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exposure monitoring, employee medical
examinations, and updating compliance
plans; allowing employers the option to
post employee exposure-monitoring
results instead of requiring individual
notification; eliminating the need for
employers to report emergencies to
OSHA and to notify OSHA when
establishing a regulated area. Those
changes reduced paperwork burden
hours while maintaining worker
protection and improving consistency
among standards. The following is a
brief description of the current
collection of information requirements
contained in the Vinyl Chloride
Standard.
(A) Exposure Monitoring
(§ 1910.1017(d))
Paragraph 1910.1017(d)(2) requires
employers to conduct exposure
monitoring at least quarterly if the
results show that employee exposures
are above the permissible exposure limit
(PEL), while those exposed at or above
the Action Level (AL) must be
monitored no less than semiannually.
Paragraph (d)(3) requires that employers
must perform additional monitoring
with samples to be taken whenever
there has been a change in VC
production, process or control that may
result in an increase in the release of
VC.
(B) Written Compliance Plan
(§ 1910.1017(f)(2) and (f)(3))
Paragraph (f)(2) requires employers
who cannot use engineering and workpractice controls immediately to reduce
employee VC exposures to a level at or
below the PEL to develop and
implement a plan for doing so.
Paragraph (f)(3) requires employers to
develop this written plan and provide it
upon request for examination and
copying to OSHA. These plans must be
updated annually.
(C) Medical Surveillance
(§ 1910.1017(k))
Paragraph (k) requires employers to
develop a medical surveillance program
for employees exposed to VC in excess
of the action level. Examinations must
be provided in accordance with this
paragraph at least annually. Employers
must also obtain, and provide to each
employee, a copy of a physician’s
statement regarding the employee’s
suitability for continued exposure to
VC, including use of protective
equipment and respirators if
appropriate.
(D) Recordkeeping (§ 1910.1017(m))
Employers must maintain employee
exposure and medical records. The VC
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standard requires that employers make
available monitoring, measuring, and
medical records at the request of the
Assistant Secretary (usually an OSHA
compliance officer).
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.
III. Proposed Actions
OSHA proposes to extend the Office
of Management and Budget’s (OMB)
approval of the collections of
information (paperwork) requirements
necessitated by the Standard on Vinyl
Chloride (29 CFR 1910.1017). The
Agency will summarize the comments
submitted in response to this notice and
include this summary in its request to
OMB to extend the approval of these
collections of information requirements
contained in the standards.
Type of Review: Extension of
currently approved information
collection requirements.
Title: Vinyl Chloride (29 CFR
1910.1017).
OMB Number: 1218–0010.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; Federal Government; State, local
or tribal government.
Frequency: On occasion.
Average Time Per Response: Varies
from 5 minutes (.08 hour) for employers
to maintain records to 12 hours for
employers to update their compliance
plans.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,758.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $113,862.
IV. Public Participation—Submission of
Comments on This Notice and Internet
Access to Comments and Submissions
You may submit comments and
supporting materials in response to this
notice by (1) hard copy, (2) FAX
transmission (facsimile), or (3)
electronically through the OSHA Web
page. Because of security-related
problems, there may be a significant
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delay in the receipt of comments by
regular mail. Please contact the OSHA
Docket Office at (202) 693–2350 (TTY
(877) 889–5627) for information about
security procedures concerning the
delivery of submissions by express
delivery, hand delivery and courier
service.
All comments, submissions and
background documents are available for
inspection and copying at the OSHA
Docket Office at the above address.
Comments and submissions posted on
OSHA’s Web page are available at
https://www.OSHA.gov. Contact the
OSHA Docket Office for information
about materials not available through
the OSHA Web page and for assistance
in using the Web page to locate docket
submissions.
Electronic copies of this Federal
Register notice as well as other relevant
documents are available on OSHA’s
Web page. Since all submissions
become public, private information such
as social security numbers should not be
submitted.
V. Authority and Signature
Jonathan L. Snare, Acting 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. 5–2002 (67 FR 65008).
Signed in Washington, DC, on June 3,
2005.
