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The TAPPI Standards regulations require public review of standards that are up for ballot. Send a message to standards@tappi.org if you want to request a copy of draft in 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 1012 "Moisture content of fiber glass mats" (August 29, 2014)

T 553 "Alkalinity of paper as calcium carbonate (alkaline reserve of paper)" (September 5, 2014)

T 1013 "Loss on ignition of fiber glass mats" (September 19, 2014)

T 1006 "Testing of fiber glass mats:  use of modified TAPPI procedures for sampling and lot acceptance, stiffness, tear resistance, air permeability, and thickness" (September 25, 2014)

T 560 "CIE whiteness and tint of paper and paperboard (d/0 geometry, C/2 illuminant/observer)" (September 26, 2014)

T 840 "Determining construction (nominal basis weight) of corrugated board" (September 26, 2014; proposed withdrawal and reissuance as a Useful Method)

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