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Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2013–0012]
Modification to the List of Appropriate
NRTL Program Test Standards and the
Scopes of Recognition of Several
NRTLs
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Notice.
In this notice, OSHA
announces the final decision to: (1) Add
a new test standard to the Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratories (NRTL)
Program’s list of appropriate test
standards and (2) update the scopes of
recognition of several NRTLs.
DATES: The actions contained in this
notice will become effective on
November 5, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Information regarding this notice is
available from the following sources:
Press inquiries: Contact Mr. Frank
Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of
Communications; 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; telephone: (202)
693–2110 or 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:
SUMMARY:
I. Background
The NRTL program recognizes
organizations that provide productsafety testing and certification services
to manufacturers. These organizations
perform testing and certification for
purposes of the program, to U.S.
consensus-based product-safety test
standards. The products covered by the
NRTL program consist of those items for
which OSHA safety standards require
certification by a NRTL. The
requirements affect electrical products
and 38 other types of products. OSHA
does not develop or issue these test
standards, but generally relies on
standards-development organizations
(SDOs), which develop and maintain
the standards using a method that
provides input and consideration of
views of industry groups, experts, users,
consumers, governmental authorities
and others having broad experience in
the safety field involved.
A. Addition of New Test Standards to
the NRTL List of Appropriate Test
Standards
Periodically, OSHA will add new test
standards to the NRTL list of
appropriate test standards following an
evaluation of the test standard
document. To qualify as an appropriate
test standard, the agency evaluates the
document to: (1) Verify it represents a
product category for which OSHA
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requires certification by a NRTL, (2)
verify the document represents an end
product and not a component, and (3)
verify the document defines safety test
specifications (not installation or
operational performance specifications).
OSHA becomes aware of new test
standards through various avenues. For
example, OSHA may become aware of
new test standards by: (1) Monitoring
notifications issued by certain SDOs; (2)
reviewing applications by NRTLs or
applicants seeking recognition to
include a new test standard in their
scopes of recognition; and (3) obtaining
notification from manufacturers,
manufacturing organizations,
government agencies, or other parties
that a new test standard may be
appropriate to add to its list of
appropriate standards. OSHA may
determine to include a new test
standard in the list, for example, if the
test standard is for a particular type of
product that another test standard also
covers, covers a type of product that no
standard previously covered, or is
otherwise new to the NRTL Program.
B. SDO Deletion and Replacement of
Test Standards
The NRTL program regulations
require that appropriate test standards
be maintained and current (29 CFR
1910.7(c)). A test standard withdrawn
by a standards-development
organization is no longer considered an
appropriate test standard (Directive,
App. C.XIV.B). It is OSHA’s policy to
remove recognition of withdrawn test
standards by issuing a correction notice
in the Federal Register for all NRTLs
recognized for the withdrawn test
standards. However, SDOs frequently
will designate a replacement standard
for standards they withdraw. OSHA will
recognize a NRTL for an appropriate
replacement test standard if the NRTL
has the requisite testing and evaluation
capability for the replacement test
standard.
One method that NRTLs may use to
show such capability involves an
analysis to determine whether any
testing and evaluation requirements of
existing test standards in a NRTL scope
are comparable (i.e., are completely or
substantially identical) to the
requirements in the replacement test
standard. If OSHA’s analysis shows the
replacement test standard does not
require additional or different technical
capability than an existing test
standard(s), the replacement test
standard is comparable to the existing
test standard(s), then OSHA can add the
replacement test standard to affected
NRTLs’ scopes of recognition. If OSHA’s
analysis shows the replacement test
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standard requires an additional or
different technical capability, or the
replacement test standard is not
comparable to any existing test
standards, each affected NRTL that
seeks to have OSHA add the
replacement test standard to the NRTL’s
scope of recognition must provide
information to OSHA that demonstrates
technical capability.
C. Other Reasons for Removal of Test
Standards From the NRTL List of
Appropriate Test Standards
OSHA may choose to remove a test
standard from the NRTL list of
appropriate test standards based on an
internal review. The review will
determine if the test standards conform
to the definition of an appropriate test
standard defined in NRTL program
regulations and policy. There are several
reasons for removing a test standard
based on this review. First, a document
that provides the methodology for a
single test is a test method rather than
an appropriate test standard (29 CFR
1910.7(c)). As stated above, a test
standard must specify the safety
requirements for a specific type of
product(s). A test method, however, is a
‘‘specified technical procedure for
performing a test’’ (Directive, App. B).
As such, a test method is not an
appropriate test standard. While a NRTL
may use a test method to determine if
certain safety requirements are met, a
test method is not itself a safety
requirement for a specific product
category.
