Ñ BSR/IEEE 48404.1-202x, Standard for
Terminations and Joints used on Extruded and
Laminated Dielectric Shielded Alternating-
Current Power Cables Rated 2.5 kV through
46 kV. This new standard establishes electrical
ratings, test procedures, and requirements for
joints and live front terminations installed on
extruded or laminated dielectric shielded power
cable systems rated 2.5 kV through 46 kV AC.
Ñ BSR/IEEE C37.122.4-202x, Guide for
Application and User Guide for Gas-Insulated
AC Transmission Lines, Rated 72.5 kV and
Above. This new standard provides guidance
for planning, design, equipment specification,
installation, testing, commissioning, operation,
maintenance, and decommissioning of
gas-insulated transmission lines (GIL). The guide
addresses technical aspects only.
Ñ BSR/IEEE C37.122.9-202x, Guide for Condition
Assessment of Gas-Insulated Substations
Rated Above 52 kV. This new standard helps
to determine the condition of gas-insulated
substation (GIS) equipment rated above 52 kV.
Ñ BSR/IEEE C62.36-202x, Standard Test Methods
for Surge Protectors and Protective Circuits
Used in Information and Communications
Technology Circuits and Smart Grid Data
Circuits. This is a revision of ANSI/IEEE C62.36-
2016 and applies to surge protectors for applica-
tion on multiconductor balanced or unbalanced
information and communications technology
(ICT) circuits and smart-grid data circuits. These
surge protectors are designed to limit voltage
surges, current surges, or both. The surge protec-
tors covered are generally multiple-component
series or parallel combinations of linear or
nonlinear elements, packaged or organized for
the purpose of limiting voltage, current, or both.
This standard describes the methods of testing
and criteria (where appropriate) for the charac-
teristics and ratings of surge protectors used in
ICT circuits and smart-grid data circuits.
Ñ BSR/NFPA 72-202x, National Fire Alarm and
Signaling Code®. This is a revision of ANSI/
NFPA 72®-2025, which covers the application,
installation, location, performance, inspection,
testing, and maintenance of fire alarm systems,
supervising station alarm systems, public
emergency alarm reporting systems, fire and
carbon monoxide detection and warning
equipment, and emergency communications
systems (ECS), and their components. For the
purposes of carbon monoxide detection, this
standard is primarily concerned with life safety,
not property protection.
Ñ BSR/UL 6260-202x, Standard for Safety
for Remotely Operated Inspection and
Maintenance Equipment for Hazardous
(Classified) Locations. The requirements in this
new standard cover remotely operated inspec-
tion and maintenance equipment for areas clas-
sified in accordance with the National Electrical
Code (NEC), ANSI/NFPA 70.
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ON PROPOSALS LISTED
The public comment period has passed for the
following draft American National Standards,
which are currently in review.
Ñ BSR NEMA WC 27500-202x, Standard for
Aerospace and Industrial Electrical Cable.
This revision of ANSI NEMA WC 27500-2020
contains requirements for finished cables.
Component wires are covered by other refer-
enced standards. These cables are intended for
signal and low-voltage power applications with
defined environment or temperature conditions
found in commercial aircraft, military aircraft,
and high-performance vehicles.
Ñ BSR/AASHTO/AWS D1.5M/D1.5-202x, Bridge
Welding Code. This revision of ANSI/AASHTO/
AWS D1.5M/D1.5-2020 covers the welding
requirements for welded bridges made from
carbon and low-alloy constructional steels and
designed to AASHTO or AREMA requirements.
This 2025 edition contains dimensions in SI
(metric) and US customary units. Clauses 1–9
constitute a body of rules for the regulation of
welding in steel construction.
Ñ BSR/ANS 2.29-2020 (R202x), Probabilistic
Seismic Hazard Analysis. This reaffirmation
of ANSI/ANS 2.29-2020 provides criteria and
guidance for performing a probabilistic seismic
hazard analysis (PSHA) that is used in the
design and construction of nuclear facilities,
i.e., facilities that store, process, test, or fabricate
radioactive materials in such form and quantity
that a nuclear risk to the workers, to the off-site
public, or to the environment may exist. These
include, but are not limited to, nuclear fuel
manufacturing facilities nuclear material waste
processing, storage, fabrication, and repro-
cessing facilities uranium enrichment facilities
tritium production and handling facilities
radioactive materials laboratories and nuclear
reactors.
