AGENDA NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE

CORRELATING COMMITTEE APRIL 23 - 27, 2012 SINGER ISLAND, FL

Item No. Subject Item 12-4-1 Call to Order Item 12-4-2 Roll Call Item 12-4-3 Approval of the Following Minutes:

November 8, 2011

Item 12-4-4 Reports 1. Standards Council Update (R.P. Owen) 2. Reort of the Secretary to the Correlating CommitteeeC (M.W. Earley)

Status of NFPA 70B, 70E, 73, 79, 110/111, & 790/791

Status of the Correlating Committee on Electrical Installation Codes of North America and the NEC/CEC Task Group on Ampacities

Update on the Fire Protection Research Foundation’s Projects - Grounding CSST Gas Piping Project

Update on the Arc Flash/Blast Project

3. Report of the Procedures Task Group (W.R. Drake) Update on the Status of Issues/Historical Work

Document

4. Report of the Task Group on NEC SOPs/Membership - Recommendations are due to the Standards Council for the agenda for their August 6-9, 2012 Meeting (W.R. Drake)

5. Report of the Membership Task Group (M.W. Bunker, Jr.) Status of revisions to NFPA 70E Declared

Structure Status of possible revisions to wording related to

the length of service for CMP Chairs

6. Report of the Usability Task Group (S. Folz)

7. Report of the Task Group on DC Requirements in the NEC (J.R. Kovacik)

Item 12-4-5 New Business Action on 2011 NEC Proposals A. Discussion of Panel Review Assignments B. Review of Form Chair Reports C. Action on 2014 NEC Proposal Panel Reports D. Determine if a change is needed to Section 4.0, Item 3 of the SOPs related to allowing Public Inputs (Committe Proposals/Comments) Item 12-4-6 Old Business Item 12-4-7 Good of the Order

Status of Task Group Work Discussion of Matters for the Good of the Code Discussion of Location(s) of Future Correlating

Committee Meetings Discussion of a possible Correlating

Committee 70E First Draft (Formerly the ROP Meeting) with a tentative timeframe of the week of October 29, 2012

Review and Discussion on Processing the ROP and ROC Material by the Correlating Committee

Item 12-4-8 Adjournment

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M I NUTES OF TH E NATI ONAL EL ECTRI CAL CODE TECH NI CAL CORREL ATI NG COM M I TTEE M EETI NG

NOVEM BER 8, 2011 NFPA H EADQUARTERS

QUI NCY, M A

I t em 11-11-1, Cal l t o Or der The Meet ing of the Nat ional Elect r ical Code Technical Correlat ing Commit tee was cal led to order by the Chair , Michael J. Johnston, at 8:05 A.M. on Tuesday November 9, 2011 at NFPA Headquarters, Quincy, MA. I t em 11-11-2, Rol l Cal l I n addit ion to the Chair , the fol lowing Technical Correlat ing Commit tee Pr incipal and Alternate members were present : Messrs. T.L . Adams (Al t . to N.F. LaBrake, Jr .), L .S. Ayer (Al t . to D.L . Hit t inger), J.E. Brunssen, M.W. Bunker, Jr ., J.T. Dol lard, Jr . (Al t . to P.L . Hickman), W.R. Drake, W.T. Fisk, S.J. Folz (Al t . to M.J. Johnston), E.J. Gal lo (Al t . to J.E. Brunssen), P.L . Hickman, D.L . Hi t t inger , D.J. K issane, J.R. Kovacik, N.F. LaBrake, Jr ., R.A. McCul lough (Al t . to R.P. Owen), M.E. McNei l (Al t . to D. L igget t ), M.C. Ode (Al t . to J.R. Kovacik), R.P. Owen, and T.J. Pope (Nonvot ing). NFPA staff in at tendance were M.W. Ear ley (Secretary) and J.A. O'Connor (Recording Secretary). The fol lowing NEC Code-Making Panel and Technical Commit tee Chairs were also in at tendance for al l or par t of the meet ing: G. Moniz (CMP-1), M.R. Hi lber t (CMP-2), P.J. Casparro (CMP-3), R.J Toomer (CMP-4), N. Phil l ips (CMP-5), S. Cl ine (CMP-6), M.W. Smith (CMP-7), L .D. Cogburn (CMP-8), D.G. Humphrey (CMP-9), J.R. Burns (CMP-10), T.M. Croushore (CMP-12), D.P. Bl iss (CMP-13), R.A. Jones (CMP-14), L .E. Todd (CMP-15), T.E. Moore (CMP-16), D.R. Cook (CMP-17), B.J. Gray (CMP-18), L . Sabin-Mercado (CMP-19), A. Manche (NFPA 70B), D. Dini (NFPA 70E), and D. Offerdahl (NFPA 73). Addit ional NFPA members in at tendance for al l or por t ions of the meet ing were: J.B. Blanc, W. Burke, M. Clout ier , C. Coache, A. Cronin, M.D. Fontaine, R. Roux, and K. Shea. Guests in at tendance dur ing al l or par t of the meet ing were Br ian Rock, Hubbel l I nc., and Vince Sapor ita, Cooper Bussmann. The Chair opened the meet ing with welcoming remarks. I n addit ion, sel f-int roduct ions of meet ing at tendees and guests were conducted. I t em 11-11-3, Appr oval of t he M i nu t es of t he August 2, 2010 M eet i ng I t w as moved, seconded, and vot ed unan i mously af f i r mat i ve t hat t he M i nu t es of t he August 2, 2010 M eet i ng of t he NEC Techn i cal Cor r elat i ng Commi t t ee be appr oved, as submi t t ed. I t em 11-11-4, Repor t s

