Dana,
The ROC is the "Report on Comments" and the ROP is the "Report on Proposals". These documents that are the basis of the code. All proposed changes and the code making panels' (CMP) comments and actions are published in the ROP. The ROP is sent out for public comment to interested parties and the comments and CMP action on these comments are published in the ROC. These document are available from the NFPA. The "98" is for the calendar year in which the document was published. The 98 ROP and 98 ROC are the documents for the '99 code.
Anyone who submits a proposal automatically gets a copy of the ROP and people submitting comments get a copy of the ROC. The deadline for submission of proposed changes for the 2005 code is November 1, 2002.
Don(resqcapt19)
