Section 17.90.049. Applicability and modification of National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 44.

	(a)  The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) publication entitled Handbook 44, Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices applies to all devices, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.  
	(b)  Section 2.20 (scales) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) publication entitled Handbook 44, Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices is adopted by reference under AS 45.75.050(d) and this section, except as amended in (c), (d), and (e) of this section.  
	(c)  Note 3 is amended to read: N.3 Recommended Minimum Test Weights and Test Loads*. The recommended minimum test weights and test loads for in-service tests (except railway track scales) are shown in Table 4. [See Table 4 for *.]  
	(d)  The heading of Table 4 is amended to read:  
Table 4. 
Recommended Minimum Test Weights and Test Loads.  
	(e)  Paragraph UR 3.7(a) is modified by changing "landfills and transfer stations" to read "collection or transfer sites."  

Authorities

45.75.040;45.75.050;45.75.070;45.75.080

Notes

Reference

17 AAC 90.740

Authority

AS 45.75.040 AS 45.75.050 AS 45.75.070 AS 45.75.080 Editor's note: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Handbook 44, adopted by reference under AS 45.75.050(d) and 17 AAC 90.049, and supplements to it are published by the United States Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, and may be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402-9325. Copies of the document are also available for inspection at the Anchorage office of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, Division of Measurement Standards and Commercial Vehicle Enforcement, 11900 Industry Way, Building M, Anchorage, Alaska 99515, and at the Lieutenant Governor's Office, Juneau, Alaska. ________________________

History

Eff. 1/18/2002, Register 161; am 12/31/2006, Register 180

References

17.90.049