NFPA 70E Update for ASTM F18

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NFPA 70E Update for ASTM F18

• ASTM F18 Representatives for the NFPA 70E TC
• Allen Bingham, Primary Member
• Tom Rege, Alternate Member
• Tom Neal, 2nd Alternate/Proxie
• Marcia Eblen, 3rd Alternate/Proxie

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SC2 Report on NFPA 70E ROP Meeting

• NFPA 70E Technical Committee completed their ROP
  meeting (Report on Proposals) January 16-20, 2007
  in Hilton Head, SC
• NFPA 70E TC needed to address 579 proposals for
  revisions to the 70E standard
• Approx. 260 proposals were addressed by five Task
  Groupsthe TG proposed actions for these were
  accepted w/o TC review
• The remaining 320 proposals were addressed by
  the full 70E TC

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NFPA 70E ROP Meeting, cont.

• NFPA 70E committee actions on 579 proposals
• 177 Accepted
• 146 Accepted in Principal
• 15 Accepted in Part
• 35 Accepted in Principal and Part
• 206 Rejected

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NFPA 70E ROP Meeting, cont.

• NFPA 70E Technical Committee Voting Process
• At the ROP meeting, a simple majority was needed
  to approve a proposed Committee Action.
• On the paper ballot, a two thirds majority is
  needed to approve a proposed Committee Action
• The initial paper ballot and the re-circulation
  ballot were completed in March
• The Technical Coordinating Committee has or will
  do a review of the ballot results

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NFPA 70E ROP Meeting, cont.

• Most contentious proposals related to Scope
  section 90.1(B) regarding the exclusion of
  installations for ships/watercraft, mining,
  railways, communications and utilities.
• Voting at the meeting on proposals 7, 9, 10, 12,
  13 and 14 was fairly close, i.e. 11 to 7 and 10
  to 7 for eliminating all these exclusions.
• They were approved with a simple majority at the
  ROP meeting, sustained in initial ballot but the
  utility exclusion was retained in the
  re-circulation ballot.

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NFPA 70E ROP Meeting, cont.

• The NFPA 70E Chair formed the Word and Phrase
  Task Group to address the need for consistency in
  the use of the terms live parts and exposed
  live parts and working on or near

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NFPA 70E ROP Meeting, cont.

• The Task Group is charged with the following
  instructions
• Consider all affirmative and negative ballot
  comments in this ROP stage associated with
  proposal sequence number 70E-244 (log 457g) and
  others as they relate to the work of this task
  group.
• The task group is charged to review how the above
  mentioned terms are used in defining requirements
  in all proposals and in the entirety of NFPA 70E
  Chapters 1, 2, 3, and the proposed Chapter 5.
  Since Chapter 4 is extracted from the NEC, the
  words and phrases can be assumed to be used a
  intended by the NEC.
• The task group shall consider using the above
  mentioned terms as used in previous editions of
  NFPA 70E.
• The task group shall consider modifications to
  the above mentioned terms to resolve this issue.
• The task group shall consider generating one or
  more new terms to provide clarity to these
  concepts. Note that this method will require the
  term be defined. In order to prevent new material
  from being introduced proposed definitions must
  be included in an affirmative or negative ballot
  in the ROP.
• The task group is charged to resolve this issue.
  Attempt to use existing terms or think outside
  of the box and develop a solution.
• The task group shall submit comments with
  recommendations to solve the problem prior to the
  comment closing date.
• If necessary, committee proposals may be
  developed by the task group.

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NFPA 70E ROP Meeting, cont.

• Occurrences of on or near in Chapter 1 and
  their probable meaning per the context

Limited Approach Boundary Flash Protection Boundary Limited Approach Flash Protection Boundaries Electrical Hazards Ambiguous
100 Electrically Safe Work Condition 130.7(C)(10) 110.8 110.1 120.2(D)(2)
110.8(A)(1)   110.8(A) 110.6(C)  
130.1(A)(3)   130.1 110.7(B)  
130.4   130.1 FPN No. 2 110.7(E)  
    130.5 110.7(F)  
      110.8(B)  
      120.2  
      130  
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NFPA 70E ROP Meeting, cont.

• Next Steps for NFPA 70E Revision Cycle
• Results of the TC paper ballotApril, 2007
• ROP document posted for public comment by June
  22, 2007
• Public comments close August 31, 2007
• ROC Report on Comments TC meeting October 1-4,
  2007
• NFPA 70E ROC posted by February 22, 2008
• 2009 Edition of NFPA 70E published by October 1,
  2008.

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• Next Steps for ASTM F18.93 NFPA 70E Task Group
• Review ROP document posted for public comment by
  June 22, 2007
• Develop F18 Public comments for submission by
  August 31, 2007