committee will consider a proposal submitted by New York
City
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Department of Transportation, NY State Department of Agriculture and
Markets, NJ Office of Weights and Measures, Oregon Department of
Agriculture, Washington DC Department of Transportation, C2SMART, and
Kistler. The proposal is to include a new Section 2.26. Weigh-in-Motion
Systems Used for Vehicle Direct Enforcement to NIST HB 44 that provides
standards that can be used by local and State agencies to certify
Weigh-In-Motion (WIM) systems used for automated enforcement of gross
vehicle weight limits.
NCWM L&R Committee
The NCWM Laws and Regulations Committee (L&R Committee) will
consider proposed amendments to NIST HB 130, including those identified
below. A detailed technical review by the NIST Office of Weights and
Measures of the L&R Committee agenda items will be made available prior
to the 2025 NCWM Interim Meeting in the 2025 NIST OWM Interim Analysis
at <a href="https://www.nist.gov/pml/owm/publications/owm-technical-analysis">https://www.nist.gov/pml/owm/publications/owm-technical-analysis</a>.
MOS--NIST Handbook 130
NET-24.2. 2.16.3.1. Tare Weights; Part (c) Allowable difference
The L&R Committee will further consider a proposal to clarify the
existing language for the method of sale for stamped or stenciled tare
weights of Liquefied Petroleum Gas cylinders. This will include changes
to existing language within NIST HB 130 that references tolerances for
cylinders. It is intended to resolve the discrepancy that exists
between NIST Handbook 130 and Title 49 of the Code of Federal
Regulations with respect to the allowable differences between the
stamped tare weight and the actual tare weight of cylinders used for
compressed or liquefied gases in refillable cylinders.
OTH--NIST Handbook 130
OTH-24.1 X. Uniform Shipping Law
The L&R Committee will further consider a proposal that has been
designated as an ``Assigned'' item, meaning that further development
will be done by the NCWM Uniform Shipping Law Task Group. This proposal
provides model language for inclusion in NIST HB 130 that would
establish Uniform Shipping Laws meant to ensure accurate shipment of
goods. This regulation includes language authorizing the enforcement of
these regulations, empowers the state to promulgate regulations as
needed to carry out the provisions of the Act, and provides for civil
and criminal penalties. The development of this item will include
outreach to stakeholders, including federal agencies.
FALS--Fuels and Lubricants Subcommittee
B2-FLR-24.1 3.12.1.X Identification of Grade & 3.12.2.X. Identification
of Grade
The L&R Committee will further consider a proposal that has been
designated as an ``Assigned'' item, meaning that the NCWM Fuels and
Lubricants Subcommittee is being tasked to fully develop the proposal
to ensure the applicable ASTM fuel grade designations are clearly
identified for the marketplace. This proposal provides language for a
new NIST HB 130 regulation that specifies labeling requirements that
will properly identify the grade of natural gas (compressed and
liquified to include blends of these products with hydrogen) when this
product is dispensed and sold as a vehicle fuel. These standards will
be applicable at the point fuel is dispensed into the vehicle.
Alicia Chambers,
NIST Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2024-27838 Filed 11-26-24; 8:45 am]
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