Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 247 / Wednesday, December 27, 2017 / Notices 61265 

1See ‘‘OMB Circular A–119: Federal Participation 

in the Development and Use of Voluntary 

Consensus Standards and in Conformity 

Assessment Activities,’’ which was published on 

January 27, 2016 and may be found at: https://

obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/ 

omb/inforeg/revised_circular_a-119_as_of_1_

22.pdf. 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

NIST Special Publication 2000–02: 

Conformity Assessment 

Considerations for Federal Agencies 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST) 

requests comments on the draft Special 

Publication (SP) 2000–02 Conformity 

Assessment Considerations for Federal 

Agencies (Considerations) document. 

The draft Considerations document is 

posted on the NIST website at: https:// 

www.nist.gov/standardsgov/specialpublications-conformity-assessment. 

DATES: NIST requests comments on the 

draft Considerations document. 

Comments must be received by 

February 26, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted to NIST in the following 

ways: 

• Electronic comments: Online 

submissions in electronic form may be 

sent to sp2000-02@nist.gov in any of the 

following formats: HTML; ASCII; Word; 

RTF; or PDF. Please include your name, 

organization’s name (if any), and cite 

‘‘Comments on Draft Conformity 

Assessment Considerations for Federal 

Agencies’’ in all correspondence. 

Comments containing references, 

studies, research, and other empirical 

data that are not widely published 

should include copies of the referenced 

materials. The proposed update to the 

Considerations document is available 

for review at https://www.nist.gov/ 

standardsgov/special-publicationsconformity-assessment. Comments 

submitted electronically, including 

attachments, will be posted to the NIST 

website unchanged. 

• Written comments may be 

submitted by mail to Lisa Carnahan, 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 

2100, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions regarding the draft 

Considerations document or this 

Request for Comments should be 

directed to Lisa Carnahan by email at 

SP2000-02@nist.gov, or by phone at 

301–975–3362. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

recently revised Circular A–119, 

‘‘Federal Participation in the 

Development and Use of Voluntary 

Consensus Standards and in Conformity 

Assessment Activities,’’ in light of 

changes that have taken place in the 

world of regulation, standards, and 

conformity assessment since the 

Circular was last revised in 1998.1 NIST 

is revising its conformity assessment 

materials to align with the updated 

Circular. 

On February 28, 2017, NIST hosted a 

workshop to engage the conformity 

assessment community in the 

development of its conformity 

assessment materials. Updates to the 

conformity assessment materials reflect 

growth and evolution in the conformity 

assessment community as well as 

updates to the guidance in the revised 

OMB Circular A–119. 

Taking into consideration the 

feedback received from workshop 

participants as well as input received 

from conformity assessment 

stakeholders in both the public and 

private sectors, NIST has developed a 

draft of the following materials: 

• Conformity Assessment 

Considerations for Federal Agencies 

• ABC’s of Conformity Assessment 

The purpose of the draft 

Considerations document is to provide 

the basics on conformity assessment 

concepts and activities as well as 

provide considerations to those who 

use, rely on, develop, manage or operate 

conformity assessment programs within 

federal departments and agencies. The 

information contained within the draft 

Considerations document seeks to help 

federal agencies develop, operate, and 

use conformity assessment programs in 

order to provide confidence that 

requirements in regulation, federal 

procurement or federal agency programs 

are met and reduce conformity 

assessment redundancy and burden on 

regulated entities. 

Request for Public Comments: Persons 

interested in commenting on the draft 

Considerations document can submit 

their comments by following the 

instructions in the DATES and ADDRESSES

sections. 

All comments will be made publicly 

available; therefore, personal, 

proprietary or confidential information 

should not be included. When 

submitting comments, inclusion of 

name, affiliation, and contact 

information (phone number and/or 

email address in case of questions about 

the comment) are optional. Comments 

containing references, studies, research, 

and other empirical data that are not 

widely published should include copies 

of the referenced materials. 

Kevin Kimball, 

NIST Chief of Staff. 

[FR Doc. 2017–27892 Filed 12–26–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

NIST Special Publication 2000–01: 

ABC’s of Conformity Assessment 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST) 

requests comments on the draft Special 

Publication (SP) 2000–01 ABC’s of 

Conformity Assessment document. The 

draft ABC’s of Conformity Assessment 

document is posted on the NIST website 

at: https://www.nist.gov/standardsgov/ 

special-publications-conformityassessment. 

DATES: NIST requests comments on the 

draft ABC’s of Conformity Assessment 

document. Comments must be received 

by February 26, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted to NIST in the following 

ways: 

• Electronic comments: Online 

submissions in electronic form may be 

sent to sp2000-01@nist.gov in any of the 

following formats: HTML; ASCII; Word; 

RTF; or PDF. Please include your name, 

organization’s name (if any), and cite 

‘‘Comments on Draft ABC’s of 

Conformity Assessment’’ in all 

correspondence. Comments containing 

references, studies, research, and other 

empirical data that are not widely 

published should include copies of the 

referenced materials. The proposed 

update to the ABC’s of Conformity 

Assessment document is available for 

review at https://www.nist.gov/ 

standardsgov/special-publicationsconformity-assessment. Comments 

submitted electronically, including 

attachments, will be posted to the NIST 

website unchanged. 

