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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 600 cm-01 "Analysis of formaldehyde in aqueous solutions and of free formaldehyde in resins" (April 2, 2010)
T 622 cm-01 "Analysis of sodium hydrosulfite" (April 5, 2010)
T 213 om-06 "Dirt in pulp - chart method" (April 8, 2010)
T 657 sp-04 "Sampling of fillers and pigments (April 12, 2010)
T 226 cm-01 "Specific external surface of pulp" (April 12, 2010)
T 821 om-06 "Pin adhesion of corrugated board by selective separation" (April 16, 2010)
T 261 cm-00 "Fines fraction by weight of paper stock by wet screening" (April 19, 2010)
T 810 om-06 "Bursting strength of corrugated and solid fiberboard" (April 19, 2010)
T 803 om-06 "Puncture test of containerboard" (April 16, 2010)

The following standards have been posted on the agenda for the next SARG meeting. These are ready for final approval. If you have comments on any of these standards, please send a message to standards@tappi.org no later than April 29, 2010.

T 456 "Wet tensile breaking strength of paper and paperboard"
T 254 "Cupriethylenediamine disperse viscosity of pulp (falling ball method)"
T 403 "Bursting strength of paper"
T 411 "Thickness (caliper) of paper, paperboard, and combined board"
T 617 "Analysis of lime"
T 553 "Alkalinity of paper as calcium carbonate (alkaline reserve of paper)"
T 562 "CIE whiteness and tint of paper and paperboard (45/0 geometry, C/2 illuminant/observer)"
T 840 "Testing adhesives used in glued lap joints of corrugated fiberboard containers"
T 702 "Rheological measurements for characterization of polyolefins: low-density polyethylene (LDPE) for extrusion coating"
T 431 "Ink absorbency of blotting paper
T 619 "Analysis of salt cake"

The next meeting of the Standards Advisory Review Group (SARG) is scheduled for Monday, May 3, 2:30 pm Eastern time, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Atlanta, GA, the site of the 2010 TAPPI PaperCon Conference. SARG approval is the last step prior to publication for any new or revised standard.

In order to act on any appeals from TAPPI members relevant to the standards up for approval, the SARG meeting is open to anyone for participation. The agenda has been posted on the SARG page. There are links from the agenda items to the final drafts that are up for approval.

If you would like to participate by conference call, please send a message before April 28, 2010, to standards@tappi.org.