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Dated: March 28, 2011. 

Charles H. Romine, 

Acting Associate Director for Laboratory 

Programs. 

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National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

National Fire Codes: Request for 

Proposals for Revision of Codes and 

Standards 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST) is 

publishing this notice on behalf of the 

National Fire Protection Association 

(NFPA) to announce the NFPA’s 

proposal to revise some of its fire safety 

codes and standards and requests 

proposals from the public to amend 

existing or begin the process of 

developing new NFPA fire safety codes 

and standards. The purpose of this 

request is to increase public 

participation in the system used by 

NFPA to develop its codes and 

standards. 

DATES: Interested persons may submit 

proposals by 5 p.m. EST/EDST on or 

before the date listed with the code or 

standard. 

ADDRESSES: Amy Beasley Cronin, 

Secretary, Standards Council, NFPA, 1 

Batterymarch Park, Quincy, 

Massachusetts 02169–7471. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Beasley Cronin, Secretary, 

Standards Council, at above address, 

(617) 770–3000. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Fire Protection Association 

(NFPA) proposes to revise some of its 

fire safety codes and standards and 

requests proposals from the public to 

amend existing or begin the process of 

developing new NFPA fire safety codes 

and standards. The purpose of this 

request is to increase public 

participation in the system used by 

NFPA to develop its codes and 

standards. The publication of this notice 

of request for proposals 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. 

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 take 

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 code revision Process 

contains five basic steps that are 

followed for developing new documents 

as well as revising existing documents: 

Call for Proposals; Report on Proposals 

(ROP); Call for Comments on the 

Committee’s disposition of the 

Proposals, and publication of these 

Comments in the Report on Comments 

(ROC); the Association Technical 

Meeting at the NFPA Conference & 

Expo; and finally, the Standards Council 

Consideration and Issuance of 

documents. 

Note: NFPA rules state that, anyone 

wishing to make Amending Motions on the 

Technical Committee Reports (ROP and ROC) 

must signal his or her intention by 

submitting a Notice of Intent to Make a 

Motion by 5 p.m. EST/EDST of the Deadline 

stated in the ROC. Certified motions will 

then be posted on the NFPA Web site. 

Documents that receive notice of proper 

Amending Motions (Certified Amending 

Motions) will be presented for action at the 

Association Technical Meeting at the NFPA 

Conference & Expo. Documents that receive 

no motions will be forwarded directly to the 

Standards Council for action on issuance. 

For more information on these rules 

and for up-to-date information on 

schedules and deadlines for processing 

NFPA Codes and Standards, check the 

NFPA Web site at http://www.nfpa.org, 

or contact NFPA Codes and Standards 

Administration. 

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. 

When a Technical Committee begins 

the development of a new or revised 

NFPA code or standard, it enters one of 

two Revision Cycles available each year. 

The Revision Cycle begins with the Call 

for Proposals, that is, a public notice 

asking for any interested persons to 

submit specific written proposals for 

developing or revising a code or 

standards. The Call for Proposals is 

published in a variety of publications. 

Interested parties have approximately 

twenty weeks to respond to the Call for 

Proposals. 

Following the Call for Proposals 

period, the Technical Committee holds 

a meeting to consider and accept, reject 

or revise, in whole or in part, all the 

submitted Proposals. The Committee 

may also develop its own Proposals. A 

document known as the Report on 

Proposals, or ROP, is prepared 

containing all the Public Proposals, the 

Technical Committee’s action on each 

Proposal, as well as all Committeegenerated Proposals. The ROP is then 

submitted for the approval of the 

Technical Committee by a formal 

written ballot. If the ROP does not 

receive approval by a two-thirds vote 

calculated in accordance with NFPA 

rules, the Report is returned to the 

Committee for further consideration and 

is not published. If the necessary 

approval is received, the ROP is 

published in a compilation of Reports 

on Proposals issued by NFPA twice 

yearly for public review and comment, 

and the process continues to the next 

step. 

The Reports on Proposals are sent 

automatically free of charge to all who 

submitted Proposals and each 

Committee member, as well as anyone 

else who requests a copy. All ROP’s are 

also available for free downloading at 

http://www.nfpa.org. 

Once the ROP becomes available, 

there is a 60-day comment period 

during which anyone may submit a 

Public Comment on the proposed 

changes in the ROP. The Committee 

then reconvenes at the end of the 

comment period and acts on all 

Comments. 

As before, a two-thirds approval vote 

by written ballot of the eligible members 

of the Committee is required for 

approval of actions on the Comments. 

All of this information is compiled into 

a second report, called the Report on 

Comments (ROC), which, like the ROP, 

is published, and is made available for 

public review for a seven-week period. 

The process of public input and 

review does not end with the 

publication of the ROP and ROC. 

Following the completion of the 

Proposal and Comment periods, there is 

further opportunity for debate and 

discussion through the Association 

Technical Meeting that takes place at 

the NFPA Conference & Expo. 

The Association Technical Meeting 

provides an opportunity for the final 

Technical Committee Report (i.e., the 

ROP and ROC) on each proposed new 

or revised code or standard to be 

presented to the NFPA membership for 

the debate and consideration of motions 


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to amend the Report. Before making an 

allowable motion at an Association 

Technical Meeting, the intended maker 

of the motion must file, in advance of 

the session, and within the published 

deadline, a Notice of Intent to Make a 

Motion. A Motions Committee 

appointed by the Standards Council 

then reviews all notices and certifies all 

amending motions that are proper. Only 

these Certified Amending Motions, 

together with certain allowable FollowUp Motions (that is, motions that have 

become necessary as a result of previous 

successful amending motions) will be 

allowed at the Association Technical 

Meeting. 

For more information on dates/ 

locations of NFPA Technical Committee 

meetings and NFPA Conference & Expo, 

check the NFPA Web site at: http://

www.nfpa.org/itemDetail.

asp?categoryID=822&itemID=22818. 

The specific rules for the types of 

motions that can be made and who can 

make them are set forth in NFPA’s 

Regulation Governing Committee 

Projects which should always be 

consulted by those wishing to bring an 

issue before the membership at an 

Association Technical Meeting. 

Request for Proposals 

Interested persons may submit 

proposals, supported by written data, 

views, or arguments, to Amy Beasley 

Cronin, Secretary, Standards Council, 

NFPA, 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, 

Massachusetts 02169–7471. Proposals 

should be submitted on forms available 

from the NFPA Codes and Standards 

Administration Office or on NFPA’s 

Web site at http://www.nfpa.org. Each 

person must include his or her name 

and address, identify the code or 

standard, and give reasons for the 

proposal. Proposals received by 5 p.m. 

EST/EDST on or before the closing date 

indicated with each code or standard 

would be acted on by the Committee, 

and then considered by the NFPA 

Membership at the Association 

Technical Meeting. 

Document-edition Document title Proposal 

closing date 

NFPA 10–2010 .............. Standard for Portable Fire Extinguishers ................................................................................................ 5/23/2011 

NFPA 14–2010 .............. Standard for the Installation of Standpipe and Hose Systems .............................................................. 5/23/2011 

NFPA 17–2009 .............. Standard for Dry Chemical Extinguishing Systems ................................................................................ 5/23/2011 

NFPA 17A–2009 ............ Standard for Wet Chemical Extinguishing Systems ............................................................................... 5/23/2011 

NFPA 22–2008 .............. Standard for Water Tanks for Private Fire Protection ............................................................................ 5/23/2011 

NFPA 36–2009 .............. Standard for Solvent Extraction Plants ................................................................................................... 5/23/2011 

NFPA 52–2010 .............. Vehicular Gaseous Fuel Systems Code ................................................................................................. 5/23/2011 

NFPA 70B–2010 ............ Recommended Practice for Electrical Equipment Maintenance ............................................................ 5/23/2011 

NFPA 77–2007 .............. Recommended Practice on Static Electricity .......................................................................................... 5/23/2011 

NFPA 99B–2010 ............ Standard for Hypobaric Facilities ............................................................................................................ 11/23/2012 

NFPA 140–2008 ............ Standard on Motion Picture and Television Production Studio Soundstages, Approved Production 

Facilities, and Production Locations.

5/23/2011 

NFPA 211–2010 ............ Standard for Chimneys, Fireplaces, Vents, and Solid Fuel-Burning Appliances ................................... 5/23/2011 

NFPA 225–2009 ............ Model Manufactured Home Installation Standard .................................................................................. 5/23/2011 

NFPA 241–2009 ............ Standard for Safeguarding Construction, Alteration, and Demolition Operations .................................. 5/23/2011 

NFPA 259–2008 ............ Standard Test Method for Potential Heat of Building Materials ............................................................. 5/23/2011 

NFPA 260–2009 ............ Standard Methods of Tests and Classification System for Cigarette Ignition Resistance of Components of Upholstered Furniture.5/23/2011 

NFPA 261–2009 ............ Standard Method of Test for Determining Resistance of Mock-Up Upholstered Furniture Material Assemblies to Ignition by Smoldering Cigarettes.5/23/2011 

NFPA 270–2008 ............ Standard Test Method for Measurement of Smoke Obscuration Using a Conical Radiant Source in a 

Single Closed Chamber.

