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OSHA’s estimate of the information
collection burden is accurate. The
Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970 (the OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651 et
seq.) authorizes information collection
by employers as necessary or
appropriate for enforcement of the OSH
Act or for developing information
regarding the causes and prevention of
occupational injuries, illnesses, and
accidents (29 U.S.C. 657). The OSH Act
also requires OSHA to obtain such
information with minimum burden
upon employers, especially those
operating small businesses, and to
reduce to the maximum extent feasible
unnecessary duplication of efforts in
obtaining information (29 U.S.C. 657).
The EtO Standard (29 CFR 1910.1047)
specifies a number of paperwork
requirements. The following is a brief
description of the collection of
information requirements contained in
the standard.
The information collection
requirements specified in the Ethylene
Oxide Standard protect workers from
the adverse health effects that may
result from occupational exposure to
ethylene oxide. The principal
information collection requirements in
the EtO Standard include conducting
worker exposure monitoring, notifying
workers of the exposure, implementing
a written compliance program, and
implementing medical surveillance of
workers. Also, the examining physician
must provide specific information to
ensure that workers receive a copy of
their medical examination results. The
employer must maintain exposuremonitoring and medical records for
specific periods, and provide access to
these records by OSHA, the National
Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health, the affected workers, and their
authorized representatives and other
designated parties.
II. Special Issues for Comment
OSHA has a particular interest in
comments on the following issues:
• Whether the proposed information
collection requirements are necessary
for the proper performance of the
Agency’s functions, including whether
the information is useful;
• The accuracy of OSHA’s estimate of
the burden (time and costs) of the
information collection requirements,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
• The quality, utility, and clarity of
the information collected; and
• Ways to minimize the burden on
employers who must comply (for
example, by using automated or other
technological information collection
and transmission techniques).
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III. Proposed Actions
OSHA is requesting that OMB extend
its approval of the information
collection requirements specified in the
Ethylene Oxide Standard. The Agency is
requesting an overall adjustment
decrease of burden hours, from 35,051
to 27,880 burden hours. The decrease in
burden hours is primarily due to a
decrease in the number of
establishments covered by the Standard.
The Agency will summarize the
comments submitted in response to this
notice, and will include this summary
in its request to OMB.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Ethylene Oxide (29 CFR
1910.1047).
OMB Control Number: 1218–0108.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits.
Number of Respondents: 1,869.
Frequency of Response: Initially,
annually; on occasion.
Total Responses: 148,443.
Average Time per Response: Various.
Burden Hours: 27,880.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $4,250,569.
IV. Public Participation—Submission of
Comments on This Notice and Internet
Access to Comments and Submissions
You may submit comments in
response to this document as follows:
(1) Electronically at https://
www.regulations.gov, which is the
Federal eRulemaking Portal; (2) by
facsimile; or (3) by hard copy. All
comments, attachments, and other
material must identify the Agency name
and the OSHA docket number for this
ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2009–0035).
You may supplement electronic
submissions by uploading document
files electronically. If you wish to mail
additional materials in reference to an
electronic or facsimile submission, you
must submit them to the OSHA Docket
Office (see the section of this notice
titled ADDRESSES). The additional
materials must clearly identify your
electronic comments by your name,
date, and the docket number so that the
Agency can attach them to your
comments.
Because of security procedures, the
use of regular mail may cause a
significant delay in the receipt of
comments. For information about
security procedures concerning the
delivery of materials by hand, express
delivery, messenger, or courier service,
please contact the OSHA Docket Office
at (202) 693–2350, (TTY (877) 889–
5627).
Comments and submissions are
posted without change at https://
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www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA
cautions commenters about submitting
personal information such as social
security numbers and dates of birth.
Although all submissions are listed in
the https://www.regulations.gov index,
some information (e.g., copyrighted
material) is not publicly available to
read or download from this Web site.
All submissions, including copyrighted
material, are available for inspection
and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
Information on using the https://
www.regulations.gov Web site to submit
comments and access the docket is
available at the Web site’s ‘‘User tips’’
link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office
for information about materials not
available from the Web site, and for
assistance in using the Internet to locate
docket submission.
V. Authority and Signature
Dorothy Dougherty, Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health, directed the
preparation of this notice. The authority
for this notice is the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506
et seq.) and Secretary of Labor’s Order
No. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912).
Signed at Washington, DC, on March 29,
2017.
Dorothy Dougherty,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2006–0028]
MET Laboratories, Inc.: Grant of
Expansion of Recognition and
Modification to the NRTL Program’s
List of Appropriate Test Standards
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In this notice, OSHA
announces its final decision to expand
the scope of recognition for MET
Laboratories, Inc., as a Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL).
DATES: The expansion of the scope of
recognition becomes effective on April
5, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Information regarding this notice is
available from the following sources:
Press inquiries: Contact Mr. Frank
Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of
SUMMARY:
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Communications, U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Room N–3647, Washington, DC 20210;
telephone: (202) 693–1999; email:
meilinger.francis2@dol.gov.
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, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Room N–3655, Washington, DC 20210;
telephone: (202) 693–2110; email:
robinson.kevin@dol.gov. OSHA’s Web
page includes information about the
NRTL Program (see https://
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
MET Laboratories, Inc. (MET), as a
NRTL. MET’s expansion covers the
addition of five test standards to its
scope of recognition, including one test
standard that will be added to the NRTL
List of Appropriate Test Standards.
OSHA recognition of an 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 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 are available
from the Agency’s Web site at https://
www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/
index.html.
MET submitted five applications, four
dated July 7, 2015 (OSHA–2006–0028–
0026), (OSHA–2006–0028–0027),
(OSHA–2006–0028–0028), (OSHA–
2006–0028–0029) and one dated August
4, 2015 (OSHA–2006–0028–0025), to
expand its recognition to include five
additional test standards. OSHA staff
performed a comparability analysis and
reviewed other pertinent information.
OSHA did not perform any on-site
reviews in relation to this application.
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OSHA published the preliminary
notice announcing MET’s expansion
application in the Federal Register on
November 15, 2016 (81 FR 80089). The
Agency requested comments by
November 30, 2016, but it received no
comments in response to this notice.
OSHA now is proceeding with this final
notice to grant expansion of MET’s
scope of recognition.
To obtain or review copies of all
public documents pertaining to the
MET’s application, go to
www.regulations.gov or contact 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 contains
all materials in the record concerning
MET’s recognition.
II. Final Decision and Order
OSHA staff examined MET’s
expansion applications, its capability to
meet the requirements of the test
standards, and other pertinent
information. Based on its review of this
evidence, OSHA finds that MET meets
the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for
expansion of its recognition, subject to
the limitation and conditions listed
below. OSHA, therefore, is proceeding
with this final notice to grant MET’s
scope of recognition. OSHA limits the
expansion of MET’s recognition to
testing and certification of products for
demonstration of conformance to the
test standards listed in Table 1 below.
TABLE 1—LIST OF APPROPRIATE TEST STANDARDS FOR INCLUSION IN MET’S NRTL SCOPE OF RECOGNITION
Test standard
Test standard title
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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, below, 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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a particular test standard is limited to
equipment or materials for which OSHA
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workplace. Consequently, if a test
standard also covers any products for
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scope of recognition does not include
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The American National Standards
Institute (ANSI) may approve the test
standards listed above as American
National Standards. However, for
convenience, we may use the
designation of the standards-developing
organization for the standard as opposed
to the ANSI designation. 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, MET
must abide by the following conditions
of the recognition:
1. MET 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. MET must meet all the terms of its
recognition and comply with all OSHA
policies pertaining to this recognition;
and
3. MET must continue to meet the
requirements for recognition, including
all previously published conditions on
MET’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 MET, subject to the
limitation and conditions specified
above.
III. Authority and Signature
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Dorothy Dougherty, Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210,
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 March 22,
2017.
