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received a request to revise the name of 

its Personal Body Armor LAP to the Law 

Enforcement and Corrections 

Equipment LAP in order to better 

encompass the scope of this program. 

NVLAP also received a request to 

expand the technology tested under this 

program to include rifle testing, helmet 

testing and shield testing. On March 19, 

2021, NIST published a notice in the 

Federal Register (86 FR 14876) 

requesting public comments on the 

potential change of name and future 

expansion of the accreditation program 

to include rifle testing, helmet testing 

and shield testing. 

A response to this notice was 

submitted from one entity, an 

accreditation organization. The 

comment submitted did not address the 

specific items of the proposal. The 

feedback from the organization related 

specifically to future consideration of 

the use of ISO/IEC 17065, Conformity 

assessment—Requirements for bodies 

certifying products, processes and 

services in the NIJ CTP. 

The following is a summary and 

analysis of the comment received during 

the public comment period, and NIST’s 

response to it: 

Comment: One commenter responded 

that they encouraged the adoption of 

ISO/IEC 17065 for the certification of 

products in the NIJ CTP. 

Response: The purpose of the NVLAP 

LAP is to determine competence of a 

laboratory performing the testing of the 

law enforcement and corrections 

equipment based on the requirements of 

ISO/IEC 17025, General requirements 

for the competence of testing and 

calibration laboratories. The comment 

encourages the further expansion of the 

NIJ program to include accreditation of 

certification bodies to ISO/IEC 17065. 

As the comment is specific to the NIJ 

CTP and its operation, this was deemed 

outside of the scope of the NVLAP LAP. 

After considering the request, the 

Chief of NVLAP has determined that the 

revision of the LAP name to Law 

Enforcement and Corrections 

Equipment better reflects the types of 

testing that support the NIJ CTP and 

will allow for future expansion of the 

types of testing covered under this 

accreditation program. Therefore, the 

modification has been approved. 

Revised NIST Handbook 150–24 is 

available electronically from the NVLAP 

website at: https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/ 

nistpubs/hb/2021/NIST.HB.150-24- 

2021.pdf. 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 272(b) & (c). 

Alicia Chambers, 

NIST Executive Secretariat. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

National Conference on Weights and 

Measures 2022 Interim Meeting 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The 2022 Interim Meeting of 

the National Conference on Weights and 

Measures (NCWM) will be held using a 

virtual meeting platform and in-person 

at the Westin Tampa Waterside Hotel, 

Tampa Florida, from Sunday, January 9 

through Wednesday, January 12, 2022. 

This notice contains information about 

significant items on the NCWM 

Committee agendas but does not include 

all agenda items. As a result, the items 

are not consecutively numbered. 

DATES: The 2022 Interim Meeting will 

be held from Sunday, January 9, through 

Wednesday, January 12, 2022. The 

meeting schedule will be available on 

the NCWM website at www.ncwm.com. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held 

using a virtual meeting platform and inperson at the Westin Tampa Waterside 

Hotel, Tampa Florida. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Katrice Lippa, NIST, Office of Weights 

and Measures, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 

2600, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–2600. 

You may also contact Dr. Lippa at (301) 

975–3116 or by email at katrice.lippa@

nist.gov. The meeting is open to the 

public, but a paid registration is 

required. Please see the NCWM website 

(www.ncwm.com) to view the meeting 

agendas, registration forms, and hotel 

reservation information. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Publication of this notice on the 

NCWM’s behalf is undertaken as a 

public service and does not itself 

constitute an endorsement by the 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology (NIST) of the content of the 

notice. NIST participates in the NCWM 

as an NCWM member and pursuant to 

15 U.S.C. 272(b)(10) and (c)(4) and in 

accordance with Federal policy (e.g., 

OMB Circular A–119 ‘‘Federal 

Participation in the Development and 

Use of Voluntary Consensus 

Standards’’). 

