[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 202 (Friday, October 18, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 64351]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-26459]


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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.
    Title: National Weights and Measures Benchmarking and Needs 
Assessment Survey.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 396.
    Number of Respondents: 79.
    Average Hours Per Response: 6 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The purpose of the National Weights and Measures 
Benchmarking and Needs Assessment Survey is to provide a comprehensive 
information base that can be used in strategic planning. The 
information will evaluate the effectiveness of the national weights and 
measures infrastructure, provide a basis for comparing weights and 
measures programs to one another, identify how the resources for the 
U.S. weights and measures system has changed over 10 years, identify 
the number of businesses, measuring devices, the volume of business 
done in various business sectors subject to weights and measures 
inspections, and to identify the most critical needs under the current 
environment and operation conditions of the programs.
    Affected Public: State, local or tribal government, and business or 
other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: One-time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Office, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 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: October 11, 2002.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-26459 Filed 10-17-02; 8:45 am]
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