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calibrations or types of tests or 

calibrations. The collection is mandated 

by 15 CFR part 285. 

II. Method of Collection 

Each new or renewal applicant 

laboratory electronically submits its 

application for NVLAP accreditation 

through a self-service, web-based portal 

called the ‘‘NVLAP Interactive Web 

System’’ (NIWS). This method of 

collection also gives applicant 

laboratories the ability to upload 

document files needed to support the 

application process and to maintain 

their own profile information. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0693–0003. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission, 

extension of a current information 

collection. 

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

institutions; and Federal, State or local 

government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

630. 

Estimated Time per Response: 3 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,890 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain benefits. 

IV. Request for Comments 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department/Bureau to: (a) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 

accuracy of our estimate of the time and 

cost burden for this proposed collection, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) Minimize the 

reporting burden on those who are to 

respond, including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this ICR. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

email address, or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you may ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

[FR Doc. 2024–21814 Filed 9–23–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Agency 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 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology (NIST), Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), invites 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. The purpose of this 

notice is to allow for 60 days of public 

comment preceding submission of the 

collection to OMB. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, 

comments regarding this proposed 

information collection must be received 

on or before November 25, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments to 

Maureen O’Reilly, Management Analyst, 

NIST by email to PRANIST@nist.gov. 

Please reference OMB Control Number 

0693–0083 in the subject line of your 

comments. Do not submit Confidential 

Business Information or otherwise 

sensitive or protected information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

specific questions related to collection 

activities should be directed to Ann 

Marie Virts, Project Leader, NIST, 100 

Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, 

Ann.virts@nist.gov, 301–975–5068. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

Exoskeletons—sometimes called 

wearable robots—are a very rapidly 

expanding domain with a range of 

applications and a broad diversity of 

designs. NIST’s Engineering Laboratory 

will be developing methods to evaluate 

performance of exoskeletons in 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 and emergency 

response applications. The results of 

these experiments will inform future 

test method development at NIST, other 

organizations, and under the purview of 

the American Society for Testing 

Materials (ASTM) Committee F48 on 

Exoskeletons and Exosuits. 

For the first research topic, NIST will 

be measuring the difference in 

performance of a person wearing an 

exoskeleton versus the person’s baseline 

without the exoskeleton while 

positioning loads and tools. The NIST 

Position and Load Test Apparatus for 

Exoskeletons (PoLoTAE), which 

presents abstractions of industrial task 

challenges, will be used in this research. 

NIST researchers will also develop 

standard test methods to represent real 

world applications for emergency 

responders such as mobility tasks, 

climbing over, around and thru 

obstacles. 

For the second research topic, NIST 

will evaluate a method for measuring 

the alignment of an exoskeleton to 

human joint (knee) and any relative 

movement between the exoskeleton and 

user. Measurement methods prototyped 

by NIST for evaluating exoskeleton on 

mannequin position and motion will be 

applied to human subjects to verify the 

usefulness of optical tracking system 

and designed artifacts worn by users as 

measurement methods. 

Participants will be chosen from 

volunteers within NIST and adult NIST 

visitors to participate in the study. 

Gender and size diversity will be sought 

in the population of participants. No 

personally identifiable information (PII) 

will be recorded unless subject consent 

for PII disclosure is received. NIST 

intends to publish information on the 

analysis and results. 

II. Method of Collection 

Participants will give informed 

consent prior to participating in the 

research. Information may be collected 

via a paper background questionnaire 

which may include disclosure of health 

information which may be relevant for 

safety and research reasons. Data will be 

collected using a combination of heart 

rate monitor, video and still cameras to 

collect time and subject activity to 


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correlate heart rate with activity and an 

optical tracking system which detects 

markers worn by the subject. 

Participants will be asked to complete a 

paper survey once data is collected for 

the research. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0693–0083. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission, 

extension of a current information 

collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

240. 