Jonathan L. Snare,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. NRTL1–90]
Communication Certification
Laboratory, Inc., Renewal and
Expansion of Recognition
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
Agency’s final decision on the
application of Communication
Certification Laboratory, Inc., (CCL) for
renewal of its recognition as a
Nationally Recognized Testing
Laboratory and for expansion of its
recognition to use additional test
standards under 29 CFR 1910.7.
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Recognition: The renewal and
expansion of recognition become
effective on June 10, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Office of Technical Programs and
Coordination Activities, NRTL Program,
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Room N3653, Washington, DC 20210, or
phone (202) 693–2110, or phone (202)
693–2110.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
Notice of Final Decision
The Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) hereby gives
notice of the renewal and expansion of
recognition of Communication
Certification Laboratory, Inc., (CCL) as a
Nationally Recognized Testing
Laboratory (NRTL). CCL’s expansion
covers the use of additional test
standards. OSHA’s current scope of
recognition for CCL may be found in the
following informational Web page:
https://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/
ccl.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 ‘‘properly certified’’ 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 this scope.
CCL initially received OSHA
recognition as a Nationally Recognized
Testing Laboratory on June 21, 1991 (56
FR 28579) for a five-year period ending
on June 21, 1996. CCL properly
requested a renewal of recognition, and
OSHA granted CCL’s first renewal on
April 2, 1998 (63 FR 16279) for another
five-year period ending April 2, 2003.
Appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.7
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of an NRTL is five years and that an
NRTL may renew its recognition by
applying not less than nine months, nor
more than one year, before the
expiration date of its current
recognition. NRTLs submitting requests
within this allotted time period retain
their recognition during OSHA’s
renewal process. CCL submitted a
request, dated June 26, 2002 (see Exhibit
11), to renew its recognition, within the
allotted time period, and retained its
recognition during this renewal process.
CCL also requested expansion of its
recognition to include three additional
test standards but amended its request
to just two additional standards, which
the NRTL Program staff has determined
to be appropriate test standards, within
the meaning of 29 CFR 1910.7(c). (The
staff makes similar determinations in
processing expansion requests from any
NRTL.) Therefore, OSHA is approving
the two test standards for the expansion,
which are listed below.
For purposes of processing CCL’s
request, OSHA NRTL Program staff
performed two on-site reviews of CCL’s
facility on November 18–20, 2002, and
on October 29–30, 2003. In the memo
for the on-site reviews (see Exhibit 12),
the staff recommended CCL’s renewal
and its expansion to include the two test
standards requested. However, the
Agency delayed processing of the final
notice for the renewal and expansion, in
part, until it obtained certain
information relative to the application.
This information was obtained prior to
publication of the preliminary notice.
OSHA published the notice of its
preliminary findings on the renewal and
expansion request in the Federal
Register on November 24, 2004 (69 FR
68405). The notice requested
submission of any public comments by
December 9, 2004. OSHA did not
receive any comments pertaining to the
application.
Other than the preliminary notice
mentioned above, the most recent
notices published by OSHA for CCL’s
recognition covered its prior renewal, as
noted above.
You may obtain or review copies of
all public documents pertaining to the
CCL application by contacting the
Docket Office, Occupational Safety and
Health Administration, U.S. Department
of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Room N2625, Washington, DC
20210. Docket No. NRTL1–90 contains
all materials in the record concerning
CCL’s application.
The current address of the CCL
facility (site) already recognized by
OSHA and included as part of the
renewal is:
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Communication Certification
Laboratory, Inc., 1940 West Alexander
Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84119.
Final Decision and Order
NRTL Program staff has examined the
application, the assessor’s reports, and
other pertinent information. Based upon
this examination and the assessor’s
recommendation, OSHA finds that
Communication Certification
Laboratory, Inc., has met the
requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for
renewal of its recognition and for the
expansion to include two additional test
standards, UL 6500 and UL 61010A–1,
subject to the limitations and
conditions, also listed below. Pursuant
to the authority in 29 CFR 1910.7,
OSHA hereby renews and expands the
recognition of CCL, subject to these
limitations and conditions.