The NCWM is an organization of 

weights and measures officials of the 

states, counties, and cities of the United 

States, and representatives from the 

private sector and federal regulatory 

agencies. These meetings can bring 

these government officials together with 

representatives of business, industry, 

trade associations, and consumer 

organizations to discuss proposed laws 

and regulations and other subjects 

related to the field of weights and 

measures technology, administration, 

and enforcement. NIST hosted the first 

meeting of the NCWM in 1905. Since 

then, the conference has provided a 

model of cooperation between Federal, 

State, and local governments and the 

private sector. NIST participates to 

encourage cooperation between federal 

agencies and the states in the 

development of legal metrology 

requirements. NIST also promotes 

uniformity in state laws, regulations, 

and testing procedures used in the 

regulatory control of commercial 

weighing and measuring devices, 

packaged goods, and for other trade and 

commerce issues. 

The NCWM has established multiple 

committees, task groups, and other 

working bodies to address legal 

metrology issues of interest to regulatory 

officials, industry, consumers, and 

others. The following are brief 

descriptions of some of the significant 

agenda items that will be considered by 

some of the NCWM Committees at the 

NCWM Interim Meeting. Comments will 

be taken on these and other issues 

during several public comment sessions. 

At this stage, the items are proposals. 

This meeting also includes work 

sessions in which the Committees may 

accept comments, and where 

recommendations will be developed for 

consideration and possible adoption at 

the NCWM 2022, 107th Annual 

Meeting. The Committees may 

withdraw or carryover items that need 

additional development. 

These notices are intended to make 

interested parties aware of these 

development projects and to make them 

aware that reports on the status of the 

project will be given at the Interim 

Meeting. The notices are also presented 

to invite the participation of 

manufacturers, experts, consumers, 

users, and others who may be interested 

in these efforts. 

The following are brief descriptions of 

some of the significant agenda items 

that will be considered at the 2022 

Interim Meeting. Comments will be 

taken on these and other 

recommendations to amend NIST 

Handbook 44, ‘‘Specifications, 

Tolerances, and other Technical 


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Requirements for Weighing and 

Measuring Devices’’ (NIST Handbook 44 

or HB 44), NIST Handbook 130, 

‘‘Uniform Laws and Regulations in the 

areas of Legal Metrology and Fuel 

Quality’’ (NIST Handbook 130 or HB 

130), and NIST Handbook 133, 

‘‘Checking the Net Contents of Packaged 

Goods’’ (NIST Handbook 133 or HB 

133). These NIST Handbooks are 

regularly adopted by reference or 

through the administrative procedures 

of all the states. 

NCWM S&T Committee (S&T 2022 

Interim Meeting) 

The Specifications and Tolerances 

Committee (S&T Committee) will 

consider proposed amendments to NIST 

Handbook 44. Those items address 

weighing and measuring devices used in 

commercial applications, that is, 

devices that are used to buy from or sell 

to the public or used for determining the 

quantity of products or services sold 

among businesses. 

Item Block 2 (B2): Define True Value for 

Use in Error Calculations 

BLK–2: (SCL–20.3, SCL–20.4, SCL–20.5, 

SCL–20.6, SCL–20.7, and SCL–20.8) 

The S&T Committee will further 

consider a proposal that has been 

designated as an ‘‘Informational’’ item 

meaning that the committee wants to 

allow more time for review by 

stakeholders and possibly further 

development to address concerns. This 

‘‘block’’ proposal includes six 

individual items related to the 

application of NIST Handbook 44 

requirements based on the values of a 

scale’s verification scale division ‘‘e’’ or 

the minimum scale division ‘‘d’’. 

Adoption of this proposal would have a 

significant impact on scales, particularly 

in cases where the values of ‘‘e’’ and 

‘‘d’’ are not equal. 

Item Block 4 (B4): Electronically 

Captured Tickets or Receipts 

The S&T Committee will further 

consider a proposal to allow for the 

expanded use of electronically captured 

tickets and receipts by amending NIST 

HB 44 Sections 1.10. General, 3.30. 

