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Title Approval of 416i1r4 Sustainability Assessment for Water Treatment Chemicals
Description
On behalf of the JC chair, revision 4 of NSF 416, issue 1 is being forwarded to the Joint Committee for balloting. Please review the changes proposed to this standard and submit your ballot by October 2 2014 via the NSF Online Workspace.

Purpose
This ballot is to review a new standard for sustainability of water treatment chemical products and their manufacturing processes. This standard also covers corporate practices of the manufacturer. 

Voting
Revision 4 (r4) addresses the comments received from the revision 3 (r3) ballot that cover various sections throughout the standard. This two-week adjudication ballot also addresses four unresolved negative comments that were received on revision 3.

This ballot allows voters the opportunity to respond, change or reaffirm their vote based on the content of the comments and ballot document content contained in this ballot package. 

Voting options:

1.	Affirmative: you are voting to accept the ballot document as it stands after your consideration of the unresolved negative comments.
2.	Negative: You are voting to reject the ballot document as it stands after your consideration of the unresolved negative comments. Voters who change an affirmative to a negative shall cite the unresolved negative comment that caused their decision.  
3.	Abstain: You do not feel that you have sufficient information to make an informed decision on this issue. 

Please note that if you do not return a vote on this adjudication and revision 4 ballot, your original vote will remain in effect.  At the close of this adjudication ballot, all results will be tallied to determine if the requirements for consensus have been satisfied.
Ballot Options Ballot has closed
[ ] Affirmative
[ ] Negative
[ ] Abstain
Document for Approval 416i1r4 Sustainability Assesment for Water Treatment Chemicals.pdf
Opening Date Thu, Sep 18 2014 9:45 am Eastern Daylight Time
Closing Date Thu, Oct 2 2014 11:59 pm Eastern Daylight Time
Ballot has closed.

Referenced Items

Name Type Date Actions

02994: Approval of 416i1r4 Sustainability Assessment for Water Treatment Chemicals

Document (Archive)

2014-10-03

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416i1r4 and adjudication JC Memo.pdf

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2014-09-18

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416i1r4 Sustainability Assesment for Water Treatment Chemicals FULL DRAFT - INFORMATIONAL.pdf

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2014-09-18

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Anderson-Olson Negative response letter (416i1r3).pdf

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2014-09-18

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Mock-Olson Negative response letter (416i1r3).pdf

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2014-09-18

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Mock-Olson Negative response letter.pdf

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2014-09-18

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Ostrowski-Olson Negative response letter (416i1r3).pdf

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2014-09-18

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Palmer-Olson Negative response letter (416i1r3).pdf

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2014-09-18

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- Voting Results

Voting Statistics

Number of votes cast (excluding abstentions) 18
Eligible members who have voted 18 of 22 81.818%
Eligible members who have not voted 4 of 22 18.182%

Voting Summary by Option

Options with highest number of votes are bold
Option # Votes % of Total
Affirmative 14 77.778%
Negative w/comment 4 22.222%
Abstain 0

Voting Summary by Interest Category

Interest CategoryAffirmativeNegative w/commentAbstainNot ReturnedTotal
Academia / NGO00000 (0%)
Distributor00000 (0%)
Emeritus00000 (0%)
Fabricator/Formulator00000 (0%)
General Interest00000 (0%)
Government00000 (0%)
Industry24028 (36.364%)
Ingredient Supplier00000 (0%)
Manufacturer00000 (0%)
Manufacturer Processes00000 (0%)
Medicine/Health00000 (0%)
Non-voting Liaison00000 (0%)
Other00000 (0%)
Other Industry00000 (0%)
Practitioner/Service Provider00000 (0%)
Product Certifier / Testing Lab00000 (0%)
Public Health / Regulatory80008 (36.364%)
Purchasers & Ecolabel Criteria Users00000 (0%)
Sustainability Advocate & Gov00000 (0%)
Trade Association00000 (0%)
User40026 (27.273%)
Water Utility00000 (0%)
Not Specified00000 (0%)
Total1440422 (100%)