Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 26.09.1996

Consensus Standards Organization Under the Fastener Quality Act

The Fastener Quality Act (Act) (Pub. L. 101-592) as amended by Public Law 104-113 requires that certain fasteners sold in commerce conform to the standards and specifications to which they are represented to be manufactured. For the purposes of the Act, the fasteners covered by the Act are those manufactured in accordance with the standards and specifications published by a consensus standards organization or by a government agency. This announcement provides a provisional list of ``consensus standards organizations,'' and seeks comments on this list from interested organizations and individuals. Specifically, NIST is interested in receiving comments on: (1) Why any of the U.S., foreign national, or international organizations listed in this notice should not be defined as ``consensus standards organizations''; and (2) if there are additional U.S., foreign national, or international organizations which produce standards for the manufacture or alteration of fasteners, as those terms are defined in the Act and regulations, that should be defined as ``consensus standards organizations.'' Following the comment period, NIST will publish a final list in the Federal Register.