Ñ BSR/APA PRG 320-2025, Standard for
Performance Rated Cross Laminated Timber.
This revision of ANSI/APA PRG 320-2019
provides requirements and test methods
for qualification and quality assurance for
performance-rated cross-laminated timber (CLT),
which is manufactured from solid-sawn lumber
or structural composite lumber (SCL) intended
for use in construction applications.
Ñ BSR/ASME B30.14-202x, Side Boom and
Rotating Pipelayers. This revision of ANSI/ASME
B30.14-2015 (R2021) includes provisions that
apply to the construction, installation, operation,
inspection, testing, and maintenance of side
boom and rotating pipelayers powered by
an internal combustion engine used for pipe
laying or lifting operations, utilizing a lifting
boom, drum, steel wire or synthetic rope, and/or
hydraulic cylinders. The requirements included
in this volume are for side boom and rotating
pipelayers with a rated load of 1 ton or more
when used for lifting purposes.
Ñ BSR/ASME BPVC Section II-202x, Part A
– Ferrous Material Specifications Part B –
Nonferrous Material Specifications Part D
– Materials Properties. This revision of ANSI/
ASME BPVC Section II-2023 provides material
specifications for base metallic materials and
material design values, and limits and cautions
on the use of materials.
Ñ BSR/ASME BPVC Section V-202x,
Nondestructive Examination. This revision of
ANSI/ASME BPVC Section V-2023 contains
requirements, methods, and techniques for
nondestructive examination (NDE), which are
Code requirements to the extent that they are
specifically referenced and required by other
Code Sections or referencing documents.
Ñ BSR/ASME BPVC Section VIII-202x, Rules
for Construction of Pressure Vessels. This is a
revision of ANSI/ASME BPVC Section VIII-2023.
This Section contains mandatory requirements,
specific prohibitions, and nonmandatory
guidance for pressure vessel materials, design,
fabrication, examination, inspection, testing,
certification, and pressure relief. The Code
does not address all aspects of these activities,
and those aspects which are not specifically
addressed should not be considered prohibited.
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Ñ BSR/ASME BPVC Section X-202x, Fiber-
Reinforced Plastic Pressure Vessels. This revision
of ANSI/ASME BPVC Section X-2023 estab-
lishes the requirements for the fabrication of
fiber-reinforced thermosetting plastic pressure
vessels for general service, sets limitations on
the permissible service conditions, and defines
the types of vessels to which these rules are not
applicable.
Ñ BSR/ASME BPVC Section XI-202x, Section
XI Rules for Inservice Inspection of Nuclear
Reactor Facility Components. This is a revision
of ANSI/ASME BPVC Section XI-2023. Section XI,
Division 1 provides requirements for examina-
tion, testing, and inspection of components
and systems, and repair/replacement activities
in a nuclear power plant. Section XI, Division 2
is a technology-neutral standard that provides
requirements for protecting pressure integrity
of structures, systems, and components (SSCs)
that affect reliability. Application of Divisions 1
and 2 begins when the requirements of the
Construction Code have been satisfied. It is
applicable regardless of the Construction Code
classification used for an SSC, if the SSC is desig-
nated as important to the safety and reliability
of an operating facility.
Ñ BSR/ASME BPVC Section XII-202x, Rules
for Construction and Continued Service of
Transport Tanks. The rules of this revision of
ANSI/ASME BPVC Section XII-2023 constitute
requirements for construction and continued
service of pressure vessels for the transportation
of dangerous goods via highway, rail, air, or
water. Construction is an all-inclusive term
comprising materials, design, fabrication,
examination, inspection, testing, certification,
and over-pressure protection. Continued service
is an all-inclusive term referring to inspection,
testing, repair, alteration, and recertification of a
transport tank that has been in service.
Ñ BSR/ASME QME-1-202x, Qualification of
Active Mechanical Equipment Used in Nuclear
Facilities. This revision of ANSI/ASME QME-1-
2023 provides the requirements and guidelines
for the qualification of active mechanical
equipment whose function is required to ensure
the safe operation or safe shutdown of a nuclear
facility. In addition, the active mechanical
equipment shall comply with the requirements
of the applicable design and construction codes
and standards. This standard does not apply
to electric components such as motors, electric
valve actuators, instrumentation, and controls,
which are qualified by conformance with appro-
priate IEEE standards.
