[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 31, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 5903]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-2328]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[Docket No. 941255-4355]


National Voluntary Conformity Assessment Systems Evaluation 
(NVCASE) Program

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: This is to advise the public that the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology (NIST) has received a request from the 
American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) to have its 
Laboratory Accreditation Program recognized under the NIST National 
Voluntary Conformity Assessment Systems Evaluation (NVCASE) Program for 
specified European Union (EU) Directives for electromagnetic 
compatibility.

DATES: Comments on this request must be received by 30 days March 2, 
1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be submitted in writing to Mr. Robert L. 
Gladhill, Program Manager, NVCASE, National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, Building 417, Room 107, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 or by 
telefax at 301-963-2871.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Either Mr. John L. Donaldson, Chief, Standards Code and Information, or 
Robert L. Gladhill, NVCASE Program Manager, in writing at NIST, 417/
107, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, by telephone at 301-975-4029 or by telefax 
at 301-963-2871.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NVCASE procedures at 15 CFR Part 286 
require NIST to seek public consultation when it receives requests for 
evaluation. This notice therefore is a solicitation for comments on the 
A2LA request which follows:

September 9, 1994.
Mr. John L. Donaldson,
Chief, Standards Code and Information Program, National Institute of 
Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD 20899

    Dear Mr. Donaldson, The American Association for Laboratory 
Accreditation (A2LA) hereby applies to NIST to be evaluated so as to 
be recognized as a competently conducted conformation assessment 
activity according to the rules and regulations published in the 
Federal Register, Vol. 59, No. 78, on April 22, 1994.
    This request is for the evaluation of the A2LA laboratory 
accreditation program in response to [(iii * * * specific U.S. 
industrial or technical need, relative to a mandatory foreign 
technical requirement].
    The industrial or technical need covered is for recognition to 
accredit laboratories for testing electromagnetic compatibility 
under 89/336/EEC and telecommunications terminal equipment under 91/
263/EEC.
    We already have accredited laboratories for some tests in this 
area but wish to be in compliance with the EEC requirements which 
will be necessary to meet the developing Mutual Recognition 
Agreement requirements being developed between the U.S. and the EU. 
We look forward to hearing from you shortly, giving us more explicit 
instructions on how we might proceed.

      Sincerely,

John W. Locke,
President.

cc: Charles Ludolph, DOC

    Interested persons should submit comments in writing to the above 
address. Contingent upon the comments received, NIST will schedule 
public workshops to define general and specific criteria for the 
requested program. All comments submitted in response to this notice 
will become part of the public record and will be available for 
inspection and copying at the Commerce Department Records and 
Inspection facility, room 6020, Hoover Building, Washington, DC 20230.

    Dated: January 24, 1995.
Samuel Kramer,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 95-2328 Filed 1-30-95; 8:45 am]
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