Limitation
OSHA limits the renewal and
expansion of CCL’s recognition to
testing and certification of products for
demonstration of conformance to the
four test standards listed below. 1 OSHA
has determined that the standards meet
the requirements for an appropriate test
standard, within the meaning of 29 CFR
1910.7(c).
UL1012 Power Units Other Than Class
2
UL 6500 Audio/Visual and Musical
Instrument Apparatus for Household,
Commercial, and Similar General Use
UL 60950 Information Technology
Equipment
UL 61010A–1 Electrical Equipment for
Laboratory Use; Part 1: General
Requirements
The designation and title of the above
test standards were current at the time
of the preparation of the notice of the
preliminary finding.
OSHA’s recognition of CCL, 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, an NRTL’s
scope of recognition excludes any
product(s) falling within the scope of a
test standard for which OSHA has no
1 Two standards, UL 1459 and UL 1950, were
included in the preliminary notice on a temporary
basis although they had been withdrawn by the
standards developing organization. As explained in
that notice, we did so pending removal or
replacement of these and other withdrawn
standards, at the same time, from the scope of
recognition of all applicable NRTLs. The necessary
Federal Register notice to remove or replace those
test standards was published on March 8, 2005 (70
FR 11273), making it no longer necessary to
temporarily include these two standards in CCL’s
scope.
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NRTL testing and certification
requirements.
Many UL test standards also are
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.
Programs and Procedures
The renewal includes CCL’s
continued use of any supplemental
programs for which it is approved,
based upon the criteria detailed in
OSHA’s March 9, 1995, Federal Register
notice on the NRTL programs (60 FR
12980). This notice lists nine (9)
programs, eight of which (called the
supplemental programs) an NRTL may
use to control and audit, but not
necessarily to generate, the data relied
upon for product certification. An
NRTL’s initial recognition will always
include the first or basic program,
which requires that all product testing
and evaluation be performed in-house
by the NRTL that will certify the
product. OSHA has already recognized
CCL for the program listed below. See
https://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/
ccl.html.
Program 9: Acceptance of services
other than testing or evaluation
performed by subcontractors or agents.
OSHA developed these programs to
limit how an NRTL may perform certain
aspects of its work and to permit the
activities covered under a program only
when the NRTL meets certain criteria.
In this sense, they are special conditions
that the Agency places on an NRTL’s
recognition. OSHA does not consider
these programs in determining whether
an NRTL meets the requirements for
recognition under 29 CFR 1910.7.
However, these programs help to define
the scope of that recognition.
Conditions
CCL 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
CCL’s facility and records for purposes
of ascertaining continuing compliance
with the terms of its recognition and to
investigate as OSHA deems necessary;
If CCL has reason to doubt the efficacy
of any test standard it is using under
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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;
CCL 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, CCL 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;
CCL 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;
CCL will meet all the terms of its
recognition and will always comply
with all OSHA policies pertaining to
this recognition; and
CCL will continue to meet the
requirements for recognition in all areas
where it has been recognized.
Signed at Washington, DC this 31st day of
May, 2005.
Jonathan L. Snare,
Acting Assistant Secretary.
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE
ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
National Endowment for the Arts; Arts
Advisory Panel
Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.
L. 92–463), as amended, notice is hereby
given that a meeting of the Arts
Advisory Panel to the National Council
on the Arts will be held by
teleconference from the Nancy Hanks
Center, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20506 as follows:
National Initiatives (National Poetry
Recitation Contest): June 23, 2005. This
meeting, from 2 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
(E.D.T.), will be closed.
This meeting is for the purpose of
Panel review, discussion, evaluation,
and recommendations on financial
assistance under the National
Foundation on the Arts and the
Humanities Act of 1965, as amended,
including information given in
confidence to the agency. In accordance
with the determination of the Chairman
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of April 8, 2005, these sessions will be
closed to the public pursuant to
subsection (c)(6) of section 552b of Title
5, United States Code.
Further information with reference to
this meeting can be obtained from Ms.
Kathy Plowitz-Worden, Office of
Guidelines & Panel Operations, National
Endowment for the Arts, Washington,
DC 20506, or call 202/682–5691.
