Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 23/10/1996

Toward A Metric AmericaA Dialogue Open to the Public

Executive Order 12770 ``Metric Usage in Federal Government Programs'', dated July 25, 1991, requires that Federal agencies use metric measures in their business related activities as a means to implement the metric system of measurement as the preferred system of weights and measures for the United States. This Order designates the Department of Commerce as lead agency in the metrication process. The Department of Commerce's Metric Program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology has been holding a series of regional dialogues to discuss the ongoing process of national metrication. One of these meetings will be at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas on January 10-11, 1997. The Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA) of the Department of Transportation has asked and received permission from the Department of Commerce to include a panel on metric implementation concerns facing the pipeline community. RSPA is specifically inviting interested parties from the pipeline community to attend this meeting which will provide a forum to discuss concerns about the impact of metricating the Department of Transportation's Pipeline Safety Regulations, 49 CFR Pa