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expanding the recognition of MET
Laboratories, Inc., (MET) as a Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratory under 29
CFR 1910.7.
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The expansion of recognition
becomes effective on January 4, 2008.
DATES:
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
[Docket No. OSHA–2006–0028]
MET Laboratories, Inc.; Expansion of
Recognition
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration’s final decision
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MaryAnn Garrahan, Director, Office of
Technical Programs and Coordination
Activities, NRTL Program, Occupational
Safety and Health Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Room N–3655,
Washington, DC 20210, or phone (202)
693–2110.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Notice of Final Decision
The Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) hereby gives
notice of the expansion of recognition of
MET Laboratories, Inc., (MET) as a
Nationally Recognized Testing
Laboratory (NRTL). MET’s expansion
covers the use of additional test
standards. OSHA’s current scope of
recognition for MET may be found in
the following informational Web page:
https://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/
met.html.
OSHA recognition of an NRTL
signifies that the organization has met
the legal requirements in § 1910.7 of
Title 29, Code of Federal Regulations
(29 CFR 1910.7). Recognition is an
acknowledgment that the organization
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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.
The Agency processes applications by
an NRTL for initial recognition or for
expansion or renewal of this recognition
following requirements in Appendix A
to 29 CFR 1910.7. This appendix
requires that the Agency publish two
notices in the Federal Register in
processing an application. In the first
notice, OSHA announces the
application and provides its preliminary
finding and, in the second notice, the
Agency provides its final decision on
the application. These notices set forth
the NRTL’s scope of recognition or
modifications of that scope. We
maintain an informational Web page for
each NRTL that details its scope of
recognition. These pages can be
accessed from our Web site at https://
www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/
index.html.
MET submitted an application, dated
April 25, 2006 (see Exhibit 41–1, as
cited in the preliminary notice), to
expand its recognition to include 22
additional test standards. One standard,
however, is already included in MET’s
scope. The NRTL Program staff
determined that the remaining 21
standards are ‘‘appropriate test
standards’’ within the meaning of 29
CFR 1910.7(c). 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 additional test
standards listed below (see Exhibit 41–
2, as cited in the preliminary notice).
Therefore, OSHA is approving these 21
test standards for the expansion.
The preliminary notice announcing
the expansion application was
published in the Federal Register on
July 6, 2007 (72 FR 37056). Comments
were requested by July 23, 2007, but no
comments were received in response to
this notice. OSHA is now proceeding
with this final notice to grant MET’s
expansion application.
The most recent application
processed by OSHA specifically related
to MET’s recognition granted an
expansion, and the final notice for this
expansion was published on February
27, 2007 (72 FR 8797).
You may obtain or review copies of
all public documents pertaining to the
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MET application by contacting the
Docket Office, Occupational Safety and
Health Administration, U.S. Department
of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Room N–2625, Washington, DC
20210. Docket No. OSHA–2006–0028
(formerly NRTL1–88) contains all
materials in the record concerning
MET’s recognition.
The current address of the MET
facility (site) already recognized by
OSHA is: MET Laboratories, Inc., 914
West Patapsco Avenue, Baltimore, MD
21230.
Final Decision and Order
NRTL Program staff has examined the
application, the assessor’s
recommendation, and other pertinent
information. Based upon this
examination and the assessor’s
recommendation, OSHA finds that MET
has met the requirements of 29 CFR
1910.7 for expansion of its recognition,
subject to the limitation and conditions
listed below. Pursuant to the authority
in 29 CFR 1910.7, OSHA hereby
expands the recognition of MET, subject
to this limitation and these conditions.
