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Pending approval from its board of directors, ASTM International announced yesterday the launch of a new committee focused on creating technical standards and guidance materials for cannabis and its products and processes. Yesterday, about 60 industry representatives, associations, and others convened at ASTM International’s global headquarters near Philadelphia and decided to create a volunteer…, Media Inquiries:, Nate Osburn, tel +1.610.832.9603; nosburn@astm.org, Committee Contact:, Robert Morgan, tel +1.610.832.9732; rmorgan@astm.org Release #10266
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ASTM International’s committee on waste management ( D34 ) is seeking volunteers to help create five new standards related to waste treatment, recovery, and reuse (subcommittee D34.03)., Classification for Degradable Materials and Products (WK56175), This guide will help classify products based on how they degrade. It will support greater consistency and clarity for people who buy, sell, and use materials and products that claim to have certain degradation characteristics. In particular, the standard could help purchasing managers, waste-management operators, sustainability managers, and product managers., Guide for Operating an Anaerobic Digestion Facility (WK56176), Anaerobic digestion of organic waste, an alternative to composting, is gaining popularity for a number of reasons (e.gs., energy from biogas, avoiding fugitive leachate, improving life cycle analysis reporting). With more anaerobic digesters entering the market, there is a need for standards to measure degradation within these digesters. This new guide could help maximize safety and performance…, Practice for Estimating the Environmental Persistence of Materials Using First Order Rate Constant Calculations (WK56177), Experts working in waste management, environmental sciences, and chemical production need to know how long a product will remain intact and whether it will accumulate over time. This standard will help them estimate how long a material will remain in a specific environment, allowing them to better understand its long-term impact on the environment. Specifically, the standard provides a way to…, Guide for Materials Intended for Discard into Municipal Waste Water Treatment Facilities (WK57010), Some products are frequently discarded into wastewater systems. The guide will help determine whether a material will have a neutral, positive, or negative impact on wastewater systems. This will help companies better understand how their products degrade and choose environmentally-friendly materials., Guide for Materials Intended for Discard into Municipal Landfills (WK57011), Some products are frequently discarded into municipal landfills. The guide will help determine whether a material will have a neutral, positive, or negative impact on landfills. This will help companies better understand how their products degrade and choose environmentally-friendly materials. In addition, the standard could help waste operators determine what kinds of materials they allow to…, Committee on Waste Management (D34) Next Meeting:, April 24-27, 2017, Las Vegas, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org, Technical Contact:, Teresa Clark, ENSO Plastics, Mesa, Ariz., tel +1.623.242.2313; teresa.clark@ensoplastics.com, ASTM Staff Contact:, Brian Milewski, tel +1.610.832.9619; bmilewski@astm.org Release #10265
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By request from industry, ASTM International will host an organizational meeting to potentially create a new technical committee that develops voluntary consensus standards for cannabis. The no-fee meeting is Tuesday, Feb. 28, at 9 a.m. EST at ASTM International’s global headquarters in, West Conshohocken, Pa., USA. Industry stakeholders and others interested in charting a path towards voluntary…, ASTM Cannabis Organizational Meeting:, Feb. 28, 2017, ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA, 19428-2959 USA, Media Inquiries:, Nate Osburn, tel +1.610.832.9603; nosburn@astm.org, ASTM Staff Contact:, Christine DeJong, tel +1.610.832.9736; cdejong@astm.org Release #10251
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ASTM International’s committee on environmental assessment, risk management and corrective action ( E50 ) has revised its important guide for disclosure of environmental liabilities (E2173). Originally approved in 2001, the guide provides options consistent with good commercial and customary practice for environmental liability disclosures that accompany financial statements. According to ASTM…, ASTM Committee E50 on Environmental Assessment, Risk Management and Corrective Action Next Meeting:, April 4-6, 2017, April Committee Week, Toronto, Canada, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org, Technical Contact:, John Rosengard, ERCI, Oakland, Calif., tel +1.510.548.5570; john@erci.com, ASTM Staff Contact:, Kathleen Chalfin, tel +1.610.832.9717; kchalfin@astm.org Release #10212
