[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 5, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 540-541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-33300]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


National Conference on Weights and Measures 2011 Interim Meeting

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) 2011 
Interim Meeting will be held January 23 to 26, 2011. Publication of 
this notice on the NCWM's behalf is undertaken as a public service. The 
meetings are open to the public but a paid registration is required. 
Please see registration information in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
section below.

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DATES: The meeting will be held on January 23 to 26, 2011.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Fairmont Dallas, 1717 North 
Akard Street, Dallas, Texas 75201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol Hockert, Chief, NIST, Weights 
and Measures Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 2600, Gaithersburg, MD 
20899-2600 or by telephone (301) 975-5507 or by e-mail at 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#81c2e0f3eeedafc9eee2eae4f3f5c1efe8f2f5afe6eef7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="06456774696a284e69656d63747246686f757228616970">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NCWM is an organization of weights and 
measures officials of the states, counties, and cities of the United 
States, Federal agencies, and private sector representatives. 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 participates to promote uniformity 
among the states in laws, regulations, methods, and testing equipment 
that comprise the regulatory control of commercial weighing and 
measuring devices and other trade and commerce issues. To register to 
attend the meeting, please see NCWM Publication 15 ``Interim Meeting 
Agenda'' which contains meeting agendas, registration forms and hotel 
reservation information at http://www.ncwm.net or http://www.nist.gov/owm on the Internet.
    The following are brief descriptions of some of the significant 
agenda items that will be considered along with other issues at the 
NCWM Interim Meeting. Comments will be taken on these and other issues 
during several public comment sessions. At this stage, the items are 
proposals. This meeting also includes work sessions in which the 
Committees may also accept comments and where they will finalize 
recommendations for NCWM consideration and possible adoption at its 
2011 Annual Meeting to be held at the Holiday Inn Downtown at the Park 
200 South Pattee Street, Missoula, Montana 59802, on July 17 to 21, 
2011. The Committees may withdraw or carry over items that need 
additional development.
    The Specifications and Tolerances Committee (S&T Committee) will 
consider proposed amendments to NIST Handbook 44, ``Specifications, 
Tolerances, and other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring 
Devices (NIST Handbook 44).'' Those items address weighing and 
measuring devices used in commercial applications, that is, devices 
that are used to buy from or sell to the public or used for determining 
the quantity of product sold among businesses.
    Issues on the agenda of the NCWM Laws and Regulations Committee 
(L&R Committee) relate to proposals to amend NIST Handbook 130, 
``Uniform Laws and Regulations in the area of legal metrology and 
engine fuel quality'' and NIST Handbook 133 ``Checking the Net Contents 
of Packaged Goods.''

NCWM Specifications and Tolerances Committee

    The following item is a proposal to amend NIST Handbook 44:

General Code

    The S&T Committee will consider Item 310-3 G-A.6. Nonretroactive 
Requirements (Remanufactured Equipment). The purpose of this proposal 
is to clarify the intent of the position issued by the NCWM in 2001 
regarding the application of nonretroactive requirements to devices 
which have been determined to have been ``remanufactured.'' The item 
under consideration includes a proposed to amend subparagraphs (a) and 
(b) of NIST Handbook 44's General Code paragraph G-A.6. Nonretroactive 
Requirements to read as follows: G-A.6. Nonretroactive Requirements.--
``Nonretroactive'' requirements are enforceable after the effective 
date for (a) Devices manufactured and remanufactured within a state 
after the effective date; (b) both new, and used, and remanufactured 
devices brought into a state after the effective date; and (c) devices 
used in noncommercial applications which are placed into commercial use 
after the effective date. Nonretroactive requirements are not 
enforceable with respect to devices that are in commercial service in 
the state as of the effective date or to new equipment in the stock of 
a manufacturer or a dealer in the state as of the effective date. 
[Nonretroactive requirements are printed (in NIST Handbook 44) in 
italic type.]
    Special Meeting Announcement: A Task Group on Retail Motor Fuel 
Dispenser (RMFD) Price Posting and Computer Capability will meet from 
1:30 to 4 p.m. on January 23, 2011 to develop criteria for possible 
inclusion in the Liquid Measuring Device Code (LMD) related to price 
posting and computing capability on RMFDs to reflect current market 
practices in posting fuel prices.

NCWM Laws and Regulations Committee

    The following items are proposals to amend NIST Handbook 130 or 
NIST Handbook 133:

Method of Sale of Commodities Regulation

    Item 232-1. Polyethylene Products, Method of Sale Regulation 
Section 2.13.4. ``Declaration of Weight.''--The L&R Committee will 
consider a proposal to revise the density value used to calculate the 
net weights on some packages of polyethylene products. The intent of 
the proposal is to recognize heavier density plastics are being used in 
the production of some sheeting and bag products. (See also related 
Item 260-2 under NIST Handbook 133, Chapter 4.7. Polyethylene Sheeting-
Test Procedure--Footnote to Step 3 in the complete agenda of the L&R 
Committee in NCWM Publication 15).
    Item 232-2. Proposed Method of Sale Regulation for Packages of 
Printer Ink and Toner Cartridges--The L&R Committee will consider a 
proposed method of sale regulation to clarify the labeling requirements 
for packaged inkjet and toner cartridges to ensure that consumers are 
informed about the net quantity of contents of these products so value 
comparisons can be made.

Special Meeting Announcements

    The Task Group on Printer Ink and Toner Cartridges will meet on 
January 23, 2011, from 1:30 to 4 p.m.
    The Fuel and Lubricants Subcommittee will meet on January 23, 2011, 
from 1:30 to 4 p.m. to consider proposals related to requirements of a 
wide variety of engine fuels.

NIST Handbook 133

    Items 260-1 & 260-3. Guidance on Allowing for Moisture Loss and 
Other Revisions & Moisture Allowance for Pasta Products--The L&R 
Committee will consider a proposal to clarify the handbook's guidance 
on making allowances for moisture loss that occurs in some packaged 
goods. The L&R Committee will also consider a proposal to adopt a 
specific 3% moisture allowance for macaroni, noodle, and like products 
(pasta products).
    Item 260-4. Seed Count for Agricultural Seeds--The L&R Committee 
will consider a proposal that the NCWM reconsider a method of sale and 
test procedures for use with packaged agricultural seed (specifically 
corn seed, soybean seed, field bean seed, and wheat seed) sold by 
``count'' adopted at the 2010 NCWM Annual Meeting.

    Dated: December 29, 2010.
Charles H. Romine,
Acting Associate Director for Laboratory Programs.
[FR Doc. 2010-33300 Filed 1-4-11; 8:45 am]
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