Limitation
OSHA limits the expansion of MET’s
recognition to testing and certification
of products for demonstration of
conformance to the following test
standards, each of which OSHA has
determined is an appropriate test
standard, within the meaning of 29 CFR
1910.7(c):
ANSI A17.5 Elevator and Escalator
Electrical Equipment
UL 250 Household Refrigerators and
Freezers
UL 399 Drinking Water Coolers
UL 430 Waste Disposers
UL 474 Dehumidifiers
UL 498A Current Taps and Adapters
UL 563 Ice Makers
UL 749 Household Dishwashers
UL 826 Household Electric Clocks
UL 858 Household Electric Ranges
UL 998 Humidifiers
UL 1005 Electric Flatirons
UL 1082 Household Electric Coffee
Makers and Brewing-Type Appliances
UL 1086 Household Trash Compactors
UL 1261 Electric Water Heaters for
Pools and Tubs
UL 1640 Portable Power-Distribution
Equipment
UL 1741 Inverters, Converters,
Controllers and Interconnection
System Equipment for Use With
Distributed Energy Resources
UL 1994 Luminous Egress Path
Marking Systems
UL 2157 Electric Clothes Washing
Machines and Extractors
UL 2158 Electric Clothes Dryers
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UL 60335–2–8 Household and Similar
Electrical Appliances, Part 2:
Particular Requirements for Shavers,
Hair Clippers, and Similar Appliances
The designations and titles of the
above test standards were current at the
time of the preparation of the
preliminary notice.
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, if a test
standard also covers any product(s) for
which OSHA does not require such
testing and certification, an NRTL’s
scope of recognition does not include
that product(s).
A test standard listed above may be
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.
Conditions
MET 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
MET’s facilities and records for
purposes of ascertaining continuing
compliance with the terms of its
recognition and to investigate as OSHA
deems necessary;
If MET 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;
MET 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, MET 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;
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MET 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;
MET will meet all the terms of its
recognition and will always comply
with all OSHA policies pertaining to
this recognition; and
MET will continue to meet the
requirements for recognition in all areas
where it has been recognized.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 26th day of
December, 2007.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety
and Health.
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[Release No. 34–57057; File No. SR–Amex–
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Self-Regulatory Organizations;
American Stock Exchange, LLC; Order
Granting Accelerated Approval of a
Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by
Amendment No. 1 Thereto, Relating to
Notes Linked to the Performance of the
CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Index
(PUTSM)
December 28, 2007.
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I. Introduction
On August 20, 2007, the American
Stock Exchange, LLC (‘‘Amex’’ or
‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) a proposed rule change
pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder 2 to
list and trade notes, the performance of
which is linked to the CBOE S&P 500
PutWrite Index (PUTSM) (the ‘‘PUT
Index’’ or ‘‘Index’’). On November 27,
2007, the Amex submitted Amendment
No. 1 to the proposed rule change. The
proposed rule change, as amended, was
published for comment in the Federal
Register on December 6, 2007 for a 15day comment period.3 This order
approves the proposed rule change, as
amended on an accelerated basis.
II. Description of the Proposal
The Amex proposes to list for trading
under Section 107A of the Amex
Company Guide (‘‘Company Guide’’)
1 15
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
CFR 240.19b–4.
3 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 56853
(November 28, 2007), 72 FR 68914 (‘‘Notice’’).
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notes linked to the performance of the
PUT Index (the ‘‘Notes’’). The Notes are
a series of medium-term debt securities
of Eksportfinans 4 that provide for a cash
payment at maturity or upon earlier
exchange at the holder’s option, based
on the performance of the PUT Index as
adjusted by an annual index fee (the
‘‘Index Fee’’). As described in the
Exchange’s proposal,5 the Notes are
cash-settled in U.S. dollars and do not
give the holder any right to receive any
of the component securities, dividend
payments, or any other ownership right
or interest in the securities comprising
the PUT Index. The Notes are designed
for investors who desire exposure to a
covered put selling options strategy on
a broad market index and who are
willing to forego principal protection
and market interest payments on the
Notes during their term.
The PUT Index is determined,
calculated and maintained solely by the
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
(‘‘CBOE’’).6 The PUT Index is a
benchmark index designed to measure
the performance of a hypothetical
investment strategy that overlays short
S&P 500 puts over a money market
account. The PUT Index tracks the value
of an initial investment of $100 in a
portfolio that passively follows the
CBOE S&P 500 PUT strategy. The PUT
Index strategy invests cash at one- and
three-month Treasury Bill rates and
sells a sequence of one-month at-themoney S&P 500 puts (SPX). The short
put position is collateralized by the
Treasury bills. The theory of the PUT
strategy is to trade a premium over
Treasury bill rates for a leveraged
exposure to S&P 500 downturns.