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1. St andar ds Counci l Updat e (M .W. Ear ley) M.W. Ear ley provided an update on recent Standards Counci l act ivi t ies, including the fol lowing highl ights:

• Changes that wi l l be occur r ing dur ing the new code-making process

• Overview of recent Standards Counci l ’s decisions and act ions related to var ious issues including the NEC Technical Correlat ing Commit tee Membership Task Group and Inter-Commit tee Coordinat ion

2. Secr et ar y t o t he Techn i cal Cor r elat i ng Commi t t ee (M .W. Ear ley)

• St at us of NFPA 70B, 70E, 73, 79, 110/111, & 790/791

M.W. Ear ley advised that NFPA 70B recent ly finished the ROP por t ion of their cycle, and that the Comment Closing Date is March 2, 2012. Alan Manche was recent ly appointed as the Chair of the commit tee.

M.W. Ear ley advised that NFPA 70E has completed cycle and the 2012 Edit ion is now avai lable. The document wil l enter the A2014 cycle with a First Draft Publ ic I nput Closing Date (former ly cal led Proposal Closing Date) of June 22, 2012. M.W. Ear ley advised that NFPA 73 wil l enter the A2015 cycle. Don Offerdahl was appointed as Chair of the commit tee at the October 2011 NFPA Standards Counci l Meet ing. M.W. Ear ley advised that NFPA 79 wil l enter the A2014 cycle with a First Draft Public I nput Closing Date (former ly cal led Proposal Closing Date) of June 22, 2012. M.W. Ear ley advised that NFPA 110/111 is current ly in the process of complet ing the ROC stage of the cycle. M.W. Ear ley advised that NFPA 790 and NFPA 791 wi l l enter the A2014 cycle with a Publ ic I nput Closing Date (former ly cal led Proposal Closing Date) of June 22, 2012.

• St at us of t he Cor r elat i ng Commi t t ee on Elect r i cal I nst al lat i on Codes of Nor t h Amer i ca and t he NEC/CEC Task Gr oup on Ampaci t i es M.W. Ear ley advised that there is nothing new to repor t at this t ime. He noted that Tim Pope, CSA Standards, is joining the Technical Correlat ing Commit tee, which wil l help to cont inue to harmonize between the Nat ional Elect r ical Code® and the Canadian Elect r ical Code®, Par t I

• Updat e on t he F i r e Pr ot ect i on Resear ch Foundat i on ’s Elect r i cal Pr oject s

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M.W. Ear ley provided an update on the fol lowing Foundat ion projects: • Elect r i c Veh i cle Char gi ng Pr oject

The technology review repor t for this project has been completed by Cal i fornia Polytechnic State Universi ty, and is now available on the NFPA Website.

• Gr oundi ng CSST Gas Pi p i ng The fi rst phase of the project has been completed and fund raising in underway to begin the second phase.

• Equ i pot en t i al Bondi ng

This project was undertaken to explore concerns about equipotent ial bonding in pool deck areas to provide informat ion to Code-Making Panel 17 for the 2014 code. The project has been completed and the final repor t is available on the NFPA website.

