[Federal Register: August 29, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 169)][Notices] [Page 51006-51008]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2007-0039]
Intertek Testing Services NA, 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 Intertek
Testing Services NA, Inc., (ITSNA) as a Nationally Recognized Testing
Laboratory under 29 CFR 1910.7.
DATES: The expansion of recognition becomes effective on August 29,
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 that it is expanding recognition of Intertek Testing
Services NA, Inc., (ITSNA) as a Nationally Recognized Testing
Laboratory (NRTL). ITSNA's expansion covers the use of additional test
standards. OSHA's current scope of recognition for ITSNA may be found
in the following informational Web page: http://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/
nrtl/its.html.
OSHA recognition of an NRTL signifies that the organization has met
the legal requirements in Section 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 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. OSHA maintains an informational Web page
for each NRTL that details its scope of recognition. These pages can be
accessed from the Web site at http://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/
index.html.
In an earlier action involving ITSNA, OSHA issued a Federal
Register notice modifying its recognition, along with the recognition
of other NRTLs, by replacing or deleting test standards that standards-
developing organizations previously revised or withdrew (70 FR 11273,
March 8, 2005). In a subsequent Federal Register notice, OSHA granted
ITSNA's most recent application, which was for an expansion of
recognition (68 FR 62479, November 4, 2003).
ITSNA submitted an application, dated August 25, 2005, (see Exhibit
48-1, as cited in the preliminary notice) to expand its recognition to
include 56 additional test standards. One standard, however, is already
included in ITSNA's scope and another has been withdrawn by the
standards-developing organization. The NRTL Program staff has
determined that the remaining 54 standards are "appropriate test
standards" within the meaning of 29 CFR 1910.7(c). In connection with
the expansion, OSHA staff performed an onsite visit of the NRTL's
Cortland site (its headquarters facility) in May 2006. Based on this visit,
the staff recommends expansion of the ITSNA recognition to include the 54 test
standards (see Exhibit 48-4). Therefore, OSHA is approving these 54
test standards for the expansion.
Based on this review, OSHA published a preliminary notice
announcing the expansion application in the Federal Register on January
28, 2008 (73 FR 4919). Comments were requested by February 12, 2008,
but no comments were received in response to this notice. OSHA is now
proceeding with this final notice to grant ITSNA's expansion
application.
You may obtain or review copies of all public documents pertaining
to the ITSNA 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-2007-0039 (formerly NRTL1-89) contains all materials in the
record concerning ITSNA's recognition.
The current addresses of the ITSNA facilities (sites) already
recognized by OSHA are:
ITSNA, Inc., 3933 U.S. Route 11, Cortland, New York 13045;
ITSNA, Inc., 1950 Evergreen Boulevard, Duluth, Georgia 30096;
ITSNA, Inc., 1365 Adams Court, Menlo Park, California 94025;
ITSNA, Inc., 70 Codman Hill Road, Boxborough, Massachusetts 01719;
ITSNA, Inc., 27611 LaPaz Road, Suite C, Laguna Niguel, California
92677;
ITSNA, Inc., 8431 Murphy Drive, Middleton, Wisconsin 53562;
ITSNA, Inc., 7250 Hudson Blvd., Suite 100, Oakdale, Minnesota 55128;
ITSNA, Inc., 40 Commerce Way, Unit B, Totowa, New Jersey 07512;
ITSNA, Inc., 731 Enterprise Drive, Lexington, Kentucky 40510;
ITSNA Ltd., 1500 Brigantine Drive, Coquitlam, British Columbia V3K 7C1,
Canada;
ITS Hong Kong Ltd., 2/F., Garment Centre, 576 Castle Peak Road,
Kowloon, Hong Kong;
ITS Taiwan Ltd., 5F, No. 423, Ruiguang Rd., Neihu District, Taipei City
114, Taiwan R.O.C.; and
ITSNA Sweden AB, Box 1103, S-164 22, Kista, Stockholm, Sweden.
Final Decision and Order
NRTL Program staff examined ITSNA's application, the assessor's
recommendation, and other pertinent information. Based upon this
examination and the assessor's recommendation, OSHA finds that ITSNA
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 ITSNA, subject to this limitation and these conditions.