The Exchange submits that Section
107A and the continued listing
guidelines under Sections 1001–1003 of
the Company Guide will accommodate
the listing and trading of Notes.7
4 Eksportfinans
and Standard & Poor’s (‘‘S&P’’), a
division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. have
entered into a non-exclusive license agreement
providing for the use of the PUT Index by
Eksportfinans in connection with certain securities
including the Notes. S&P is not responsible for and
will not participate in the issuance and creation of
the Notes. Eksportfinans will issue the Notes under
the name ‘‘Eksportfinans Index-Linked Notes.
Eksportfinans has also been appointed to act as the
calculation agent.
5 For a more detailed description of the Notes,
including their structure, applicable exchange
listing and trading rules, disclosure of pricing
information, surveillance, and other regulation, see
Notice at 68914–15.
6 For a more detailed description of the Put Index,
including its construction and calculation, see
Notice at 68915–17.
7 Under Section 107A of the Company Guide, the
Exchange may approve for listing and trading
securities which cannot be readily categorized
under the listing criteria for common and preferred
stocks, bonds, debentures, or warrants. See
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III. Discussion and Commission
Findings
After careful review, the Commission
finds that the proposed rule change is
consistent with the requirements of the
Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder applicable to a national
securities exchange.8 The Commission
finds that this proposal is similar to
several approved instruments currently
listed and traded on the Amex.9
Accordingly, the Commission finds that
the proposed rule change is consistent
with Section 6(b)(5) of the Act,10 which
requires that the rules of an exchange be
designed, among other things, to
promote just and equitable principles of
trade, to remove impediments to and
perfect the mechanism of a free and
open market and a national market
system, and, in general, to protect
investors and the public interest.
The Commission further believes that
the proposal is consistent with Section
11A(a)(1)(C)(iii) of the Act,11 which sets
forth Congress’ finding that it is in the
public interest and appropriate for the
protection of investors and the
maintenance of fair and orderly markets
to assure the availability to brokers,
dealers, and investors of information
with respect to quotations for and
transactions in securities. The
requirements of Section 107A of the
Company Guide were designed to
address the concerns attendant to the
trading of hybrid securities, such as the
Notes. For example, Section 107A of the
Company Guide provides that only
issuers satisfying specified asset and
equity requirements may issue
securities such as the Notes. In addition,
the Exchange’s ‘‘Other Securities’’
listing standards further require that the
Notes have a market value of at least $4
million.
Securities Exchange Act Release No. 27753 (March
1, 1990), 55 FR 8626 (March 8, 1990) (SR–Amex–
89–29).
8 In approving this proposed rule change, the
Commission notes that it has considered the
proposed rule’s impact on efficiency, competition,
and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C. 78c(f).
9 See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 51426
(March 23, 2005), 70 FR 16315 (March 30, 2005)
(approving the listing and trading of Morgan
Stanley notes linked to the BXM Index); 50719
(November 22, 2004), 69 FR 69644 (November 30,
2004) (approving the listing and trading of Morgan
Stanley notes linked to the BXM Index); 51634
(April 29, 2005), 70 FR 24138 (May 6, 2005)
(approving the listing and trading of Wachovia
notes linked to the BXM Index); and 51840 (June
14, 2005), 70 FR 35468 (June 20, 2005) (approving
the listing and trading of JPMorgan notes linked to
the BXD Index). The BXM index is the CBOE S&P
500 BuyWrite IndexSM while the BXD is the
equivalent index using the DJIA as the underlying
index rather than the S&P 500.
10 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
11 15 U.S.C. 78k–1(a)(1)(C)(iii).
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2006-0028]
MET Laboratories, Inc.; Expansion of Recognition
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration's final decision expanding the recognition of MET
Laboratories, Inc., (MET) as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory
under 29 CFR 1910.7.
DATES: The expansion of recognition becomes effective on January 4,
2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: MaryAnn Garrahan, Director, Office of
Technical Programs and Coordination Activities, NRTL Program,
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room N-3655, Washington, DC 20210,
or phone (202) 693-2110.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Notice of Final Decision
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) hereby
gives notice of the expansion of recognition of MET Laboratories, Inc.,
(MET) as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL). MET's
expansion covers the use of additional test standards. OSHA's current
scope of recognition for MET may be found in the following
informational Web page: https://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/met.html.
OSHA recognition of an NRTL signifies that the organization has met
the legal requirements in Sec. 1910.7 of Title 29, Code of Federal
Regulations (29 CFR 1910.7). Recognition is an acknowledgment that the
organization
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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.
