15 CFR § 285.16 - Incorporation by reference.

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title: "15 CFR § 285.16 - Incorporation by reference."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "285.16"
section_name: "Incorporation by reference."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "J"
subchapter_name: "ACCREDITATION AND ASSESSMENT PROGRAMS"
part_number: "285"
part_name: "NATIONAL VOLUNTARY LABORATORY ACCREDITATION PROGRAM"
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authority: "15 U.S.C. 272"
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# 285.16 Incorporation by reference.

Certain material is incorporated by reference into this part with the approval of the Director of the Federal Register under 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. All approved material is available for inspection at National Institute of Standards and Technology, National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Room B119, Gaithersburg, MD and is available from the source(s) listed in the following paragraph(s). It is also available for inspection at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For access to the NIST campus, please contact NVLAP by phone at 301-975-4016 or by email at *[email protected]* to obtain instructions for visitor registration. For information on the availability of this material at NARA, email *[email protected]* or go to *www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html.*

(a) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), U.S. Department of Commerce, 100 Bureau Drive, Room B119, Gaithersburg, MD, 301-975-4016 *[email protected],* *www.nist.gov/publications/.*

(1) NIST Handbook 150, *National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program Procedures (NVLAP) and General Requirements,* authored by Dana S. Leaman and Bethany Hackett, 2020 Edition, August 2020, 2020 (*NVLAP Procedures and General Requirements*) *https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/hb/2020/NIST.HB.150-2020.pdf;* into §§ 285.8(a) and § 285.14.

(2) [Reserved]

(b) [Reserved]

[85 FR 60061, Sept. 24, 2020]