Estimated Time per Response: 10 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 40 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

IV. Request for Comments 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department/Bureau to: (a) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 

accuracy of our estimate of the time and 

cost burden for this proposed collection, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) Minimize the 

reporting burden on those who are to 

respond, including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this ICR. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

email address, or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you may ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office 

of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

[FR Doc. 2024–21837 Filed 9–23–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE106] 

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to 

Specified Activities; Taking Marine 

Mammals Incidental to Furie Operating 

Alaska, LLC Natural Gas Activities in 

Cook Inlet, Alaska 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of an incidental 

harassment authorization. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

regulations implementing the Marine 

Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as 

amended, notification is hereby given 

that NMFS has issued two incidental 

harassment authorizations (IHAs) to 

Furie Operating Alaska, LLC (Furie) to 

incidentally harass marine mammals 

during natural gas activities in Cook 

Inlet, Alaska. 

DATES: These authorizations are 

effective from September 13, 2024 

through September 12, 2025 for year 1 

activities, and September 13, 2025 

through September 12, 2026 for year 2 

activities. 

ADDRESSES: Electronic copies of the 

application and supporting documents, 

as well as a list of the references cited 

in this document, may be obtained 

online at: https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/ 

marine-mammal-protection/incidentaltake-authorizations-oil-and-gas. In case 

of problems accessing these documents, 

please call the contact listed below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Leah Davis, Office of Protected 

Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The MMPA prohibits the ‘‘take’’ of 

marine mammals, with certain 

exceptions. Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and 

(D) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et 

seq.) direct the Secretary of Commerce 

(as delegated to NMFS) to allow, upon 

request, the incidental, but not 

intentional, taking of small numbers of 

marine mammals by U.S. citizens who 

engage in a specified activity (other than 

commercial fishing) within a specified 

geographical region if certain findings 

are made and either regulations are 

proposed or, if the taking is limited to 

harassment, a notice of a proposed IHA 

is provided to the public for review. 

Authorization for incidental takings 

shall be granted if NMFS finds that the 

taking will have a negligible impact on 

the species or stock(s) and will not have 

an unmitigable adverse impact on the 

availability of the species or stock(s) for 

taking for subsistence uses (where 

relevant). Further, NMFS must prescribe 

the permissible methods of taking and 

other ‘‘means of effecting the least 

practicable adverse impact’’ on the 

affected species or stocks and their 

habitat, paying particular attention to 

rookeries, mating grounds, and areas of 

similar significance, and on the 

availability of the species or stocks for 

taking for certain subsistence uses 

(referred to in shorthand as 

‘‘mitigation’’); and requirements 

pertaining to the monitoring and 

reporting of the takings. The definitions 

of all applicable MMPA statutory terms 

cited above are included in the relevant 

sections below. 

Summary of Request 

On July 19, 2023, NMFS received a 

request from Furie for two consecutive 

IHAs to take marine mammals 

incidental to natural gas activities in 

Cook Inlet, Alaska. The application was 

deemed adequate and complete on April 

5, 2024. Furie’s request is for take of 12 

species of marine mammals, by Level B 

harassment and, for harbor seals, Level 

A harassment. Neither Furie nor NMFS 

expect serious injury or mortality to 

result from this activity and, therefore, 

an IHA is appropriate. 

Description of the Specified Activity 

From September 13, 2024, through 

September 12, 2025 (year 1), and from 

September 13, 2025 through September 

12, 2026 (year 2), Furie is planning to 

conduct the following natural gas 

activities in Middle Cook Inlet, Alaska. 

In year 1, Furie proposes to relocate the 

Enterprise 151 jack-up production rig 

(Enterprise 151 or rig) to the Julius R. 

Platform (JRP) site, install up to two 

conductor piles using an impact 

hammer, and conduct production 

drilling of up to two natural gas wells 

at the JRP with the Enterprise 151 rig (or 

a similar rig) across 45–180 days. During 

year 2, Furie proposes to relocate the 

Enterprise 151 rig to the JRP site again, 

potentially install one to two conductor 

piles using an impact hammer 

(depending on whether either or both of 

these piles are installed or not during 

year 1), and conduct additional 

production drilling at the JRP. Furie 

proposes to conduct the rig towing and 

pile driving activities between April 1 

and November 15 each year, but if 

favorable ice conditions occur outside of 

that period, it may tow the rig or pile 

drive outside of that period. Noise 

produced by rig towing and installation 


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