Dated: June 6, 2005.
Kathy Plowitz-Worden,
Panel Coordinator, Panel Operations,
National Endowment for the Arts.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[Docket No. 030–32741]
Notice of Availability of Environmental
Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact for License
Amendment for Central Virginia
Laboratories & Consultants, Inc’s
Facility in Virginia Beach, VA
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathy Modes, Materials Security &
Industrial Branch, Division of Nuclear
Materials Safety, Region I, 475
Allendale Road, King of Prussia,
Pennsylvania 19406, telephone (610)
337–5251, fax (610) 337–5269; or by email: kad@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) is issuing a license amendment to
Central Virginia Laboratories &
Consultants, Inc. for Materials License
No. 45–25198–01, to authorize release of
its facility in Virginia Beach, Virginia,
for unrestricted use. NRC has prepared
an Environmental Assessment (EA) in
support of this action in accordance
with the requirements of 10 CFR Part
51. Based on the EA, the NRC has
concluded that a Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI) is
appropriate. The amendment will be
issued following the publication of this
Notice.
II. EA Summary
The purpose of the action is to
authorize the release of the licensee’s
Virginia Beach, Virginia facility for
unrestricted use. Central Virginia
Laboratories & Consultants, Inc. was
authorized by NRC from June 16, 1992,
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. NRTL1-90]
Communication Certification Laboratory, Inc., Renewal and
Expansion of Recognition
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Agency's final decision on the
application of Communication Certification Laboratory, Inc., (CCL) for
renewal of its recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing
Laboratory and for expansion of its recognition to use additional test
standards under 29 CFR 1910.7.
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DATES: Recognition: The renewal and expansion of recognition become
effective on June 10, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Office of Technical Programs and
Coordination Activities, NRTL Program, Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Room N3653, Washington, DC 20210, or phone (202) 693-2110, or phone
(202) 693-2110.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Notice of Final Decision
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) hereby
gives notice of the renewal and expansion of recognition of
Communication Certification Laboratory, Inc., (CCL) as a Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL). CCL's expansion covers the use of
additional test standards. OSHA's current scope of recognition for CCL
may be found in the following informational Web page: https://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/ccl.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 ``properly certified'' 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 this scope.
CCL initially received OSHA recognition as a Nationally Recognized
Testing Laboratory on June 21, 1991 (56 FR 28579) for a five-year
period ending on June 21, 1996. CCL properly requested a renewal of
recognition, and OSHA granted CCL's first renewal on April 2, 1998 (63
FR 16279) for another five-year period ending April 2, 2003.
Appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.7 stipulates that the period of
recognition of an NRTL is five years and that an NRTL may renew its
recognition by applying not less than nine months, nor more than one
year, before the expiration date of its current recognition. NRTLs
submitting requests within this allotted time period retain their
recognition during OSHA's renewal process. CCL submitted a request,
dated June 26, 2002 (see Exhibit 11), to renew its recognition, within
the allotted time period, and retained its recognition during this
renewal process. CCL also requested expansion of its recognition to
include three additional test standards but amended its request to just
two additional standards, which the NRTL Program staff has determined
to be appropriate test standards, within the meaning of 29 CFR
1910.7(c). (The staff makes similar determinations in processing
expansion requests from any NRTL.) Therefore, OSHA is approving the two
test standards for the expansion, which are listed below.
For purposes of processing CCL's request, OSHA NRTL Program staff
performed two on-site reviews of CCL's facility on November 18-20,
2002, and on October 29-30, 2003. In the memo for the on-site reviews
(see Exhibit 12), the staff recommended CCL's renewal and its expansion
to include the two test standards requested. However, the Agency
delayed processing of the final notice for the renewal and expansion,
in part, until it obtained certain information relative to the
application. This information was obtained prior to publication of the
preliminary notice.
OSHA published the notice of its preliminary findings on the
renewal and expansion request in the Federal Register on November 24,
2004 (69 FR 68405). The notice requested submission of any public
comments by December 9, 2004. OSHA did not receive any comments
pertaining to the application.
