NIST Special Publication 1193

Report of the 99th National Conference on 

Weights and Measures

Detroit, Michigan – July 13 through 17, 2014 

as adopted by the 99th National Conference on Weights and Measures 2014 

Editors:

Tina Butcher 

Linda Crown

Richard Harshman

David Sefcik

Lisa Warfield

Carol Hockert, Chief

Office of Weights and Measures 

Physical Measurement Laboratory

http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.1193

June 2015 

U.S. Department of Commerce

Penny Pritzker, Secretary

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Willie May, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and Director

The National Conference on Weights and Measures is supported by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and is 

attended by officials from various states, counties, and cities, as well as representatives from the U.S. Government, other nations, 

industry, and consumer organizations.
WASHINGTON: 2015 

Certain commercial entities, equipment, or materials may be identified in this document in order to describe an 

experimental procedure or concept adequately. Such identification is not intended to imply recommendation or 

endorsement by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, nor is it intended to imply that the entities, 

materials, or equipment are necessarily the best available for the purpose. 

Abstract 

The 99th Annual Meeting of the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) was held 

July 13 -17, 2014, at the Westin Book Cadillac Detroit, Detroit, Michigan. The theme of the meeting was 

“Meeting Tomorrow’s Challenges Today!” 

Reports by the NCWM Board of Directors, Standing Committees, and Special Purpose Committees 

constitute the major portion of this publication, along with the addresses delivered by Conference officials 

and other authorities from government and industry. 

Special meetings included those of the Scale Manufacturers Association, Meter Manufacturers 

Association, Packaging and Labeling Subcommittee, Task Group on Printer Ink and Toner Cartridges, 

Fuels and Lubricants Subcommittee, Associate Membership Committee, Taximeter Technology 

Advancements, and Making Sense of Electronic Receipts. 

Key words: laws and regulations; legal metrology; meters; scales; specifications and tolerances; training; 

type evaluation; uniform laws; weights and measures. 

Note: The policy of the National Institute of Standards and Technology is to use metric units of measurement in all 

of its publications. In this publication, however, recommendations received by the NCWM technical committees 

have been printed as they were submitted, and, therefore, may contain references to U.S. Customary Units where 

such units are commonly used in industry practice. Opinions expressed in non-NIST papers are those of the authors 

and not necessarily those of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Non-NIST speakers are solely 

responsible for the content and quality of their material. 

National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication 11XX 

Natl. Inst. Stand. Technol. Spec. Pub.1193, 630 pages (June 2015) 

http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.1193 

CODEN: NSPUE2