• Updat e on t he Ar c F lash /Blast Pr oject

Much of the major test ing has been completed. Some addit ional tests wi l l be conducted dur ing the fi rst quar ter of 2012. DC test ing has not yet begun, and the project remains on budget .

3. Pr ocedu r es Task Gr oup (W.R. Dr ak e)

• Di scussi on of St andar ds Counci l Act i on I t em r elat ed t o t he NEC Supplemen t al Oper at i ng Pr ocedu r es and t he M ember sh i p Task Gr oup W.R. Drake provided an overview of the Standards Counci l ’s request for review of the Technical Correlat ing Commit tee Supplemental Operat ing Procedures in relat ionship to the Membership Task Group. He provided a br ief synopsis of the ini t ial reasoning behind the creat ion of the Membership Task Group. W.R. Drake presented possible opt ions on how to address the issues raised by the Standards Counci l , and possible changes to the Supplemental Operat ing Procedures to reflect the intent of the Technical Correlat ing Commit tee and also to address the request of the Standards Counci l . A discussion took place on the var ious opt ions. M.W. Ear ley advised that i t is unnecessary to include anything in the SOPs related to technical commit tee appointments as they wil l be conducted in accordance with the NFPA Regulat ions Governing Commit tee Projects. R.P. Owen provided an overview of the Standards Counci l ’s viewpoint on this issue.

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The chair , Michael J. Johnston, assigned a Task Group to review this issue and repor t back to the ful l Technical Correlat ing Commit tee. The Task Group wi l l consist of the fol lowing members W.R. Drake, Chair , R.P. Owen, M. W. Bunker, Jr ., and J.T. Dol lard, Jr .. M.W. Ear ley wil l serve as an ex officio member of the Task Group.

4. M ember sh i p Task Gr oup (M .W. Bunk er , J r .)

• St at us of Revi si ons t o t he 70E Declar ed St r uct u r e

M.W. Bunker, Jr . advised that the 70E Declared St ructure is cur rent ly being revised to include a maximum of 30 Members. He expects that the document wi l l be completed within the next few weeks. A discussion took place regarding cer tain concerns and issues related to the possible changes to the st ructure of the commit tee. The chairman of the commit tee, D. Dini , provided input into the inner workings of the commit tee, and advised that he does not see any potent ial issues with increasing the membership number of the commit tee. I t was agreed that the new Declared St ructure wi l l be bal loted through the Technical Correlat ing Commit tee pr ior to submit t ing i t to the Standards Counci l for approval at their August 2012 Meet ing.

• St at us of possi ble r ev i si ons t o w or d i ng r elat ed t o t he lengt h of ser v i ce of Code-M ak i ng Panel Chai r s M.W. Bunker, Jr . advised that this i tem is st i l l in the discussion phase and wi l l be completed pr ior to any potent ial changes to the Supplemental Operat ing Procedures.

5. Usabi l i t y Task Gr oup (S.J . Folz) S.J. Folz advised that the Usabi l i ty Task Group has completed al l of their assignments. He provided the Final Report Task Group to the Technical Correlat ing Commit tee with the fol lowing highl ights.

• Revi ew Annex B (St andar d Ter ms) i n t he NEC St y le M anual for possi ble r ev i si ons The Style Manual has been updated, dist r ibuted to al l NEC and 70E commit tee members, and posted to the Document I nformat ion and Web pages.

• Addr ess t he L ock able Di sconnect I ssues The Task Group developed a requirement that was placed in Ar t icle 110 and has submit ted 48 proposals addressing the term throughout the NEC.

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• Revi ew t he con t en t of Commen t 9-89 and r elat ed Pr oposal 9-196 f r om t he 2011 NEC Cycle. Th i s i ssue shou ld be r ev i ew ed t h r oughout t he en t i r e code. The Task Group addressed this issue throughout the Code and has submit ted 16 proposals.

6. 70E Scope & Or gan i zat i onal I ssues Task Gr oup (W.R. Dr ak e) W.R. Drake advised that the Task Group has completed al l of their assigned tasks related to these issues. The Chair recommended and i t was agreed upon that the 70E Scope and Organizat ional I ssues Task Group be disbanded with thanks.