Other than the preliminary notice mentioned above, the most recent
notices published by OSHA for CCL's recognition covered its prior
renewal, as noted above.
You may obtain or review copies of all public documents pertaining
to the CCL application by contacting the Docket Office, Occupational
Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Room N2625, Washington, DC 20210. Docket No.
NRTL1-90 contains all materials in the record concerning CCL's
application.
The current address of the CCL facility (site) already recognized
by OSHA and included as part of the renewal is:
Communication Certification Laboratory, Inc., 1940 West Alexander
Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84119.
Final Decision and Order
NRTL Program staff has examined the application, the assessor's
reports, and other pertinent information. Based upon this examination
and the assessor's recommendation, OSHA finds that Communication
Certification Laboratory, Inc., has met the requirements of 29 CFR
1910.7 for renewal of its recognition and for the expansion to include
two additional test standards, UL 6500 and UL 61010A-1, subject to the
limitations and conditions, also listed below. Pursuant to the
authority in 29 CFR 1910.7, OSHA hereby renews and expands the
recognition of CCL, subject to these limitations and conditions.
Limitation
OSHA limits the renewal and expansion of CCL's recognition to
testing and certification of products for demonstration of conformance
to the four test standards listed below. \1\ OSHA has determined that
the standards meet the requirements for an appropriate test standard,
within the meaning of 29 CFR 1910.7(c).
\1\ Two standards, UL 1459 and UL 1950, were included in the
preliminary notice on a temporary basis although they had been
withdrawn by the standards developing organization. As explained in
that notice, we did so pending removal or replacement of these and
other withdrawn standards, at the same time, from the scope of
recognition of all applicable NRTLs. The necessary Federal Register
notice to remove or replace those test standards was published on
March 8, 2005 (70 FR 11273), making it no longer necessary to
temporarily include these two standards in CCL's scope.
UL1012 Power Units Other Than Class 2
UL 6500 Audio/Visual and Musical Instrument Apparatus for Household,
Commercial, and Similar General Use
UL 60950 Information Technology Equipment
UL 61010A-1 Electrical Equipment for Laboratory Use; Part 1: General
Requirements
The designation and title of the above test standards were current
at the time of the preparation of the notice of the preliminary
finding.
OSHA's recognition of CCL, 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, an NRTL's scope of
recognition excludes any product(s) falling within the scope of a test
standard for which OSHA has no
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NRTL testing and certification requirements.
Many UL test standards also are 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.
Programs and Procedures
The renewal includes CCL's continued use of any supplemental
programs for which it is approved, based upon the criteria detailed in
OSHA's March 9, 1995, Federal Register notice on the NRTL programs (60
FR 12980). This notice lists nine (9) programs, eight of which (called
the supplemental programs) an NRTL may use to control and audit, but
not necessarily to generate, the data relied upon for product
certification. An NRTL's initial recognition will always include the
first or basic program, which requires that all product testing and
evaluation be performed in-house by the NRTL that will certify the
product. OSHA has already recognized CCL for the program listed below.
See https://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/ccl.html.
Program 9: Acceptance of services other than testing or evaluation
performed by subcontractors or agents.
OSHA developed these programs to limit how an NRTL may perform
certain aspects of its work and to permit the activities covered under
a program only when the NRTL meets certain criteria. In this sense,
they are special conditions that the Agency places on an NRTL's
recognition. OSHA does not consider these programs in determining
whether an NRTL meets the requirements for recognition under 29 CFR
1910.7. However, these programs help to define the scope of that
recognition.
Conditions
CCL 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 CCL's facility and records for
purposes of ascertaining continuing compliance with the terms of its
recognition and to investigate as OSHA deems necessary;
If CCL 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;
CCL 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, CCL 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;
CCL 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;
CCL will meet all the terms of its recognition and will always
comply with all OSHA policies pertaining to this recognition; and
CCL will continue to meet the requirements for recognition in all
areas where it has been recognized.
Signed at Washington, DC this 31st day of May, 2005.
Jonathan L. Snare,
Acting Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-11509 Filed 6-9-05; 8:45 am]
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