[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 170 (Wednesday, September 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46751-46752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23609]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce (DOC) has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for 
collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (44 USC Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
    Title: National Voluntary Conformity Assessment Systems Evaluation 
Program (NVCASE).
    Agency Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0693-0019.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 30 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 10.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 2 hours for reporting and 1 hour for 
recordkeeping.
    Needs and Uses: The NVCASE Program includes activities related to 
laboratory testing, product certification, and quality system 
registration. The purpose of this program is to enable U.S. industry to 
satisfy mandated foreign technical assessment programs that perform 
technical evaluations comparable in their rigor to practices in the 
receiving country. Under this program, NIST evaluates U.S.-based 
conformity assessment bodies in order to be able to give assurances to 
a foreign government that qualifying bodies meet that government's 
requirements. Information provided by those bodies wishing to obtain a 
``certificate of recognition'' is used in the evaluation process.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations, not 
for profit institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion, recordkeeping.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Virginia Huth, (202) 395-6929.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, 
(202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Virginia Huth, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10236, New Executive Office 
Building, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503.


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    Dated: August 26, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-23609 Filed 9-1-98; 8:45 am]
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