1. SCC-18 Meeting NEC ROC Code Panel 3 Report Dave Mills & Mel Sanders January 3, 2007

2. CMP-03 ROC Meeting Recap 174 Comments + 1 Panel Comment 60Accept 77 Reject 4 Accept in Part 33 Accept in Principle 1 Accept in Principle in Part

3. Proposed CMP-03 Action Vote affirmative and support all CMP-03 ROC Panel Actions

4. Items of IEEE Interest Abandoned Cable Removal –New 725.25 and 760.25 requires removal of accessible abandoned cables –Does not require construction or renovation to facilitate removal –Results of a Task Group development NEC Section 725.25 & 760.25 Comment 3-111 Proposals 3-140, 3-146, 3-148, 3-158, 3-217, 3- 219, & 3-238

5. Items of IEEE Interest Use of Wire Ties for support of control and fire alarm cables was accepted NEC Section 725.8 & 760.8 Comment 3-101, 3-102, 3-107, 3-145, 3-146 Proposal 3-155 & 3-225

6. Items of IEEE Interest Underground direct burial cables for industrial establishments will have an exception that allows reduction of buried depths via concrete pad in the trench above the cable Rejected addition of “industrial” institutions NEC Section Table 300.50 Comment 3-77 Proposal 3-105

7. Items of IEEE Interest CMP-03 Panel Comment –Defined interior of underground enclosures or raceways as wet locations –Cables installed in these raceways or enclosures must be listed for wet locations NEC Section 300.5(B) Comment Panel Comment 3-300 Proposal 3-42