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calibrations or types of tests or
calibrations. The collection is mandated
by 15 CFR part 285.
II. Method of Collection
Each new or renewal applicant
laboratory electronically submits its
application for NVLAP accreditation
through a self-service, web-based portal
called the ‘‘NVLAP Interactive Web
System’’ (NIWS). This method of
collection also gives applicant
laboratories the ability to upload
document files needed to support the
application process and to maintain
their own profile information.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0693–0003.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission,
extension of a current information
collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; not-for-profit
institutions; and Federal, State or local
government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
630.
Estimated Time per Response: 3
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,890 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain benefits.
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IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department/Bureau to: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of our estimate of the time and
cost burden for this proposed collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
Evaluate ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) Minimize the
reporting burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
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While you may ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and
Technology
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Analysis of Exoskeleton-Use
for Enhancing Human Performance
Data Collection
National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to comment on
proposed, and continuing information
collections, which helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. The purpose of this
notice is to allow for 60 days of public
comment preceding submission of the
collection to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received
on or before November 25, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
Maureen O’Reilly, Management Analyst,
NIST by email to PRANIST@nist.gov.
Please reference OMB Control Number
0693–0083 in the subject line of your
comments. Do not submit Confidential
Business Information or otherwise
sensitive or protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection
activities should be directed to Ann
Marie Virts, Project Leader, NIST, 100
Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899,
Ann.virts@nist.gov, 301–975–5068.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Abstract
Exoskeletons—sometimes called
wearable robots—are a very rapidly
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expanding domain with a range of
applications and a broad diversity of
designs. NIST’s Engineering Laboratory
will be developing methods to evaluate
performance of exoskeletons in two key
areas (1) The fit and motion of the
exoskeleton device with respect to the
users’ body and (2) The impact that
using an exoskeleton has on the
performance of users executing tasks
that are representative of activities in
industrial settings and emergency
response applications. The results of
these experiments will inform future
test method development at NIST, other
organizations, and under the purview of
the American Society for Testing
Materials (ASTM) Committee F48 on
Exoskeletons and Exosuits.
For the first research topic, NIST will
be measuring the difference in
performance of a person wearing an
exoskeleton versus the person’s baseline
without the exoskeleton while
positioning loads and tools. The NIST
Position and Load Test Apparatus for
Exoskeletons (PoLoTAE), which
presents abstractions of industrial task
challenges, will be used in this research.
NIST researchers will also develop
standard test methods to represent real
world applications for emergency
responders such as mobility tasks,
climbing over, around and thru
obstacles.
For the second research topic, NIST
will evaluate a method for measuring
the alignment of an exoskeleton to
human joint (knee) and any relative
movement between the exoskeleton and
user. Measurement methods prototyped
by NIST for evaluating exoskeleton on
mannequin position and motion will be
applied to human subjects to verify the
usefulness of optical tracking system
and designed artifacts worn by users as
measurement methods.
Participants will be chosen from
volunteers within NIST and adult NIST
visitors to participate in the study.
Gender and size diversity will be sought
in the population of participants. No
personally identifiable information (PII)
will be recorded unless subject consent
for PII disclosure is received. NIST
intends to publish information on the
analysis and results.
II. Method of Collection
Participants will give informed
consent prior to participating in the
research. Information may be collected
via a paper background questionnaire
which may include disclosure of health
information which may be relevant for
safety and research reasons. Data will be
collected using a combination of heart
rate monitor, video and still cameras to
collect time and subject activity to
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correlate heart rate with activity and an
optical tracking system which detects
markers worn by the subject.
Participants will be asked to complete a
paper survey once data is collected for
the research.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
III. Data
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to
Specified Activities; Taking Marine
Mammals Incidental to Furie Operating
Alaska, LLC Natural Gas Activities in
Cook Inlet, Alaska
OMB Control Number: 0693–0083.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission,
extension of a current information
collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
240.
Estimated Time per Response: 10
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 40 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
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IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department/Bureau to: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of our estimate of the time and
cost burden for this proposed collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
Evaluate ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) Minimize the
reporting burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you may ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office
of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XE106]
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of an incidental
harassment authorization.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
regulations implementing the Marine
Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as
amended, notification is hereby given
that NMFS has issued two incidental
harassment authorizations (IHAs) to
Furie Operating Alaska, LLC (Furie) to
incidentally harass marine mammals
during natural gas activities in Cook
Inlet, Alaska.
DATES: These authorizations are
effective from September 13, 2024
through September 12, 2025 for year 1
activities, and September 13, 2025
through September 12, 2026 for year 2
activities.
ADDRESSES: Electronic copies of the
application and supporting documents,
as well as a list of the references cited
in this document, may be obtained
online at: https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/
marine-mammal-protection/incidentaltake-authorizations-oil-and-gas. In case
of problems accessing these documents,
please call the contact listed below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Leah Davis, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
The MMPA prohibits the ‘‘take’’ of
marine mammals, with certain
exceptions. Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and
(D) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et
seq.) direct the Secretary of Commerce
(as delegated to NMFS) to allow, upon
request, the incidental, but not
intentional, taking of small numbers of
marine mammals by U.S. citizens who
engage in a specified activity (other than
commercial fishing) within a specified
geographical region if certain findings
are made and either regulations are
proposed or, if the taking is limited to
harassment, a notice of a proposed IHA
is provided to the public for review.
