[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 240 (Friday, December 17, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71618-71619]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27386]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of 
Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; 
National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program Information 
Collection System

    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 30, 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.

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    Title: National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) 
Information Collection System.
    OMB Control Number 0693-0003.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular, revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 650.
    Average Hours per Response: 3 hours.
    Burden Hours: 1,950.
    Needs and Uses: This information is collected from all testing and 
calibration laboratories that apply for National Voluntary Laboratory 
Accreditation Program (NVLAP) accreditation. It is used by NVLAP to 
assess laboratory conformance with applicable criteria as defined in 15 
CFR part 285, Section 285.14. The information provides a service to 
customers in business and industry, including regulatory agencies and 
purchasing authorities that are seeking competent laboratories to 
perform testing and calibration services. An accredited laboratory's 
contact information and scope of accreditation are provided on NVLAP's 
website (http://www.nist.gov/nvlap).
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; not-
for-profit institutions; and Federal, State or local government.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    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 0693-0003.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2021-27386 Filed 12-16-21; 8:45 am]
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