• Written comments may be 

submitted by mail to Amy Phelps, 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 

2100, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. 


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61266 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 247 / Wednesday, December 27, 2017 / Notices 

1See ‘‘OMB Circular A–119: Federal Participation 

in the Development and Use of Voluntary 

Consensus Standards and in Conformity 

Assessment Activities,’’ which was published on 

January 27, 2016 and may be found at: https://

obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/ 

omb/inforeg/revised_circular_a-119_as_of_1_

22.pdf. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions regarding the draft ABC’s of 

Conformity Assessment document or 

this Request for Comments should be 

directed to Amy Phelps, by email at 

SP2000-01@nist.gov, or by phone at 

301–975–4143. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

recently revised Circular A–119, 

‘‘Federal Participation in the 

Development and Use of Voluntary 

Consensus Standards and in Conformity 

Assessment Activities,’’ in light of 

changes that have taken place in the 

world of regulation, standards, and 

conformity assessment since the 

Circular was last revised in 1998.1 NIST 

is revising its conformity assessment 

materials to align with the updated 

Circular. 

On February 28, 2017, NIST hosted a 

workshop to engage the conformity 

assessment community in the 

development of its conformity 

assessment materials. Updates to the 

conformity assessment materials reflect 

growth and evolution in the conformity 

assessment community as well as 

updates to the guidance in the revised 

OMB Circular A–119. 

Taking into consideration the 

feedback received from workshop 

participants as well as input received 

from conformity assessment 

stakeholders in both the public and 

private sectors, NIST has developed a 

draft of the following materials: 

• Conformity Assessment 

Considerations for Federal Agencies 

• ABC’s of Conformity Assessment 

The purpose of the draft ABC’s of 

Conformity Assessment document is to 

introduce conformity assessment 

concepts and information on how 

various conformity assessment activities 

are interlinked as well as the impact on 

the marketplace. The document 

highlights some of the important aspects 

of conformity assessment and serves as 

background for using available 

conformity assessment resources. The 

draft ABCs of Conformity Assessment 

document discusses the use of standards 

in conformity assessment activities; 

describes the types of conformity 

assessment activities; and identifies 

some of the interrelationships among 

conformity assessment activities. 

Request for Public Comments: Persons 

interested in commenting on the draft 

ABCs of Conformity Assessment 

document can submit their comments 

by following the instructions in the 

DATES and ADDRESSES sections. 

All comments will be made publicly 

available; therefore, personal, 

proprietary or confidential information 

should not be included. When 

submitting comments, inclusion of 

name, affiliation, and contact 

information (phone number and/or 

email address in case of questions about 

the comment) are optional. Comments 

containing references, studies, research, 

and other empirical data that are not 

widely published should include copies 

of the referenced materials. 

Kevin Kimball, 

NIST Chief of Staff. 

[FR Doc. 2017–27891 Filed 12–26–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Alaska Region Permit Family of 

Forms. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0206. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular (extension of 

a currently approved information 

collection). 

Number of Respondents: 531. 

Average Hours per Response: Federal 

fisheries permit, 21 minutes; federal 

processor permit, 25 minutes; exempted 

fishing permit, 100 hours. 

Burden Hours: 590. 

Needs and Uses: For a person to 

participate in Federal fisheries, the 

National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS) requires a Federal Fisheries 

Permit (FFP), a Federal Processor Permit 

(FPP), or an Exempted Fishing Permit 

(EFP). NMFS Alaska Region created a 

set of commercial fishing permits that 

operators of vessels and managers of 

processors must have on board or on 

site when fishing, receiving, buying, or 

processing groundfish and nongroundfish species. The permit 

information provides harvest gear types; 

descriptions of vessels, shoreside 

processors, and stationary floating 

processors; and expected fishery activity 

levels. These permits provide NMFS 

with a way to monitor participation in 

Federal fisheries. 

Section 303(b)(1) of the MagnusonStevens Act specifically recognizes the 

need for permit issuance. The 

requirement of a permit for marine 

resource users is one of the regulatory 

steps taken to carry out conservation 

and management objectives. The 

issuance of a permit is an essential 

ingredient in the management of fishery 

resources needed for identification of 

the participants, expected activity 

levels, and for regulatory compliance 

(e.g., withholding of permit issuance 

pending collection of unpaid penalties). 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: Every three years, 

annually and on occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow 

the instructions to view Department of 

Commerce collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to OIRA_Submission@

omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806. 

Dated: December 21, 2017. 

Sarah Brabson, 

NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–27929 Filed 12–26–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Non-commercial Permit and 

Reporting Requirements in the Main 

Hawaiian Islands Bottomfish Fishery. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0577. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular (extension of 

a currently approved information 

collection). 

Number of Respondents: 100. 


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