Second, a document that focuses
primarily on usage, installation, or
maintenance requirements would also
not be considered an appropriate test
standard (Directive, App. D.IV.B). In
some cases, however, a document may
also provide safety test specifications in
addition to usage, installation, and
maintenance requirements. In such
cases, the document would be retained
as an appropriate test standard based on
the safety test specifications.
Finally, a document may not be
considered an appropriate test standard
if the document covers products for
which OSHA does not require testing
and certification (Directive, App.
D.IV.A). Similarly, a document that
covers electrical-product components
would not be considered an appropriate
test standard. These documents apply to
types of components that have
limitation(s) or condition(s) on their
use, in that they are not appropriate
end-use products. These documents also
specify that these types of components
are for use only as part of an end-use
product. NRTLs, however, evaluate such
components only in the context of
evaluating whether end-use products
requiring NRTL approval are safe for use
in the workplace. Testing such
components alone would not indicate
that the end-use products containing the
components are safe for use.
Accordingly, as a matter of policy,
OSHA considers that documents
covering such components are not
appropriate test standards under the
NRTL program. OSHA notes, however,
that it is not proposing to delete from
NRTLs’ scopes of recognition any test
standards covering end-use products
that contain such components.1
In addition, OSHA notes that, to
conform to a test standard covering an
end-use product, a NRTL must still
determine that the components in the
product comply with the components’
specific test standards. In making this
determination, NRTLs may test the
components themselves, or accept the
testing of a qualified testing
organization that a given component
conforms to its particular test standard.
OSHA reviews each NRTL’s procedures
to determine which approach the NRTL
will use to address components, and
reviews the end-use product testing to
verify the NRTL appropriately addresses
that product’s components.
D. Proposed Modification to the NRTL
List of Appropriate Test Standards and
the Scopes of Recognition of Several
NRTLs
In a February 7, 2019, Federal
Register notice (84 FR 2587, referred to
in this notice as ‘‘Proposed
Modification,’’ and available at
www.regulations.gov under Docket ID
OSHA–2013–0012–0011), OSHA
proposed: Adding one standard to the
NRTL list of appropriate test standards;
deleting a withdrawn and deleted test
standard from the NRTL list of
appropriate test standards;
incorporating into the NRTL list of
appropriate test standards a replacement
test standard for the withdrawn and
deleted test standard; and updating the
scopes of recognition of several NRTLs.
OSHA received no comments, and in
this notice, takes final action on its
proposals.
II. Final Decision To Add a New Test
Standard to the NRTL Program’s List of
Appropriate Test Standards
In this notice, OSHA announces its
final decision to add one new test
standard, UL 61010–2–020, Standard for
Safety Requirements for Electrical
Equipment for Laboratory Use; Part 2–
020: Particular Requirements for
Laboratory Equipment for Laboratory
Centrifuges, to the NRTL program’s list
of appropriate test standards. In the
Proposed Modification, OSHA proposed
adding the same test standard to the
NRTL Program’s List of Appropriate
Test Standards, as described in Table 1:
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TABLE 1—TEST STANDARDS OSHA IS ADDING TO THE NRTL PROGRAM’S LIST OF APPROPRIATE TEST STANDARDS
Proposed test standard to be removed
Reason for proposed removal
Proposed replacement test standard(s)
(if applicable)
UL 61010A–2–020—Electrical Equipment for
Laboratory Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Laboratory Equipment for Laboratory Centrifuges.
Standard withdrawn by Standards Organization.
UL 61010–2–020—Standard for Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Laboratory Use; Part 2–020: Particular Requirements for Laboratory Equipment for Laboratory Centrifuges.
III. Final Decision To Modify Affected
NRTLs’ Scopes of Recognition
In this notice, OSHA announces the
final decision to update the scopes of
1 OSHA notes also that some types of devices
covered by these documents, such as capacitors and
transformers, may be end-use products themselves,
and tested under other test standards applicable to
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recognition of several NRTLs. The tables
in this section (Table 2 thru Table 5)
list, for each affected NRTL, the test
standard that OSHA will delete from its
scope of recognition and, when
applicable, the test standard that OSHA
will incorporate into its scope of
such products. For example, the following test
standard covers transformers that are end-use
products: UL 1562 Standard for Transformers,
Distribution, Dry-Type—Over 600 Volts. OSHA is
not proposing to delete such test standards from
NRTLs’ scopes of recognition.
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recognition to replace withdrawn (and
deleted) test standard.
TABLE 2—TEST STANDARD OSHA WILL REMOVE AND REPLACE FROM THE SCOPE OF RECOGNITION OF THE CANADIAN
STANDARDS ASSOCIATION
Test standard to be removed
Reason for removal
Replacement test standard
UL 61010A–2–020—Electrical Equipment for
Laboratory Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Laboratory Equipment for Laboratory Centrifuges.
