Notice of Intent To Terminate Selected National Voluntary Conformity Assessment Systems Evaluation (NVCASE) Program Services, 21210-21211 [2014-08506]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and
Technology
[Docket No.: 140311231–4231–01]
Draft NIST Framework and Roadmap
for Smart Grid Interoperability
Standards, Release 3.0
National Institute of Standards
and Technology, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
The National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST) seeks
comments on the draft NIST Framework
and Roadmap for Smart Grid
Interoperability Standards, Release 3.0.
This new document builds on two
previously released Frameworks and
Roadmaps, and incorporates advances
in smart grid infrastructure, such as
widespread deployment of wirelesscommunication power meters, the
availability of customer energy usage
data through the Green Button initiative,
and remote sensing for determining realtime transmission and distribution
status. Release 3.0 also includes
protocols for electric vehicle charging.
The entire draft version of the draft
NIST Framework and Roadmap for
Smart Grid Interoperability Standards,
Release 3.0, is available online at: https://
www.nist.gov/smartgrid/
framework3.cfm.
SUMMARY:
Comments must be received on
or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on May
30, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
sent to the Cyber Physical Systems and
Smart Grid Program Office, National
Institute of Standards and Technology,
100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8200,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899–8200 or by
email at nistsgfwcmts@nist.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Chris L. Greer, Director, Cyber Physical
Systems and Smart Grid Program Office,
and National Coordinator for Smart Grid
Interoperability, National Institute of
Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau
Drive, Mail Stop 8200, Gaithersburg,
MD 20899–8200; telephone 301–975–
5987, fax 301–948–5668; or via email at
nistsgfwcmts@nist.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Section 1305 of the Energy
Independence and Security Act (EISA)
of 2007 (Pub. L. 110–140) directs NIST
‘‘to coordinate the development of a
framework that includes protocols and
model standards for information
management to achieve interoperability
of smart grid devices and systems.’’
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To meet these statutory goals, in
January 2010, NIST published the NIST
Framework and Roadmap for Smart
Grid Interoperability Standards, Release
1.0 (Release 1.0), and in February 2012,
NIST published the NIST Framework
and Roadmap for Smart Grid
Interoperability Standards, Release 2.0
(Release 2.0), which updated the
material discussed in Release 1.0. The
Framework document discusses the
NIST vision for an advanced smart grid
as well as a high-level overview of smart
grid architecture, cybersecurity, and
testing and certification considerations.
In addition, there is a discussion of the
Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP)
which is playing a key role in the
development of interoperability
standards.
NIST now announces the publication
of the draft NIST Framework and
Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability
Standards, Release 3.0 (Release 3.0
Draft) for public review and comment.
The entire draft version of Release 3.0
Draft is available online at: https://
www.nist.gov/smartgrid/
framework3.cfm.
Release 3.0 Draft builds upon the
work in previous releases with an
update on the progress since Release
2.0; a description of the Smart Grid
Interoperability Panel (SGIP); updated
architecture, cybersecurity, and testing
and certification chapters; and a new
chapter on cross-cutting issues and
future directions.
Since the release of the last edition of
the NIST Framework and Roadmap for
Smart Grid Interoperability Standards
(Release 2.0), advances in smart grid
infrastructure have been implemented.
Examples include the widespread
deployment of wireless-communication
power meters, the availability of
customer energy usage data through the
Green Button initiative, remote sensing
for determining real-time transmission
and distribution status, and protocols
for electric vehicle charging, supported
by standards development across the
entire smart grid arena. This release
updates NIST’s ongoing efforts to
facilitate and coordinate smart grid
interoperability standards development
and smart grid-related measurement
science and technology, including the
evolving and continuing NIST
relationship with the SGIP.
Request for comments:
NIST seeks comments on the draft
NIST Framework and Roadmap for
Smart Grid Interoperability Standards,
Release 3.0. In particular, the agency
requests that comments be categorized
as (1) technical; (2) editorial; or (3)
general. If a comment is not a general
comment, please identify the relevant
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page, line number, and section that is
addressed by the comment. NIST will
also accept proposed solutions along
with the comments. Comments should
be submitted in accordance with
instructions in the DATES and ADDRESSES
sections of this notice.
Dated: April 9, 2014.
