[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 36 (Thursday, February 22, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 7776]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-03672]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs

[OJP (NIJ) Docket No. 1743]


Request for Public Comment on Proposed Specification Threat 
Levels and Associated Ammunition To Test Equipment Intended To Protect 
U.S. Law Enforcement Against Handguns and Rifles

AGENCY: National Institute of Justice, Justice.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) seeks feedback from 
the public on a proposed specification of the threat levels and 
associated ammunition intended for use with voluntary NIJ Standards 
that specify a minimum performance requirement for U.S. law enforcement 
equipment intended to protect against handgun and rifle ammunition. 
This document defines ballistic threats identified by U.S. law 
enforcement as representative of prevalent threats in the United 
States.

DATES: Comments must be received by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on May 23, 
2018.

HOW TO RESPOND AND WHAT TO INCLUDE: The draft document can be found 
here: https://www.nij.gov/body-armor. The draft document is available 
in both Word and pdf formats. To submit comments, NIJ encourages 
commenters to fill out the comment template and send it in an email to 
the contact listed below with ``Draft NIJ Specification of Threat 
Levels and Ammunition'' in the subject line. Please provide contact 
information with the submission of comments. All materials submitted 
are subject to public release under the Freedom of Information Act, and 
will be shared with U.S. Government staff or U.S. Government 
contractors for evaluation purposes to revise the draft document. 
Comments generally should not include any sensitive personal 
information or commercially confidential information. If you wish to 
voluntarily submit confidential commercial information, but do not want 
it to be publicly released, you must mark that information prominently 
as ``CONFIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL INFORMATION'' and NIJ will, to the extent 
permitted by law, withhold such information from public release.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Greene, Policy and Standards 
Division Director, Office of Science and Technology, National Institute 
of Justice, 810 7th Street NW, Washington, DC 20531; telephone number: 
(202) 307-3384; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed specification Threat Levels and 
Associated Ammunition to Test Equipment Intended to Protect U.S. Law 
Enforcement Against Handguns and Rifles is incorporated by reference 
into a proposed revision of NIJ Standard 0101.06, Ballistic Resistance 
of Body Armor, which can be found at https://www.nij.gov/body-armor. 
NIJ anticipates publishing the final version of the proposed 
specification document in late 2018. For more information on NIJ's 
voluntary standards, please visit https://www.nij.gov/standards. For 
more information on body armor, please visit https://www.nij.gov/body-armor and https://www.policearmor.org.

David B. Muhlhausen,
Director, National Institute of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2018-03672 Filed 2-21-18; 8:45 am]
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