[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 199 (Friday, October 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 53355]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26142]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
National Database for Weights and Measures; Proposed Data
Collection; Comment Request
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information collections, 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 December 10,
1996.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room
5327, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information on
the information collection instrument(s) and instructions should be
directed to Deborah McGann Ripley, Office of Weights and Measures,
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Bldg. 820, Mail Stop
223, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, telephone (301) 975-4406, fax (301) 926-
4026, E-mail dripley@nist.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
NIST, in conjunction with The National Conference on Weights and
Measures (NCWM), seeks to establish a standard core of data to be
collected which would be used to assess the effectiveness of weights
and measures programs, the economic impacts of its joint program with
the state weights and measures agencies, and to share information and
data thus enabling jurisdictions to make marketplace and cost-benefit
analysis. The respondents will be State Weights and Measures
Inspectors. The results will be used by NCWM and state weights and
measures agencies for program evaluation purposes.
II. Method of Collection
State inspectors will enter their inspection data into a database
residing on a server at NIST either by direct access to the database
through the Internet, by mailing in a disk or using e-mail to transmit
the data to NIST to append to database.
III. Data
OMB Number: None.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: New Collection.
Affected Public: State Employees.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 40.
Estimated Time Per Response: 2 Hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $8,000. (80 x $100 per hour fully
burdened cost of a senior level technical manager.)
IV. Requests 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 shall 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, including the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information
collection: they will also become a matter of public record.
Dated: September 25, 1996.
Linda Engelmeier,
Acting Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and
Organization.
[FR Doc. 96-26142 Filed 10-10-96; 8:45 am]
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