7. Repor t of t he Task Gr oup on DC Requ i r emen t s i n t he NEC (J .R. K ovaci k ) J.R. Kovacik provided a Power Point presentat ion indicat ing the history, st ructure, and work of the Task Group. He advised that the Task Group has completed their work for the proposal stage, and that the appropr iate proposals have been submit ted. The Task Group plans on cont inuing their work through the comment stage. I n addit ion, he informed the commit tee that someone from the Task Group wi l l provide input regarding the proposals to each Code-Making Panel dur ing the ROP Meet ings. 8. Repor t s f r om t he Fol low i ng I ndependen t Task Gr oups

• H i gh Vol t age Task Gr oup (J .T. Dol lar d , J r .) J.T. Dol lard, Jr . provided an overview of the work of the Task Group and advised that the appropr iate proposals have been submit ted. He also advised that Code-Making Chairs wil l be contacted regarding proposals that have been submit ted to their panels.

• Elect r i c Veh i cles – Ar t i cle 625 (A. M anche)

A. Manche advised that the Task Group was chaired by Gery Kissel of General Motors. They commenced their work with a face-to-face kick-off meet ing at NFPA and held numerous ful l Task Group and Working Group l ive meet ings. He advised that two TIAs were generated, processed, and issued by the Standards Counci l . A proposal to rewr i te the ent i re ar t icle has been submit ted.

• Smar t Gr i d and t he NEC (A. M anche)

A. Manche provided a history of the formulat ion of the Task Group and the work assigned to them. A new NEC Art icle ent i t led “Energy Management Systems” was wr i t ten and submit ted as a proposal.

• F i r st Responder concer ns w i t h PV I nst al l at i ons (R.J . Toomer )

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R.J. Toomer, Chair of Code-Making Panel 4, advised that the Task Group was formed at the request of M.W. Ear ley and M.J. Johnston. They met at the 2011 NFPA Annual Meet ing and have had conference cal ls. They have developed and submit ted proposals.

I t em 11-11-5, Old Busi ness None at this t ime. I t em 11-11-6, New Busi ness

• Di scussi on of pr oposal submi t t ed by Alv i n Ri ley r egar d i ng Code-M ak i ng Panel Ar t i cle Assi gnmen t s

After discussion, i t was agreed that M.W. Ear ley wil l reply to Mr. Ri ley on behalf of the Technical Correlat ing Commit tee indicat ing that after review, the Technical Correlat ing Commit tee does not deem that there is added value in providing a detai led l ist of defini t ion assignments in the commit tee l ists in the Nat ional Elect r ical Code. Code-Making Panel 1 remains as the defaul t panel for many of the Ar t icle 100 defini t ions.

• Di scussi on of Agendas and Panel Chai r Repor t s/M inu t es

J. O’Connor and M.W. Ear ley provided an overview of the Agenda and Chair Reports/Minutes as they relate to the Document I nformat ion pages and ut i l izat ion by the Technical Correlat ing Commit tee for correlat ion purposes dur ing their ROP and ROC Meet ings.

I t em 11-11-7, Good of t he Or der

• Di scussi on of Chai r Tr ai n i ng M eet i ng on November 9, 2011

M.J. Johnston provided the schedule and an overview of the agenda for the Chair Training Meet ing to be held tomorrow.

• St at us of Task Gr oup Wor k (J .A. O'Connor )

J.A. O'Connor advised that the Task Group Chart has been updated and that al l of the Task Groups have completed their work.

• Di scussi on of L ocat i ons of Fu t u r e Techn i cal Cor r elat i ng Commi t t ee

M eet i ngs

The NEC ROP Meet ings wi l l be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel , Hi l ton Head I sland, SC January 9-21, 2012 The NEC Technical Correlat ing Commit tee ROP Meet ing wi l l be held Apr i l 23-27, 2012. A discussion took place as to possible locat ions and it was agreed that Staff wi l l research the fol lowing areas: Char leston, SC, Savannah, GA, Long Boat Key, FL, Las Vegas, NV, and Daytona Beach, FL.

• Di scussi on of M at t er s for t he Good of t he Code

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• Revi ew and Di scussi on on Pr ocessi ng t he ROP and ROC M at er i al by

t he Techn i cal Cor r elat i ng Commi t t ee

M.W. Ear ley advised that after the total proposal count has been reviewed, he and the Chair of the Technical Correlat ing Commit tee wi l l develop and dist r ibute the Task Group review assignments for the ROP meet ing that wi l l be held in Apr i l of 2012.

I t em 11-11-8, Ad jou r nmen t The meet ing was adjourned by the Chair , Michael J. Johnston, at 4:30 P.M. on Tuesday, November 8, 2011.

NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE® TECHNICAL CORRELATING COMMITTEE

MEMORANDUM

TO: Members of the NEC Technical Correlating Committee FROM: Michael J. Johnston, Chair DATE: February 15, 2012 SUBJECT: Proposal Review Assignments for the April 23- 27, 2012 Meeting – Hilton

Singer Island Oceanfront/Palm Beaches Hotel ___________________________________________________________________________ The Technical Correlating Committee ROP meeting will be held at the Hilton Singer Island Oceanfront/Palm Beaches Hotel. The nearest airport is West Palm Beach (PBI). The full meeting notice was sent to you previously. Soon we will be forwarding a CD containing the CMP reports on actions taken at the recent ROP meeting in Hilton Head (the preliminary ballot closing date is February 24, 2012). The review of these reports and the actions thereon will require most of the meeting time. The Agenda for the meeting will be sent separately. We will continue to use the new approach to review the reports. The full committee will start work on Monday morning, beginning at 8:00 A.M. The opening session should last about one hour and then we will break into task groups. During the opening session, ground rules, global consideration, etc., relating to the task groups will be established. The objective of the Task Groups is to identify the comments that need correlation, and to prepare the recommendations for the specific actions to be taken by the Technical Correlating Committee. Each Task Group, comprised of four or five members, is assigned panel reports with related subject matter. There is a slight change in the grouping of panels from the last cycle because CMP-4 received so many proposals. The work of CMP-10 was assigned to Task Group 1 to try to divide the workload more equitably. See the attached list for your Task Group assignment. Prior to the Technical Correlating Committee Meeting, each Task Group chair is requested to contact each member of his Task Group and establish a pre-meeting work plan that will result in reducing the meeting time for the Task Groups. I recommend that all task groups meet via conference call or email to discuss ground rules and handle any work that they can ahead of

time. NFPA staff has web conferencing capability and can arrange for you to use it. Please contact Jean O’Connor to set it up. We will not spend time on insignificant issues such as spelling, capitalization, hyphenation and similar issues that have no impact on good code. The Task Group Chairs are requested to bring laptop computers to the meeting and will be responsible for recording all of the Task Group’s recommended actions. We are planning on recording the actions in a Microsoft Excel Template. The template will be sent to you shortly. The advantage of this template is that it will allow much faster importing of the Technical Correlating Committee Notes into the Master File. Please do not make any changes to the format of the excel file. Changes could impair our ability to import information into the database. The Chairs will provide a copy of the Task Group Report to the NFPA staff on a memory stick. Members are asked to use the template for actions, and must provide recommended wording for the actions. See enclosure for specific assignments and suggested Technical Correlating Committee notes. Following the Task Group Meetings, the Technical Correlating Committee will be reconvened. At this time, the Task Group Chairs will begin presentation of their Task Group Reports. Although each member has specific assignments, every member is required to review all the panel reports. This is the only way to ensure proper correlation. Enclosed is a list of areas that you should consider during your review of the panel reports. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Mark Earley, Jean O’Connor or me. As a reminder, the dress for this meeting will be business casual. CC: M.W. Earley J.A. O’Connor

AREAS FOR CONSIDERATION IN REVIEWING COMMITTEE

REPORTS BY NEC TECHNICAL CORRELATING COMMITTEE (Note: This list is not all inclusive)

1. Compatibility of actions with the NEC scope and with the scope of the

article involved. 2. Overlapping of the scopes of other NEC panels or other NFPA technical

committees. 3. Questions involving actions not in accordance with the NFPA

Regulations Governing Committee Projects. 4. Conflicts of any nature within the report or between reports. 5. Requests by the panel for panel action such as a request for the

establishment of a task group. 6. Determination as to whether consideration should be given to

comments in negative votes. 7. Compliance with the NEC Style Manual. 8. Assurance that the panel has properly considered the subjects of any

TIA or FI issued since the publication of the 2011 NEC. 9. Review any extracted material to assure compliance with the Policy on

Extracts. 10. Report any request of the panel or recommendation for referral to other

technical committees, task groups, or advisory committees. 11. Identification of any panel action that may raise an issue of possible health

related hazards not specifically within the NEC scope. 12. Identification of actions relating to combustibles in plenums. 13. Ballot tabulation for eligibility to release the report. (See the Regulations

Governing Committee Projects)

