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The latest issue of ESTA Standards Watch is now available here.

News items in this issue include:

• Six ESTA standards in public review.
• ANSI E1.40- 2016 (R2021) is published.
• ESTA seeks an ETCP Program Manager.
• WTO Technical Barriers to Trade: lots of words about RoHS in the UK.
• ANSI public reviews: standard practice for steel buildings and bridges; reporting opinions of experts; evaluation of scientific or technical data; addenda am, ap, and av ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1; personnel lifting; gas tungsten arc welding of aluminum; heat shaping and straightening with oxyfuel torches; the Uniform Mechanical Code; and the Uniform Plumbing Code.
• New ANS projects: networked lighting control; immunity testing of multimedia equipment; personal noise dosimeters; rules for fusion energy devices; standard for cognitive accessibility; standard for evacuation devices; photovoltaic arrays earth fault protection; encryption of MPEG-2 transport streams; wireless IP network access security; and code of practice for personally identifiable information protection.
• Final approvals on American National Standards: slings; Green Globes assessment; human readiness scale in system development; log structures; horticultural lighting; measurement & estimation of sky glow; NFPA standard for semiconductor fabrication facilities; NFPA manufactured housing; personnel protection systems for electric vehicle supply circuits; cloud computing and distributed platforms; and five IoT standards.
• Draft IEC & ISO docs: guidance on making written text easy to read and understand; ergonomics of the thermal environment; accessible design; lifts for persons and goods; RFID for item managements; civil engineering sustainability terms,; luminaires for emergency lighting;  Ecodesign for motor systems; dependability management; crisis management; cybersecurity supplier relationships; software maintenance; respiratory protective devices; guidance on managing information security risks; DALI parts 101, 102, and 103; wiring systems; and nine standards for bicycle safety requirements.
• Recently published IEC & ISO docs: two standards for digital audio parts; evaluating the sound field of directional loudspeaker array; city service continuity against disasters; travel risk management; encryption algorithms, part 1; and encapsulation of JPEG 2000 images into ISO/IEC 23008-12.
• TSP meeting schedule.
• TSP donors who have made long-term, multi-year pledges.
• Investors in Innovation, supporters of ESTA's Technical Standards Program.

The archive of all the Standards News and Standards Watch issues back to the beginning of 2011 is available here.