[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 223 (Tuesday, November 23, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66535-66536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-25583]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; 
Analysis of Exoskeleton-Use for Enhancing Human Performance Data 
Collection

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the 
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and 
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of 
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on September 14, 2021, during a 60-day comment period. 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 
Commerce.
    Title: Analysis of Exoskeleton-Use for Enhancing Human Performance 
Data Collection.
    OMB Control Number 0693-0083.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular, Revision of current information 
collection.
    Number of Respondents: 240.
    Average Hours per Response: 10 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 40 hours.
    Needs and Uses: NIST's Engineering Laboratory is developing methods 
to evaluate performance of exoskeletons in

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two key areas (1) The fit and motion of the exoskeleton device with 
respect to the users' body and (2) The impact that using an exoskeleton 
has on the performance of users executing tasks that are representative 
of activities in industrial settings. The results of these experiments 
will inform future test method development at NIST, other 
organizations, and under the purview of the new American Society for 
Testing Materials (ASTM) Committee F48 on Exoskeletons and Exosuits.
    Affected Public: Households and Individuals.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: This information collection request may be viewed 
at www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB 
Control Number 0693-0083.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2021-25583 Filed 11-22-21; 8:45 am]
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