Ñ BSR/ASSP A10.11-202X, Safety Requirements
for Personnel Nets. This revision and redesig-
nation of ANSI/ASSE A10.11-2016 establishes
safety requirements for the selection, installa-
tion, and use of personnel nets during construc-
tion, repair, and demolition operations.
Ñ BSR/AWS C2.20/C2.20M (R202x), Specification
for Thermal Spraying Zinc Anodes on Steel
Reinforced Concrete. This reaffirmation of ANSI/
AWS C2.20/C2.20M-2016) is a specification for
thermal spraying zinc anodes on steel-reinforced
concrete. This standard is formatted as an
industrial process instruction. The scope includes
job description, safety, pass/fail job reference
standards, feedstock materials, equipment,
a step-by-step process instruction for surface
preparation, thermal spraying, and quality
control. There are five annexes, including job
control record and portable adhesion testing.
Ñ BSR/AWS C7.4/C7.4M-202x, Process
Specification and Operator Qualification for
Laser Beam Welding. This revision and redes-
ignation of ANSI/AWS C7.4/C7.4M-2017, a
specification on laser beam welding, discusses
applicable specifications, safety, requirements,
fabrication, quality examination, equipment
calibration and maintenance, approval of work,
and delivery of work.
Ñ BSR/E1.56-202x, Rigging Support Points.
This revision of ANSI E1.56-2018 applies to
stationary rigging points, attached to permanent
facility structure, that are intended to be
permanent, and provides minimum require-
ments for the design, fabrication, installation,
inspection, and documentation of these rigging
points for their use to support rigging loads.
Ñ BSR/EIA 364-46D-202x, Microsecond
Discontinuity Test Procedure for Electrical
Connectors, Contacts, and Sockets. This is a
revision and redesignation of ANSI/EIA 364-46C-
2012 (R2019). This procedure is to define a
method of detecting a discontinuity of one
microsecond or longer in a mated electrical
connector, contact, or socket. This procedure
shall not be used for durations less than one
microsecond see EIA-364-87, Test Procedure for
Nanosecond Event Detection.
Ñ BSR/ICC 1150-202x, Standard for 3D
Automated Construction Technology for 3D
Concrete Walls. As an ANSI-accredited SDO,
ICC is developing a new standard to establish
minimum requirements for the evaluation of
structural performance of 3D concrete walls and
proprietary concrete wall-to-floor connections
designed in accordance with applicable building
codes, including material and durability proper-
ties of proprietary 3D concrete.
Ñ BSR/NFPA 91-202x, Standard for Exhaust
Systems for Air Conveying of Vapors, Gases,
Mists, and Particulate Solids. This revision of
ANSI/NFPA 91-2020 provides minimum require-
ments for the design, construction, installation,
operation, testing, and maintenance of exhaust
systems for air conveying of vapors, gases, mists,
and particulate solids as they relate to fire and/
or explosion prevention, except as modified or
amplified by other applicable NFPA standards.
This standard does not cover exhaust systems
for conveying combustible particulate solids that
are covered in other NFPA standards.
Ñ BSR/NFPA 715-202x, Standard for the
Installation of Fuel Gases Detection and
Warning Equipment. This revision of ANSI/
NFPA 715-2023 covers the selection, design,
application, installation, location, performance,
inspection, testing, and maintenance of fuel gas
detection and warning equipment in buildings
and structures. It contains requirements for the
selection, installation, operation, and mainte-
nance of equipment that detects concentrations
of fuel gases that could pose a life or property
safety risk.
ISO DRAFT
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARDS
The following are standards that the
International Organization for Standardization
(ISO) is considering for approval. The proposals
have received substantial support within the
technical committee that developed them
and are now being circulated to ISO members
for comment and vote. Readers interested in
reviewing or commenting on these standards
should order copies from ANSI.
Ñ ISO/DIS 3210, Anodizing of aluminum and its
alloys – Assessment of quality of sealed anodic
oxidation coatings by measurement of the loss
of mass after immersion in acid solution(s)
Ñ ISO/DIS 4508, Surface chemical analysis –
Scanning probe microscopy – Guideline for
the method and procedure for determining
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