[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 77 (Monday, April 22, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16696-16698]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-07997]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. OSHA-2006-0028]


CSA Group Testing & Certification, Inc.: Grant of Expansion of 
Recognition and Modification to the NRTL Program's List of Appropriate 
Test Standards

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA announces the final decision to expand 
the scope of recognition for CSA Group Testing & Certification, Inc. 
(CSA), as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL). 
Additionally, OSHA announces the addition of one test standard to the 
NRTL Program's List of Appropriate Test Standards.

DATES: The expansion of the scope of recognition becomes effective on 
April 22, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information regarding this notice is 
available from the following sources:
    Press inquiries: Contact Mr. Frank Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office 
of Communications, U.S. Department of Labor; telephone: (202) 693-1999; 
email: [email protected].
    General and technical information: Contact Mr. Kevin Robinson, 
Director, Office of Technical Programs and Coordination Activities, 
Directorate of Technical Support and Emergency Management, Occupational 
Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor; telephone: 
(202) 693-2110; email: [email protected]. OSHA's web page includes 
information about the NRTL Program (see http://

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www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/index.html).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Notice of Final Decision

    OSHA hereby gives notice of the expansion of the scope of 
recognition of CSA Group Testing & Certification, Inc. (CSA), as a 
NRTL. CSA's expansion covers the addition of one test standard to its 
scope of recognition. Additionally, OSHA announces the addition of one 
test standard to the NRTL Program's List of Appropriate Test Standards.
    OSHA recognition of a NRTL signifies that the organization meets 
the requirements specified by 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 of the products.
    The agency processes applications by a 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 a preliminary finding and, in the second 
notice, the agency provides the 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 are 
available from the agency's website at http://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/index.html.
    CSA submitted an application, dated May 23, 2017 (OSHA-2006-0042-
0012), to expand recognition to include seven additional test 
standards. OSHA staff performed a detailed analysis of the application 
packet and reviewed other pertinent information. OSHA did not perform 
any on-site reviews in relation to this application. OSHA published a 
Federal Register notice (82 FR 60051 December 18, 2017) announcing this 
application, but referenced one incorrect standard in the listing of 
appropriate test standards (UL 498A). OSHA further published a Federal 
Register notice (83 FR 22289 May 14, 2018) granting recognition for the 
six additional standards requested in the application. UL 498A is 
already included in the list of appropriate test standards and in CSA's 
scope of recognition. This notice revises the previous Federal Register 
notice for the one remaining standard (UL 489A).
    OSHA published the preliminary notice announcing CSA's expansion 
application and proposed addition to the NRTL List of Appropriate Test 
Standards in the Federal Register on February 12, 2019 (84 FR 3499). 
The agency requested comments by February 28, 2019, but received no 
comments in response to this notice. OSHA now is proceeding with this 
final notice to grant expansion of CSA's scope of recognition.
    To obtain or review copies of all public documents pertaining to 
CSA's application, go to http://www.regulations.gov or contact the 
Docket Office, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. 
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Room N-3653, 
Washington, DC 20210. Docket No. OSHA-2006-0042 contains all materials 
in the record concerning CSA's recognition.

II. Final Decision and Order

    OSHA staff examined CSA's expansion application, the capability to 
meet the requirements of the test standards, and other pertinent 
information. Based on a review of this evidence, OSHA finds that CSA 
meets the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for expansion of the 
recognition, subject to the specified limitation, and conditions 
listed. OSHA, therefore, is proceeding with this final notice to grant 
CSA's scope of recognition. OSHA limits the expansion of CSA's 
recognition to testing and certification of products for demonstration 
of conformance to the test standard listed in Table 1.

 Table 1--List of Appropriate Test Standard for Inclusion in CSA's NRTL
                          Scope of Recognition
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             Test standard                     Test standard title
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UL 489A*...............................  Standard for Circuit Breakers
                                          for Use in Communications
                                          Equipment
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* Represents the standard that OSHA will add to the NRTL Program's List
  of Appropriate Test Standards

    In this notice, OSHA also announces the addition of a new test 
standard to the NRTL Program's List of Appropriate Test Standards. 
Table 2, lists the test standard that is new to the NRTL Program. OSHA 
has determined that this test standard is an appropriate test standard 
and will include it in the NRTL Program's List of Appropriate Test 
Standards.

   Table 2--Test Standard OSHA Is Adding to the NRTL Program's List of
                       Appropriate Test Standards
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             Test standard                     Test standard title
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UL 489A................................  Standard for Circuit Breakers
                                          for Use in Communications
                                          Equipment
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    OSHA's recognition of any NRTL for a particular test standard is 
limited to equipment or materials for which OSHA standards require 
third-party testing and certification before using them in the 
workplace. Consequently, if a test standard also covers any products 
for which OSHA does not require such testing and certification, a 
NRTL's scope of recognition does not include these products.
    The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) may approve the 
test standards listed above as American National Standards. However, 
for convenience, the use of the designation of the standards-developing 
organization for the standard as opposed to the ANSI designation may 
occur. Under the NRTL Program's policy (see OSHA Instruction CPL 1-0.3, 
Appendix C, paragraph XIV), any NRTL recognized for a particular test 
standard may use either the proprietary version of the test standard or 
the ANSI version of that standard. Contact ANSI to determine whether a 
test standard is currently ANSI-approved.

A. Conditions

    In addition to those conditions already required by 29 CFR 1910.7, 
CSA must abide by the following conditions of the recognition:
    1. CSA must inform OSHA as soon as possible, in writing, of any 
change of ownership, facilities, or key personnel, and of any major 
change in its operations as a NRTL, and provide details of the 
change(s);
    2. CSA must meet all the terms of its recognition and comply with 
all OSHA policies pertaining to this recognition; and
    3. CSA must continue to meet the requirements for recognition, 
including all previously published conditions on CSA's scope of 
recognition, in all areas for which it has recognition.
    Pursuant to the authority in 29 CFR 1910.7, OSHA hereby expands the 
scope of recognition of CSA, subject to the limitation and conditions 
specified above.

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III. Authority and Signature

    Loren Sweatt, Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational 
Safety and Health, authorized the preparation of this notice. 
Accordingly, the agency is issuing this notice pursuant to 29 U.S.C. 
657(g)(2), Secretary of Labor's Order No. 1-2012 (77 FR 3912, Jan. 25, 
2012), and 29 CFR 1910.7.

    Signed at Washington, DC, on April 16, 2019.
Loren Sweatt,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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