Handbook 44 - 2007 2006 Amendments 

2006 Amendments 

The following table lists the codes, paragraphs, and pages in which the 9lst National Conference on Weights and Measures 

made amendments. In the column headed “Action,” changes are noted as “added,” “amended,” “deleted,” or “renumbered.” 

Each code, section, or paragraph that has been changed will be noted as “Added 2006” or “Amended 2006.” 

SECTION CODE 

S&T 

ITEM 

NO. 

PARAGRAPH ACTION PAGE 

310-1 G-S.1. Amended 1-2 

1.10 General 

310-2 G-S.1.1. Amended 1-3 

320-6 T.N.4.5.1. Amended 2-32 

T.N.4.6.(b), Table T.N.4.6. Amended 2-33 

320-7 

T.N.4.7. Added 2-34 

320-9 UR.2.6.1. Amended 2-38 

2.20 Scales 

320-10 UR.3.7. Amended 2-40 

2.21 Belt-Conveyor Scale 

Systems 321-1 N.1.1. Amended 2-49 

320-1 S.1.2. Amended 3-3 

330-3 S.2.2., Table S.2.2. Amended 3-8– 

3-9 3.30 Liquid-Measuring 

Devices 

330-5 Table T.2. Amended 3-15 

331-1 S.1.1.3. Amended 3-21 

3.31 S.2.2. Amended 3-23 Vehicle-Tank 

Meters 

331-2 

Table S.2.2. Added 3-24 

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ITEM 

NO. 

PARAGRAPH ACTION PAGE 

S.2.2. Amended 3-34 

332-1 

Table S.2.2. 

Added 

3.32 3-35 

LPG & Anhydrous 

Ammonia Liquid 

Measuring Devices 

332-2 S.4.3. 

Added, renumbered 

subsequent paragraph 3-36 

S.2.5. Amended 3-52 

3.34 Cryogenic LiquidMeasuring Devices 334-1 

Table S.2.5. 

Added 

3-52 

S.2.3. Amended 3-59 

3.35 Milk Meters 335-1 

Table S.2.3. Added 3-60 

337-1 S.3.5., Table S.3.5. Amended 3-74– 

3-75 

3.37 Mass Flow Meters S.4.1. Amended 3-75 

337-2 

S.5.1. Added, Renumbered 

subsequent paragraph 3-77 

S.2.5. Amended 3-85 

3.38 

Carbon Dioxide 

Liquid-Measuring 

Devices 

338-1 

Table 2.5. Added 3-86 

Dmin Added D-6 

Appendix 

D Definitions 320-7 

Emin Added D-7 

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2006 Editorial Changes 

SECTION CODE PARAGRAPH ACTION PAGE 

Section M Changed “Issue(s)” to “Item(s)” 4 

Introduction 

NCWM Form 15 Changed “Issue” to “Item,” and “Informational 

Issue” to “Information Item” 7 

G-S.5.3.1. Deleted “[Made Retroactive 1990]” 1-4 

G-S.5.6. Deleted “[Made Retroactive 1990]” 1-5 1.10 General 

Table 1. Changed title of table to clarify that it applies to 

Paragraph G-S.5.6.1. 1-5 

S.1.2. 

Moved individual examples from the end of the 

paragraph to the subparagraphs with which the 

examples are associated. 

2-3 – 

2-4 

S.2.1.3.3. 

Replaced references to “automated zero-setting 

mechanism” with “zero-tracking” for consistency 

with S.2.1.3. 

2-10 

S.5.4. Reorganized paragraph for clarity. 2-13 

N.3.2. Added reference to Table 4 after “test load” to 

clarify the use of the term. 2-25 

T.N.4.5.1. 

Moved the first sentence “However . . . 0.2e” 

from part (b) to the end of part (a). Added “in 

(a)” following “conditions in part (b). 

2-32 

T.N.4.5.2. 

Moved the first sentence “However . . . 0.6e” 

from part (b) to the end of part (a). Added “in 

(a)” following “conditions” in part (b). 

2-33 

2.20 Scales 

UR.3.9. Changed numbering of paragraph from “(1), 

(2) . . .” to “(a), (b) . . .”. for consistency. 2-40 

N.1.1.(a) Changed number of paragraph from “(i), (ii) . . . ” 

to “(1), (2), . . .” for consistency. 2-74 

T.3.2.2. Corrected table title replacing “Dynamic” with 

“Automatic” 2-76 

T.3.3.1.2.(a) Changed “must” to “shall” for consistency with 

use in other paragraphs. 2-77 

T.3.3.1.2.(b) Changed number of paragraph from “(i), (ii), 

(iii) . . . ” to “(1), (2), (3) . . .” for consistency. 2-77 

2.24 

Automatic 

Weighing 

Systems 

T.3.3.2.2.(b) Changed number of paragraph from “(i), (ii), 

(iii) . . . ” to “(1), (2), (3) . . .” for consistency. 

2-77 – 

2-78 

S.1.6., S.1.7. 

Inserted “Additional” at the beginning of the title 

to clarify that these are in addition to other 

operating requirements specified in S.1. 

