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| Voluntary Product Standards Program | 
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| | The Department of Commerce through its Procedures for the Development of Voluntary Product Standards Part 10, Title 15, of the Code of Federal Regulations , provides a mechanism for private-sector sponsors to develop standards in the public interest with significant domestic and international trade impact. The following documents provide information on the DOC VPS program:
| | | | DOC Voluntary Product Standards - describes the development, benefits, and use of these standards and the role of NIST and others in their development
| | | Brief history of DOC Voluntary Standards - explains the relationship of DOC VPS Standards with DOC standards called Simplified Practices and Commercial Standards
| | | Current DOC VPS standards:
 Seeking Comments on PS 1-09
NIST is seeking comments on the proposed revision to Voluntary Product Standard (PS) 1-07, Structural Plywood. The propsed revised standard is PS 1-09, Structural Plywood. An overview of the revision process can be viewed here . The propsed revision can be viewed here . Comments must be received by January 18, 2010.
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Date created: January 02, 1999
Last updated: December 16, 2009
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