NEC TCC Task Group Assignments: April 22 – 27, 2012 NEC ROP (TCC) Meeting Task Group 1 – Occupancies (CMPs 10, 11, 14, 15, & 19) Richard Owen – Chair Daniel Kissane Thomas Adams Tim Pope Task Group 2 – Infrastructure and Signaling (CMPs 1, 3, & 16) Merton Bunker – Chair John Kovacik Michael McNeil Bill Fiske Task Group 3 – Wiring (CMPs 6, 7, 8, 17, & 18) Neil LaBrake – Chair Danny Ligget Stanley Folz Jim Dollard Bob McCullough Task Group 4 – Protection (CMPs 4, 5, & 9) Bill Drake – Chair David Hittinger Mark Ode James Brunssen Task Group 5 – Branch Circuits/Industrial (CMPs 2, 12, & 13) Palmer Hickman – Chair Vince Saporita Ernest Gallo Larry Ayer

General TCC practices for the ROP

Following are guidelines for the TCC when considering adding a TCC note to the ROP. These guidelines are to limit unnecessary TCC notes. There exists below a list of “standard TCC notes” which are used to provide consistent TCC notes. 1. If a proposal is rejected, do not send to another panel for information unless there is a

compelling reason to do so (e.g., CMP makes such a request). The ROP, itself, will act as the vehicle to send information to other panels.

2. Do not support negative arguments unless they point out errors, correlation issues or unarguable hazards. Inaccurate panel statements (or substantiation) can also be argued, especially if the proposal changes the Code. Let the ROC process argue the positions. The TCC might have to take a position on technical issues during, or after, the ROC, therefore, the TCC should not appear to show a favorable position at the ROP stage.

3. If a scope statement is rejected by a panel, there is no need to add the TCC “scope statement” to the proposal.

4. If an Informational Note to a scope statement is added or modified, the TCC does not have to take any action.

THE FOLLOWING IS A PARTICAL LIST OF TYPICAL

ROP TECHNICAL CORRELATING COMMITTEE NOTES 1. The Technical Correlating Committee advises that article scope statements are the

responsibility of the Technical Correlating Committee and the Technical Correlating Committee accepts/rejects the panel action.

2. It was the action of the Technical Correlating Committee that further consideration be

given to the comments expressed in the voting. This action will be considered as a public comment.

3. It was the action of the Technical Correlating Committee that this proposal be reported

as "reject" because less than two-thirds of the members eligible to vote have voted in the affirmative.

4. It was the action of the Technical Correlating Committee that this proposal be reported

as “reject” to correlate with the action of the Technical Correlating Committee on Proposal______.

5. This action will be considered as a public comment. 6. The Technical Correlating Committee directs that the panel clarify the panel action on

this proposal. This action will be considered as a public comment. 7. It was the action of the Technical Correlating Committee that this proposal be

reconsidered and correlated with the action on proposal_______. See the Technical

Correlating Committee action on Proposal ________. This action will be considered as a public comment.

8. It was the action of the Technical Correlating Committee that this proposal be referred to

Code-Making Panel ____ for ___________(action, information, etc). 9. It was the action of the Technical Correlating Committee that this proposal be referred to

Code-Making Panel ____ for __________. This action will be considered as a public comment.

10. The Technical Correlating Committee directs that this proposal be referred to the NFPA

Committee on ______________________for_________________(Action, Information, etc.)

11. The Technical Correlating Committee directs that this proposal be referred to the NFPA

Committee on the Toxicity of the Products of Combustion for comment.

12. The Technical Correlating Committee directs that the action on this proposal be rewritten to comply with the NEC Style Manual to read as follows:

SOP 4.0 Development and Revision of Documents

1. Document Cycle. A new edition of documents shall be prepared every three years. The revision shall be upon initiation by the TCC and with the approval of the Standards Council. A shorter or longer interval may be permitted when requested by the Standards Council or when requested by the TCC and approved by the Standards Council.

2. NEC Proposal Assignment. The Secretary of the TCC should assign each Proposal received to the proper CMP in accordance with the assigned CMP scopes. If the Proposal involves a subject not previously assigned, the Chair of the TCC determines the proper assignment.

3. Committee Proposals or Comments. A Committee Proposal shall not be submitted to letter ballot unless a simple majority of the Panel has voted to accept the Proposal at a Panel Meeting.

4. Proposals Referred for Comment. Where a proposal within the jurisdiction of one CMP is sent by the TCC to another CMP for comment, the developed comment shall be balloted through the full CMP. The submission of the comment in the name of the CMP shall require a majority of those voting, less abstentions. The comment shall include, in the substantiation, any affirmative or negative comments of the CMP members.

