[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 182 (Thursday, September 23, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52924-52925]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-20605]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs

[OJP (NIJ) Docket No. 1793]


Special Technical Committee on Color Test Reagents/Kits for 
Preliminary Identification of Drugs of Abuse

AGENCY: National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, 
Justice.

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ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is convening a Special 
Technical Committee (STC) on Drug Color Tests. The purpose of the STC 
will be to update and revise the minimum performance standard for NIJ 
Standard-0604.01, Color Test Reagents/Kits for Preliminary 
Identification of Drugs of Abuse. NIJ intends to use members and 
affiliates of the Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) 
Seized Drug Subcommittee as the members of the STC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frances Scott, Office of Investigative 
and Forensic Sciences, National Institute of Justice, 810 7th Street 
NW, Washington, DC 20531; telephone number: (202) 305-9950; email 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: (NIJ) is convening a Special Technical 
Committee (STC) on Color Drug Tests. The purpose of the STC will be to 
update and revise the minimum performance standard NIJ Standard-
0604.01, Color Test Reagents/Kits for Preliminary Identification of 
Drugs of Abuse. The NIJ intends to use the members and affiliates of 
the Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) Seized Drug 
Subcommittee and affiliates as the members of the STC.
    NIJ develops and publishes voluntary standards that specifically 
address the needs of forensic laboratories, law enforcement, 
corrections, and other criminal justice agencies to ensure that testing 
methods are accurate, precise, and perform according to established 
minimum performance requirements. NIJ standards are consensus-based and 
designed to articulate the criminal justice end user community's 
operational requirements regarding test performance. More information 
on NIJ standards is available at http://www.nij.gov/standards.
    The OSAC Seized Drug Subcommittee members and affiliates, who will 
comprise the STC for Color Drug Tests, are 25 individual seized drug 
subject matter experts from federal, state, local, and private forensic 
laboratories; researchers; accrediting bodies; and other relevant 
technical or governmental organizations. Individuals have been selected 
to achieve the best possible balance of knowledge and expertise.
    NIJ anticipates that the STC will meet virtually for one day at a 
time approximately four to five times over the course of approximately 
12 months starting sometime in 2021. The remainder of the work will be 
conducted by telephone and email, and in virtual meetings with smaller 
subgroups. NIJ anticipates that this standard will be used by forensic 
laboratory practitioners in the regular performance of their duties.
    Authority:34 U.S.C. 10122(c); 6 U.S.C. 161-165.

Jennifer Scherer,
Acting Director and Principal Deputy Director, National Institute of 
Justice.
[FR Doc. 2021-20605 Filed 9-22-21; 8:45 am]
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