LMD, 3.31. VTM, 3.32. LPG, 3.34. CLM, 

3.37. MFM, 3.38. CDL, 3.39. HGM, 3.35. 

Milk Meters, and the definition of 

‘‘recorded representation’’ in Appendix 

D, Definitions. The committee amended 

this carry-over block of items during the 

2020 Interim Meeting based on 

comments it received expressing a 

continued need for printed tickets. As a 

result, the proposal now references 

NIST HB 44 paragraph G–S.5.6. in 

various specific codes. At the 2021 

NCWM Annual Meeting, the S&T 

Committee designated this ‘‘block’’ 

proposal as ‘‘developing’’ for further 

comment and consideration. 

LMD—Liquid Measuring Devices 

LMD–21.1: Table S.2.2. Categories of 

Device Method of Sealing 

The S&T Committee will further 

consider a proposal to amend NIST HB 

44 Section 3.30. Liquid-Measuring 

Devices to permit the use of an 

electronic log, in lieu of a printed copy 

for devices with Category 3 sealing. The 

current ‘‘Category 3’’ sealing 

requirements in HB 44 LiquidMeasuring Devices Code Section 3.30. 

specify that a printed copy of an event 

logger must be available on demand 

through the device or through another 

on-site device and that the information 

may also be available electronically. The 

new proposal would amend the 

language in Table S.2.2. ‘‘Categories of 

Device and Methods of Sealing’’ to 

permit either a printed or electronic 

form of the event logger be made 

available. This item, LMD–21.1 was 

previously a ‘‘block’’ item with LMD 

20.1. Both items were similar proposals, 

so the submitters of both items agreed 

to withdraw LMD–20.1 and further 

develop LMD 21.1. At the 2021 NCWM 

Interim Meeting, the committee agreed 

to withdraw item LMD–20.1 from the 

previous block of items and designated 

LMD–21.1 as a developing item so that 

the submitters of both items could work 

together to further develop item LMD– 

21.1. At the 2021 NCWM Annual 

Meeting the committee agreed to a 

developing status for this item for 

further comments and consideration. 

VTM—Vehicle Tank Meters 

VTM–18.1: S.3.1.1. Means for Clearing 

the Discharge Hose and UR.2.6. 

Clearing the Discharge Hose 

The S&T Committee will further 

consider this item, which proposes to 

provide specifications and user 

requirements for manifold flush systems 

designed to eliminate product 

contamination on VTMs used for 

multiple products. This proposal would 

add specifications on the design of 

VTMs under S.3.1.1. ‘‘Means for 

Clearing the Discharge Hose.’’ and add 

a new user requirement UR.2.6. 

‘‘Clearing the Discharge Hose.’’ During 

open hearings of previous NCWM 

meetings, comments were heard about 

the design of any system to clear the 

discharge hose of a product prior to the 

delivery of a subsequent product which 

could provide opportunities to 

fraudulently use this type of system. At 

the 2021 NCWM Annual Meeting the 

committee agreed to keep this item 

developing for further comments and 

consideration. 

EVF—Electric Vehicle Fueling Systems 

EVF–20.1: S.1.3.2. EVSE Value of the 

Smallest Unit 

The S&T Committee will further 

consider a proposal that would specify 

the maximum value of the indicated 

and/or recorded electrical energy unit 

used in an EVSE (Electric Vehicle 

Supply Equipment). This proposal 

would reduce (by a factor of 10) the 

current specified values of these units. 

The current maximum values of 0.005 

MJ and 0.001 kWh would be changed to 

0.0005 MJ and 0.0001 kWh respectively. 

The submitters contend that testing of 

these systems would be expedited 

through these changes and reduce the 

amount of time necessary to complete 

official tests. During the 2021 NCWM 

Annual Meeting, additional changes 

were proposed to the Electric Vehicle 

Fueling System Code to add a new 

paragraph S.1.3.X to address how the 

value of the quantity unit shall be 

expressed and at this meeting the 

committee recommended a developing 

status for this item for further comments 

and consideration. 

