In a message dated 8/2/02 11:00:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
<< They are arguably under obligation if they are using the NFPA-70 NEC as law.(assuming that they are considering it has been adopted and enforced in 50 states). Which actually calls out the procedure for what will be deemed as "approved", which makes reference to listing, labeling, or certification by an NRTL as one route (not the only route). >> My understanding is that the federal law (NFPA Code) is the minimum requirement and that state and local authorities can and do apply additional requirements as they deem appropriate. I agree that the best course of action if an NRTL mark is rejected is to petition the NRTL itself to negotiate with the AHJ. I think most NRTL's would be pretty responsive. Greg Galluccio www.productapprovals.com ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