Dorothy Dougherty,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers’ Compensation
Programs
Advisory Board on Toxic Substances
and Worker Health
Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs, Department of
Labor.
ACTION: Announcement of meeting of
the Advisory Board on Toxic Substances
and Worker Health (Advisory Board) for
the Energy Employees Occupational
Illness Compensation Program Act
(EEOICPA).
AGENCY:
The Advisory Board will meet
April 19–20, 2017, in Richland,
Washington. Comments, requests to
speak, submissions of materials for the
record, and requests for special
accommodations: You must submit
(postmark, send, transmit) comments,
requests to address the Advisory Board,
speaker presentations, and requests for
special accommodations for the
meetings by April 12, 2017.
ADDRESSES: The Advisory Board will
meet at the Red Lion Richland Hanford
House, 802 George Washington Way,
Richland, Washington 99352, phone
509–946–7611.
Submission of comments, requests to
speak and submissions of materials for
the record: You may submit comments,
materials, and requests to speak at the
Advisory Board meeting, identified by
the Advisory Board name and the
meeting date of April 19–20, 2017, by
any of the following methods:
• Electronically: Send to:
EnergyAdvisoryBoard@dol.gov (specify
in the email subject line, for example
‘‘Request to Speak: Advisory Board on
Toxic Substances and Worker Health’’).
• Mail, express delivery, hand
delivery, messenger, or courier service:
Submit one copy to the following
address: U.S. Department of Labor,
Office of Workers’ Compensation
Programs, Advisory Board on Toxic
Substances and Worker Health, Room
S–3522, 200 Constitution Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20210.
Requests for special accommodations:
Please submit requests for special
accommodations to attend the Advisory
Board meeting by email, telephone, or
hard copy to Ms. Carrie Rhoads, OWCP,
Room S–3524, U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202)
343–5580; email EnergyAdvisoryBoard@
dol.gov.
Your submissions must include the
Agency name (OWCP), the committee
name (the Advisory Board), and the
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meeting date (April 19–20, 2017). Due to
security-related procedures, receipt of
submissions by regular mail may
experience significant delays. For
additional information about
submissions, see the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this notice.
OWCP will make available publically,
without change, any comments, requests
to speak, and speaker presentations,
including any personal information that
you provide. Therefore, OWCP cautions
interested parties against submitting
personal information such as Social
Security numbers and birthdates.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
press inquiries: Ms. Amy Louviere,
Office of Public Affairs, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room S–1028, 200
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC
20210; telephone (202) 693–4672; email
Louviere.Amy@DOL.GOV.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Advisory Board will meet: Tuesday,
April 18, 2017, all day for a fact-finding
site visit of the Hanford Site,
accompanied by the Designated Federal
Officer; Wednesday, April 19, 2017,
from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Pacific time;
and Thursday, April 20, 2017, from 8:00
a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Pacific time in
Richland, Washington. Some Advisory
Board members may attend the meeting
by teleconference. The teleconference
number and other details for
participating remotely will be posted on
the Advisory Board’s Web site, https://
www.dol.gov/owcp/energy/regs/
compliance/AdvisoryBoard.htm, 72
hours prior to the commencement of the
first meeting date. Advisory Board
meetings are open to the public.
Public comment session: Wednesday,
April 19, 2017, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00
p.m. Pacific time. Please note that the
public comment session ends at the
time indicated or following the last call
for comments, whichever is earlier.
Members of the public who wish to
provide public comments should plan
to attend the public comment session
(in person or remotely) at the start time
listed.
The Advisory Board is mandated by
Section 3687 of EEOICPA. The Secretary
of Labor established the Board under
this authority and Executive Order
13699 (June 26, 2015). The purpose of
the Advisory Board is to advise the
Secretary with respect to: (1) The Site
Exposure Matrices (SEM) of the
Department of Labor; (2) medical
guidance for claims examiners for
claims with the EEOICPA program, with
respect to the weighing of the medical
evidence of claimants; (3) evidentiary
requirements for claims under Part B of
EEOICPA related to lung disease; and
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2006-0028]
MET Laboratories, 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 its final decision to expand
the scope of recognition for MET Laboratories, Inc., as a Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL).
