FAIRFAX, VA—The National Pest Management Association (NPMA) has defeated a second addition to the International Green Construction Code (IgCC) at the code hearings in Memphis. Click here to download a PDF about the IgCC, as well as another code change defeated by NPMA.
This second proposal would have required installation of a barrier during construction in all jurisdictions adopting “green” termite control. According to Marcia Duke, NPMA’s Director of Regulatory Affairs, “It appears a plastic sheeting company is attempting to define ‘green’ termite control through the code change process, while working behind the scenes to develop a protocol for evaluation of plastic sheeting as a termite control tool.”
In a related action, acceptance criteria for use of plastic sheeting as a termite barrier is being reviewed by the International Code Council’s Evaluation Service. In written comments addressing the proposal, NPMA strongly recommended the Termiticide Scientific Review Panel (TSRP) — an independent group of leading U.S. termite researchers created for the evaluation of innovative termite control products — is a better group to resolve testing protocols for assessing termite control properties of plastic sheeting than the Code Council’s Evaluation Service. Click here to view NPMA’s full comments. Click here to download a PDF of the ICC’s Evaluation Service proposed Revisions to the Acceptance Criteria for Termite Physical Barrier Systems.
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