[Federal Register: April 14, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 71)]
[Rules and Regulations]               
[Page 18259-18287]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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Part II





Department of Commerce





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National Institute of Standards and Technology



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15 CFR Part 280



Procedures for Implementation of the Fastener Quality Act; Final Rule


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology

15 CFR Part 280

[Docket Number: 970724177-8057-02]
RIN 0693-AB43

 
Procedures for Implementation of the Fastener Quality Act

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Final rule and extension of implementation date.

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SUMMARY: The Director of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology (NIST), United States Department of Commerce, and the Under 
Secretary of the Bureau of Export Administration (BXA), United States 
Department of Commerce (collectively referred to as the Department), 
are today issuing a final rule based on comments received in response 
to the notice of proposed rulemaking published in the Federal Register 
on September 8, 1997 (62 FR 47240-47260) (1997)) amending regulations 
found at 15 CFR part 280 implementing the Fastener Quality Act (the 
Act). This final rule establishes the procedures for registration of 
in-process inspection activities of qualifying manufacturing facilities 
that use Quality Assurance Systems (QAS), revises definitions and 
related sections for clarity, and corrects editorial errors. These 
changes will facilitate the implementation of the Act and will better 
accommodate modern industry practices by incorporating these practices 
into the certification process of fasteners covered by the Act. This 
rule also extends the implementation date of the Fastener Quality Act 
by sixty days to July 26, 1998.