GMA—Grain Moisture Meters 5.56. (A) 

GMA–19.1: Table T.2.1. Acceptance and 

Maintenance Tolerances Air Oven 

Method for All Grains and Oil Seeds 

The S&T Committee will further 

consider a proposal that would reduce 

the tolerances for the air oven reference 

method in the Grain Moisture Meter 

Code. The proposed new tolerances 

would apply to all types of grains and 

oil seeds. This item is a carry-over 

proposal from 2019 and would replace 

the contents of Table T.2.1. with new 

criteria. Additional inspection data will 

be collected and reviewed to assess 

whether or not the proposed changes to 

the tolerances are appropriate. At the 

2021 Annual Meeting the Committee 

recommended a developing status for 

this item to review the results of 

additional data. 

TMS/TNMS—Taxi Meters and 

Transportation Network Measurement 

Systems 

Item BLOCK 3 (B3): Tolerances for 

Distance Testing in Taximeters and 

Transportation Network Systems. 

The S&T Committee will further 

consider changes included in this block 

affecting the HB 44 Taximeters Code 

(Section 5.54.) and the Transportation 

Network Measurement Systems (TNMS) 

Code (Section 5.60.) that would amend 

the value of tolerances allowed for 

distance tests. The changes proposed in 

this item would change the Taximeters 

Code requirement T.1.1. ‘‘On Distance 

Tests’’ by increasing that tolerance to 

2.5% when the test exceeds one mile. 

The change to the TNMS Code affects 

requirement T.1.1. ‘‘Distance Tests’’ by 


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reducing the tolerance allowed on 

overregistration under T.1.1.(a) from the 

current 2.5% to 1% when the test does 

not exceed one mile and would increase 

the tolerance for underregistration in 

T.1.1.(b) from 2.5% to 4%. These 

changes if adopted would align the 

tolerances values for distance tests 

allowed for taximeters and TNMS. At 

the 2021 NCWM Annual Meeting it was 

noted that these items were being 

discussed with the USNWG and the 

Committee agreed to a developing status 

for this item for further comment and 

consideration. 

NCWM L&R Committee 

NIST Handbook 130 and NIST 

Handbook 133 

The following items are proposals for 

NIST HB 130 Uniform Method of Sale 

(MOS) and the Uniform Fuels and 

Automotive Lubricants Regulation 

(FLR): 

Item Block 1 (B1)— 

NIST HB 130, PAL–19.1. UPLR, Sec. 

2.8. Multiunit Package. NET–19.2. NIST 

HB 133 Modify ‘‘scope’’ for Chapters 2 

through 4, add a note following Sections 

2.3.7.1. and 2.7.3., NET–19.3. NIST HB 

133 create a Chapter 5. Specialized Test 

Procedures. The L&R Committee will 

also be addressing a proposal to include 

adoption of a test procedure for the total 

quantity declaration on multiunit or 

variety packages. In addition, in NIST 

HB 130, Uniform Packaging and 

Labeling Regulation, the proposal would 

clarify Section 2.8. Multiunit. 

Item MOS–22.4. Section 2.16. 

Compressed or Liquefied Gasses in 

Refillable Cylinders 

The L&R Committee will consider a 

proposal to modify the existing language 

for the method of sale of Compressed or 

Liquefied Gases in Refillable Cylinders. 

The proposed amendments are being 

considered so that current HB 130 

requirements are not in conflict between 

the tare weight and other labeling 

requirements for compressed gas 

cylinders in the Method of Sale of 

Commodities Regulation and similar 

Federal regulations published by the 

U.S. DOT. 

Item MOS–20.5 Section 2.21 Liquefied 

Petroleum Gas 

The L&R Committee will consider a 

proposal to modify the existing language 

for the method of sale of Liquefied 

Petroleum Gas. Consider changes to the 

existing language that references a value 

of ‘‘15.6 °C’’ for temperature 

determinations in metric units. 

