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NAHB Appeal on Residential Sprinklers

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December 11, 2008 · 2 comments

in 2008, Code Changes, News

“We felt the balance has shifted”

The International Code Council (ICC) heard testimony today about the National Association Home Builder’s (NAHB)  appeal on code action on RB 64 07/08 and RB 66 07/08. The appeal process by the ICC occurred today and was chaired by Ron Lynn.  The intent of the appeal is over the process that occurred, not in response to technical issues

The committee was made up of four representatives of the ICC.  They heard testimony in favor the NAHB appeal as well as other interested parties testified in support of the appeal.  Mr. Ed Sutton of the National Association of Home Builders summarized his testimony which stated the ICC could loose credibility and also stated that NAHB has funded travel in the past and supports the ICC to eliminate all 3rd party funding.

The testimony from various parties focused on the need for balance in [click to continue…]

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NAHB Requests Appeal of ICC Historic Sprinkler Vote

November 11, 2008 · 8 comments

in 2008, Code Changes

Today, the ICC released the intention of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) to request a appeal hearing on RB 64 and RB 66 of the 2007/2008 code development cycle.  The notice of appeal has been transmitted to interested parties by the ICC based on the appeal notification dated October 30, 2008, by the NAHB.  The request by the NAHB claims that the ICC failed in providing a voluntary consensus standard and

The NAHB Claims:

  • ICC states that its International Codes are developed using the governmental consensus process. Further, it claims that the ICC governmental consensus process meets the principles defined in OMB Circular A-119, Federal Participation in the Development and Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards and in Conformity Assessment Activities.
  • The appeal Regrettably, voting on code changes RB64 and RB66 demonstrated an unequivocal failure of the ICC code development process to achieve real consensus on these code changes by not preventing a single interest group, specifically the fire service, from unfairly dominating the voting on these two proposals at the Final Action Hearings. The voting on these code changes clearly violated the principle of “balance of interest” specified in OMB Circular A-119 for a voluntary consensus body (see Attachment A.)
  • ICC maintains that [click to continue…]

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