Kevin A. Kimball,
Chief of Staff.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and
Technology
[Docket Number: 140305199–4199–01]
Notice of Intent To Terminate Selected
National Voluntary Conformity
Assessment Systems Evaluation
(NVCASE) Program Services
National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
The National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST)
announces its intent to terminate the
Organic Production and Processing subprogram offered by NIST’s National
Voluntary Conformity Assessment
Systems Evaluation (NVCASE) program,
effective January 1, 2016.
NIST requests written comments on
the intended termination of the Organic
Production and Processing sub-program
offered by NVCASE, and announces a
30-day comment period for that
purpose. Persons desiring to comment
on the proposed termination must
submit their comments in writing to the
address provided in the ADDRESSES
section of this notice.
DATES: Comments regarding the
proposed January 1, 2016, termination
of the NVCASE Organic Production and
Processing sub-program must be
received no later than May 15, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
to NVCASE Program Manager, National
Voluntary Conformity Assessment
Systems Evaluation Program, National
Institute of Standards and Technology,
100 Bureau Drive, Stop 2100,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899–2100, or by
email to ramona.saar@nist.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ramona Saar, National Institute of
Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau
Drive, Stop 2100, Gaithersburg, MD
20899–2100, email to ramona.saar@
nist.gov, or phone 301–975–5521.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
National Institute of Standards and
SUMMARY:
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Technology (NIST) administers the
National Voluntary Conformity
Assessment Systems Evaluation
(NVCASE) program under regulations
found in Part 286 of Title 15 of the Code
of Federal Regulations.
Under the NVCASE program NIST
evaluates U.S.-based conformity
assessment bodies in order to be able to
provide assurances to a foreign
government that qualifying bodies meet
that government’s requirements and can
provide results that are acceptable to
that government. The program is
intended to provide a technically-based
U.S. approval process for U.S. industry
to gain foreign market access.
On December 6, 2002, NIST received
a request from a U.S. accreditation body
to establish a sub-program, under the
NVCASE program, for Organic
Production and Processing. The stated
objectives of the request were to provide
confidence in the quality of this
accreditation body’s work, and to
provide assurance that this accreditation
body complied with the requirements of
some foreign governments, thus
facilitating the export of U.S. products.
NIST, having determined that there
was no satisfactory recognition
alternative available and that there was
evidence that significant public
disadvantage would result from the
absence of any alternative, established
the NVCASE sub-program for Organic
Production and Processing on
November 4, 2003, following a public
workshop held on May 9, 2003. See, 68
FR 62434 (November 4, 2003).
In the decade since the establishment
of the sub-program, the United States
has made numerous trade arrangements
to facilitate the international trade of
organic products. The resulting changes
in the international requirements have
increased international market access
for U.S. producers. NIST considers that
there are now suitable alternative paths
to foreign market access, and that there
would be no significant public
disadvantage to terminating the Organic
Production and Processing sub-program.
Accordingly, the NIST NVCASE
program announces its intent to cease to
grant or renew recognition under the
Organic Production and Processing subprogram, effective January 1, 2016.
Conformity assessment bodies currently
recognized under the sub-program will
remain recognized until January 1, 2016,
provided they continue to meet program
requirements. The NVCASE program is
inviting the submission of written
comments on its announcement as set
forth in the DATES and ADDRESSES
sections of this notice.
Following the comment period,
NVCASE will make a final
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determination on terminating the subprogram, which will be published in the
Federal Register.
Dated: April 9, 2014.
Kevin A. Kimball,
Chief of Staff.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Greater Atlantic
Region Observer Providers
Requirements
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration,
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before June 16, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at JJessup@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Travis Ford, (978) 281–9233
or Travis.Ford@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Abstract
This request is for extension of a
current information collection.
Under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act, the
Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) has
the responsibility for the conservation
and management of marine fishery
resources. Much of this responsibility
has been delegated to the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA)/National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).
Under this stewardship role, the
Secretary was given certain regulatory
authorities to ensure the most beneficial
uses of these resources. One of the
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regulatory steps taken to carry out the
conservation and management
objectives is to collect data from users
of the resource.
