[Federal Register: February 20, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 34)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
International Code Council: The Update Process for the
International Codes and Standards
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The International Code Council (ICC), promulgator of the
International Codes and Standards, maintains a process for updating the
entire family of International Codes
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based on receipt of proposals from interested individuals and
organizations involved in the construction industry as well as the
general public. The codes are updated every three years (2000--current
edition, 2003, 2006 editions, etc.) with an intervening Supplement
published every 18 months. There are two hearings for each code
development cycle: In the first, a committee considers proposals and
recommends an action on each; in the second, the committee considers
comments submitted in response to the committee actions. The schedule
is printed below.
The purpose of this request is to increase public participation in
the system used by ICC to develop and maintain its codes and standards.
The publication of this notice by the National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST) on behalf of ICC is undertaken as a public
service; NIST does not necessarily endorse, approve, or recommend any
of the codes or standards referenced in the notice.
DATES: Interested persons may submit proposals to the ICC at the
address shown below and may participate in the public debate concerning
these matters. The hearing dates are as follows:
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Submittal
Cycle year deadline Public hearings
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2002.......................... November 15, 2001 First Hearing, April
8-19, 2002, Radisson
Hotel Green Tree,
Pittsburgh, PA 800-
333-3333.
Second Hearing,
September 29-October
4, 2002, Fort Worth
Convention Center,
Fort Worth, TX.
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Completion of this cycle results in the 2003 edition.
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2003.......................... February 15, 2003 First Hearing,
September 5-14,
2003, Opryland
Hotel, Nashville,
TN.
Second Hearing, May,
2004, Date/Location
TBD.
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Completion of this cycle results in the 2004 Supplement.
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2004.......................... August 15, 2004 First Hearing,
(tentative). February 21-March 2,
2005, Cincinnati
Convention Center,
Cincinnati, OH.
Second Hearing,
September, 2005,
Date/Location TBD.
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Completion of this cycle results in the 2006 edition. The 3-year cycle
continues as noted above.
Updates to the schedule are posted on the ICC website at:
www.intlcode.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Pfeiffer, PE, Secretary, Code
Development, 4051 West Flossmoor Road, Country Club Hills, IL 60478
Telephone 708/799-2300 Extension 338.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
ICC produces the only family of Codes and Standards that are
comprehensive, coordinated and necessary to regulate the built
environment. Federal agencies frequently use these codes and standards
as the basis for developing Federal regulations concerning new and
existing construction. The Code Development Process is initiated when
proposals from interested persons, supported by written data, views, or
arguments are solicited and published in the Proposed Changes document.
This document is distributed a minimum of 30 days in advance of the
first hearing and serves as the agenda. At the first hearing, the ICC
Code Development Committee considers testimony on every proposal and
acts on them individually (Approval, Disapproval, or Approval as
Modified). The results are published in a report entitled the Report of
the Public Hearing, which identifies the disposition of each proposal
and the reason for the committee's action. Anyone wishing to submit a
comment on the committee's action, expressing support or opposition to
the action, is provided the opportunity to do so. Comments received are
published and distributed in a document called the Final Action Agenda,
which serves as the agenda for the second hearing. Proposals that are
approved at the second hearing are incorporated in either the
Supplement or Edition, as applicable, with the next cycle starting with
the submittal deadline for proposals. Proponents of proposals
automatically receive a copy of all documents (Proposed Changes, Report
of the Public Hearing and Final Action Agenda).
Interested parties also may request a copy, free of charge, from
ICC headquarters at:
International Code Council, 5203 Leesburg Pike, Suite 600, Falls
Church, VA 22041-3401 or download a copy from the ICC web site at
www.intlcode.org.
The International Codes and Standards consist of the following:
International Building Code
ICC Electrical Code
International Energy Conservation Code
International Existing Building Code
International Fire Code
International Fuel Gas Code
International Mechanical Code
ICC Performance Code for Buildings and Facilities
International Plumbing Code
International Private Sewage Disposal Code
International Property Maintenance Code
International Residential Code
International Urban-Wildland Interface Code
International Zoning Code
ICC/ANSI A 117.1 Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities
ICC Standard on Bleachers, Folding and Telescopic Seating and
Grandstands
The maintenance process for ICC Standards such as ICC/ANSI A 117.1
and the ICC Standard on Bleachers, Folding and Telescopic Seating and
Grandstands follows a similar process of soliciting proposals,
committee action, public comment and ultimately the update and
publication of the standard.
Dated: February 14, 2002.
Karen Brown,
Deputy Director.
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