NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE CORRELATING COMMITTEE AGENDA October 23, 2013 ...

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National Fire Protection Association

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NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE CORRELATING COMMITTEE

AGENDA
October 23, 2013
Teleconference/Web Meeting

Item No. Subject

Item 13-10-1 Call to Order and Introduction of Members and Guests

Item 13-10-2 Approval of the July 2103 Correlating Committee Meeting Minutes [Attachment]

Item 13-10-3 Review 70E Second Revisions and Develop Correlating Revisions if appropriate

Item 13-10-4 Review 79 Second Revisions and Develop Correlating Revisions if appropriate

Item 13-10-5 General Business
 Correlating Committee Task Groups
 Supplemental Operating Procedures
 Panel Assignments for Articles 725 and 760
 Future meeting dates and locations

Item 13-10-6 New Business

Item 13-10-7 Adjournment
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NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE CORRELATING COMMITTEE

Meeting Minutes
July 29, 2013
NFPA, Quincy, MA

Item 13-7-1 Call to Order

The meeting was called to order at 8:00 am on Monday, July 29, 2013. The following Correlating Committee
members were present:

NAME REPRESENTING
Michael Johnston, Chair National Electrical Contractors Association
James Brunssen Telcordia
Rep. Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions
Merton Bunker US Department of State
William Drake Actuant Electrical
William Fiske Intertek
David Hittinger Independent Electrical Contractors, Inc.
Daniel Kissane Legrand/Pass & Seymour
Rep. National Electrical Manufacturers Association
John Kovacik UL LLC
Neil LaBrake, Jr. National Grid
Rep. Electric Light & Power Group/EEI
Danny Liggett The DuPont Company, Inc.
Rep. American Chemistry Council
Richard Owen Rep. International Association of Electrical Inspectors
Thomas Adams Rep. Electric Light & Power Group/EEI
Lawrence Ayer Biz Com Electric, Inc.
Rep. Independent Electrical Contractors, Inc.
James Dollard IBEW Local Union 98
Rep. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Stanley Folz Morse Electric Company
Rep. National Electrical Contractors Association
Ernest Gallo Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
Rep. Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions
Alan Manche Schneider Electric
Robert McCullough Rep. International Association of Electrical Inspectors
Mark Ode UL LLC
Vince Saporita Eaton’s Bussmann Business
Rep. National Electrical Manufacturers Association
Timothy Pope Canadian Standards Association
Rep. CSA/Canadian Electrical Code Committee

Guests and NFPA staff in attendance included:
Mark Earley NFPA, Secretary
Kimberly Shea NFPA, Recording Secretary
Bill Burke NFPA staff
Chris Dubay NFPA staff
Susan Ballester NFPA staff
Rick Sterling NFPA staff
Colleen Kelly NFPA Staff
Jeff Sargent NFPA Staff
Jack Lyons NEMA
Brian Rock Hubbell
Elaine Thompson Alied Tube and Conduit

Item 13-7-2 New Process Update

Chris Dubay, Vice President of Codes and Standards, provided an overview of the recent improvements that
have been made to the Terra system to facilitate the new process.

Jim Dollard addressed the committee and reviewed his concerns for the NEC. Chris addressed the concerns that
were presented and provided information on NFPA’s plans for training the NEC panel chairs, members and
users. A webinar on how to submit public input is scheduled for this fall. Additional webinars and training will
be provided as the public input closing date and the panel meetings approach.

Chris Dubay concluded by stating that NFPA is willing to provide custom training for individual organizations
and encouraged members to contact Mark Earley with their specific requests for training.

Item 13-7-3 Approval of the February 2013 ROC Meeting Minutes

It was moved, seconded, and voted unanimously affirmative that the minutes of the February 2013 Meeting of
the NEC Correlating Committee be approved.

Item 13-7-4 Final Amendment Ballot Results and Appeals

The committee reviewed and discussed the final ballot results on the eleven NEC Amendment Ballots.
The Correlating Committee developed the following positions on the scheduled hearings:

Hearing No. 1 Overturn Panel Action on P15-64 (W. Vernon, B. Rock)

The Correlating Committee recommendation to the Standards Council is to uphold the Panel action on Proposal
15-64 and deny the appeal. The Correlating Committee supports the work of the panel; the proposal was
approved by the panel and passed ballot. It is also important to note that there were no negative public
comments submitted and therefore NITMAMs were not certified. Vince Saporita will be the spokesperson for
this appeal.
Hearing No. 2 Overturn the Association Action to Reject Comment 6-37 (T. Lindsey, C. Hunter)

The Correlating Committee recommendation to the Standards Council is to uphold the Panel action on
Comment 6-37 and deny the appeal. The Correlating Committee agrees with the comments made by Panel 6
Chair Scott Cline. Mike Johnston will be the spokesperson for this appeal.

