[Federal Register: January 4, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 3)][Notices] [Page 895-897]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2006-0028]
MET Laboratories, Inc.; Expansion of Recognition
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration's final decision expanding the recognition of MET
Laboratories, Inc., (MET) as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory
under 29 CFR 1910.7.
DATES: The expansion of recognition becomes effective on January 4,
2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: MaryAnn Garrahan, Director, Office of
Technical Programs and Coordination Activities, NRTL Program,
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room N-3655, Washington, DC 20210,
or phone (202) 693-2110.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Notice of Final Decision
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) hereby
gives notice of the expansion of recognition of MET Laboratories, Inc.,
(MET) as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL). MET's
expansion covers the use of additional test standards. OSHA's current
scope of recognition for MET may be found in the following
informational Web page: http://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/met.html.
OSHA recognition of an NRTL signifies that the organization has met
the legal requirements in Sec. 1910.7 of Title 29, Code of Federal
Regulations (29 CFR 1910.7). Recognition is an acknowledgment that the
organization can perform independent safety testing and certification of the
specific products covered within its scope of recognition and is not a
delegation or grant of government authority. As a result of
recognition, employers may use products properly approved by the NRTL
to meet OSHA standards that require testing and certification.
The Agency processes applications by an NRTL for initial
recognition or for expansion or renewal of this recognition following
requirements in Appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.7. This appendix requires
that the Agency publish two notices in the Federal Register in
processing an application. In the first notice, OSHA announces the
application and provides its preliminary finding and, in the second
notice, the Agency provides its final decision on the application.
These notices set forth the NRTL's scope of recognition or
modifications of that scope. We maintain an informational Web page for
each NRTL that details its scope of recognition. These pages can be
accessed from our Web site at http://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/index.html.
MET submitted an application, dated April 25, 2006 (see Exhibit 41-
1, as cited in the preliminary notice), to expand its recognition to
include 22 additional test standards. One standard, however, is already
included in MET's scope. The NRTL Program staff determined that the
remaining 21 standards are "appropriate test standards" within the
meaning of 29 CFR 1910.7(c). In connection with this request, OSHA did
not perform an on-site review of MET's NRTL testing facilities.
However, NRTL Program assessment staff reviewed information pertinent
to the request and recommended that MET's recognition be expanded to
include the additional test standards listed below (see Exhibit 41-2,
as cited in the preliminary notice). Therefore, OSHA is approving these
21 test standards for the expansion.
The preliminary notice announcing the expansion application was
published in the Federal Register on July 6, 2007 (72 FR 37056).
Comments were requested by July 23, 2007, but no comments were received
in response to this notice. OSHA is now proceeding with this final
notice to grant MET's expansion application.
The most recent application processed by OSHA specifically related
to MET's recognition granted an expansion, and the final notice for
this expansion was published on February 27, 2007 (72 FR 8797).
You may obtain or review copies of all public documents pertaining
to the MET application by contacting the Docket Office, Occupational
Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Room N-2625, Washington, DC 20210. Docket No.
OSHA-2006-0028 (formerly NRTL1-88) contains all materials in the record
concerning MET's recognition.
The current address of the MET facility (site) already recognized
by OSHA is: MET Laboratories, Inc., 914 West Patapsco Avenue,
Baltimore, MD 21230.
Final Decision and Order
NRTL Program staff has examined the application, the assessor's
recommendation, and other pertinent information. Based upon this
examination and the assessor's recommendation, OSHA finds that MET has
met the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for expansion of its recognition,
subject to the limitation and conditions listed below. Pursuant to the
authority in 29 CFR 1910.7, OSHA hereby expands the recognition of MET,
subject to this limitation and these conditions.
Limitation
OSHA limits the expansion of MET's recognition to testing and
certification of products for demonstration of conformance to the
following test standards, each of which OSHA has determined is an
appropriate test standard, within the meaning of 29 CFR 1910.7(c):
ANSI A17.5 Elevator and Escalator Electrical Equipment
UL 250 Household Refrigerators and Freezers
UL 399 Drinking Water Coolers
UL 430 Waste Disposers
UL 474 Dehumidifiers
UL 498A Current Taps and Adapters
UL 563 Ice Makers
UL 749 Household Dishwashers
UL 826 Household Electric Clocks
UL 858 Household Electric Ranges
UL 998 Humidifiers
UL 1005 Electric Flatirons
UL 1082 Household Electric Coffee Makers and Brewing-Type Appliances
UL 1086 Household Trash Compactors
UL 1261 Electric Water Heaters for Pools and Tubs
UL 1640 Portable Power-Distribution Equipment
UL 1741 Inverters, Converters, Controllers and Interconnection System
Equipment for Use With Distributed Energy Resources
UL 1994 Luminous Egress Path Marking Systems
UL 2157 Electric Clothes Washing Machines and Extractors
UL 2158 Electric Clothes Dryers
UL 60335-2-8 Household and Similar Electrical Appliances, Part 2:
Particular Requirements for Shavers, Hair Clippers, and Similar
Appliances
The designations and titles of the above test standards were
current at the time of the preparation of the preliminary notice.
OSHA's recognition of MET, or any NRTL, for a particular test
standard is limited to equipment or materials (i.e., products) for
which OSHA standards require third-party testing and certification
before use in the workplace. Consequently, if a test standard also
covers any product(s) for which OSHA does not require such testing and
certification, an NRTL's scope of recognition does not include that
product(s).
A test standard listed above may be approved as American National
Standards by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). However,
for convenience, we use the designation of the standards developing
organization for the standard as opposed to the ANSI designation. Under
our procedures, any NRTL recognized for an ANSI-approved test standard
may use either the latest proprietary version of the test standard or
the latest ANSI version of that standard. You may contact ANSI to find
out whether or not a test standard is currently ANSI-approved.
Conditions
MET must also abide by the following conditions of the recognition,
in addition to those already required by 29 CFR 1910.7:
OSHA must be allowed access to MET's facilities and records for
purposes of ascertaining continuing compliance with the terms of its
recognition and to investigate as OSHA deems necessary;
If MET has reason to doubt the efficacy of any test standard it is
using under this program, it must promptly inform the test standard
developing organization of this fact and provide that organization with
appropriate relevant information upon which its concerns are based;
MET must not engage in or permit others to engage in any
misrepresentation of the scope or conditions of its recognition. As
part of this condition, MET agrees that it will allow no representation
that it is either a recognized or an accredited Nationally Recognized
Testing Laboratory (NRTL) without clearly indicating the specific
equipment or material to which this recognition is tied, or that its
recognition is limited to certain products;
MET must inform OSHA as soon as possible, in writing, of any change
of ownership, facilities, or key personnel, and of any major changes in
its operations as an NRTL, including details;
MET will meet all the terms of its recognition and will always
comply with all OSHA policies pertaining to this recognition; and
MET will continue to meet the requirements for recognition in all
areas where it has been recognized.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 26th day of December, 2007.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health.
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