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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 [www.gpo.gov]
[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 www.ncwm.com.

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 [email protected]. 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

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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 (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 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 https://www.nist.gov/pml/owm/publications/owm-technical-analysis.

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 https://www.nist.gov/pml/owm/publications/owm-technical-analysis.

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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