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3. Qualifications of Testing Organization and Personnel 3.1 Testing Organization3.2 Testing Personnel4. Division of Responsibility 4.1 The Owner's RepresentativeGeneral 4.2 The Testing Organization5. 5.1 Safety and Precautions5.3 5.2 Suitability of Test Equipment Test Instrument Calibration5.4 Test Report
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Charles K.Blizard Sr. Timothy J. CotterRoderic L. Hageman Diane W. HagemanDavid HuffmanRalph PattersonAlan D. Peterson Jayne TanzRon Widup
BallotPool Members JO ANSI/NETAStandard forAcceptanceTestingSpecificationsforElectricalPower Equipment andSystems 2009
Gary HartshormStuart Jackson David HuffmanJim JordanScott KinneyBenjamin Lanz Andrew KoblerMark Lautenschlager
Joe NimsJerry Parnell Jaime YbarraMose RamiehPeter Sammy Randall SaganRichard SobhrajLarry Stovall
Alan Turpen Wally VahlstromChris WerstiukJohn WhiteJP Wolff
Ken BassettTom BishopMichel Castonguay Scott BlizardRick Eynon David GearyDon GenutisPaul Hartman
