ISO TC 197 Update – Gaseous Hydrogen – Fuelling Stations
Karen Hall, National Hydrogen Association
ISO/TC 197 has recently circulated the results of voting on ISO/DTS 20012, Gaseous hydrogen—Fuelling stations.
Japan, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States voted to disapprove the document. Spain and Switzerland abstained. The twelve remaining P-member countries voted to approve the document. A minimum of 66.66% of ISO/TC 197 P-members voting must agree to the publication of the technical specification. As abstentions are not counted, 12 of 16 voting members voted to approve the document, providing a 75% approval rate.
Eleven of eighteen P-member countries provided comments with their vote. The ISO/TC 197 Secretariat has circulated the comments that accompanied the vote. This 138 page document contains 134 pages of comments, mostly technical in nature.
The Chair of ISO/TC 197 in consultation with the Secretariat and the convener of ISO/TC 197 WG 11 has examined the results of voting and comments. The Chair has taken the decision to proceed to the publication of the Technical Specification after an attempt has been made to resolve some of the comments - consisting of items of importance for which consensus should be reasonably easy to reach. These comments will be looked at by ISO/TC 197 WG 11.
The Chair of ISO/TC 197 is encouraging an increased participation of experts in WG 11 which is developing international standard ISO 20012 Gaseous hydrogen — Fuelling stations.
P-member Countries have been requested to consult with their stakeholders from the fueling infrastructure (manufacturers, integrators, regulators) and vehicle OEMs sectors to seek their interest in participating in this project.
US experts are asked to please respond by e-mail to Debbie Angerman, US TAG Administrator for ISO TC 197 no later than January 23 if you are interested in being or naming an additional expert(s) willing to participate in this work.
Experts in other countries are encouraged to contact your national TAG or mirror group administrator.
Nominations are to be forwarded to the ISO/TC 197 Secretariat by 31 January 2008.
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