5/23/2011 

NFPA 274–2009 ............ Standard Test Method to Evaluate Fire Performance Characteristics of Pipe Insulation ...................... 5/23/2011 

NFPA 289–2009 ............ Standard Method of Fire Test for Individual Fuel Packages .................................................................. 5/23/2011 

NFPA 290–2009 ............ Standard for Fire Testing of Passive Protection Materials for Use on LP–Gas Containers .................. 5/23/2011 

NFPA 495–2010 ............ Explosive Materials Code ....................................................................................................................... 5/23/2011 

NFPA 496–2008 ............ Standard for Purged and Pressurized Enclosures for Electrical Equipment .......................................... 5/23/2011 

NFPA 498–2010 ............ Standard for Safe Havens and Interchange Lots for Vehicles Transporting Explosives ....................... 5/23/2011 

NFPA 501A–2009 .......... Standard for Fire Safety Criteria for Manufactured Home Installations, Sites, and Communities ......... 5/23/2011 

NFPA 501–2010 ............ Standard on Manufactured Housing ....................................................................................................... 5/23/2011 

NFPA 502–2011 ............ Standard for Road Tunnels, Bridges, and Other Limited Access Highways ......................................... 11/25/2011 

NFPA 505–2011 ............ Fire Safety Standard for Powered Industrial Trucks Including Type Designations, Areas of Use, Conversions, Maintenance, and Operations.5/23/2011 

NFPA 520–2010 ............ Standard on Subterranean Spaces ........................................................................................................ 5/24/2013 

NFPA 551–2010 ............ Guide for the Evaluation of Fire Risk Assessments ............................................................................... 5/23/2011 

NFPA 705–2009 ............ Recommended Practice for a Field Flame Test for Textiles and Films ................................................. 5/23/2011 

NFPA 801–2008 ............ Standard for Fire Protection for Facilities Handling Radioactive Materials ............................................ 5/23/2011 

NFPA 853–2010 ............ Standard for the Installation of Stationary Fuel Cell Power Systems .................................................... 5/24/2013 

NFPA 900–2010 ............ Building Energy Code ............................................................................................................................. 5/23/2011 

NFPA 909–2010 ............ Code for the Protection of Cultural Resource Properties—Museums, Libraries, and Places of Worship.5/23/2011 

NFPA 914–2010 ............ Code for Fire Protection of Historic Structures ....................................................................................... 5/24/2013 

NFPA 1002–2009 .......... Standard for Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator Professional Qualifications .............................................. 8/26/2011 

NFPA 1006–2008 .......... Standard for Technical Rescuer Professional Qualifications ................................................................. 5/23/2011 

NFPA 1404–2006 .......... Standard for Fire Service Respiratory Protection Training ..................................................................... 5/23/2011 

NFPA 1451–2007 .......... Standard for a Fire Service Vehicle Operations Training Program ........................................................ 5/23/2011 

NFPA 1600–2010 .......... Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity Programs ............................ 5/23/2011 

NFPA 1855–P* ............... Standard for Selection, Care, and Maintenance of Protective Ensembles for Technical Rescue Incidents.5/23/2011 

NFPA 1925–2008 .......... Standard on Marine Fire-Fighting Vessels ............................................................................................. 5/23/2011 

NFPA 1962–2008 .......... Standard for the Inspection, Care, and Use of Fire Hose, Couplings, and Nozzles and the Service 

Testing of Fire Hose.

5/23/2011 


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Document-edition Document title Proposal 

closing date 

NFPA 1964–2008 .......... Standard for Spray Nozzles .................................................................................................................... 5/23/2011 

NFPA 1981–2007 .......... Standard on Open-Circuit Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) for Emergency Services ....... 5/23/2011 

NFPA 1982–2007 .......... Standard on Personal Alert Safety Systems (PASS) ............................................................................. 5/23/2011 

NFPA 1999–2008 .......... Standard on Protective Clothing for Emergency Medical Operations .................................................... 5/23/2011 

* Proposed NEW drafts are available from NFPA’s Web site—http://www.nfpa.org or may be obtained from NFPA’s Codes and Standards Administration, 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, Massachusetts 02169–7471. 

