Thanks to the new process, the ICC code hearings for the plumbing, mechanical and fuel gas codes are only held once every three years. So the last week of April and first week of May was it for next three years.
This was also the first cycle with Code Action Committees for plumbing, mechanical and fuel gas. The CAC is designed to flush out the difficult issues. The CAC process allows for a more in-depth discussion on key issues. Code hearings are limited to testimony of two minutes initially and one minute of rebuttal. However, the process can only be effective if the Code Change Committee accepts the code changes proposed by the CAC. In this cycle, the results were mixed with the CAC code changes. As an observer, I thought that many more of the CAC changes should have been approved.