96-17032. Announcement of Amendments to Voluntary Product Standard PS 20-94 American Softwood Lumber Standard

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 34798]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17032]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
[Docket No. 960516133-6133-01]
RIN 0693-XX19


Announcement of Amendments to Voluntary Product Standard PS 20-94 
American Softwood Lumber Standard

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice, announcement of amendments to Voluntary Product 
Standard PS 20-94.

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SUMMARY: The American Lumber Standard Committee (ALSC), acting as the 
Standing Committee for Voluntary Product Standard PS 20-94 American 
Softwood Lumber Standard, approved two amendments to the standard on 
November 17, 1995 at its annual meeting in Corpus Christi, TX: 
Amendment 1 pertains to the certification functions of the Board of 
Review with regard to grading rules and revises Sec. 10.2.3 as follows:

    The originating agency shall make the rules fully and fairly 
available to all manufacturers, distributors, users, and consumers 
of lumber on equal terms and conditions and without discrimination.

    Amendment 2 pertains to the membership of the American Lumber 
Standard Committee and revises Sec. 9.3.7 as follows:

    Balance of representation--Upon request, the Secretary of 
Commerce may consider making changes in the constitution of the 
Committee or making additional appointments to ensure that the 
Committee has a balance of interest and is not dominated by a single 
interest category. In such considerations, the Secretary of Commerce 
shall consult the Committee for advice regarding balance and the 
criteria by which it may be determined.

    Until the standard is republished, the amendments shall be listed 
as an addendum to the standard.

ADDRESSES: Standards Management Program, Office of Standards Services, 
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara M. Meigs, Office of Standards 
Services, National Institute of Standards and Technology, telephone: 
[phone], fax: [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NIST announced on October 23, 1995, at 60 FR 
54338-54339, that the ALSC would consider three proposed amendments to 
Voluntary Product Standard PS 20-94 at its annual meeting on November 
17, 1995. Proposed Amendments 1 and 2 were approved by the Committee; 
proposed Amendment 3 pertaining to Canadian representation was 
rejected.
    Voluntary Product Standard PS 20-94 American Softwood Lumber 
Standard was developed under procedures published by the Department of 
Commerce in part 10, title 15, of the Code of Federal Regulations. In 
accord with the provisions of the procedures, this announcement is to 
provide public notice of these amendments to PS 20-94 and to indicate 
that the amendments shall be listed an addendum to the standard until 
the standard is republished.

    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 272 and 15 CFR part 10.

    Dated: June 27, 1996.
Samuel Kramer,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 96-17032 Filed 7-2-96; 8:45 am]
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