Revised Standards Review Schedule for January-June 2010

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Due to the recently achieved ANSI certification, the review schedule for standards has been revised. The new procedures require an announcement to be placed in ANSI Standards Action 30 days prior to the initiation of a ballot on a standard that is up for review and which has never before been submitted by TAPPI as an American national standard. Since the review schedule was announced prior to the certification, the schedule must now be changed so that we have time to place these public annoucements of reviews for standards that may eventually be submitted as national standards.

The major change in the schedule is moving the reviews of Classical Methods to the beginning of the year. Classical Mathods, in accordance with the TAPPI guidelines, are not submitted as national standards, so they no not have to be announced prior to ballot. By reviewing the Classical Methods on the list first, it will allow up time to place the proper announcements for the reviews of the other standards, all of which would be eligible for submission as national standards upon final approval.

Below is the revised schedule. The date indicated is the target date on which the draft will be posted for review by TAPPI members in the Members Only section of the TAPPI website. Go to the home page (www.tappi.org), log on with your member ID and password, place your cursor over "Membership," and select "My TAPPI" from the dropdown box. When your personal page appears, click on the "Standards Public Draft Review" link on the left-hand side. You do not have to be a member of the Standard Specific Interest Group to comment on the draft.

If you have joined the Standard Specific Interest Group for any Standards, you will receive a notice for ballot at the proper time with instructions for casting your vote and making your comments. TAPPI membership is no longer required to become a voting member of an SSIG. If you wish to join the Standard Specific Interest Group for a particular Standard, please go to the Subject Categories for Standards page or contact the Standards Department at TAPPI (standards@tappi.org), or phone +1-770-209-7276, or fax +1-770-446-6947.

T 621 cm-01 Analysis of rosin (January 8, 2010)
T 697 cm-01 Accelerated test for viscosity stability of clay slurries (January 12, 2010)
T 619 cm-01 Analysis of salt cake (January 15, 2010)
T 618 cm-01 Analysis of limestone (January 19, 2010)
T 632 cm-01 Analysis of sodium silicate (January 22, 2010)
T 628 cm-01 Analysis of rosin size (January 26, 2010)
T 223 cm-01 Pentosans in wood and pulp (January 29, 2010)
T 429 cm-01 Alpha-cellulose in paper (February 5, 2010)
T 434 cm-01 Acid-soluble iron in paper (February 9, 2010)
T 493 cm-01 Identification and determination of melamine resin in paper (February 12, 2010)
T 600 cm-01 Analysis of formaldehyde in aqueous solutions and of free formaldehyde in resins (February 16, 2010)
T 622 cm-01 Analysis of sodium hydrosulfite (February 19, 2010)
T 226 cm-01 Specific external surface of pulp (February 26, 2010)
T 821 om-06 Pin adhesion of corrugated board by selective separation (March 3, 2010)
T 810 om-06 Bursting strength of corrugated and solid fiberboard (March 5, 2010)
T 803 om-06 Puncture test of containerboard (March 9, 2010)
T 546 om-06 Machine direction grammage variation measurement (gravimetric method) (March 12, 2010)
T 1211 sp-06 Acceptance procedures for calibration laboratories (March 16, 2010)
T 564 sp-06 Transparent chart for the estimation of defect size (March 19, 2010)
T 525 om-06 Diffuse brightness of paper, paperboard and pulp (d/0) (March 23, 2010)
T 425 om-06 Opacity of paper (15/d geometry, illuminant A/2 degrees, 89% reflectance backing and paper backing) (March 26, 2010)
T 558 om-06 Surface wettability and absorbency of sheeted materials using an automated contact angle tester (April 2, 2010)
T 551 om-06 Thickness of paper and paperboard (soft platen method) (April 6, 2010)
T 454 om-06 Turpentine test for voids in glassine and greaseproof papers (April 2, 2010)
T 465 sp-06 Static creasing of paper for water vapor transmission tests (April 9, 2010)
T 476 om-06 Abrasion loss of paper and paperboard (Taber-type method) (April 16, 2010)
T 220 sp-06 Physical testing of pulp handsheets (April 20, 2010)
T 200 sp-06 Laboratory beating of pulp (valley beater method) (April 23, 2010)
T 1006 sp-06 Testing of fiber glass mats: Use of modified TAPPI procedures for sampling and lot acceptance, stiffness, tear resistance, air permeability, and thickness (April 27, 2010)
T 1007 sp-06 Sample location for fiber glass mat sheets (April 30, 2010)
T 1008 sp-06 Test conditions for fiberglass mat test methods (May 11, 2010)
T 1009 om-06 Tensile strength and elongation at break for fiber glass mats (May 14, 2010)
T 1011 om-06 Basis weight of fiberglass mats (May 18, 2010)
T 1012 om-06 Moisture content of fiber glass mats (May 21, 2010)
T 1013 om-06 Loss on ignition of fiber glass mats (June 8, 2010)
T 1014 om-06 Moisture sensitivity of fiber glass mats (June 11, 2010)
T 1015 sp-06 Fiber glass mat uniformity (visual defects) (June 15, 2010)
T 1016 om-06 Average fiber diameter of fiber glass mats (June 18, 2010)

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