[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 199 (Friday, October 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 53355]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26142]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology


National Database for Weights and Measures; Proposed Data 
Collection; Comment Request

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort 
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public 
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on 
proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 
U.S.C.3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before December 10, 
1996.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Linda Engelmeier, 
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 
5327, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information on 
the information collection instrument(s) and instructions should be 
directed to Deborah McGann Ripley, Office of Weights and Measures, 
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Bldg. 820, Mail Stop 
223, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, telephone (301) 975-4406, fax (301) 926-
4026, E-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    NIST, in conjunction with The National Conference on Weights and 
Measures (NCWM), seeks to establish a standard core of data to be 
collected which would be used to assess the effectiveness of weights 
and measures programs, the economic impacts of its joint program with 
the state weights and measures agencies, and to share information and 
data thus enabling jurisdictions to make marketplace and cost-benefit 
analysis. The respondents will be State Weights and Measures 
Inspectors. The results will be used by NCWM and state weights and 
measures agencies for program evaluation purposes.

II. Method of Collection

    State inspectors will enter their inspection data into a database 
residing on a server at NIST either by direct access to the database 
through the Internet, by mailing in a disk or using e-mail to transmit 
the data to NIST to append to database.

III. Data

    OMB Number: None.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: New Collection.
    Affected Public: State Employees.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 40.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 2 Hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $8,000. (80  x  $100 per hour fully 
burdened cost of a senior level technical manager.)

IV. Requests for Comments

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information: 
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on respondents, including the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information 
collection: they will also become a matter of public record.

    Dated: September 25, 1996.
Linda Engelmeier,
Acting Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 96-26142 Filed 10-10-96; 8:45 am]
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