COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURAL DUSTS

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1 COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURAL DUSTS TO: FROM: COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURAL DUSTS G. R. Colonna, Staff Liaison DATE: February 12, 2014 SUBJ: Minutes of NFPA 61 Pre-First Draft Meeting (Conference Call), February 6, 2014 I. Attendance: (all by web and conference call) Members and Alternates: Timothy Myers, Exponent, Inc., Natick, MA Donald Ankele, UL LLC, Northbrook, IL Chris Aiken, Cargill, Inc., Wayzata, MN Venkateswara Sarma Bharmidipati, Powder Process Solutions, Chanhassen, MN Amy Brown, FM Global, Norwood, MA David Clayton, Exponent, Inc., Los Angeles, CA Ashok Dastidar, Fauske & Associates, LLC, Burr Ridge, IL Brian Eklow, Aon Risk Services, Chicago, IL Keith Epperson, American Feed Industry Association, Osage Beach, MO Craig Froehling, Cargill, Inc., Wayzata, MN William Kearns, Fred Pfening Company, Columbus, OH William Kinslow, Jr., Mondelēz International, East Hanover, NJ Bruce McLelland, Fike Corporation, Blue Springs, MO Jim Norris, Bunge North America, St. Louis, MO (NOPA) Jack E. Osborn, Airdusco, Inc., TN Jeffrey Rogers, Ag Processing Inc., Omaha, NE (NOPA) Lee Sargent, Todd & Sargent, Inc., Ames, IA Robert Shafto, Zurich Insurance, Milford, MI Ronald Stein, Aon Global Risk Consultants, Kansas City, MO Jeffrey Sutton, Global Risk Consultants Corporation, Excelsior, MN Peter Telthorst, FM Global, St. Louis, MO P.D. (Nick) Thielen, General Mills, Inc., Golden Valley, MN Stephen Wees, Hayes & Stolz Industrial Manufacturing, Ltd., Fort Worth, TX J. Anthony Yount, ConAgra Food Ingredients, Omaha, NE Guy R. Colonna, NFPA, Staff Liaison

2 Guests: Brian Deutsch, Michigan Sugar Company, Bay City, MI (US Beet Sugar Association) Kent Quinney, The Amalgamated Sugar Company LLC, Boise, ID (US Beet Sugar Association) II. Minutes of Meeting 1. The Chair called the meeting to order at 11:05 a.m., Thursday, February 6, He welcomed the members and guests, outlined the agenda for the meeting, and requested Staff conduct a roll call of participants at the meeting. 2. Staff provided an update on the Committee membership, including pending appointments for the March meeting of the NFPA Standards Council. The Committee currently has 30 voting members (including one voting alternate member). In addition to moving the voting alternate to a principal voting member status, the Chair and Staff have also recommended appointment of the applicants from the US Beet Sugar Association (joining the meeting as guests). Staff also provided a review of the new NFPA Standards Process, demonstrating how Public Input is submitted, and reviewing the schedule for preparing the Annual 2016 revision cycle revision for NFPA 61 (see attached copy of the A2016 schedule). As part of this review, Staff also spoke about the role of the Combustible Dust Correlating Committee. In addition, the Chair and Staff reviewed the status of NFPA 652, which has requested a cycle change from F2014 to A2015 in order to finish all the Public Comments and the Second Draft. In order to make the "yet to be developed" second draft version of NFPA 652 available for review by the Agricultural Dust Committee, so that appropriate Public Input can be considered based on NFPA 652, Staff will prepare a Word draft of the proposed standard and distribute it to the Agricultural Dust Committee. A draft based on the recent Second Draft meeting (January 2014) will be made available by the end of February. Staff reported that there are already 4 Public Inputs on file for NFPA 61; the deadline for submittal of the proposed changes is July 7, The Chair discussed how to approach this revision cycle, particularly the need to evaluate whether NFPA 652 impacts NFPA 61 in any way. He recommended forming several task groups - 6 specifically linked to chapters in the proposed NFPA 652. The guidance for the task groups would be to compare NFPA 61 with NFPA 652 and identify what topics covered by NFPA 652 are not currently in NFPA 61 and whether they should be. The task group listing is shown below; those members of the Committee not able to participate in this meeting but wishing to serve on one of the task groups should contact the Chair or Staff to be included. The goal for the task groups, where possible, is to develop any recommended changes to NFPA 61 prior to the closing date for submitting Public Input. The task group listing is as follows: 2

