ANSI-C50.13-1989.PDF

ANSI C50.13B907241500004b383AmeApproval of an Amerian National Sundard requires verification by ANSI that therequirements for due process,consensus,and other criteria for approval have been met byNationalthe standards developer.StandardConsensus is established when,in the judgment of the ANSI Board of Standards Review,substantial agrcement has becn rcached by dircctly and materially affected interests.Sub-stantial agreement means much more than a simple majority:but not necessarily unanim-ity.Consensus requires that all views and objections be considered,and that a concertedeffort be made toward their resolution.The use of American National Standards is completely voluntary;their existence does notin any respect preclude anyone,whether he has approved the standards or not,from man.ufacturing,marketing,purchasing,or using products,proccsses,or procedures not con-forming to the standards.The American National Standards Institute does not develop standards and will in no cir-cumstances give an interpretation of any American National Standard.Moreover,no per.son shall have the right or authority to issue an interpretation of an American NationalStandard in the name of the American National Standards Institute.Requests for inter.pretations should be addressed to the secretariat or sponsor whose name appears on thetitle page of this standard.CAUTION NOTICE:This American National Standard may be reviscd or withdrawn atany time.The prucedures of the American National Standards Institute require thataction be taken periodically to reaffirm,rovise,or withdraw this standard.Purchasersof American National Standards may receive current information on all standards bycalling or writing the American National Standards Institute.Publlshed byAmerican National Standards Institute1430 Broadway,New York,New York 10018Copyright1989 by American National Standards Institute,IncAll rights reserved.No part of this publieation may be reproduced in any form,in an electronic retrieval system or otherwise,withoutthe prlor wtitten permission of the publlsher.Printed in the United States of AmericaA1M889/15Copyright por American National Standards InstituteThu Apr1208:47:282001