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ASTM International’s committee on waste management ( D34 ) recently launched work on three proposed new standards. Anyone with an interest in waste management is invited to join the work on the following proposed standards, which are being developed by a subcommittee that focuses on treatment, recovery and reuse (D34.03). Guide for Creating Product Specific Waste Hierarchy (WK55328) This proposed…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org, Technical Contact:, Teresa Clark, ENSO Plastic, Mesa, Ariz., tel +1.623.242.2313; teresa.clark@ensoplastics.com, ASTM Staff Contact:, Brian Milewski, tel +1.610.832.9619; bmilewski@astm.org Release #10213
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A new standard will help test technology that is used in many electronic devices. According to ASTM members Lin Tingyu (National Center for Advanced Packaging) and Hi Jinjiang (Grikin Advanced Materials Co. Ltd.), the new standard will provide a baseline of quality, reliability, and process for manufacturers of “sputtering targets,” which are often used for thin-film deposition, etching, and…, ASTM Committee F01 on Electronics Next Meeting:, January 31, 2017, January Committee Week, Norfolk, Va., Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org, Technical Contact:, Lin Tingyu, National Center for Advanced Packaging, Wuxi, Jiangsu province, China, tel +1.535.805.3318; tingyulin@ncp-cn.com, ASTM Staff Contact:, Kelly Paul, tel +1.610.832.9745; kpaul@astm.org Release #10163
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A new ASTM International standard will help deter trespassing on properties with many oil storage tanks, known as tank farms. The guide ( E2942 , Guide for Security of Tank Farm Installations for Compliance with Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure Plan (SPCC) Regulations) will help property owners identify fencing and lighting to protect these areas. “Oil storage facilities are located…, ASTM Committee E50 on Environmental Assessment, Risk Management and Corrective Action Next Meeting:, Oct. 25-27, 2016, October Committee Week, Orlando, Fla., Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org, Technical Contact:, J. Phillip Smith, tel +1.281.497.4223; jphillipsmith@astm.org, ASTM Staff Contact:, Kathleen Chalfin, tel +1.610.832.9717; kchalfin@astm.org Release #10078
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ASTM International has approved a new guide that will help environmental professionals who want to assess or repurpose landfills and chemically impacted sites. ASTM Committee E50 on Environmental Assessment, Risk Management and Corrective Action developed the new standard, soon to be published as E3033, Guide for Beneficial Use of Landfills and Chemically Impacted Sites. “The committee became…, ASTM Committee E50 on Environmental Assessment, Risk Management and Corrective Action Next Meeting:, April 11-14, 2016, April Committee Week, San Antonio, TX. , Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org , Technical Contact:, Marty Rowland, NYC Department of Parks & Recreation, New York, NY., tel +1.718.6922; Marty.Rowland@parks.nyc.gov , ASTM Staff Contact:, Kathleen Chalfin, tel +1.610.832.9717; kchalfin@astm.org Release #10023
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An ASTM International committee is creating a standard to support the emergence of a geosynthetic material that is increasingly used in soil erosion protection and other construction projects. All interested parties are invited to participate in this effort (WK49719, Test Method for Determining the Flexural Strength of a Geosynthetic Cementitious Composite Mat (GCCM) Using the Three-Point Bending…, ASTM Committee D35 on Geosynthetics Next Meeting:, June 29-July 1, 2016, June Committee Week, Chicago, Ill., Media Inquiries:, Nathan Osburn, tel +1.610.832.9603; nosburn@astm.org, Technical Contact: John, Paulson, Dison Supply LLC, Atlanta, Ga., tel +1.770.851.6090; jnptut@aol.com , ASTM Staff Contact:, Katerina Koperna, tel +1.610.832.9728; kkoperna@astm.org Release #10006
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A new ASTM International guide will help evaluate unwanted moisture in commercial buildings. The standard provides two questionnaires that assess elevated moisture and moisture-conducive conditions. The standard has been published as E3026 , Guide for Readily Observable Moisture Affected Materials and Conditions Conducive to Elevated Moisture in Commercial Buildings: Visual Moisture Assessment…, ASTM Committee E50 on Environmental Assessment, Risk Management and Corrective Action Next Meeting:, Oct. 26-29, 2015, October Committee Week, Tampa, Fla., Media Inquiries:, Nathan Osburn, tel +1.610.832.9603; nosburn@astm.org, Technical Contact:, Jim E. Bartlett, EMG, Owings Mills, Md., tel +1.800.626.3332 ext. 7609; jbartlett@emgcorp.com, ASTM Staff Contact:, Kathleen Chalfin, tel +1.610.832.9717; kchalfin@astm.org Release #9902