Limitation
OSHA limits the expansion of ITSNA'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):
UL 5B Strut-Type Channel Raceways and Fittings
UL 10A Tin-Clad Fire Doors
UL 30 Metal Safety Cans
UL 38 Manual Signaling Boxes for Fire Alarm Systems
UL 51 Power-Operated Pumps for Anhydrous Ammonia and LP-Gas
UL 58 Steel Underground Tanks for Flammable and Combustible Liquids
UL 80 Steel Tanks for Oil-Burner Fuels and Other Combustible Liquids
UL 92 Fire Extinguisher and Booster Hose
UL 125 Valves for Anhydrous Ammonia and LP-Gas (Other Than Safety
Relief)
UL 132 Safety Relief Valves for Anhydrous Ammonia and LP-Gas
UL 144 LP-Gas Regulators
UL 193 Alarm Valves for Fire-Protection Service
UL 194 Gasketed Joints for Ductile-Iron Pipe and Fittings for Fire
Protection Service
UL 252 Compressed Gas Regulators
UL 268 Smoke Detectors for Fire Alarm Signaling Systems
UL 268A Smoke Detectors for Duct Application
UL 346 Waterflow Indicators for Fire Protective Signaling Systems
UL 404 Gauges, Indicating Pressure, for Compressed Gas Service
UL 441 Gas Vents
UL 452 Antenna--Discharge Units
UL 486D Sealed Wire Connector Systems
UL 495 Power-Operated Dispensing Devices for LP-Gas
UL 515 Electrical Resistance Heat Tracing for Commercial and Industrial
Applications
UL 521 Heat Detectors for Fire Protective Signaling Systems
UL 539 Single and Multiple Station Heat Alarms
UL 555S Smoke Dampers
UL 568 Nonmetallic Cable Tray Systems
UL 681 Installation and Classification of Burglar and Holdup Alarm
Systems
UL 943B Appliance Leakage-Current Interrupters
UL 985 Household Fire Warning System Units
UL 1053 Ground-Fault Sensing and Relaying Equipment
UL 1058 Halogenated Agent Extinguishing System Units
UL 1062 Unit Substations
UL 1093 Halogenated Agent Fire Extinguishers
UL 1254 Pre-Engineered Dry Chemical Extinguishing System Units
UL 1322 Fabricated Scaffold Planks and Stages
UL 1412 Fusing Resistors and Temperature-Limited Resistors for Radio-
and Television-Type Appliances
UL 1468 Direct Acting Pressure Reducing and Pressure Restricting Valves
UL 1681 Wiring Device Configurations
UL 1730 Smoke Detector Monitors and Accessories for Individual Living
Units of Multifamily Residences and Hotel/Motel Rooms
UL 2085 Protected Aboveground Tanks for Flammable and Combustible
Liquids
UL 2129 Halocarbon Clean Agent Fire Extinguishers
UL 2388 Flexible Lighting Products
UL 60335-2-8 Household and Similar Electrical Appliances, Part 2:
Particular Requirements for Shavers, Hair Clippers, and Similar
Appliances
UL 60947-1 Low-Voltage Switchgear and Controlgear--Part 1: General
Rules
UL 60947-7-1 Low-Voltage Switchgear and Controlgear--Part 7-1:
Ancillary Equipment--Terminal Blocks for Copper Conductors
UL 60947-7-2 Low-Voltage Switchgear and Controlgear--Part 7-2:
Ancillary Equipment--Protective Conductor Terminal Blocks for Copper
Conductors
UL 60947-7-3 Low-Voltage Switchgear and Controlgear--Part 7-3:
Ancillary Equipment--Safety Requirements for Fuse Terminal Blocks
UL 61010A-2-010 Electrical Equipment for Laboratory Use; Part 2:
Particular Requirements for Laboratory Equipment for the Heating of
Materials
UL 61010A-2-041 Electrical Equipment for Laboratory Use; Part 2:
Particular Requirements for Autoclaves Using Steam for the Treatment of
Medical Materials and for Laboratory Processes
UL 61010A-2-042 Electrical Equipment for Laboratory Use; Part 2:
Particular Requirements for Autoclaves and Sterilizers Using
Toxic Gas for the Treatment of Medical Materials, and for Laboratory
Processes
UL 61010A-2-051 Electrical Equipment for Laboratory Use; Part 2:
Particular Requirements for Laboratory Equipment for Mixing and
Stirring
UL 61010A-2-061 Electrical Equipment for Laboratory Use; Part 2:
Particular Requirements for Laboratory Atomic Spectrometers with
Thermal Atomization and Ionization
UL 61010B-2-031 Electrical Equipment for Measurement, Control, and
Laboratory Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Hand-Held Probe
Assemblies for Electrical Measurement and Test
The designations and titles of the above test standards were
current at the time of the preparation of this notice.
OSHA's recognition of ITSNA, 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).
Test standards listed above may be approved as an American National
Standard 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 a test standard is currently ANSI-approved.
Conditions
ITSNA must also abide by the following conditions of the
recognition, in addition to those conditions already required by 29 CFR
1910.7:
OSHA must be allowed access to ITSNA's facilities and records to
ascertain continuing compliance with the terms of its recognition and
to perform investigations as OSHA deems necessary;
If ITSNA 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 concern and provide that organization
with appropriate relevant information upon which its concern is based;
ITSNA 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, ITSNA 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
applies, and also clearly indicating that its recognition is limited to
certain products;
ITSNA 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 of these
changes;
ITSNA will meet all the terms of its recognition and will always
comply with all OSHA policies pertaining to this recognition; and
ITSNA will continue to meet the requirements for recognition in all
areas where it has been recognized.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 20th day of August, 2008.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. E8-20171 Filed 8-28-08; 8:45 am]
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