3 Ch 4 General Bob Shafto Jeff Sutton Ch 5 Hazard ID Pete Telthorst Keith Epperson Ashok Dastidar Nick Thielen Bob Shafto Ch 6 Performance Based Design Ashok Dastidar Venkat Bhamidipati Ch 7 PHA Pete Telthorst Nick Thielen Kent Quinney Chris Aiken Anthony Yount Bill Kinslow Ch 8 Hazard management Bruce McLelland Craig Froehling Jack Osborn Amy Brown Bill Kearns Anthony Yount Bill Kinslow Ch 9 Management Systems Chris Aiken Jeff Sutton Amy Brown 5. The Committee discussed two other items as possible considerations for the upcoming revision: whether specific provisions pertaining to the sugar industry (refining and processing) should be added to NFPA 61 and whether "fabric silos" should be included in the standard. The question surrounding requirements applicable for the sugar industry carried forward from the prior revision cycle when a draft chapter was considered by the Committee during the ROP phase. At this time, there were no specific recommendations made, so the Committee did not propose creating a separate task group to research whether requirements unique to operations and processes within the sugar industry are necessary. As for the discussion regarding fabric silos - several members of the Committee and Staff saw an online discussion asking questions about the use of these silos and wanted to raise the issue with the full Committee in case these storage silos should be included in the next edition of the standard. Again, general sense from the discussions at this meeting indicate there is no need identified to include requirements for use of fabric silos for the materials covered by NFPA Next Meeting. The Committee discussed date and location for its First Draft meeting based on the schedule outlined by the Staff. The Public Input closing date is July 7 and the last date for the Committee to hold its meeting is September 12. During this meeting, the Committee selected Denver as the location and a tentative date of August 12-14, with the meeting opening at 8:00 am on the 12th and the meeting adjourning by noon on the 14th. [Staff Note: Following the meeting, Staff reviewed the plans from the meeting for scheduling a First Draft meeting and realized that the dates proposed by the Committee conflict with the NFPA Standards Council meeting in Quincy. NFPA has established a policy for the purposes of staff, the Council, and committee members, not to schedule meetings that conflict with the August Council meeting so that NFPA staff can be available to meet with the Council as needed on agenda items, including appeals and 3

4 hearings related to the Annual cycle document approvals. Because the Council is scheduled to meet the same dates as was proposed for the NFPA 61 First Draft meeting, Staff has notified the Committee and the Chair and alternative dates are being selected. Based on the results of the poll, the week of August 25 is receiving the most support as the alternative, with the dates of August being preferred (Tuesday - Thursday) over a Monday - Wednesday schedule. I will confirm with the Chair and send the final notice on rescheduling.] 7. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, February 6, Respectfully submitted, G. R. Colonna, Staff Liaison Attachment: Annual 2016 schedule 4

5 2016 ANNUAL REVISION CYCLE *Public Input Dates may vary according to standards and schedules for Revision Cycles may change. Please check the NFPA Website for the most up to date information on Public Input Closing Dates and schedules at # (i.e. and click on the Next Edition tab. Process Stage Process Step Dates for TC Dates for TC with CC Public Input Closing Date for Paper Submittal* 6/6/2014 6/6/2014 Public Input Closing Date for Online Submittal (e PI)* 7/7/2014 7/7/2014 Final Date for TC First Draft Meeting 12/12/2014 9/12/2014 Public Input Posting of First Draft and TC Ballot 1/30/ /24/2014 Stage Final date for Receipt of TC First Draft ballot 2/20/ /14/2014 (First Draft) Final date for Receipt of TC First Draft ballot recirc 2/27/ /21/2014 Posting of First Draft for CC Meeting 11/28/2014 Final date for CC First Draft Meeting 1/9/2015 Posting of First Draft and CC Ballot 1/30/2015 Final date for Receipt of CC First Draft ballot 2/20/2015 Final date for Receipt of CC First Draft ballot recirc 2/27/2015 Post First Draft Report for Public Comment 3/6/2015 3/6/2015 Public Comment Closing Date for Paper Submittal* 4/10/2015 4/10/2015 Public Comment Closing Date for Online Submittal (e PC)* 5/15/2015 5/15/2015 Final Date to Publish Notice of Consent Standards (Standards that 5/29/2015 5/29/2015 received no Comments) Appeal Closing Date for Consent Standards (Standards that received 6/12/2015 6/12/2015 no Comments) Final date for TC Second Draft Meeting 10/30/2015 7/24/2015 Comment Posting of Second Draft and TC Ballot 12/11/2015 9/4/2015 Stage Final date for Receipt of TC Second Draft ballot 1/4/2016 9/25/2015 (Second Final date for receipt of TC Second Draft ballot recirc 1/11/ /2/2015 Draft) Posting of Second Draft for CC Meeting 10/9/2015 Final date for CC Second Draft Meeting 11/20/2015 Posting of Second Draft for CC Ballot 12/11/2015 Final date for Receipt of CC Second Draft ballot 1/4/2016 Final date for Receipt of CC Second Draft ballot recirc 1/11/2016 Post Second Draft Report for NITMAM Review 1/18/2016 1/18/2016 Tech Session Notice of Intent to Make a Motion (NITMAM) Closing Date 2/19/2016 2/19/2016 Preparation Posting of Certified Amending Motions (CAMs) and Consent 4/15/2016 4/15/2016 Standards (& Issuance) Appeal Closing Date for Consent Standards 5/3/2016 5/3/2016 SC Issuance Date for Consent Standards 5/13/2016 5/13/2016 Tech Session Association Meeting for Standards with CAMs 6/6 9/2016 6/6 9/2016 Appeals and Appeal Closing Date for Standards with CAMs 6/29/2016 6/29/2016 Issuance SC Issuance Date for Standards with CAMs 8/4/2016 8/4/2016 Approved: October 30, 2012 Revised March 7, 2013