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Under the Ministry of Construction Notification 56, Provision 4 --

Item 1, I hereby recognize that the type of lumber listed below possesses satisfactory performance for structural safety required for the use as principal parts necessary for structural strength in wood frame construction.

January 6, 1997

 

Minister of Construction

Shizuka Kamei [signed]

 

Note

 

Recognized lumber should belong to one of the species listed in Table 1, and the grades and grading rules indicated in that table should conform to the types of application indicated in Table 2, which are certified to the applicable grades by the grading agencies indicated.

Rules Graded Under Species Grading Agencies

Under NELMA 1995 Rules Balsam Fir NELMA

Black Spruce RRA

Red Spruce SPIB

White Spruce TP

Balsam Fir MLB

Black Spruce

Jack Pine

Norway (Red) Pine

Red Spruce

White Spruce

Red Pine

Under NSLB 1993 Rules Balsam Fir NELMA

Black Spruce NSLB

Red Spruce RRA

White Spruce SPIB

Balsam Fir TP

Black Spruce

Jack Pine

Norway (Red) Pine

Red Spruce

White Spruce

Red Pine

Under WCLIB 1993 Rules Douglas Fir CLIS

Western Larch NELMA

CA Red Fir NSLB

Grand Fir PLIB

Noble Fir RIS

Pacific Silver Fir RRA

Western Hemlock SPIB

White Fir TP

Engleman Spruce WCLIB

Lodgepole Pine WWPA

Sitkas Spruce

Alaska Pine

Incense Ceder

Port Orford Ceder

Western Red Ceder

Under WWPA 1995 Rules Douglas Fir CLIB

Western Larch NELMA

CA Red Ceder NSLB

Grand Fir PLIB

Noble Fir RIS

Pacific Silver Fir RRA

Western Hemlock SPIB

White Fir TP

Engleman Spruce WCLIB

Lodgepole Pine WWPA

Sitkas Spruce

Alaska Pine

Incense Ceder

Port Orford Ceder

Western Red Ceder

Under RIS 1995 Rules Redwood CLIB

PLIB

RIS

Under SPIB 1994 Rules Southern Pine CLIB

NELMA

RRA

SPIB

TP

WCLIB

WWPA

 

California Lumber Inspection Service

5905 Soquel Drive, Suite 150

Soquel, California 95073

United States of America

Jeffrey Tablak

 

Northeast Lumber Manufacturers' Association

272 Tuttle Road, P.O. Box 87A

Cumberland Center, Maine 04021

United States of America

Stephen S. Clark

 

Northern Softwood Lumber Bureau

272 Tuttle Road, P.O. Box 87A

Cumberland Center, Maine 04021

United States of America

Stephen S. Clark

 

Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau

33442 1st Way S, Suite 300

Federal Way, Washington  98003

United States of America

Jeffrey A. Fantozzi

 

Redwood Inspection Service

405 Enfrente Drive, Suite 200

Noveto, California 94949

United States of America

Christopher Grover

 

Renewable Resource Association

3091 Chaparral Place

Lithonia, Georgia, 30038

United States of America

Lon J. Sibert

 

Southern Pine Inspection Bureau

4709 Scenic Highway

Pensacola, Florida 32504

United States of America

Tom S. Jones

 

Timber Products Inspection

P.O. Box 919

Conyers, Georgia 30207

United States of America

Ronald Williams

 

West Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau

Box 23145

Portland, Oregon 97281

United States of America

Bradley E. Shelley

 

Western Wood Products Association

Yeon Building, 522 Fifth Avenue

Portland, Oregon 97204-2122

United States of America

Robert H. Hunt

 

Maritime Lumber Bureau

P.O. Box 459

Amherst, Nova Scotia, B4H 4A1

Canada

Diana Blenkhorn

 

This document has met TCC criteria to be categorized by the following Issue(s):

Lumber, Wood Products, Timber

Country/Signatory:

Japan


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