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In follow up to the recent discussion of lab ventilation issues, someone sent me the information below about the ANSI standards involved. I had heard that AIHA was giving up management of the 9.5 standard, but didn't realize how many other standards were affected...

- Ralph

I received a notification on the 14th of this month from a source of technical standards that tells me when standards I am interested in have changed (and I have them on a list it watches) that the following changes have taken place:

Document Number: AIHA Z9.1
Publication Date: January 01, 2006
Title: Open Surface Tanks-Ventilation & Operations
Status: Withdrawn
Superseded by: ASSE Z9.1
Type of Change: Status Change

Document Number: AIHA Z9.5
Publication Date: January 01, 2003
Title: Laboratory Ventilation
Status: Withdrawn
Superseded by: ASSE Z9.5
Type of Change: Status Change

Document Number: AIHA Z9.11
Publication Date: January 01, 2008
Title: Laboratory Decommissioning
Status: Withdrawn
Superseded by: ASSE Z9.11
Type of Change: Status Change

Document Number: AIHA Z9.9
Publication Date: January 01, 2010
Title: Portable Ventilation Systems
Status: Withdrawn
Superseded by: ASSE Z9.9
Type of Change: Status Change

Document Number: AIHA Z9.2
Publication Date: January 01, 2006
Title: FUNDAMENTALS GOVERNING THE DESIGN AND OPERATION OF LOCAL EXHAUST VENTILATION SYSTEMS
Status: Withdrawn
Superseded by: ASSE Z9.2
Type of Change: Status Change

Document Number: AIHA Z9.6
Publication Date: January 01, 2008
Title: Exhaust Systems for Grinding, Polishing, and Buffing
Status: Withdrawn
Superseded by: ASSE Z9.6
Type of Change: Status Change

People will need to get out of the habit of referring to ANSI for these documents, at least in some ways.