Hearing No. 3 - Accept Comment 12-60 (multiple submitters)

The Correlating Committee recommendation to the Standards Council is to uphold the appeal. The
jurisdiction of the air handling issue belongs to NFPA 75. Bill Drake will be the spokesperson for this appeal.

Hearing No. 4 - Accept Comment 3-21 (Hirchsler)

The Correlating Committee recommendation to the Standards Council is to uphold the appeal.
However, the exception is not written in conformance with the NEC Style Manual and uses terms including
“air duct” that are not used or defined in the NEC and if inserted in the 2014 NEC as written, would create
conflict by the use of conflicting terms. The Correlating Committee recommends that the Standards Council
follow the suggestion of the appellant to appoint a task group between NFPA 90A and NEC CMP-3 to
recommend a solution and develop a TIA that meets the needs of both committees. Jim Dollard will be the
spokesperson for this appeal.

Hearing No. 5 – Withdraw CAMs 70-26, 70-27, 70-29 and 70-31 (J. Conrad)

The Correlating Committee recommendation to the Standards Council is to deny the appeal. The ballot results
of Panel 13 on the floor action indicate that consensus no longer exists. Stan Folz will be the spokesperson for
this appeal.

Hearing No. 6 - Issue TIA Log No. 1097 (Harding)

The Correlating Committee recommendation to the Standards Council is to deny the appeal. Neil LaBrake, Jr.
will be the spokesperson for this appeal.

Hearing No. 8 Reject Comments 130-165 and 502-27 (Ramirez)

The Correlating Committee recommendation to the Standards Council is to deny the appeal. Although a
correlation issue will be created, the Correlating Committee recognizes that reverting back to previous edition
text would create multiple issues that would be difficult to resolve by the NFPA 502 and NFPA 130 TCs. The
Correlating Committee recommends that the Standards Council establish an inter-committee coordination task
group with the NEC to resolve the correlation issues by potential issuance of a TIA or address the issues during
the next revision cycles of NFPA 502 and 130.

Hearing No. 9 (D. Wechsler)

The Correlating Committee recommendation to the Standards Council is to uphold the Panel action on
Comment 14-56 and “deny” the appeal. The Correlating Committee agrees with the statements made by Panel
14 Chair Robert Jones. The Correlating Committee also finds that the action recommended in the CAM would
make the code incomplete and unusable.
Additional Recommendations to the SC

It was the action of the National Electrical Code® Correlating Committee to request that the NFPA Standards
Council issue the 2014 edition of the National Electrical Code® without Example D.14. This example was
based on text that was proposed during the ROP, but was deleted at the ROC stage. It does not reflect the
requirements for the 2014 Code.

Item 13-7-5 Review of Panel Chair Application

A task group was appointed to review the Panel Chair applications and provide recommendations to the
committee. A motion was made by John Kovacik and seconded by Neil LaBrake, Jr. to accept the task group
recommendations and forward the applications to the Standards Council for consideration at their October
meeting.

Item 13-7-6 General Business

The report of the Chapter 8 Reorganization Task Group was presented by Jim Dollard. The task group
recommended that the Chair of CMP-16 appoint a task group to review all Informational Notes within their
purview. Informational Notes that are found to be no longer necessary or are excessive references should be
removed. The Correlating Committee accepted the task group report and recommendations. [Attachment]

Action Item: The Correlating Committee will provide a written response to Panel 16 Chair, Tom Moore. And,
the Correlating Committee will again request that all Code-Making Panels review at all Informational Notes
during the next revision cycle.

