What's New > ESTA Standards Watch - January 26, 2021
January 26, 2021
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The latest issue of ESTA Standards Watch is now available here.
News items in this issue include:
- Two ESTA standards approved and published.
- BTS offers language for mental health toolbox talks.
- ICC offers what-codes-where tools.
- FCC warns not to use radios in crimes.
- WTO Technical Barriers to Trade: cybersecurity in Brazil; Minnesota adopts California clean air rules, single-phase motors in Mexico; and RF spectrum allocations in the EU and Switzerland.
- ANSI public reviews: deadline for NITMAMs on NFPA 72, 105, and 110; UL field-installed controls; ICC bleachers; and conformity assessment of PPE.
- CSA public reviews: designing active fall protection systems; defining are “low voltage” DC and an “industrial establishment.”
- DIN public review announcement: studio lighting hoists.
- New ANS projects: people lifts in construction and demolition; temporary and portable space heaters; RF power density near the head and body; fire protection for cannabis facilities; and an NFPA standard for RVs.
- Final actions on American National Standards: ESTA's color communication; cargo screening with X-rays and gamma rays; three more ASHRAE/IES 90.1 addenda; competence requirements for certifying OHS systems; occasional use seating; indoor navigation systems for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities; AV energy efficiency; lighting science; and UL standards for plugs, taps, and LED equipment.
- Draft IEC & ISO docs: polyacrylate in urine absorbing products; secondary cells and batteries; RFID product tagging; software and systems engineering; home electronic system gateway privacy framework; and IoT platform data exchange.
- Recently published IEC & ISO docs:crime prevention through design; intelligent transport; coding of AV objects; five Fieldbus specification standards; and fire performance of communication cables in buildings.
- TSP meeting schedule now with April meetings, all via WebEx.
- TSP donors who have made long-term, multi-year pledges.
- Investors in Innovation, supporters of ESTA's Technical Standards Program, with some additions.
The archive of all the Standards News and Standards Watch issues back to the beginning of 2011 is available here.