National Fire Protection Association
1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02169-7471
Phone: 617-770-3000 • Fax: 617-770-0700 • www.nfpa.org
MEMORANDUM
(AMENDMENT)
TO:
NEC® Correlating Committee
FROM:
Elena Carroll, Project Administrator
DATE:
July 14, 2016
SUBJECT:
Proposed 2017 Edition of NFPA 70, Letter Ballot on Amendment 70-22
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
At the NFPA Technical Meeting (Tech Session), held June 16, 2016, NFPA 70 was amended by the acceptance of the
following:
Amendment 70-22: Reject an Identifiable Part of Second Revision No. 5124
The Amendment did achieve the necessary 2/3rds majority vote of the NEC Code-Making Panel 18. As a result,
the recommendation of the TC is to Reject an Identifiable Part of Second Revision No. 5124.
Pursuant to section 4.6 and Table 1 of the Regulations Governing the Development of NFPA Standards (Regs), this
Amendment is being submitted for ballot of the Correlating Committee to determine if any correlation issues will be
created from rejecting an identifiable part of Second Revision No. 5124.
Please review this item, complete the attached ballot, and return it to NFPA as soon as possible, but no later than July 21,
2016. If you Disagree or Abstain on an Amendment please indicate your reason(s) for doing so.
NOTE:
The Technical Committee ballot and applicable Comments are attached for your convenience.
The transcripts from the Annual 2016 NFPA Technical Meeting (Tech Session) are available at:
www.nfpa.org/techsession.
Note: Please remember that the return of ballots is required in accordance with Section 3.1.3.1 of the Regulations
Governing the Development of NFPA Standards.
National Fire Protection Association
1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02169-7471
Phone: 617-770-3000 • Fax: 617-770-0700 • www.nfpa.org
MEMORANDUM
(AMENDMENT)
TO:
NEC® Code-Making Panel 18
FROM:
Elena Carroll, Project Administrator
DATE:
July 14, 2016
SUBJECT:
Final Results of Amendment Letter Ballot on the Proposed 2017 edition of NFPA 70,
National Electrical Code®
__________________________________________________________________________________
At the NFPA Technical Meeting (Tech Session), held June 16, 2016, NFPA 70 was amended by the
acceptance of the following:
Amendment 70-22: Reject an Identifiable Part of Second Revision No. 5124
The final results of balloting are as follows:
11
0
Members Eligible to Vote
Ballots not Returned
10
1
0
Agree
Disagree (Hasan)
Abstentions
According to 4.6 of the Regulations Governing the Development of NFPA Standards (Regs), the
final results show the Amendment HAS achieved the 2/3 majority vote needed to recommend
approval of the Association Action by the Panel. The Panel has voted to support Amendment 7022. As a result, the recommendation to the Standards Council will be to reject an identifiable part
of SR No. 5124.
The number of votes needed to recommend approval of the Association Action is 8.
(11 eligible to vote - 0 not returned - 0 abstentions = 11 × 0.66 = 7.26)
Note: Please remember that the return of ballots is required in accordance with Section 3.1.3.1 of
the Regulations Governing the Development of NFPA Standards.
NFPA 70, National Electrical Code ®
June 2016 Amendment 70-22 Ballot
Code-Making Panel 18
Amendment 70-22: Reject an Identifiable Part of Second Revision No. 5124.
Instructions:
Vote Agree to support the Amendment recommended by the membership by vote at Tech Session.
Vote Disagree to withhold support on the Amendment recommended by the membership by vote at Tech Session and
therefore recommend previous edition text. Note: where no previous edition text exists the text is simply deleted.
Agree
I support the Amendment recommended by the membership by vote at Tech Session which
reads as follows (changes shown legislatively to the Second Draft):
600.33. …
Class 2 cable listed for the application that complies with Table 600.33(A)(1) or Table 600.33(A)(2) for substitutions shall
be installed on the load side of the Class 2 power source. The conductors shall have an ampacity not less than the load to
be supplied and shall not be sized smaller than 18 AWG.
Table 600.33(A)(1) Applications of Power Limited Cable in Signs and Outline Lighting
Location
CL2 CL3 CL2R CL3R CL2P CL3P PLTC
Non-concealed spaces inside buildings
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Concealed spaces inside buildings that are not used as plenums or risers
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Environmental air spaces plenums-or risers
N
N
NY
NY
Y
Y
N
Wet locations
N
N
N
N
N
N
Y
Y = Permitted. N = Not Permitted.
Table 600.33(A)(2) Class 2 Cable Substitutions
Cable Type
Permitted Substitutions
CL3P
CMP
CL2P
CMP, CL3P
CL3R
CMP, CL3P, CMR
CL2R
CMP, CL3P, CL2P, CMR, CL3R
PLTC
CL2, CL3X, CL2X
CL3
CMP, CL3P, CMR, CL3R, CMG, CM, PLTC
CL2
CMP, CL3P, CL2P, CMR, CL3R, CL2R, CMG CM, PLTC, CL3
CL3X
CMP, CL3P, CMR, CL3R, CMG, CM, PLTC, CL3, CMX
CL2X
CMP, CL3P, CL2P, CMR, CL3R, CL2R, CMG, CM, PLTC, CL3, CL2, CMX,CL3X
Disagree*
Abstain*
I do not support the Amendment recommended by the membership by vote at Tech Session and
therefore recommend previous edition text, if any exists.
Code change is not necessary. It is uncommon to see a plenum in an electric signs. conductors in risers and plenums (etc.)
should not be in Article 600. Most of what appears in Table 600.33(A)(3) is under purview of CMP-3
Signature: _________Hakim Hasan___________________________________
Name - Please Print: ___ Hakim Hasan _________________________________
Date:
6/27/2016
Ballots are due no later than July 5, 2016. Please submit to kshea@nfpa.org or mail to:
Kimberly Shea, National Fire Protection Association, 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02169