The Agency processes applications by an NRTL for initial
recognition or for expansion or renewal of this recognition following
requirements in Appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.7. This appendix requires
that the Agency publish two notices in the Federal Register in
processing an application. In the first notice, OSHA announces the
application and provides its preliminary finding and, in the second
notice, the Agency provides its final decision on the application.
These notices set forth the NRTL's scope of recognition or
modifications of that scope. We maintain an informational Web page for
each NRTL that details its scope of recognition. These pages can be
accessed from our Web site at https://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/
index.html.
MET submitted an application, dated April 25, 2006 (see Exhibit 41-
1, as cited in the preliminary notice), to expand its recognition to
include 22 additional test standards. One standard, however, is already
included in MET's scope. The NRTL Program staff determined that the
remaining 21 standards are ``appropriate test standards'' within the
meaning of 29 CFR 1910.7(c). In connection with this request, OSHA did
not perform an on-site 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 additional test standards listed below (see Exhibit 41-2,
as cited in the preliminary notice). Therefore, OSHA is approving these
21 test standards for the expansion.
The preliminary notice announcing the expansion application was
published in the Federal Register on July 6, 2007 (72 FR 37056).
Comments were requested by July 23, 2007, but no comments were received
in response to this notice. OSHA is now proceeding with this final
notice to grant MET's expansion application.
The most recent application processed by OSHA specifically related
to MET's recognition granted an expansion, and the final notice for
this expansion was published on February 27, 2007 (72 FR 8797).
You may obtain or review copies of all public documents pertaining
to the MET application by contacting the Docket Office, Occupational
Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Room N-2625, Washington, DC 20210. Docket No.
OSHA-2006-0028 (formerly NRTL1-88) contains all materials in the record
concerning MET's recognition.
The current address of the MET facility (site) already recognized
by OSHA is: MET Laboratories, Inc., 914 West Patapsco Avenue,
Baltimore, MD 21230.
Final Decision and Order
NRTL Program staff has examined the application, the assessor's
recommendation, and other pertinent information. Based upon this
examination and the assessor's recommendation, OSHA finds that MET has
met the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for expansion of its recognition,
subject to the limitation and conditions listed below. Pursuant to the
authority in 29 CFR 1910.7, OSHA hereby expands the recognition of MET,
subject to this limitation and these conditions.
Limitation
OSHA limits the expansion of MET's recognition to testing and
certification of products for demonstration of conformance to the
following test standards, each of which OSHA has determined is an
appropriate test standard, within the meaning of 29 CFR 1910.7(c):
ANSI A17.5 Elevator and Escalator Electrical Equipment
UL 250 Household Refrigerators and Freezers
UL 399 Drinking Water Coolers
UL 430 Waste Disposers
UL 474 Dehumidifiers
UL 498A Current Taps and Adapters
UL 563 Ice Makers
UL 749 Household Dishwashers
UL 826 Household Electric Clocks
UL 858 Household Electric Ranges
UL 998 Humidifiers
UL 1005 Electric Flatirons
UL 1082 Household Electric Coffee Makers and Brewing-Type Appliances
UL 1086 Household Trash Compactors
UL 1261 Electric Water Heaters for Pools and Tubs
UL 1640 Portable Power-Distribution Equipment
UL 1741 Inverters, Converters, Controllers and Interconnection System
Equipment for Use With Distributed Energy Resources
UL 1994 Luminous Egress Path Marking Systems
UL 2157 Electric Clothes Washing Machines and Extractors
UL 2158 Electric Clothes Dryers
UL 60335-2-8 Household and Similar Electrical Appliances, Part 2:
Particular Requirements for Shavers, Hair Clippers, and Similar
Appliances
The designations and titles of the above test standards were
current at the time of the preparation of the preliminary notice.
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, if a test standard also
covers any product(s) for which OSHA does not require such testing and
certification, an NRTL's scope of recognition does not include that
product(s).
A test standard listed above may be 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.
Conditions
MET 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 MET's facilities and records for
purposes of ascertaining continuing compliance with the terms of its
recognition and to investigate as OSHA deems necessary;
If MET 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;
MET 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, MET 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;
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MET 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;
MET will meet all the terms of its recognition and will always
comply with all OSHA policies pertaining to this recognition; and
MET will continue to meet the requirements for recognition in all
areas where it has been recognized.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 26th day of December, 2007.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health.
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