May 03, 2024
By:
Walter G. Wright
Category:
Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
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The Arkansas Department of Agriculture announced that the Arkansas State Plant Board Bureau of Standards Committee will meet on May 14th.
The Meeting with be held at the Arkansas Department of Agriculture, 1 Natural Resources Drive, Little Rock, at 9:30 A.M.
The Bureau of Standards’ primary mission is described as the Arkansas Department of Agriculture as the promotion of equity and fairness of Arkansas commerce involving weighing or measuring for commercial purposes.
Examples of areas of interest include:
- LP Gas metering testing
- Scales
- Fuel dispensers
- Pricing
- Packaging regulation
- Petroleum products testing
- Net quantity
- Test equipment calibration
The Weights and Measures Program investigates consumer complaints concerning pricing, short measure of purchased products, method of sale and operation of scales and dispensers. Such inspections are conducted in accordance with the Arkansas Code and National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbooks 44, 130, 133.
Agenda items for the May 14th Meeting include:
- Call to order
- Robin Ralston – Committee Chair
- Quarterly violations
- Nikhil Soman – Bureau of Standards
A copy of the Agenda can be found here, along with a link to join by Zoom or phone which can be found here.
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