[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 45 (Thursday, March 7, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 10357]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-5370]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce 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 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
    Title: National Voluntary Conformity Assessment Systems Evaluation 
(NVCASE) Program.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0693-0019.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 30.
    Number of Respondents: 10.
    Average of Hours Per Response: 3.
    Needs and Uses: The information collected is used by NIST to 
evaluate conformity assessment bodies that are applying for recognition 
to provide needed services to U.S. manufacturers whose products must 
satisfy mandatory regulations of the importing country prior to import.
    Affected Public: Business or other for profit organizations, not-
for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion, annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Madeleine Clayton, Departmental Paperwork 
Clearance Officer, (202) 482-3129, Department of Commerce, Room 6608, 
14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 
Internet at [email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: February 28, 2002.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-5370 Filed 3-6-02; 8:45 am]
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