Section 69-10-03-02 - Adequate standardsA standard used to certify any commercial weighing and measuring device must be annually certified as traceable by an NIST-recognized metrology laboratory. The commission may extend the recertification interval an additional ninety days provided that the request is made thirty days before the certification expires.
A current legible copy of the certificate of traceability must be maintained with the commission.
Annual recertification is subject to the following exceptions and conditions:
1. Standards integral to and used for recertification of a commercial automatic bulk-weighing system must be certified traceable by an NIST-recognized laboratory at least once every five years.2. Volumetric graduated neck and dynamic small volume provers used to certify commercial loading-rack, processing plant, or refinery meters used for petroleum-based products must be certified traceable by an NIST-recognized laboratory at least once every three years.3. Unless otherwise approved by the commission, the operator of a coal belt conveyor scale jurisdictional to the commission must conduct a material load test at least once every two years provided that electronic or other simulated load testing is done at least once every three months.4. A master meter may not be used as a standard to certify commercial liquid petroleum gas devices.5. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, the commission may require recertification of any standard if upon inspection the physical condition of a standard indicates a need for recertification.N.D. Admin Code 69-10-03-02
Amended effective April 1, 1992; September 1, 1994; February 1, 1996; July 1, 1997; July 1, 2008; October 1, 2010.Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2020-379, January 2021, effective 1/1/2021.General Authority: NDCC 64-02-03
Law Implemented: NDCC 64-02-02, 64-02-13