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The TAPPI Standards regulations require public review of standards that are up for ballot. TAPPI members can view any drafts that are in ballot by logging in to the TAPPI web site (www.tappi.org), clicking on "My TAPPI," and then clicking on the "Standards Public Draft Review" link on the left side of the page. If you would like to review and comment on any draft and are not a member of the corresponding Standard-Specific Interest Group (SSIG), you may view the draft on line or you may request a copy of the draft being balloted by writing to standards@tappi.org. TAPPI members may join SSIGs as permanent members; go to the Subject Category page to download forms for this purpose. Nonmembers of TAPPI may join any SSIG as a voting member; to do so, send a message to standards@tappi.org to receive a copy of the draft and a ballot.

Listed below are TAPPI Standards that have recently gone out for ballot to the corresponding Standard-Specific Interest Group (SSIG). The date in parentheses is the closing date for voting.


T 551 "Thickness of paper and paperboard (soft platen method)" (January 3, 2012)
T 433 "Water resistance of sized paper and paperboard (dry indicator method)" (January 3, 2012)
T 275 "Screening of pulp (Somerville-type equipment)" (January 3, 2012)
T 838 "Edge crush test using neckdown" (January 9, 2012)
T 271 "Fiber length of pulp and paper by automated optical analyzer using polarized light" (January 16, 2012)
T 257 "Sampling and preparing wood for analysis" (January 23, 2012)
T 576 "Tensile properties of towel and tissue products (using constant rate of elongation apparatus)" (January 27, 2012)

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