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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 forprofit 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 

dHynek@doc.gov). 

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 

Jasmeet_K._Seehra@omb.eop.gov. 

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] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; National Voluntary 

Laboratory Accreditation Program 

(NVLAP) Information Collection 

System 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(DOC), as part of its continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to comment on 

the continuing and proposed 

information collection, as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before November 6, 

2006. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Diana Hynek, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at dHynek@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instruments and instructions should be 

directed to the attention of Vanda R. 

White, National Voluntary Laboratory 

Accreditation Program, National 

Institute of Standards and Technology, 

100 Bureau Drive, Stop 2140, 

Gaithersburg, MD 20899–2140; phone: 

(301) 975–3592; e-mail: 

vanda.white@nist.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

I. Abstract 

This information is collected from all 

testing or calibration laboratories that 

apply for NVLAP accreditation. The 

applicants provide the minimum 

information necessary for NVLAP to 

evaluate the competency of laboratories 

to carry out specific tests or calibrations 

or types of tests or calibrations. The 

application provides such information 

as name, address, phone and fax 

numbers, and contact person, and 

selects the test methods or parameters 

for which it is seeking accreditation. 

The application must be signed by the 

Authorized Representative of the 

laboratory, who commits the laboratory 

to comply with NVLAP’s accreditation 

requirements. The collection is 

mandated by 15 CFR 285. 

II. Method of Collection 

An application for accreditation is 

provided to each new or renewal 

applicant laboratory and can be 

submitted to either electronically or by 

mail. 

III. Data 

OMB Number: 0693–0003. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; not-for-profit 

institutions; and Federal, State or local 

government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

850. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 3 hours 

to complete an application form; and 15 

minutes for renewal verification on a 

preprinted form. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Burden Hours: 2,338. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Cost Burden: $0. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, e.g., the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: August 29, 2006. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 06–7391 Filed 9–1–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 082906F] 

Caribbean Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a working group 

meeting 

SUMMARY: The Caribbean Fishery 

Management Council’s St. Croix 

exclusive economic zone (EEZ) Working 

Group will hold a meeting. 

DATES: The St. Croix EEZ Working 

Group meeting will be held on October 

10, 2006, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., 

approximately. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Caravelle Hotel, 44A Queen Cross 

St., Christiansted, St. Croix, USVI 00820 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 

268 Munoz Rivera Avenue, Suite 1108, 

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918, telephone: 

(787) 766–5926. 


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