Regulations at 50 CFR 648.11(g)
require observer service providers to
comply with specific requirements in
order to operate as an approved
provider in the Atlantic sea scallop
(scallop) fishery. Observer service
providers must comply with the
following requirements: submit
applications for approval as an observer
service provider; formally request
observer training by the Northeast
Fisheries Observer Program (NEFOP);
submit observer deployment reports and
biological samples; give notification of
whether a vessel must carry an observer
within 24 hours of the vessel owner’s
notification of a prospective trip; and
maintain an updated contact list of all
observers that includes the observer’s
identification number, name, mailing
address, email address, phone numbers,
homeports or fisheries/trip types
assigned, and whether or not the
observer is ‘‘in service.’’ The regulations
also require observer service providers
submit any outreach materials, such as
informational pamphlets, payment
notification, and descriptions of
observer duties as well as all contracts
between the service provider and
entities requiring observer services for
review to NMFS/NEFOP. Observer
service providers also have the option to
respond to application denials, and
submit a rebuttal in response to a
pending removal from the list of
approved observer providers. These
requirements allow NMFS/NEFOP to
effectively administer the scallop
observer program.
II. Method of Collection
The approved observer service
providers submit information to NMFS/
NEFOP via email, fax, or postal service.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0546.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
631.
Estimated Time per Response:
Application for approval of observer
service provider, 10 hours; applicant
response to denial of application for
approval of observer service provider,
10 hours; observer service provider
request for observer training, 30
minutes; observer deployment report, 10
minutes; observer availability report, 10
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
[Docket Number: 140305199-4199-01]
Notice of Intent To Terminate Selected National Voluntary
Conformity Assessment Systems Evaluation (NVCASE) Program Services
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
announces its intent to terminate the Organic Production and Processing
sub-program offered by NIST's National Voluntary Conformity Assessment
Systems Evaluation (NVCASE) program, effective January 1, 2016.
NIST requests written comments on the intended termination of the
Organic Production and Processing sub-program offered by NVCASE, and
announces a 30-day comment period for that purpose. Persons desiring to
comment on the proposed termination must submit their comments in
writing to the address provided in the ADDRESSES section of this
notice.
DATES: Comments regarding the proposed January 1, 2016, termination of
the NVCASE Organic Production and Processing sub-program must be
received no later than May 15, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to NVCASE Program Manager, National
Voluntary Conformity Assessment Systems Evaluation Program, National
Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 2100,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-2100, or by email to ramona.saar@nist.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ramona Saar, National Institute of
Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 2100, Gaithersburg, MD
20899-2100, email to ramona.saar@nist.gov, or phone 301-975-5521.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Institute of Standards and
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Technology (NIST) administers the National Voluntary Conformity
Assessment Systems Evaluation (NVCASE) program under regulations found
in Part 286 of Title 15 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
Under the NVCASE program NIST evaluates U.S.-based conformity
assessment bodies in order to be able to provide assurances to a
foreign government that qualifying bodies meet that government's
requirements and can provide results that are acceptable to that
government. The program is intended to provide a technically-based U.S.
approval process for U.S. industry to gain foreign market access.
On December 6, 2002, NIST received a request from a U.S.
accreditation body to establish a sub-program, under the NVCASE
program, for Organic Production and Processing. The stated objectives
of the request were to provide confidence in the quality of this
accreditation body's work, and to provide assurance that this
accreditation body complied with the requirements of some foreign
governments, thus facilitating the export of U.S. products.
NIST, having determined that there was no satisfactory recognition
alternative available and that there was evidence that significant
public disadvantage would result from the absence of any alternative,
established the NVCASE sub-program for Organic Production and
Processing on November 4, 2003, following a public workshop held on May
9, 2003. See, 68 FR 62434 (November 4, 2003).
In the decade since the establishment of the sub-program, the
United States has made numerous trade arrangements to facilitate the
international trade of organic products. The resulting changes in the
international requirements have increased international market access
for U.S. producers. NIST considers that there are now suitable
alternative paths to foreign market access, and that there would be no
significant public disadvantage to terminating the Organic Production
and Processing sub-program.
Accordingly, the NIST NVCASE program announces its intent to cease
to grant or renew recognition under the Organic Production and
Processing sub-program, effective January 1, 2016. Conformity
assessment bodies currently recognized under the sub-program will
remain recognized until January 1, 2016, provided they continue to meet
program requirements. The NVCASE program is inviting the submission of
written comments on its announcement as set forth in the DATES and
ADDRESSES sections of this notice.
Following the comment period, NVCASE will make a final
determination on terminating the sub-program, which will be published
in the Federal Register.
Dated: April 9, 2014.
Kevin A. Kimball,
Chief of Staff.
[FR Doc. 2014-08506 Filed 4-14-14; 8:45 am]
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