Issuance selection

Consensus standards are the key to the voluntary standards system because acceptance and use of such standards foUow direcdy from the need for them and from the involvement in their development of all those who share that need. Consensus standards must be produced by a body selected, organized, and conducted in accordance with due process procedures. AH parties or stakeholders are iavolved in the development of the standard and substantial agreement is reached according to the judgment of a properly constituted review board. Other aspects of due process involve proper issuance of notices, record keeping, baHoting, and attention to minority opinion. 

If the patent appHcation is allowed based on an appHcant s response to the second office action, examination is ended. However, if the patent examiner advises the patent appHcant that the rejections will be maintained and the appHcant views these rejections as insurmountable, the patent appHcant may choose to abandon the patent appHcation. If the patent examiner maintains the earHer posed rejections, and the patent appHcant disagrees with the examiner, the patent appHcant may appeal the examiner s decision to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, which is comprised of adininistrative judges. The appeal process involves the noticing and briefing of the appeal, and oral argument before and a subsequent decision from the Board of Appeals and Interferences (step 10). Usually the oral argument is presented to, and subsequent decision is received from, a panel of three administrative judges selected from the full complement of the Board. If the Board panel decides in the appHcant s favor (step 11), the patent appHcation will be passed to issuance (step 12). If the Board decides in the examiner s favor, the patent appHcant will have to consider whether to refile the appHcation and request another round of examination or seek court review. 

Relevance. A key criterion in the selection of biological indicators is relevance to human and ecological health and to the development of policy. Fish are directly relevant, for example, given that consumption of fish is the primary pathway for exposure to MeHg. The concentration of MeHg in fish is also a key variable in the issuance of fish-consumption advisories. 

Supplement to the 15 th edn. of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Waste Water. Selected Analytical Methods Approved and Cited by the US Environmental Protection agency. American Public Health Association, American Waterworks Association, Water Pollution Control Federation, Sept. (1978). Methods S60 and S63. Methods for benzidine, chlorinated organic compounds, pentachlorophenol and pesticides in water and waste water (Interim, Pending issuance of methods for organic analysis of water and wastes, Sept. 1978), Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Monitoring and Support Laboratory (EMSL). 

Looking ahead a few years, safety practitioners can expect the issuance of an occupational safety management standard that will impact on their knowledge and skill needs and what employers expect of them. Developments in the recent past are precursors of that occurring, and a selection of those developments will be reviewed in this chapter, along with their possible influence. Those developments are... 

Self-rescuers. The employer must provide self-rescuers approved by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health under 42 CFR Part 84. The respirators must be immediately available to all employees at work stations in underground areas where employees might be trapped by smoke or gas. The selection, issuance, use, and care of respirators must be in accordance with 1926.103. 

Prestartup review Critical safety equipment (the sonar) was not working properly. If a presaiTaway review had been properly carried out, this deficiency weuld have been recorded and corrected. At the very least some type of hazards analysis would have helped determine if the ship was safe to sail. Also, the identification of such a deficiency would have led to the issuance of temporary operating precedures, pessibly the selection of a safer route, and training for those Invelved. 

Normally, manufacturers notify the certifying authority regarding the issuance of the certificates. The certifying authority checks that all the requirements of the standard are met (see Clause 1.4 of Chapter VIII), and issues the certificates. As per lEC 61511, users can develop other criteria for certifying SIS loop components including requirements for the selection of components and subsystems based on prior use (Clause 11.5.3 of the standard). The main issue here is the appropriate evidence for subsystems and components that these are suitable for safety instrumentation. The standard also specifies the required documentation pertinent to the following issues mainly (see Clause 1.4 of Chapter VIII) ... 

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