Technical Committee on Lightning Protection ROC Minutes 1. List date(s) and location of meeting: October 9th - 12th, 2012. Orlando, FL. 2. List names of TC members and guests in attendance (or attach sign-in sheets): See attached sign-in sheet. 3. List names of guests addressing the committee (if any): See attached sign-in sheet. 4. If applicable, number of public proposals/comments acted upon: 84 5. If applicable, number of committee generated proposals/comments: 7 6. If applicable, list any appointed task groups and include the chair and member names and the task group scope. Grounding & Bonding: Guthrie (leader), Melton, VanSickle, Johnson, Porter, Cruz, Morgan, Humeniuk, Harger Tanks: Kaiser (leader), Morgan, Guthrie, Kline, Humeniuk Smart Homes: Tobias (leader) Kaiser, Melton, VanSickle, Franklin, Guthrie, Larter, Humeniuk Modeling: Tobias (leader), Campbell, Franklin, Guthrie, Humeniuk, Harger 7. If applicable, list any request contained in a committee Statement that requires Technical Correlating Committee attention: 8. If applicable, list any committee actions that need to be referred to another technical committee for correlation: 9. List any additional information that you feel would be helpful to the Technical Correlating Committee, staff, or to the process in general:
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9TH, 2012 Strike Terminations/Tall StructurersStructures Task Group to coordinate all comments regarding the rearranging and renumbering of Sections 4.6-4.8. Grounding and Bonding Task Group to evaluate the sideflash distance calculations related to ROC 780-18, 780-19, 780-20. Mitch Guthrie to submit substantiation and diagram revision related to ROC 780-33. Joanie Campbell to submit diagram in support of ROC 780-44. Tom Harger to coordinate revision of ROC 780-46. CC1 - Changing order of units. (Held over for action later.) CC2 - Change "nongrounded" to "ungrounded", document-wide. ROC Agenda approved. Minutes of ROP and teleconferences accepted. New online process for revision cycles to be implemented following close of this cycle. Documents will be available as First Draft, Second Draft and Standard. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10TH, 2012 Dick Roux to provide the text of CC4 on 780-15 to the TC for final review on Oct 11. CC3 - Add annex material providing near equivalent AWG sizes for bare conductors.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11TH, 2012 Mitch Guthrie to research the unit swapping issue related to the metric-english reporting order. CC4 - Comprehensive revision of ROC 780-15 text to reconcile several comments. CC5 - Comprehensive revision of Chapter 12 to ensure MOS compliance and reconcile several comments on the material. CC6 - Revision of 4.6.5.2 and related material relevant to ROC 780-20. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12TH, 2012 CC1 - The TC resolves to change the order of units to English, then SI in parenthesis, except for Annex L and A.4.18.4.1. CC7 - Review the document to ensure consistency in internal document references following the rearrangements of Sections 4.7, 4.8 and 4.15 through 4.21. All Task Groups were retired with thanks to the TG leaders and members for their service and contribution. New task groups formed: Grounding & Bonding, Tanks, Modeling, Smart Homes. The TC reviewed the LPI statement on CSST and affirmed it. Mitch Guthrie to address the NFPA 54 TG on the issue. Pre-ROP scheduled for 4/21/2014 to 4/25/2014 (likely in Quincy, MA). The ROC adjourned and the Chair thanked all for their hard work and participation.
NFPA 780 ROC Meeting Double Tree Resort Orlando October 9 12, 2012 Members in attendance: Principals John Tobias Christopher Batchelor Matthew Caie Joanie Campbell Josephine Covino Ignacio Cruz Robert Daley Joseph DeGregoria Douglas Franklin Mitchell Guthrie Thomas Harger Paul Jacques Carl Johnson, II Bruce Kaiser R. Bruce Melton Victor Minak Mark Morgan Luke Pettros Christine Porter Harold VanSickle Alternates Richard Bouchard Stephen Humeniuk Morris Kline Staff Liaison, Dick Roux Guests Simon Larter Eric Boettcher J. R. Oldham