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The TAPPI Standards regulations require public review of standards that are up for ballot. TAPPI members can view any drafts that are in ballot by logging in to the TAPPI web site (www.tappi.org), clicking on "My TAPPI," and then clicking on the "Standards Public Draft Review" link on the left side of the page. If you would like to review and comment on any draft and are not a member of the corresponding Standard-Specific Interest Group (SSIG), you may view the draft on line or you may request a copy of the draft being balloted by writing to standards@tappi.org. TAPPI members may join SSIGs as permanent members; go to the Subject Category page to download forms for this purpose. Nonmembers of TAPPI may join any SSIG as a voting member; to do so, send a message to standards@tappi.org to receive a copy of the draft and a ballot.

Listed below are TAPPI Standards that have recently gone out for ballot to the corresponding Standard-Specific Interest Group (SSIG). The date in parentheses is the closing date for voting.

T 801 om-06 "Impact resistance of fiberboard shipping containers" (September 3, 2010)
T 226 om-01 "Specific external surface of pulp" (September 3, 2010)
T 684 om-06 "Gross heating value of black liquor" (September 7, 2010)
T 400 sp-06 "Sampling and accepting a single lot of paper, paperboard, containerboard, or related product" (September 10, 2010)
T 807 om-08 "Bursting strength of linerboard and solid fiberboard" (early review and title change; former title, "Bursting strength of linerboard")
T 509 oom-06 "Hydrogen ion concentration (pH) of paper extracts (cold extraction method)" (September 13, 2010)
T 435 om-06 "Hydrogen ion concentration (pH) of paper extracts (hot extraction method)" (September 17, 2010)
T 610 sp-06 "Preparation of indicators and standard solutions" (September 20, 2010)
T 222 om-06 "Acid insoluble lignin in wood and pulp" (September 24, 2010)
T 827 sp-01 "Box blank dimensioning" Reinstatement of withdrawn standard) (September 24, 2010)
T 1211 sp-06 "Acceptance procedures for laboratories providing reference materials for TAPPI Standards" (title change) (September 27, 2010)
T 266 om-06 "Determination of sodium, calcium, copper, iron, and manganese in pulp and paper by atomic absorption spectroscopy" (September 27, 2010)
T 413 om-06 "Ash in wood, pulp, paper and paperboard: combustion at 900 degrees C" (September 27, 2010)

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