Standards Advisory Review Group

Standards Advisory Review Group

The Standards Advisory Review Group (SARG) is a group of TAPPI members appointed by the Quality and Standards Management Committee (Q&SMC) who are familiar with the TAPPI Standards process and are qualified to participate in the final review of Standards after they have been approved by the appropriate Standards-Specific Interest Group (SSIG).

The Standards Advisory Review Group (SARG) is responsible for determining that the Standards review and/or development process has been properly followed and that all negatives and comments have been resolved as required by these regulations. The SARG is appointed to terms whose lengths are determined by the Q&SMC. The SARG shall have a minimum of three members but may have as many as the Q&SMC deems appropriate.

SARG Meetings

The SARG is required to meet twice a year to act on Standards that are in the final stage of review. The last SARG meeting was held virtually on October 26, 2023. The next meeting will be May 16, 2024.

Anyone may participate in the SARG meeting via Zoom or conference call. Please contact standards@tappi.org if you would like to be added to the ZOOM meeting. Members who have concerns related to the drafts or have issues about specific methods are especially encouraged to participate.

The agenda for the next SARG meeting is listed below and contains the methods that have achieved the proper votes to be considered for approval. Please click on the below Standards to download a copy of the draft. Send a message to standards@tappi.org if you have any comments or appeals prior to the SARG meeting.

AGENDA of the  STANDARDS ADVISORY REVIEW GROUP of the  QUALITY AND STANDARDS MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE of the TAPPI BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Thursday, May 16, 2024, 1pm-2pm (EST)

ONLINE ONLY https://tappi.zoom.us/j/86437862452?pwd=BbRjhH2tSLhLg1IfXUJYG9QQlZaD15.1&from=addon

Meeting ID:  86437862452
Passcode: 564485 

1. Welcome and Antitrust Policy Review

   • The meeting will be held in accordance with TAPPI’s Antitrust Policy and Procedures.

     TAPPI’s aim is to promote research and education, and to arrange for the collection, dissemination and interchange of technical concepts and information in fields of interest to its members. TAPPI is not intended to, and may not, play any role in the competitive decisions of its members or their employers, or in any way restrict competition among companies.

2. Roll Call
   
   
3. Approval of Agenda
   
   
4. Approval of Minutes from October 26, 2023, meeting
   
   
5. Standards ready for final approval

   * = eligible to be submitted to ANSI as an American National Standard

   • *T 1008 Test conditions for fiberglass mat test methods (Revision)

   • *T 1015 Fiber glass mat uniformity (visual defects) (Revision)

   • *T 1200 Interlaboratory evaluation of test methods to determine TAPPI repeatability and reproducibility (Reaffirmation)

   • *T 205 Forming handsheets for physical tests of pulp (Reaffirmation)

   • T 234 Coarseness of pulp fibers (Reaffirmation)

   • *T 266 Determination of sodium, calcium, copper, iron and manganese in pulp and paper by atomic absorption spectroscopy (Reaffirmation)

   • *T 453 Effect of dry heat on properties of paper and board (Reaffirmation)

   • T 458 Surface wettability of paper (angle of contact method) (Reaffirmation)

   • *T 527 Color of paper and paperboard (d/0, C/2) (Reaffirmation)

   • T 625 Analysis of soda and sulfate black liquor (Reaffirmation)

   • *T 631 Microbiological enumeration of process water and slush pulp (Reaffirmation)

   • *T 812 Ply separation of solid and corrugated fiberboard (wet) (Reaffirmation)

   • *T 815 Coefficient of static friction (slide angle) of packaging and packaging materials (including shipping sack papers, corrugated and solid fiberboard) (inclined plane method) (Revision)

   • *T 825 Flat crush test of corrugated board (rigid support method) (Revision)

   • *T 834 Determination of containerboard roll hardness (Reaffirmation)

   • *T 839 Edgewise compressive strength of corrugated fiberboard using the clamp method (short column test) (Revision)

   • WI 3039 Extensional viscosity of coating color measured as Euler number using orifice rheometer (New Standard)

6. Open Discussions
   
   
7. Next Meeting