[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 5, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52320-52321]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-7390]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit 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: 22.
    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 
that they meet International Standardization Organization/International 
Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC) 17011. 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. 
This information allows NIST to compile a list of accreditation

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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 17025, ISO/IEC 17011 or ISO/IEC Guide 62. Petitions to consider a 
document as an alternative to one of the ISO/IEC documents 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 
document.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Jasmeet Seehra, (202) 395-3123.
    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 Jasmeet Seehra, OMB Desk Officer, FAX number (202) 395-5806 or 
[email protected].

    Dated: August 29, 2006.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-7390 Filed 9-1-06; 8:45 am]
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