PA_POC_MIN

Product Approval
Program Oversight Committee (POC)

Minutes

January 28
1:00 – 2:50 pm

The Renaissance Resort
World Golf Village
500 S. Legacy Trail, St. Augustine , Florida 32092
(904)940-8000

Product Approval POC Attendees: Ed Carson - Chair, Herminio Gonzalez, Nan Dean, Chris Schulte and Do Kim. Staff present were Mo Madani, Joe Bigelow and Azhar Khan.

There was a quorum present.

1 . The agenda was modified to remove reference to Declaratory Statements that needed Committee discussion (no Declaratory Statement before the Committee. The minutes for the Dec 10 2007 POC meeting were approved with an amendment by Chuck Anderson to clarify that the new revisions to Rule 9B-72 will not be imposed on products that are already approved and that such revisions will only apply to new applications and revisions as applicable.

2. Product Approval Program Staff Report.

A. Product Approval and Entities Statistics Report . Staff presented the current entities and product statistics from inception of the program to the December meeting date.

B . Discussion of Certification agency Certificate expirations . Staff provided the Committee with an update on this issue stating that many manufacturers and entities using the certification compliance method are revising their applications to bring them into good standing which includes the requirements of having a quality assurance program in place. Overall response to this request was positive. Staff conducted a survey randomly selecting certification compliance method manufacturers which listed Miami-Dade, American Architectural Manufacturer's Association, Underwriter's Laboratories and Keystone as their certification agencies. It was found that approximately 93% of manufacturers had their certificates in good standing. Only two applicants' certifications registered with Underwriter's Laboratories were questionable. With BCIS improvements scheduled for early 2008, staff and administrator will have access to tools allowing for verifications of any remaining certificate expirations. Staff will notify manufacturers of the deployment of these website improvements.

C. Discussion of compliance with 2007 Florida Building Code, website updates and enhancements. Staff presented information on new system enhancements scheduled to be deployed in mid February which will allow the manufacturer's to submit revisions and have their supporting documents carry through to their new application without them having to re-load. Staff will notify the manufacturers of the deployment date when set. Staff also stated that the system will be defaulting to the 2007 code in mid February and due to the desire of the manufacturers to revise their products to the 2007 code, they will be able to start their product revisions. It was also stated that before manufacturers start the self-affirmation process, that they contact Ted Berman and Associates, the Product Approval Administrator.

D . Update Report on implementation of the new schedule for the applications revision process and timeline. Staff mentioned that starting at the March 2008 meeting the new process has been implemented that will only have one application deadline to streamline the process. Conditional approval

3. Ted Berman & Associates Report

A. Administrator's report discussed the following items: FL 3367-R1, 3652-R1, 4487, 5958, 6269, 7109, 7198, 8207, 8672, 8729 and 9252. For more details see Administrator's report. It was noted at the meeting that Staff and Administrator need to conduct a thorough research in order contact the manufacturer of concern. In addition, staff will develop procedures for notification/research before recommending products for revocation.

B. Review product approval and entity applications. Administrator requested that the Committee allows for conditional approvals from the previous meeting to have their deadline extended to Feb 18 th 2008 to allow manufacturers time to comply.

C. TB&A provided a report with recommendations on ten entities for consideration as follows:

1. TST 7110, Architectural Testing Inc. – Springdale , PA - (Product Testing Laboratory) – Approved

2. TST 1910, Architectural Testing Inc. – Texas - (Product Testing Laboratory) – Approved

3. TST 4310, Architectural Testing Inc. – Washington - (Product Testing Laboratory) – Approved

4. TST 1795, Architectural Testing Inc. – Minnesota - (Product Testing Laboratory) – Approved

5. TST 6485, ENCON Technology Inc. - ( Product Testing Laboratory) – Approved

6. TST 2469, IBA Consultants - ( Product Testing Laboratory) – Approved

7. TST 2561, Southwest Research Institute, Fire Technology Department - ( Product Testing Laboratory) – Approved

8. TST 4281, Construction Research Laboratory - (Product Testing Laboratory) – Approved

9. QUA 6252, Progressive Engineering Inc. - ( Product Quality Assurance Entity) – Approved

10. QUA 2563 , Southwest Research Institute, Department of Fire Technology - (Product Quality Assurance Entity) – Approved

4. Adjourn

Adjourned at 2.50 p.m.

Action need by the Commission:

Commission Actions – Product Approval POC:

1. The Committee recommends the following ten entities for approval: