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UL 291 Automated Teller Systems
UL 294 Access Control System Units
UL 508A Industrial Control Panels
UL 963 Sealing, Wrapping, and
Marking Equipment
UL 1727 Commercial Electric Personal
Grooming Appliances
UL 1863 Communication Circuit
Accessories
UL 60065 Audio, Video and Similar
Electronic Apparatus**
UL 60335–1 Safety of Household and
Similar Electrical Appliances, Part
1; General Requirements
UL 60335–2–34 Household and
Similar Electrical Appliances, Part
2; Particular Requirements for
Motor Compressors
UL 61010C–1 Process Control
Equipment
**Note: This standard is comparable to UL
6500 Audio/Video and Musical Instrument
Apparatus for Household, Commercial, and
Similar General Use. Since no NRTL is
currently recognized for UL 60065, we plan
to modify the scope of any NRTL currently
recognized for UL 6500 to add UL 60065.
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, any NRTL’s
scope of recognition excludes any
product(s) that fall within the scope of
a test standard, but for which OSHA
standards do not require NRTL testing
and certification.
A few of the UL test standards listed
above 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 ANSIapproved.
Preliminary Finding on the Application
MET has submitted an acceptable
request for expansion of its recognition
as an NRTL. In connection with this
request, OSHA did not perform an onsite 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 eleven
additional test standards listed above
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(see Exhibit 35–2). Our review of the
application file, the assessor’s
recommendation, and other pertinent
documents indicate that MET can meet
the requirements, as prescribed by 29
CFR 1910.7, for the expansion for the
eleven additional test standards listed
above. This preliminary finding does
not constitute an interim or temporary
approval of the application.
OSHA welcomes public comments, in
sufficient detail, as to whether MET has
met the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7
for expansion of its recognition as a
Nationally Recognized Testing
Laboratory. Your comments should
consist of pertinent written documents
and exhibits. Should you need more
time to comment, you must request it in
writing, including reasons for the
request. OSHA must receive your
written request for extension at the
address provided above no later than
the last date for comments. OSHA will
limit any extension to 30 days, unless
the requester justifies a longer period.
We may deny a request for extension if
it is not adequately justified. You may
obtain or review copies of MET’s
requests, the on-site review report, other
pertinent documents, and all submitted
comments, as received, by contacting
the Docket Office, Room N–2625,
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, at the above address. Docket No.
NRTL1–88 contains all materials in the
record concerning MET’s application.
The NRTL Program staff will review
all timely comments and, after
resolution of issues raised by these
comments, will recommend whether to
grant MET’s expansion request. The
Agency will make the final decision on
granting the expansion and, in making
this decision, may undertake other
proceedings that are prescribed in
Appendix A to 29 CFR Section 1910.7.
OSHA will publish a public notice of
this final decision in the Federal
Register.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 15th day of
August, 2005.
Jonathan L. Snare,
Deputy Assistant Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. NRTL2–98]
NSF International, Renewal of
Recognition
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration’s final decision granting
the renewal of recognition of NSF
International (NSF) as a Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratory under 29
CFR 1910.7.
DATES: The renewal of recognition
becomes effective on August 30, 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Notice of Final Decision
The Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) hereby gives
notice of the renewal of recognition of
NSF International (NSF) as a Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL).
This renewal covers NSF’s existing
scope of recognition, which may be
found in the following informational
Web page: https://www.osha.gov/dts/
otpca/nrtl/nsf.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’’ 1 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
1 Properly certified means, in part, that the
product is labeled or marked with the NRTL’s
registered certification mark (i.e., the registered
mark the NRTL uses for its NRTL work) and that
the product certification falls within the scope of
recognition of the NRTL.
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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, which details its scope of
recognition. These pages can be
accessed from our Web site at https://
www.osha-slc.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/
index.html.
NSF International (NSF) initially
received OSHA recognition as a
Nationally Recognized Testing
Laboratory on December 10, 1998 (63 FR
68309) for a five-year period ending on
December 10, 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. NSF submitted a
request, dated February 21, 2003 (see
Exhibit 13–2) 2, to renew its recognition,
within the allotted time period, and
retained its recognition pending OSHA’s
final decision in this renewal process.
The NRTL Program staff performed an
on-site review (assessment) of NSF’s
NRTL facilities and in the on-site review
report, dated November 21, 2003 (see
Exhibit 13–4)*, the program staff
recommended the renewal of NSF’s
recognition. The preliminary notice
announcing the renewal application was
published in the Federal Register on
February 28, 2005 (70 FR 9678).
Comments were requested by March 15,
but no comments were received in
response to this notice.
You may obtain or review copies of
all public documents pertaining to the
NSF 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. NRTL2–98 contains
all materials in the record concerning
NSF’s application.
The current address of the NSF
facility (site) already recognized by
OSHA and included as part of the
renewal is:
2 Exhibits 13–2 and 13–4 were referred to as
Exhibits 14–1 and 16, respectively, in the February
28, 2005 notice.
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NSF International, 789 Dixboro, Ann
Arbor, Michigan 48105.
Final Decision and Order
NRTL Program staff has examined the
application, the assessor’s report, and
other pertinent information. Based upon
this examination and the assessor’s
recommendation, OSHA finds that NSF
International has met the requirements
of 29 CFR 1910.7 for renewal of its
recognition, subject to the limitation
and conditions listed below. Pursuant to
the authority in 29 CFR 1910.7, OSHA
hereby renews the recognition of NSF,
subject to this limitation and these
conditions.
Limitation
OSHA limits the renewal of NSF’s
recognition to testing and certification
of products for demonstration of
conformance to the test standards listed
below. OSHA has determined that each
of these standards meets the
requirements for an appropriate test
standard, within the meaning of 29 CFR
1910.7(c).
UL 73 Motor-Operated Appliances
UL 94 Tests for Flammability of Plastic
Materials for Parts in Devices and
Appliances
UL 197 Commercial Electric Cooking
Appliances
UL 399 Drinking-Water Coolers
UL 466 Electric Scales
UL 471 Commercial Refrigerators and
Freezers
UL 514B Fittings for Cable and
Conduit
UL 514C Nonmetallic Outlet Boxes,
Flush-Device Boxes and Covers
UL 514D Cover Plates for FlushMounted Wiring Devices
UL 541 Refrigerated Vending
Machines
UL 563 Ice Makers
UL 621 Ice Cream Makers
UL 651 Schedule 40 and 80 PVC
Conduit
UL 651A Type EB and A Rigid PVC
Conduit and HDPE Conduit
UL 651B Continuous Length HDPE
Conduit
UL 749 Household Dishwashers
UL 751 Vending Machines
UL 763 Motor-Operated Commercial
Food Preparing Machines
UL 921 Commercial Electric
Dishwashers
UL 982 Motor-Operated Household
Food Preparing Machines
UL 1081 Swimming Pool Pumps,
Filters, and Chlorinators
UL 1453 Electric Booster and
Commercial Storage Tank Water
Heaters
UL 1563 Electric Spas, Equipment
Assemblies, and Associated
Equipment
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UL 1795 Hydromassage Bathtubs
UL 1821 Thermoplastic Sprinkler Pipe
and Fittings for Fire Protection
UL 61010A–1 Electrical Equipment
For Laboratory Use; Part 1: General
Requirements
OSHA’s recognition of NSF, 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
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.
Supplemental Programs
The renewal includes NSF’s
continued use of the supplemental
programs for which it is approved. Use
of these programs is based upon the
criteria detailed in OSHA’s March 9,
1995, Federal Register notice (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 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 NSF for the
programs listed below. See https://
www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/nsf.html.
Program 2: Acceptance of testing data
from independent organizations, other
than NRTLs.
Program 4: Acceptance of witnessed
testing data.
Program 5: Acceptance of testing data
from non-independent organizations.
Program 8: Acceptance of product
evaluations from organizations that
function as part of the International
Electrical Commission Certification
Body (IEC–CB) Scheme.
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Program 9: Acceptance of services
other than testing or evaluation
performed by subcontractors or agents.
OSHA developed these supplemental
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
NSF 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
NSF’s facility and records for purposes
of ascertaining continuing compliance
with the terms of its recognition and to
investigate as OSHA deems necessary;
If NSF 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;
NSF 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, NSF 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;
NSF 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;
NSF will meet all the terms of its
recognition and will always comply
with all OSHA policies pertaining to
this recognition; and
NSF will continue to meet the
requirements for recognition in all areas
where it has been recognized.
Signed at Washington, DC this 15th day of
August, 2005.
Jonathan L. Snare,
Deputy Assistant Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. NRTL2–2001]
TUV America, Inc., Expansion of
Recognition
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration’s final decision
expanding the recognition of TUV
America, Inc., as a Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratory under 29
CFR 1910.7.
DATES: The expansion of recognition
becomes effective on August 30, 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Notice of Final Decision
The Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) hereby gives
notice of the expansion of recognition of
TUV America, Inc., (TUVAM) as a
Nationally Recognized Testing
Laboratory (NRTL). This expansion
covers the use of additional test
standards. OSHA’s current scope of
recognition for TUVAM may be found
in the following informational Web
page: https://www.osha-slc.gov/dts/
otpca/nrtl/tuvam.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’’ 1 by the
NRTL to meet OSHA standards that
require testing and certification.
The Agency processes applications by
an NRTL for initial recognition or for
1 Properly certified means, in part, that the
product is labeled or marked with the NRTL’s
‘‘registered’’ certification mark (i.e., the mark the
NRTL uses for its NRTL work) and that the product
certification falls within the scope of recognition of
the NRTL.
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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, which details its scope of
recognition. These pages can be
accessed from our Web site at https://
www.osha-slc.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/
index.html.
TUVAM submitted an application,
dated August 1, 2003 (see Exhibits 7 and
7–1), to expand its recognition to
include 45 additional test standards.
The NRTL Program staff determined
that one of these standards is not an
‘‘appropriate test standard’’ within the
meaning of 29 CFR 1910.7(c). The staff
makes this determination in processing
the expansion request of any NRTL.
Therefore, OSHA is approving 44 test
standards for the expansion. Following
review of the application, OSHA
requested certain additional information
from TUVAM and deferred action on
the application pending receipt of this
information. The NRTL adequately
responded to that request prior to
publication of the preliminary notice,
permitting OSHA to resume processing
of the application. The preliminary
notice announcing the expansion
application was published in the
Federal Register on May 18, 2005 (70
FR 28581). Comments were requested
by June 2, but no comments were
received in response to this notice.
You may obtain or review copies of
all public documents pertaining to the
TUVAM 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. NRTL2–2001
contains all materials in the record
concerning TUVAM’s application.
The current addresses of the TUVAM
facilities already recognized by OSHA
are: TUV Product Services (TUVAM), 5
Cherry Hill Drive, Danvers,
Massachusetts 01923; TUV Product
Services (TUVAM), 10040 Mesa Rim
Road, San Diego, California 92121; and
TUV Product Services (TUVAM), 1775
Old Highway 8 NW., Suite 104, New
Brighton (Minneapolis), Minnesota
55112.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. NRTL2-98]
NSF International, Renewal 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 granting the renewal of recognition of
NSF International (NSF) as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory
under 29 CFR 1910.7.
DATES: The renewal of recognition becomes effective on August 30, 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Notice of Final Decision
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) hereby
gives notice of the renewal of recognition of NSF International (NSF)
as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL). This renewal
covers NSF's existing scope of recognition, which may be found in the
following informational Web page: https://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/
nsf.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'' \1\ by
the NRTL to meet OSHA standards that require testing and certification.
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\1\ Properly certified means, in part, that the product is
labeled or marked with the NRTL's registered certification mark
(i.e., the registered mark the NRTL uses for its NRTL work) and that
the product certification falls within the scope of recognition of
the NRTL.
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The Agency processes applications by an NRTL for initial
recognition or for expansion or renewal of this recognition following
requirements in Appendix A
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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, which details its scope of
recognition. These pages can be accessed from our Web site at https://
www.osha-slc.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/.
NSF International (NSF) initially received OSHA recognition as a
Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory on December 10, 1998 (63 FR
68309) for a five-year period ending on December 10, 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. NSF submitted a request, dated February 21, 2003 (see
Exhibit 13-2) \2\, to renew its recognition, within the allotted time
period, and retained its recognition pending OSHA's final decision in
this renewal process. The NRTL Program staff performed an on-site
review (assessment) of NSF's NRTL facilities and in the on-site review
report, dated November 21, 2003 (see Exhibit 13-4)*, the program staff
recommended the renewal of NSF's recognition. The preliminary notice
announcing the renewal application was published in the Federal
Register on February 28, 2005 (70 FR 9678). Comments were requested by
March 15, but no comments were received in response to this notice.
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\2\ Exhibits 13-2 and 13-4 were referred to as Exhibits 14-1 and
16, respectively, in the February 28, 2005 notice.
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You may obtain or review copies of all public documents pertaining
to the NSF 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.
NRTL2-98 contains all materials in the record concerning NSF's
application.
The current address of the NSF facility (site) already recognized
by OSHA and included as part of the renewal is:
NSF International, 789 Dixboro, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105.
Final Decision and Order
NRTL Program staff has examined the application, the assessor's
report, and other pertinent information. Based upon this examination
and the assessor's recommendation, OSHA finds that NSF International
has met the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for renewal of its
recognition, subject to the limitation and conditions listed below.
Pursuant to the authority in 29 CFR 1910.7, OSHA hereby renews the
recognition of NSF, subject to this limitation and these conditions.
Limitation
OSHA limits the renewal of NSF's recognition to testing and
certification of products for demonstration of conformance to the test
standards listed below. OSHA has determined that each of these
standards meets the requirements for an appropriate test standard,
within the meaning of 29 CFR 1910.7(c).
UL 73 Motor-Operated Appliances
UL 94 Tests for Flammability of Plastic Materials for Parts in Devices
and Appliances
UL 197 Commercial Electric Cooking Appliances
UL 399 Drinking-Water Coolers
UL 466 Electric Scales
UL 471 Commercial Refrigerators and Freezers
UL 514B Fittings for Cable and Conduit
UL 514C Nonmetallic Outlet Boxes, Flush-Device Boxes and Covers
UL 514D Cover Plates for Flush-Mounted Wiring Devices
UL 541 Refrigerated Vending Machines
UL 563 Ice Makers
UL 621 Ice Cream Makers
UL 651 Schedule 40 and 80 PVC Conduit
UL 651A Type EB and A Rigid PVC Conduit and HDPE Conduit
UL 651B Continuous Length HDPE Conduit
UL 749 Household Dishwashers
UL 751 Vending Machines
UL 763 Motor-Operated Commercial Food Preparing Machines
UL 921 Commercial Electric Dishwashers
UL 982 Motor-Operated Household Food Preparing Machines
UL 1081 Swimming Pool Pumps, Filters, and Chlorinators
UL 1453 Electric Booster and Commercial Storage Tank Water Heaters
UL 1563 Electric Spas, Equipment Assemblies, and Associated Equipment
UL 1795 Hydromassage Bathtubs
UL 1821 Thermoplastic Sprinkler Pipe and Fittings for Fire Protection
UL 61010A-1 Electrical Equipment For Laboratory Use; Part 1: General
Requirements
OSHA's recognition of NSF, 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 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.
Supplemental Programs
The renewal includes NSF's continued use of the supplemental
programs for which it is approved. Use of these programs is based upon
the criteria detailed in OSHA's March 9, 1995, Federal Register notice
(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 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 NSF for the programs listed below.
See https://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/nsf.html.
Program 2: Acceptance of testing data from independent
organizations, other than NRTLs.
Program 4: Acceptance of witnessed testing data.
Program 5: Acceptance of testing data from non-independent
organizations.
Program 8: Acceptance of product evaluations from organizations
that function as part of the International Electrical Commission
Certification Body (IEC-CB) Scheme.
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Program 9: Acceptance of services other than testing or evaluation
performed by subcontractors or agents.
OSHA developed these supplemental 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
NSF 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 NSF's facility and records for
purposes of ascertaining continuing compliance with the terms of its
recognition and to investigate as OSHA deems necessary;
If NSF 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;
NSF 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, NSF 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;
NSF 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;
NSF will meet all the terms of its recognition and will always
comply with all OSHA policies pertaining to this recognition; and
NSF will continue to meet the requirements for recognition in all
areas where it has been recognized.
Signed at Washington, DC this 15th day of August, 2005.
Jonathan L. Snare,
Deputy Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-17182 Filed 8-29-05; 8:45 am]
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