[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 31, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 5903]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-2328]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[Docket No. 941255-4355]
National Voluntary Conformity Assessment Systems Evaluation
(NVCASE) Program
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: This is to advise the public that the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST) has received a request from the
American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) to have its
Laboratory Accreditation Program recognized under the NIST National
Voluntary Conformity Assessment Systems Evaluation (NVCASE) Program for
specified European Union (EU) Directives for electromagnetic
compatibility.
DATES: Comments on this request must be received by 30 days March 2,
1995.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be submitted in writing to Mr. Robert L.
Gladhill, Program Manager, NVCASE, National Institute of Standards and
Technology, Building 417, Room 107, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 or by
telefax at 301-963-2871.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Either Mr. John L. Donaldson, Chief, Standards Code and Information, or
Robert L. Gladhill, NVCASE Program Manager, in writing at NIST, 417/
107, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, by telephone at 301-975-4029 or by telefax
at 301-963-2871.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NVCASE procedures at 15 CFR Part 286
require NIST to seek public consultation when it receives requests for
evaluation. This notice therefore is a solicitation for comments on the
A2LA request which follows:
September 9, 1994.
Mr. John L. Donaldson,
Chief, Standards Code and Information Program, National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD 20899
Dear Mr. Donaldson, The American Association for Laboratory
Accreditation (A2LA) hereby applies to NIST to be evaluated so as to
be recognized as a competently conducted conformation assessment
activity according to the rules and regulations published in the
Federal Register, Vol. 59, No. 78, on April 22, 1994.
This request is for the evaluation of the A2LA laboratory
accreditation program in response to [(iii * * * specific U.S.
industrial or technical need, relative to a mandatory foreign
technical requirement].
The industrial or technical need covered is for recognition to
accredit laboratories for testing electromagnetic compatibility
under 89/336/EEC and telecommunications terminal equipment under 91/
263/EEC.
We already have accredited laboratories for some tests in this
area but wish to be in compliance with the EEC requirements which
will be necessary to meet the developing Mutual Recognition
Agreement requirements being developed between the U.S. and the EU.
We look forward to hearing from you shortly, giving us more explicit
instructions on how we might proceed.
Sincerely,
John W. Locke,
President.
cc: Charles Ludolph, DOC
Interested persons should submit comments in writing to the above
address. Contingent upon the comments received, NIST will schedule
public workshops to define general and specific criteria for the
requested program. All comments submitted in response to this notice
will become part of the public record and will be available for
inspection and copying at the Commerce Department Records and
Inspection facility, room 6020, Hoover Building, Washington, DC 20230.
Dated: January 24, 1995.
Samuel Kramer,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 95-2328 Filed 1-30-95; 8:45 am]
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