5. Referring Public Comments to Other TCs. Because the comment stage is the last TC action during the revision cycle, TCs may not direct that comments be sent to other TCs for either information or comment.

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NEC TECHNICAL CORRELATING COMMITTEE TASK GROUPS FOR 2014 CODE CYCLE

(Updated – December 2, 2011)

Task Groups reporting to the Technical Correlating Committee

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Name and Scope of Task Group Task Group Chair, Members, & Status

1-1. Task Group on the Usability of the NEC. To recommend revisions for language, organizational structure, style manual, and related documents, as appropriate.

Stan Folz, Chair. Members are: W.T. Fisk, J.T. Dollard, Jr., D.L. Hittinger, and Kim Cervantes (NFPA’s NEC Staff Editor) M.J. Johnston, M.W. Earley, & J.A. O'Connor, ex officio members.

1-2. Task Group on Membership. To provide recommendations for revisions in language, organizational structure, and personnel who will result in the NEC committees being properly balanced as to interest, of an optimum size, and staffed with competent personnel.

M.W. Bunker, Jr., Chair, R.P. Owen, N.F. LaBrake, Jr., J.T. Dollard, Jr., M.E. McNeil, and D.L. Hittinger. M.J. Johnston & M.W. Earley, ex officio members.

- Revision to NFPA 70E Declared

Structure In Progress

- Develop wording regarding the length of service for CMP Chairs In Progress

1-3. Procedures Task Group. To review and make necessary changes to the TCC Policies and Supplemental Operating Procedures.

W.R. Drake, Chair, S.J. Folz & M.W. Earley.

1-4. Task Group on DC Requirements in the NEC. This Task Group will review the DC requirements in the NEC, that presently exist, to identify any gaps in these requirements. The Task Group is charged with making recommendations for specific code requirements to fill any of those gaps or provide any needed updates to existing requirements. Please keep in mind that the NEC does not use mandatory requirements to reference other standards or codes. There are a number of areas that may be in need of additional DC requirements, such as Articles 240, 300, 410, 480, 645, 690, and 694. This work will require the participation of members from the appropriate CMPs. Although appointed by the Technical Correlating Committee, this Task Group will submit proposals in the names of individuals.

J.R. Kovacik, Chair. Members include Brian Rock, Mario Spino, Michael O’Boyle, Suzanne Borek, Mark Ode, A. Moldoveanu, A. Spina, Ben Hartman, D. Geary, D. Symanski, E. Byaliy, K. Gettman, Michael Stelts, Cristel Hunter, Dilberto Momdal, and Bill Cantor. This Task Group will continue their work during the ROC Stage.

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Task Groups that were Appointed by the Technical Correlating Committee Chair that will Operate Independently of the Technical Correlating Committee

2-1. 2-2. 2-3. 2-4. 2-5.

2-6. High Voltage Task Group on 2011 NEC Comments 4-7, 4-9, and 4-10 (Proposal 4-21). To review comments from the 2011 NEC regarding the matter of providing additional definitions and requirements related to indoor and outdoor electrical substations for the 2014 Edition of the NEC.

James T. Dollard, Chair. Other Task Group Members are: Alan Peterson, Stan Folz, Eddie Guidry, Paul Barnhart, RogerMcDaniel, Alan Manche, Donny Cook, Vince Saporita, and Lanny Floyd. This Task Group may continue their work through the ROC Stage.

2-7. 2-8.

Independent Task Groups Established by Code-Making Panel Chairs

CMP-12 Electric Vehicle Task Group. To review Article 625 on Electric Vehicles to ensure that the technical information is current and reflects the needs for this technology.

Gery J. Kissel, Chair. Members are L. Tennant, T. Lottmann, T. Brown, T. Hedges, J. Holmes, D. Sher, J. Salazar, D. Sher, J.R. Kovacik, A. Manche, G. Moniz, F. Tse, G. Nieminiski, and J. France, M. Earley and J. O’Connor are facilitating the TG. This Task Group may continue their work through the ROC Stage.

CMP-4 Task Group on PV. To review concerns related to PV and Fire Responders.

Bill Brooks Chair. Members are T. Stafford, W. Bower, J. Rogers, Jose Versteeg, P. Wilse, R. James, R. Davidson, and M. Paiss. This Task Group may continue their work through the ROC Stage.