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Errata released for NFPA 70 2011 Edition, the National Electrical Code

NFPA 70, the National Electrical Code, has just had an errata released modifying the new 2011 Edition.  It is the second errata released for this edition of the NEC  so far.  Additionally, there have been four Tentative Interim Amendments released which also impact the use of the document.

Errata are numbered using first the Code number, then the year of the edition and finally the numeric identifier.  So the first Errata for NFPA 70 was Errata 70-11-1, from 4/8/2011.  This errata made pen-and-ink changes to 23 different pages.  The new second Errata is 70-11-2, from 1/24/2012, with changes for 8 different pages.

Tentative Interim Amendments (TIA’s) follow a similar numbering scheme.  A TIA is tentative because it has not been processed through the entire standards-making procedures.  It is interim because it is effective only between editions of the standard.  A TIA automatically becomes a proposal  for the next edition of the standard.

TIA 11-1 for the NEC, released on 3/1/2011, makes 2 exceptions for section 680.42(B).  TIA’s 11-2, 11-3, and 11-4 were all released 10/19/2011.  TIA 11-2 modifies section 625.13 on Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Connection.  TIA 11-3 impacts section 625.14, Rating for Electric vehicle supply equipment.  And TIA 11-4 is a change for section 230.44(5).

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New TIA 11-1 for NFPA 70 2011 National Electrical Code

A new TIA (Tentative Interim Amendment) 11-1 has been issued for the recently released 2011 Edition of the NEC (National Electrical Code) NFPA 70.  This particular TIA provides 2 exceptions in section 680.42(B) of the code.

A TIA is an amendment to an NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) document processed in accordance with specific NFPA protocols.  It is not required to go through the entire codes and standards-making process of being published for review and comment. It is labeled “interim” because it is effective only between editions of a particular standard. A TIA automatically becomes a proposal for the next edition of the standard.

Requests for TIAs need to provide the recommended revision and the reason as to why it is of an emergency nature requiring prompt action. The submitter must also provide the appropriate endorsments in writing of two members of the applicable technical committee or technical correlating committee within NFPA.

It is different from an Errata, which is a correction of the text of the standard.  A TIA provides a technical modification of the document itself.

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