The report of Qualified Person Task Group was presented by Neil LaBrake, Jr. The task group recommends
refraining from revising the term “qualified person” in documents under the Correlating Committee’s
responsibility, at this time. [Attachment]

The remaining list of Correlating Committee Task Groups was reviewed and the TG Chairs were asked to
populate their task groups by September 1, 2013 and refine the TG scopes if necessary. [Attachment]

Discussion was held on proposing a TIA to 445.20. Jim Dollard agreed to develop a TIA and present it to the
Correlating Committee at a later date for consideration. Subsequent to the meeting it was noted that a proposed
TIA was submitted by the Portable Generator Manufacturers Association. This TIA will be balloted through
CMP-13 rather than the one that was being developed by Jim Dollard and Larry Ayer.

The Committee reviewed and approved the following future meetings:

 A14 (70E & 79) Correlating Committee Second Draft Teleconference/Web Meeting - October 23,
2013.
 Correlating Committee New Process Training. It was requested that a training session be provided
at the NFPA Expo and Conference in June 2014 for Correlating Committee Members (and chairs?).
 Correlating Committee Meeting and Panel Chair Training - November 5-7, 2014 at NFPA
 NEC First Draft Panel Meetings - January 10-24, 2015 at the Sonesta Resort, Hilton Head Island
 First Draft Correlating Committee Meeting. To be held between April 10 and May 22, 2015 but not
during the week of May 3rd (UL Meeting).

Item 13-7-7 Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 5:50 pm.
MEMO

TO: Mike Johnston
FROM: Jim Dollard
RE: CC TG to review requests on NEC Chapter 8
DATE: April 24, 2013
CC: Jim Brunssen, Stan Folz & Alan Manche

The task group that was formed by the CC to review the letter from Tom Moore consisted
of Jim Brunssen, Stan Folz, Alan Manche and Jim Dollard.

The task group researched all of the material in question and the information provided
and has come to the following decisions:

Task (1) Combine all Chapter 8 Articles into one Article.

The task group recommends that no action be taken by the CC.
The task group was not presented with sufficient evidence that a problem exists or
to support a significant reorganization of Chapter 8. There is no clear indication
from the industry to support for such an effort. There does not seem to be an
advocate or organization that both believes there is a problem and will do the
heavy-lifting necessary to make such an effort successful.
It should be noted that this task group also discussed a number of avenues to
possibly restructure Chapter 8, including the creation of a driving Article to
contain common requirements similar to the makeup of the hazardous location
Articles in Chapter 5. However, it is not clear that such a project would resolve
the concerns shared by the chair or be supported by the industry.

Task (2) Review all Informational Notes of Article 770 and Chapter 8

The task group recommends that the CC direct the Chairman of CMP-16 to
appoint a task group made up of CMP-16 members to review all Informational
Notes within their purview. Informational Notes that are found to be no longer
necessary or are excessive references should be removed.

Task (3) Review all definitions of Article 770 and Chapter 8

The task group recommends that no action be taken by the CC.
The task group does not believe that such an effort would be successful. The
definitions in question have been developed over cycles by CMP-16.

Task (4) Review conflicts with 90.3 that occur in Articles 725, 760 & 770

The task group recommends that no action be taken by the CC.
The task group does not have evidence that any conflict exists.
Task (5) Review and revise grounding and bonding code references pertaining to the
Articles under CMP-16 purview.

The task group recommends that no action be taken by the CC.
The task group does not have evidence that any conflict exists.
NEC Correlating Committee
Task Group on NFPA 70E Qualified Person Definition

Report 07/29/2013

This report provides the recommendations of the task group (TG) that reviewed NFPA 70, 70E, and 79
under the NEC Correlating Committee’s responsibility using the same definition of “qualified person”.
The task group consisted of the following members: Jim Dollard, David Hittinger, Stan Folz, Alan
Manche, and Neil LaBrake, Jr. (Chair). The task group met via teleconference on July 24th, 2013, during
the July 29th, 2013 Correlating Committee meeting, and over several email exchanges.

Task Group Purpose and Scope:
The Task Group’s direction originates from Minute Item 12-12-9 of the December 2012 First Draft 70E
meeting of the NEC Correlating Committee. As a result, this Task Group has the following scope as
directed by Mr. Michael J. Johnston, NEC Correlating Committee Chair on April 4th, 2013:
“The scope of this work is to review all the other documents under the NEC Correlating Committee's
responsibility that use the same definition and determine if there are any conflicts created from the
different definition proposed for 70E. The other thing to look at is possible revisions to this definition
in the other documents so that they can all remain consistent, or if the proposed revised definition is
suitable for 70E only, and the definition of Qualified Person should remain as is in the other
documents. Please provide the findings and any recommendations that result.”

Results of Task Group’s Work:
A. Background Investigation
The proposed definition in the A2014 NFPA 70E First Draft is presently unchanged through the public
comment process and it reads as follows:
Qualified Person. One who has demonstrated skills and knowledge related to the construction and
operation of electrical equipment and installations and has received safety training to identify and
avoid the hazards involved.

The definition of “qualified person” appears in NFPA 70 (2011 NEC) and 2012 NFPA 79 extracts the
same definition from the 2011 NEC, but without the informational note. The term as defined in the 2011
NEC reads as follows:
Qualified Person. One who has skills and knowledge related to the construction and operation of the
electrical equipment and installations and has received safety training to recognize and avoid the
hazards involved.
Informational Note: Refer to NFPA 70E-2009, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace, for electrical
safety training requirements.

Other References:
• NFPA 70E 110.2(D)
• OSHA 1910.269(a)(2)(ii)
http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owalink.query_links?src_doc_type=STANDARDS&src_unique_file=1910_0
269&src_anchor_name=1910.269(a)(2)(ii)1910.269(a)(2)(ii)
• OSHA 1910.269(x)
http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owalink.query_links?src_doc_type=STANDARDS&src_unique_file=1910_0
269&src_anchor_name=1910.269(x)1910.269(x)
• NFPA Manual of Style

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B. Assessment of A2014 NFPA 70E First Draft Proposed Change to 100.Qualified Person
The task group notes the difference of the word “demonstrated” being added and the word “identify”
replacing the word “recognize” in the A2014 NFPA 70E version compared to the 2011 NEC. This
change fits well with the purpose of NFPA 70E relative to work practices and it brings forth the essence
of its 110.2(D) which relates to prescriptive aspects applying the term for training requirements. So, this
term’s proposed definition change is appropriate how it is used in NFPA 70E and it can be enforceable.

C. TG Conclusions and Recommendations
The task group supports the action of the NFPA 70E Technical Committee and recommends refraining
from revising the term “qualified person” in all other documents under the Correlating Committee’s
responsibility, at this time. The informational note in the NEC, being an installation document, makes
reference to NFPA 70E where the prescriptive elements can be found, in a work practices document,
when determining how the term is used in the various articles of the NEC. An informational note
referencing NFPA 70E for example in the NFPA 79 extracted definition, would not be included in the text
(see 1.6.2, 3.6.2, and 3.6.2.1 in the NFPA Manual of Style).

Since the term is defined how it is used in each document, the purview rests with each technical
committee. If a technical committee (TC) receives public input proposing revision to the term in future
cycles, then the TC will need to consider:
1. how the term is used in the document,
2. if the change is enforceable, and
3. if the change meets the NEC Style Manual or NFPA Manual of Style as applicable.

Closing:
This completes the scope of the task group and appreciation goes out to all who participated in the results!

Respectfully submitted to the NEC Correlating Committee on behalf of the Task Group, July 29th, 2013.

Neil F. LaBrake, Jr., PE
Task Group Chair, NEC Correlating Committee Principal EEI Representative

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M E M O R A N D U M

To: NFPA Technical Committee on Electrical Safety in the Workplace
From: Kim Shea
Date: Speptember 17, 2013
Subject: NFPA 70E Seond Draft TC FINAL Ballot Results (A2014)

According to the final ballot results, all ballot items received the necessary affirmative votes to pass ballot.
25 Members Eligible to Vote
0 Not Returned

The attached report shows the number of affirmative, negative, and abstaining votes as well as the explanation of
the vote for each Second Revision.
There are two criteria necessary for each first revision to pass ballot: (1) simple majority and (2) affirmative 2/
3
vote. The mock examples below show how the calculations are determined.
(1) Example for Simple Majority: Assuming there are 20 vote eligible committee members, 11 affirmative votes
are required to pass ballot. (Sample calculation: 20 members eligible to vote ÷ 2 = 10 + 1 = 11)

(2) Example for Affirmative 2/ : Assuming there are 20 vote eligible committee members and 1 member did not
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return their ballot and 2 members abstained, the number of affirmative votes required would be 12. (Sample
calculation: 20 members eligble to vote – 1 not returned – 2 abstentions = 17 x 0.66 = 11.22 = 12 )

As always please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.