[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 135 (Tuesday, July 15, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 41780]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-17780]


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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: Fastener Quality Act Requirements.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0693-0015.
    Type of Review: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 21.5.
    Number of Respondents: 2.
    Average Hours Per Response: 1.5 hours per accreditation body and 20 
hours per petitioner.
    Needs and Uses: The National Institute of Standards and Technology 
(NIST), a component of the Technology Administration reporting to the 
Under Secretary for Technology, under the Fastener Quality Act (the 
Act) (Pub. L. 101-592 amended by Pub. L. 104-113, Pub. L. 105-234 and 
Pub. L. 106-34) is required to accept an affirmation from laboratory 
accreditation bodies and quality system registrar accreditation bodies. 
The affirmation must meet the applicable International Organization for 
Standardization/International Electro-technical Commission (ISO/IEC) 
Guide (ISO/IEC Guide 58 for laboratory accreditors and ISO/IEC Guide 61 
for registrar accreditors). An organization having made such an 
affirmation to NIST may accredit either fastener testing laboratories 
or quality system registrars for fastener manufacturers in accordance 
with the applicable provisions of the Fastener Quality Act. NIST will 
solicit information declarations from U.S. and foreign private 
accreditation bodies. The information collected will enable NIST to 
compile a list of accreditation bodies able to provide accreditations 
meeting all the requirements of the Act and of the procedures, 15 CFR 
part 280.
    Section 10 of the Act requires NIST to accept petitions from 
persons publishing a document setting forth guidance or requirements 
providing equal or greater rigor and reliability compared to ISO/IEC 
Guide 25, ISO/IEC Guide 58, ISO/IEC Guide 61, or ISO/IEC Guide 62. 
Petitions to consider a document as an alternative to one of the ISO/
IEC guides may be accepted by the Director of NIST for use provided the 
document provides equal or greater rigor and reliability as compared to 
the ISO/IEC guide.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Jacqueline Zeiher, (202) 395-4638.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (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 Jacqueline Zeiher, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive 
Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: July 9, 2003.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-17780 Filed 7-14-03; 8:45 am]
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