3-5, 3-7 

S.2.2. 

Added the phrase “or interchange” following 

“adjustment” for consistency among the 

Section 3.30. codes. 

3-8 

3.30 Liquid-Measuring 

Devices 

S.2.2.1. 

Changed numbering of paragraph from “(1), 

(2) . . .” and “(a), (b) . . .” to be consistent with 

other paragraphs. 

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S.4.4.2. Moved “required” so that it appears after 

“information” in lead sentence. 3-12 

UR.3.3. 

Deleted reference to paragraph becoming 

retroactive in 1999. Change numbering of 

paragraph from “(1), (2) . . . and “(a), (b) . . .” to 

be consistent with other paragraphs. 

3-17 

S.1.1.1. Changed “Note” to correctly reference UR.2.2. 

instead of UR.2.2.1. 3-21 

S.2.2. 

Added the phrase “or interchange” following 

“adjustment” for consistency among the 

Section 3.30. codes. 

3-23 

T.2. Deleted “Maintenance and Acceptance” since 

Table 1 also includes Special Test Tolerances. 3-28 

Replace “range of test results for the” with the 

“difference between ” in the lead paragraph to 

clarify the application of the paragraph. 

3-29 

3.31 Vehicle-Tank 

Meters 

T.4. 

Edited the “Note” to reference correctly Table 1 

instead of T.2. 3-29 

S.1.1.2. Added metric equivalents. 3-31 

S.2.2. 

Added the phrase “or interchange” following 

“adjustment” for consistency among the 

Section 3.30. codes. 

3-34 

Table T.2. Change “Vehicle-Tank” to “Vehicle-Mounted” in 

the “Application” column. 3-38 

3.32 

LPG and 

Anhydrous 

Ammonia LiquidMeasuring 

Devices 

UR.2.6. Added “or as otherwise specified by the 

customer” to be consistent with other codes. 3-40 

3.33 

Hydrocarbon Gas 

Vapor-Measuring 

Devices 

S.2.2. 

Added the phrase “or interchange” following 

“adjustment” for consistency among the 

Section 3.30. codes. 

3-43 

3.35 Milk Meters S.2.3. 

Added the phrase “or interchange” following 

“adjustment” for consistency among the 

Section 3.30. codes. 

3-59 

3.36 Water Meters S.2.1. 

Added the phrase “or interchange” following 

“adjustment” for consistency among the 

Section 3.30. codes. 

3-66 

S.1.3.2. Deleted “hyphens” and replaced them with “(a), 

(b)” . . . for consistency. 3-71 

S.3.5. 

Added the phrase “or interchange following 

“adjustment” for consistency among the 

Section 3.30. codes. 

3-74 

S.5. Changed “designation” to “identifier” 3-76 

3.37 Mass Flow Meters 

UR.3.3. Deleted reference to paragraph becoming 

retroactive in 1999 and deleted italics. 3-80 

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S.1.7. Added “Except for entries of tare,” before “the 

minimum length . . . “ for clarity 5-51 

S.1.8. Deleted “Except for entries of tare,” for clarity. 5-51 

S.1.8.(a), (b) Replaced “display” and “displayed” with 

“indicate” and “indicated” 5-51 

S.1.9. Replaced “display” and “displayed” with 

“indicate” and “indicated” 5-51 

Table S.4.1.a. 

Replaced “side” with “axis” in “Minimum and 

Maximum Dimensions for Each Side: for clarity. 

Added “(or each axis and range)” to the end of 

“Value of Measuring Division, d” for clarity. 

5-52 

Table S.4.1.b., 

Note 3 

Replaced “can be shown as follows” with 

“. . . shall be marked. For example:” 5-53 

5.58 

Multiple 

Dimension 

Measuring 

Devices 

Table S.4.1.b., 

Note 7 Added “speed” following “dimensions.” 5-53 

5.59 

Electronic 

Livestock, Meat, 

and Poultry 

Evaluation 

Systems and/or 

Devices 

UR.4. Replaced “a national standard” with “the 

appropriate SI standard” in the last sentence. 5-58 

Units of Length, 

1 mile (mi) 

international 

Deleted the underline from the term “feet” in the 

equivalent value. C-13 

Appendix C Section 5, Tables 

of Equivalents Units of Area, 

1 acre 

Underlined the term “feet” in the equivalent 

value. C-14 

automatic zerosetting mechanism Replaced the definition with “See zero-tracking.” 

Moved the definition to “zero-tracking.” D-2 

decimal 

submultiples 

Added a definition to complement the definition 

of binary submultiples and to eliminate confusion 

over the difference between the uses of the two 

terms. 

D-6 

multi-interval 

Removed the parentheses in the first reference to 

“segments” and deleted the “s” in the second 

reference. Inserted “each partial” prior to 

“weighing range” to clarify application. 

D-12 

Appendix D Definitions 

zero-tracking 

Replaced “See automatic zero-setting 

mechanism” with the definition from “automatic 

zero-setting mechanism.” 

D-23 

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