DATES: The expansion of the scope of recognition becomes effective on
April 5, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information regarding this notice is
available from the following sources:
Press inquiries: Contact Mr. Frank Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office
of
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Communications, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Room N-3647, Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693-1999; email:
meilinger.francis2@dol.gov.
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, 200
Constitution Avenue NW., Room N-3655, Washington, DC 20210; telephone:
(202) 693-2110; email: robinson.kevin@dol.gov. OSHA's Web page includes
information about the NRTL Program (see https://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Notice of Final Decision
OSHA hereby gives notice of the expansion of the scope of
recognition of MET Laboratories, Inc. (MET), as a NRTL. MET's expansion
covers the addition of five test standards to its scope of recognition,
including one test standard that will be added to the NRTL List of
Appropriate Test Standards.
OSHA recognition of an 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 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 are
available from the Agency's Web site at https://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/.
MET submitted five applications, four dated July 7, 2015 (OSHA-
2006-0028-0026), (OSHA-2006-0028-0027), (OSHA-2006-0028-0028), (OSHA-
2006-0028-0029) and one dated August 4, 2015 (OSHA-2006-0028-0025), to
expand its recognition to include five additional test standards. OSHA
staff performed a comparability analysis and reviewed other pertinent
information. OSHA did not perform any on-site reviews in relation to
this application.
OSHA published the preliminary notice announcing MET's expansion
application in the Federal Register on November 15, 2016 (81 FR 80089).
The Agency requested comments by November 30, 2016, but it received no
comments in response to this notice. OSHA now is proceeding with this
final notice to grant expansion of MET's scope of recognition.
To obtain or review copies of all public documents pertaining to
the MET's application, go to www.regulations.gov or contact 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 contains all materials in the record
concerning MET's recognition.
II. Final Decision and Order
OSHA staff examined MET's expansion applications, its capability to
meet the requirements of the test standards, and other pertinent
information. Based on its review of this evidence, OSHA finds that MET
meets the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for expansion of its
recognition, subject to the limitation and conditions listed below.
OSHA, therefore, is proceeding with this final notice to grant MET's
scope of recognition. OSHA limits the expansion of MET's recognition to
testing and certification of products for demonstration of conformance
to the test standards listed in Table 1 below.
Table 1--List of Appropriate Test Standards for Inclusion in MET's NRTL
Scope of Recognition
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Test standard Test standard title
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Communication Technology
Equipment--Part 1: Safety
Requirements.
UL 60079-0........................... Explosive Atmospheres--Part 0:
Equipment--General Requirements.
UL 60079-2........................... Explosive Atmospheres--Part 2:
Equipment Protection by
Pressurized Enclosure ``p''.
UL 60079-11.......................... Explosive Atmospheres--Part 11:
Equipment Protection by
Intrinsic Safety ``i''.
UL 60079-15.......................... Explosive Atmospheres--Part 15:
Equipment Protection by Type of
Protection ``n''.
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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, below, 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 60079-2........................... Explosive Atmospheres--Part 2:
Equipment Protection by
Pressurized Enclosure ``p''.
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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, an
NRTL's scope of recognition does not include these products.
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The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) may approve the
test standards listed above as American National Standards. However,
for convenience, we may use the designation of the standards-developing
organization for the standard as opposed to the ANSI designation. 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,
MET must abide by the following conditions of the recognition:
1. MET 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. MET must meet all the terms of its recognition and comply with
all OSHA policies pertaining to this recognition; and
3. MET must continue to meet the requirements for recognition,
including all previously published conditions on MET'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 MET, subject to the limitation and conditions
specified above.
III. Authority and Signature
Dorothy Dougherty, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20210, 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 March 22, 2017.
Dorothy Dougherty,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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