Dated: March 28, 2011. 

Charles H. Romine, 

Acting Associate Director for Laboratory 

Programs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA383 

Fisheries of the Caribbean; Southeast 

Data, Assessment, and Review 

(SEDAR); Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of SEDAR Data and 

Review Workshops for Caribbean silk 

snapper, queen snapper and redtail 

parrotfish. 

SUMMARY: The SEDAR assessments of 

the Caribbean stocks of silk snapper, 

queen snapper and redtail parrotfish 

will consist of a series of three 

workshops: a Data Workshop, an 

Assessment Workshop, and a Review 

Workshop. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

DATES: The Data Workshop will take 

place May 16–20, 2011; the Review 

Workshop will take place October 17– 

21, 2011. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for specific dates and times 

of the workshops. 

ADDRESSES: The Data Workshop will be 

held at the Renaissance St. Croix 

Carambola Beach Resort and Spa, Estate 

Davis Bay, Kingshill St. Croix VI 00850, 

telephone: (888) 503–8760. The Review 

Workshop will be held at the Hotel El 

Convento, 100 Cristo Street, Old San 

Juan, PR 00901, telephone: (181) 723– 

9036. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie 

A. Neer, SEDAR Coordinator, 4055 

Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North 

Charleston, SC 29405; telephone: (843) 

571–4366. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf 

of Mexico, South Atlantic, and 

Caribbean Fishery Management 

Councils, in conjunction with NOAA 

Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf 

States Marine Fisheries Commissions 

have implemented the Southeast Data, 

Assessment and Review (SEDAR) 

process, a multi-step method for 

determining the status of fish stocks in 

the Southeast Region. SEDAR includes 

three workshops: (1) Data Workshop, (2) 

Stock Assessment Workshop and (3) 

Review Workshop. The product of the 

Data Workshop is a data report which 

compiles and evaluates potential 

datasets and recommends which 

datasets are appropriate for assessment 

analyses. The product of the Stock 

Assessment Workshop is a stock 

assessment report which describes the 

fisheries, evaluates the status of the 

stock, estimates biological benchmarks, 

projects future population conditions, 

and recommends research and 

monitoring needs. The assessment is 

independently peer reviewed at the 

Review Workshop. The product of the 

Review Workshop is a Consensus 

Summary documenting Panel opinions 

regarding the strengths and weaknesses 

of the stock assessment and input data. 

Participants for SEDAR Workshops are 

appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South 

Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery 

Management Councils and NOAA 

Fisheries Southeast Regional Office and 

Southeast Fisheries Science Center. 

Participants include data collectors and 

database managers; stock assessment 

scientists, biologists, and researchers; 

constituency representatives including 

fishermen, environmentalists, and 

NGO’s; International experts; and staff 

of Councils, Commissions, and State 

and Federal agencies. 

SEDAR 21 Data and Review 

Workshop Schedule: 

May 16–20, 2011; SEDAR 21 Data 

Workshop 

May 16, 2011: 1 p.m.–8 p.m.; May 17– 

19, 2011: 8 a.m.–8 p.m.; May 20, 2011: 

8 a.m.–12 p.m. 

An assessment data set and associated 

documentation will be developed 

during the Data Workshop. Participants 

will evaluate all available data and 

select appropriate sources for providing 

information on life history 

characteristics, catch statistics, discard 

estimates, length and age composition, 

and fishery dependent and fishery 

independent measures of stock 

abundance. 

October 17–21, 2011; SEDAR 26 Review 

Workshop 

October 17, 2011: 1 p.m.–8 p.m.; 

October 18–20, 2011: 8 a.m.–8 p.m.; 

October 21, 2011: 8 a.m.–12 p.m. 

The Review Workshop is an 

independent peer review of the 

assessment developed during the Data 

and Assessment Workshops. Workshop 

Panelists will review the assessment 

and document their comments and 

recommendations in a Consensus 

Summary. 

The established times may be 

adjusted as necessary to accommodate 

the timely completion of discussion 

relevant to the assessment process. Such 

adjustments may result in the meeting 

being extended from, or completed prior 

to the time established by this notice. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Action will 

be restricted to those issues specifically 

listed in this notice and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to the Council office 

(see ADDRESSES) at least 10 business 

days prior to each workshop. 

Dated: April 18, 2011. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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