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TIP 0306-15 "Identifying anilox volume measuring equipment" (Revision)
TIP 0304-50 "Techniques to minimize twist warp" (Revision)
UM 200 "Brightness loss of bleached pulp" (Revision and reinstatement)
UM 213 "Repulpability of splices/splicing tape" (Revision and reinstatement of UM)

Special note: Documents appearing in the TAPPI online version of the Standards and TIPs are updated once a month (usually around the 15th). So it is possible that there is a delay between the publication announcement and the posting online. If you are a subscriber to the online access to Standards and TIPs and you are in a hurry for new documents that have not yet been posted, you can send a request to standards@tappi.org.

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 401 "Fiber analysis of paper and paperboard" (August 31, 2012)
T 552 "Determination of wetting tension of polyolefin films and coated surfaces via the Mayer rod technique" (September 4, 2012)
T 210 "Sampling and testing wood pulp shipments for moisture" (September 4, 2012)
T 248 "Laboratory beating of pulp (PFI mill method)" (September 7, 2012)
T 268 "Weight-volume measurement of pulpwood" (September 21, 2012)
T 230 "Viscosity of pulp (capillary viscometer method)" (September 24, 2012)

Reports outlining the overdue reviews for Standards and TIPs were sent to the Quality and Standards Management Committee (Q&SMC) on August 10, 2012. Copies of these reports were also sent to the assigned Working Group Chairmen for these overdue reviews as well as to chairmen of the appropriate technical groups in TAPPI.

Anyone who did not receive the overdue reports but who have an interest may obtain copies by requesting them from standards@tappi.org.

Working Group Chairmen: These reports were sent to you for your information and action, if required. Q&SMC may, according to the Standards Guidelines, withdraw any Standards or TIPs whose reviews are overdue, especially if it appears that little progress is being made on the Work Item. If more information or indications of progress on these Work Items are received prior to the next meeting (November 1, 2012), Q&SMC will take these reports of progress under consideration.

If you are working on a Standard that will be ready to go to the Standards Advisory Review Group (SARG) for final approval, please be aware that the SARG agenda must be posted on the web at least 30 days before their next meeting on May 1, 2011. This means that any standards that are ready for SARG must be submitted no later than September 4, 2012, in order to be included in the Fall 2012 SARG agenda.

 
To provide updates regarding these reports, send a message to to standards@tappi.org no later than Monday, October 29, 2012, in order to be able to provide this information to Q&SMC at their next 24meeting.