ISA12.21, Optically radiating equipment and fiber optics in hazardous locations

Scope

The subcommittee shall survey, monitor, and participate in the development of national and international standards, practices, and codes addressing optically radiating equipment and fiber optics in hazardous (classified) locations.
Provide support to ISA in the areas of optically radiating equipment and fiber optics in hazardous (classified) locations.

Purpose

To develop, publish and maintain standards and practices related to optically radiating equipment and fiber optics in hazardous (classified) locations.
To enhance the protection concepts of such optically radiating equipment and fiber optics, and ISA's continued leadership in this area.
To promote current technology for the proper installation, use, and maintenance of optically radiating equipment and fiber optics to enhance safety in hazardous (classified) locations.
To provide technical support to industry in the areas of optically radiating equipment and fiber optics in hazardous (classified) locations.

Activity

The most recent ISA12.21 subcommittee meeting took place on 15 March 2012 at the Homewood Suites in Orlando, FL.

Comments received on Draft 2 of ISA-60079-28 (12.21.02) were discussed and addressed. Draft 2 is now ready to be administratively processed towards publication.
The Title, Scope and Purpose are now updated and displayed on the ISA12.21 webpage.
2014 NEC proposals (qty. 7 total) were drafted by ISA12.21 on behalf of ISA12 introducing the issue of optical radiation into Articles 500, 501 and 505 and identifying ISA-TR12.21.01 and ISA-60079-28 (12.21.02) as the respective US national standards for the associated protection technique requirements. All proposals have been rejected by NEC Code Making Panel 14 during the Report on Proposals (ROP) meeting. The reason given for rejecting the proposals referenced a lack of substantiation for the testing criteria being indicative of typical installations in the hazardous (classified) locations, with no evidence that existing equipment in use should be tested to these additional standards. The next step for these proposals is for public comments to be received and addressed during the December 2012 CMP-14 Report on Comments (ROC) meeting.
Further maintenance efforts on ISA-TR12.21.01 are to wait until ISA-60079-28 (12.21.02) is published.

ISA Meetings

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Contacts:

Abduladhim Abdullatif Information Member Saudi Aramco Oil Company Phone: +966-3-8747007	O. Amrhyn Information Member Outside Plant Engineering Consultants Phone: (973) 543-2369 Fax: (973) 543-2369
Donald Ankele Alternate Member	Donald Baker Voting Member P & D Electric Inc Phone: (573) 769-2872 Fax: (573) 769-2044
Sheryl Bihler Information Member	Eliana Brazda Staff Contact ISA Phone: (919) 990-9228 Fax: (919) 549-8288
Edward Briesch Alternate Member UL LLC Phone: (847) 664-3174 Fax: (847) 313-3174	Patrick Byrne Voting Member FM Approvals Phone: (781) 255-4846 Fax: (781) 762-9375
James Cawley Information Member	Ralph Collipi Information Member
Mark Coppler Voting Member Managing Director Det Norske Veritas Certification Inc Phone: (412) 916-0941	Charles Crawley Information Member Chevron Energy Technology Co Phone: (713) 372-7314 Fax: (713) 372-7300
Gerald Cucci Information Member NT Intl	Paul Dobrowsky Information Member Innovative Technology Services Phone: (585) 797-4462
Jim Dolphin Information Member PSC Solutions Phone: (512) 382-0201	Thomas Dubaniewicz Voting Member NIOSH Phone: (412) 386-6596 Fax: (412) 386-6764
Al Engler Alternate Member Det Norske Veritas DNV Phone: (847) 736-3998	Richard Harner Voting Member The Dow Chemical Co Phone: (989) 636-6165 Fax: (989) 636-4882
Stuart Hawksworth Information Member Health & Safety Laboratory Phone: 44114 2892194 Fax: 44114 2892199	Richard Holub Information Member The DuPont Company Inc Phone: (302) 999-5910 Fax: (302) 999-6273
Timothy Howell Information Member Page Southerland Page LLP Phone: (512) 547-8511	Erwin Icayan Information Member Atkins Phone: (713) 576-8536
Laji Isac Information Member Weatherford Production Optimization Phone: (281) 348-1128	Ulrich Johannsmeyer Information Member Physikalisch-Techuische Bundesanstalf Phone: +49 531 592 3420 Fax: +49 531 592 3405
Robert Johnson Information Member NextGen Fiber Optics Phone: (860) 774-1356 Fax: (860) 774-2571	Paul Kelly Voting Member Chair UL LLC Phone: (847) 664-2326 Fax: (847) 664-2326
Chuck Kurtzman Voting Member Rosemount Inc Phone: (952) 949-5171 Fax: (952) 949-5147	Charles Landis Information Member Landis & Assocaiates Phone: (512) 671-9219 Fax: (512) 671-8919
Bradley Larson Information Member Turck Inc Phone: (763) 553-7347 Fax: (763) 553-0708	Richard Lopushansky Information Member Davidson Instruments Inc Phone: (281) 362-4901 Fax: (281) 362-4933
Nicholas Ludlam Voting Member FM Approvals Ltd Phone: + 44 1753 750471 Fax: +44 1753 868 700	Victor Maggioli Voting Member Feltronics Corp Phone: (302) 547-6870 Fax: (302) 737-5472
John Maida Alternate Member Weatherford-CiDRA Intelligent Completion Tech Phone: (281) 646-7184 Fax: (281) 646-7222	Trenton Martin Information Member Transocean Phone: (713) 232-7445
Jon McCormick Information Member Siemens Process Analytics Phone: (918) 662-7320	Jon Miller Voting Member Detector Electronics Corp Phone: (952) 946-6488 Fax: (952) 944-1714
Andy Mobley Information Member Advanced Control Systems Inc Phone: (651) 714-8571 Fax: (651) 714-8571	Eric Mooney Information Member Process Analyzer Consultants Phone: +44 1844 202936 Fax: +44 1844 201041
Douglas Norton Information Member Weatherford-CiDRA Intelligent Completion Tech Phone: (281) 646-7184 x524	C. Oudar Information Member
Arthur Page Information Member Phone: (704) 248-8784	Ted Schnaare Alternate Member
Arnold Schnuelle Information Member Canrig Phone: (281) 539-1676	Pavol Segedy Information Member Brown and Caldwell Phone: (919) 427-5313
Gregory Shahnovsky Information Member Modcon Systems Ltd Phone: +972 4 9553955 Fax: +972 4 9553956	Arthur Shvartsman Information Member Intertek Phone: (972) 202-2024 Fax: (972) 202-8801
Manish Sood Information Member	James Tatera Information Member Tatera & Associates Inc Phone: (812) 265-2301 Fax: (812) 265-2301
John Thomas Voting Member Schlumberger Phone: (281) 285-8255	G. Tortoishell Information Member
Matthew Webb Information Member Pro Optical Tech Inc Phone: (751) 258-0286 Fax: (757) 258-4694