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implementing regulations (40 CFR 

1506.6). 

Tamiko Ford, 

NIST Executive Secretariat. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

National Conference on Weights and 

Measures 2024 Interim Meeting 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The 2024 Interim Meeting of 

the National Conference on Weights and 

Measures (NCWM) will be held inperson at the Royal Sonesta New 

Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana from 

Sunday, January 7, 2024, through 

Wednesday, January 10, 2024. This 

notice contains information about some, 

but not all, significant agenda items of 

the NCWM committees. As a result, the 

items are not consecutively numbered. 

DATES: The 2024 NCWM Interim 

Meeting will be held from Sunday, 

January 7, 2024, through Wednesday, 

January 10, 2024. The meeting schedule 

will be available on the NCWM website 

at www.ncwm.com. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at 

the Royal Sonesta New Orleans, with an 

address at 300 Bourbon Street, New 

Orleans, Louisiana 70130. 

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 katrice.lippa@

nist.gov. The meeting is open to the 

public, but the payment of a registration 

fee is required. Please see the NCWM 

website (www.ncwm.com) 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, 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 conference 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 

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 carryover agenda items that 

need additional maturation, and 

develop recommendations for the 

agenda items for consideration and 

possible adoption at the NCWM 109th 

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 2024 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 

some of the significant agenda items 

that will receive further consideration 

by the standing committees at the 

upcoming 2024 NCWM Interim 

Meeting. The full agenda of each 

standing committee is provided in 

NCWM Publication 15 (ncwm.com/ 

publication-15). 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 of 

the S&T Committee agenda items will be 

made available prior to the 2024 NCWM 

Interim Meeting in the 2024 NIST OWM 

Interim Technical Analysis at https://

www.nist.gov/pml/owm/publications/ 

owm-technical-analysis. 

SCL—Scales 

SCL–23.3. Verification Scale Division 

e: Multiple Sections. 

The S&T Committee will consider a 

proposal submitted by the NCWM 

Verification Scale Division e Task 

Group that has an Assigned Status and 

is intended to update NIST Handbook 

44, Section 2.20 Scales to: 

1. Clarify how error is determined in 

relation to the verification scale division 

(e) and the scale division (d) 

2. Clarify which is the proper 

reference; the verification scale division 

(e) or the scale division (d) throughout 

this section 

3. Ensure proper selection of a scale 

in reference to the verification scale 

division (e) and the scale division (d) 

4. Clarify the relationship between the 

verification scale division (e) and the 

scale division (d). 

WIM—Weigh-In-Motion Systems 

WIM–23.1. 2.26 Weigh-in-Motion 

Systems Used for Vehicle Direct 

Enforcement. 

The S&T Committee will consider a 

proposal submitted by New York City 

DOT, C2SMART, Kistler, and Maryland 

DOT that has an Informational Status. 

The proposal to include a new Section 

2.26. Weigh-in-Motion Systems Used for 

Vehicle Direct Enforcement to NIST HB 

44 is intended to provide a legal 

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Motion (WIM) systems used for 

automated weight enforcement. 

EVF—Electric Vehicle Fueling Systems 

EVF–24.1. S.1.3. Mobile Device as 

Indicating Element for AC Chargers. 

The S&T Committee will consider a 

proposal submitted by Siemens Industry 

Inc.’s Smart Infrastructure eMobility; it 

is intended to clarify that use of a handheld mobile device such as a mobile 

phone to provide the Indicating 

Elements for an EVSE is an acceptable 

alternative to having the Indicating 

Elements built into the EVSE. This 

option is already accepted by the 

National Type Evaluation Program for 

certification. 

EVF–23.4. S.5.2. EVSE Identification 

and Marking Requirements, S.5.3. 

Abbreviations and Symbols, and N.5. 

Test of an EVSE System. 