Authorization for incidental takings
shall be granted if NMFS finds that the
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taking will have a negligible impact on
the species or stock(s) and will not have
an unmitigable adverse impact on the
availability of the species or stock(s) for
taking for subsistence uses (where
relevant). Further, NMFS must prescribe
the permissible methods of taking and
other ‘‘means of effecting the least
practicable adverse impact’’ on the
affected species or stocks and their
habitat, paying particular attention to
rookeries, mating grounds, and areas of
similar significance, and on the
availability of the species or stocks for
taking for certain subsistence uses
(referred to in shorthand as
‘‘mitigation’’); and requirements
pertaining to the monitoring and
reporting of the takings. The definitions
of all applicable MMPA statutory terms
cited above are included in the relevant
sections below.
Summary of Request
On July 19, 2023, NMFS received a
request from Furie for two consecutive
IHAs to take marine mammals
incidental to natural gas activities in
Cook Inlet, Alaska. The application was
deemed adequate and complete on April
5, 2024. Furie’s request is for take of 12
species of marine mammals, by Level B
harassment and, for harbor seals, Level
A harassment. Neither Furie nor NMFS
expect serious injury or mortality to
result from this activity and, therefore,
an IHA is appropriate.
Description of the Specified Activity
From September 13, 2024, through
September 12, 2025 (year 1), and from
September 13, 2025 through September
12, 2026 (year 2), Furie is planning to
conduct the following natural gas
activities in Middle Cook Inlet, Alaska.
In year 1, Furie proposes to relocate the
Enterprise 151 jack-up production rig
(Enterprise 151 or rig) to the Julius R.
Platform (JRP) site, install up to two
conductor piles using an impact
hammer, and conduct production
drilling of up to two natural gas wells
at the JRP with the Enterprise 151 rig (or
a similar rig) across 45–180 days. During
year 2, Furie proposes to relocate the
Enterprise 151 rig to the JRP site again,
potentially install one to two conductor
piles using an impact hammer
(depending on whether either or both of
these piles are installed or not during
year 1), and conduct additional
production drilling at the JRP. Furie
proposes to conduct the rig towing and
pile driving activities between April 1
and November 15 each year, but if
favorable ice conditions occur outside of
that period, it may tow the rig or pile
drive outside of that period. Noise
produced by rig towing and installation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Analysis of Exoskeleton-Use for Enhancing Human Performance
Data Collection
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information
collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. The
purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment
preceding submission of the collection to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received on or before November 25, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments to
Maureen O'Reilly, Management Analyst, NIST by email to
[email protected]. Please reference OMB Control Number 0693-0083 in the
subject line of your comments. Do not submit Confidential Business
Information or otherwise sensitive or protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection activities should be directed
to Ann Marie Virts, Project Leader, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899, [email protected], 301-975-5068.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
Exoskeletons--sometimes called wearable robots--are a very rapidly
expanding domain with a range of applications and a broad diversity of
designs. NIST's Engineering Laboratory will be developing methods to
evaluate performance of exoskeletons in two key areas (1) The fit and
motion of the exoskeleton device with respect to the users' body and
(2) The impact that using an exoskeleton has on the performance of
users executing tasks that are representative of activities in
industrial settings and emergency response applications. The results of
these experiments will inform future test method development at NIST,
other organizations, and under the purview of the American Society for
Testing Materials (ASTM) Committee F48 on Exoskeletons and Exosuits.
For the first research topic, NIST will be measuring the difference
in performance of a person wearing an exoskeleton versus the person's
baseline without the exoskeleton while positioning loads and tools. The
NIST Position and Load Test Apparatus for Exoskeletons (PoLoTAE), which
presents abstractions of industrial task challenges, will be used in
this research. NIST researchers will also develop standard test methods
to represent real world applications for emergency responders such as
mobility tasks, climbing over, around and thru obstacles.
For the second research topic, NIST will evaluate a method for
measuring the alignment of an exoskeleton to human joint (knee) and any
relative movement between the exoskeleton and user. Measurement methods
prototyped by NIST for evaluating exoskeleton on mannequin position and
motion will be applied to human subjects to verify the usefulness of
optical tracking system and designed artifacts worn by users as
measurement methods.
Participants will be chosen from volunteers within NIST and adult
NIST visitors to participate in the study. Gender and size diversity
will be sought in the population of participants. No personally
identifiable information (PII) will be recorded unless subject consent
for PII disclosure is received. NIST intends to publish information on
the analysis and results.
II. Method of Collection
Participants will give informed consent prior to participating in
the research. Information may be collected via a paper background
questionnaire which may include disclosure of health information which
may be relevant for safety and research reasons. Data will be collected
using a combination of heart rate monitor, video and still cameras to
collect time and subject activity to
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correlate heart rate with activity and an optical tracking system which
detects markers worn by the subject. Participants will be asked to
complete a paper survey once data is collected for the research.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0693-0083.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission, extension of a current
information collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 240.
Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 40 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department/Bureau
to: (a) Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is
necessary for the proper functions of the Department, including whether
the information will have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the accuracy
of our estimate of the time and cost burden for this proposed
collection, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (c) Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and (d) Minimize the reporting burden
on those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other personal identifying information in
your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--including
your personal identifying information--may be made publicly available
at any time. While you may ask us in your comment to withhold your
personal identifying information from public review, we cannot
guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-21837 Filed 9-23-24; 8:45 am]
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