According to the current industry 

practice for sales of petroleum products, 

the reference temperature for sales in 

metric are based on 15 °C rather than 

the exact conversion from 60 °F (which 

is 15.6 °C). Thus, the temperature 

reference in metric should be 15 °C. 

This will also add language for metered 

sales with a maximum capacity equal to 

or greater than 20 gal/min will have a 

metering system that automatic 

temperature compensates. For metering 

system with a maximum capacity less 

than 20 gal/min. Effective January 2030, 

all metered sales, shall be accomplished 

using a metering system that automatic 

temperature compensates. 

Item MOS 22.3. Section 2.4. Fireplace 

and Stove Wood 

The Committee will consider a 

proposal to modify the language to 

clarify the language as to how 

compressed firewood bricks shall be 

sold. This also clarifies the terms for 

plural and singular representation for 

the units. 

Item 22.1. Uniform Regulation for Ecommerce Products 

The L&R Committee will consider a 

proposal to add a new regulation into 

HB 130 for Uniform Labeling for Ecommerce for consumer commodities 

and non-consumer commodities. This 

regulation will provide guidance to 

those state that adopt such a regulation. 

It also provides for required information 

that shall be provided when the product 

is delivered. This regulation would also 

lay out the terms that shall appear on an 

e-commerce website. 

Item Block 3 Cannabis 

B3: PALS–22.1. Section XX. Cannabis 

and Cannabis-Containing Products. The 

Committee will consider a proposal to 

establish definitions within HB 130 

Packaging and Labeling Requirements 

for Cannabis and Cannabis containing 

products. In addition, PAL–22.2 Section 

10.XX. Cannabis and CannabisContaining Products. will establish 

labeling requirements. B3: NET–22.1. 

Section 1.XX. Cannabis and CannabisContaining Products and 2.XX. 

Cannabis and Cannabis-Containing 

Products. provides for a 3% moisture 

allowance for Cannabis containing more 

than 0.3% total Delta-9 THC or 

containing 0.3% less total Delta-9 THC 

(hemp). B3: MOS–22.2. HB 130 Section 

1.XX. and Section 2.XX. Cannabis and 

Cannabis-Containing Products. The 

Committee will consider a proposal to 

amend these two sections to include 

language for a method of sale for 

Cannabis. Included within this proposal 

is also a water activity limit of 0.6 ± 

¥0.5, when unprocessed Cannabis is 

sold or transferred. 

Alicia Chambers, 

NIST Executive Secretariat. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB618] 

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to 

Specified Activities; Taking Marine 

Mammals Incidental to Marine Site 

Characterization Surveys Offshore 

From New York to Massachusetts 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments on 

proposed renewal incidental harassment 

authorization (IHA). 

SUMMARY: NMFS received a request from 

;rsted Wind Power North America, 

LLC, (;rsted) for the Renewal of their 

2020 IHA to take marine mammals 

incidental marine site characterization 

surveys, using high-resolution 

geophysical (HRG) equipment, in 

coastal waters from New York to 

Massachusetts. ;rsted is also planning 

to conduct marine site characterization 

surveys along one or more potential 

submarine export cable routes (ECRs). 

The activities for which ;rsted has 

requested a Renewal IHA are identical 

to those covered under the initial IHA, 

which expired on September 24, 2021. 

Pursuant to the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act (MMPA), prior to issuing 

the initial IHA in 2020, NMFS requested 

comments on both the proposed IHA 

and the potential for renewing the 

initial authorization if certain 

requirements were satisfied. The 

Renewal requirements have been 

satisfied, and NMFS is now providing 

an additional 15-day comment period to 

allow for any additional comments on 

the proposed Renewal not previously 

provided during the initial 30-day 

comment period. If issued, the Renewal 

would be effective through September 

24, 2022. 

DATES: Comments and information must 

be received no later than January 21, 

2022. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Jolie Harrison, Chief, 

Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. Written 


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