The S&T Committee will consider a 

proposal submitted by Power 

Measurements LLC that is intended to 

update the existing required tests in 

NIST HB 44 (Section 3.40. Electric 

Vehicle Fueling Systems) that are used 

to determine the accuracy of alternating 

current (AC) and direct current (DC) 

systems. The proposal has a Developing 

status and would expand the number of 

test points over a specific range of 

operating conditions for the test of an 

electric vehicle supply equipment 

(EVSE) system. The S&T Committee has 

requested that stakeholders present an 

alternate proposal by exploring the 

option of combining the test procedures 

in this proposal with the test procedures 

and related terminology under 

consideration in EVF–23.7, a proposal 

submitted by Electrify America. 

EVF–23.6. S.5.2. EVSE Identification 

and Marking Requirements, and T.2. 

Tolerances. The S&T Committee will 

consider a proposal submitted by the 

Florida Department of Agriculture and 

Consumer Services, Electrify America, 

Tesla, EVGo, and Siemens. This 

proposal was revised by the S&T 

Committee after comments during the 

2023 NCWM Interim and Annual 

Meetings, and it would amend NIST HB 

44, Section 3.40, to allow DC systems 

placed in service prior to January 1, 

2024, that are marked as a Class 5 

device, to have an error of ± 5% through 

2034. DC systems installed on or after 

January 1, 2024, would be required to 

comply with the current 1% 

(acceptance)/2% (maintenance) 

tolerance. 

LPG—Liquefied Petroleum Gas and 

Anhydrous Ammonia LiquidMeasuring Devices 

LPG–24.2. S.2.5. Zero-Set-Back 

Interlock. 

The S&T Committee will consider a 

proposal submitted by the National 

Propane Gas Association; it is intended 

to address practical issues that propane 

retailers encounter when trying to 

comply with the zero setback 

requirements for propane stationary 

meters in NIST HB 44. 

LPG–23.1. S.2.5. Zero-Set-Back 

Interlock. 

The S&T Committee will consider a 

proposal submitted by the National 

Propane Gas Association and U-Haul 

International. The proposal has an 

Informational status and addresses 

issues that propane retailers encounter 

that do not have dispensers typically 

designed to be used to dispense retail 

motor fuel when trying to comply with 

zero-set-back interlock requirements in 

NIST HB 44 for electronic stationary 

and electronic vehicle-mounted propane 

meters and stationary retail motor-fuel 

devices used to dispense propane. The 

intent of the proposal is to exempt the 

required use of zero-set-back interlock 

mechanisms when a device is used in 

multiple applications to dispense 

liquefied petroleum gas as a vehicle 

motor-fuel and in filling containers/ 

cylinders for other than motor-fuel 

applications. 

OTH—Other Items 

OTH 16.1. Electric Watthour Meters 

Tentative Code. 

The S&T Committee will consider a 

proposal submitted by NIST, Office of 

Weights and Measures, which has an 

Informational status and is intended to 

make stakeholders aware of the work 

being done within the NIST U.S. 

National Work Group (USNWG) on 

Electric Vehicle Fueling and to develop 

proposed requirements for electric 

watthour meters used in submeter 

applications in residences and 

businesses (not intended to address 

utility metering under the authority of 

entities such as the local utility 

commission). 

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 

Interim Meeting in the 2024 NIST OWM 

Interim Analysis at https://

www.nist.gov/pml/owm/publications/ 

owm-technical-analysis. 

NET—NIST Handbook 133 

NET–24.1. Section 3.11. Ice Cream 

Novelties. 

The L&R Committee will consider a 

proposal submitted by the County of Los 

Angeles Department of Agriculture 

Commissioner/Weights and Measures to 

modify NIST HB 133, Section 3.11. Ice 

Cream Novelties. The proposal would, 

inter alia, provide technical guidance on 

the preparation and maintenance of ice 

water at the required temperature to test 

ice cream novelties. 

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 submitted by the Louisiana 

Department of Agriculture and Forestry 

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 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. 

Tamiko Ford, 

NIST Executive Secretariat. 

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Administration 

[RTID 0648–XD604] 

North Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of web conference. 

SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Council) 

Scientific and Statistical Committee 

Subgroup (SSC Subgroup) meeting will 

be held. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, January 11, 2024, from 11:30 

a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Alaska time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be a web 

conference. Join online through the link 

at https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/ 

Details/3026. 

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