Standard withdrawn by Standards Organization.
UL 61010–2–020—Standard for Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Laboratory Use; Part 2–020: Particular Requirements for Laboratory Equipment for Laboratory Centrifuges.
TABLE 3—TEST STANDARD OSHA WILL REMOVE AND REPLACE FROM THE SCOPE OF RECOGNITION OF INTERTEK
TESTING SERVICES, NA
Test standard to be removed
Reason for removal
Replacement test standard
UL 61010A–2–020—Electrical Equipment for
Laboratory Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Laboratory Equipment for Laboratory Centrifuges.
Standard withdrawn by Standards Organization.
UL 61010–2–020—Standard for Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Laboratory Use; Part 2–020: Particular Requirements for Laboratory Equipment for Laboratory Centrifuges.
TABLE 4—TEST STANDARD OSHA WILL REMOVE AND REPLACE FROM THE SCOPE OF RECOGNITION OF TUV SUD
AMERICA, INC.
Test standard to be removed
Reason for removal
Replacement test standard
UL 61010A–2–020—Electrical Equipment for
Laboratory Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Laboratory Equipment for Laboratory Centrifuges.
Standard withdrawn by Standards Organization.
UL 61010–2–020—Standard for Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Laboratory Use; Part 2–020: Particular Requirements for Laboratory Equipment for Laboratory Centrifuges.
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TABLE 5—TEST STANDARD OSHA WILL REMOVE AND REPLACE FROM THE SCOPE OF RECOGNITION OF UNDERWRITERS
LABORATORY, INC.
Test standard to be removed
Reason for removal
Replacement test standard
UL 61010A–2–020—Electrical Equipment for
Laboratory Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Laboratory Equipment for Laboratory Centrifuges.
Standard withdrawn by Standards Organization.
UL 61010–2–020—Standard for Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Laboratory Use; Part 2–020: Particular Requirements for Laboratory Equipment for Laboratory Centrifuges.
OSHA will incorporate the
modifications to each NRTL Scope of
Recognition on the informational web
pages. These web pages detail the scope
of recognition for each NRTL, including
the test standards the NRTL may use to
test and certify products under OSHA’s
NRTL Program. OSHA also will add, to
the Appropriate Test Standards web
page, those test standard added to the
NRTL list of appropriate test standards,
and add, to the Standards No Longer
Recognized web page, those test
standards that OSHA no longer
recognizes or permits under the NRTL
program. Access to these web pages is
available at https://www.osha.gov/dts/
otpca/nrtl/.
Pursuant to the authority in 29 CFR
1910.7, OSHA hereby updates the NRTL
List of Appropriate Test Standards,
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subject to the limitation and conditions
specified above.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
V. Authority and Signature
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
Loren Sweatt, Principal Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health,
authorized the preparation of this
notice. Accordingly, the agency is
issuing this notice pursuant to 29 U.S.C.
657(g)(2)), Secretary of Labor’s Order
No. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912, Jan. 25, 2012),
and 29 CFR 1910.7.
Signed at Washington, DC, on October 30,
2019.
Loren Sweatt,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor
for Occupational Safety and Health.
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SGS North America, Inc.: Applications
for Expansion of Recognition and
Proposed 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 the application of SGS North
America, Inc., for expansion of the
scope of recognition as a Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL)
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2013-0012]
Modification to the List of Appropriate NRTL Program Test
Standards and the Scopes of Recognition of Several NRTLs
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA announces the final decision to: (1) Add
a new test standard to the Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories
(NRTL) Program's list of appropriate test standards and (2) update the
scopes of recognition of several NRTLs.
DATES: The actions contained in this notice will become effective on
November 5, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information regarding this notice is
available from the following sources:
Press inquiries: Contact Mr. Frank Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office
of Communications; telephone: (202) 693-1999; email:
[email protected].
General and technical information: Contact Mr. Kevin Robinson,
Director, Office of Technical Programs and Coordination Activities,
Directorate of Technical Support and Emergency Management, Occupational
Safety and Health Administration; telephone: (202) 693-2110 or email:
[email protected]. OSHA's web page includes information about the
NRTL Program (see https://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The NRTL program recognizes organizations that provide product-
safety testing and certification services to manufacturers. These
organizations perform testing and certification for purposes of the
program, to U.S. consensus-based product-safety test standards. The
products covered by the NRTL program consist of those items for which
OSHA safety standards require certification by a NRTL. The requirements
affect electrical products and 38 other types of products. OSHA does
not develop or issue these test standards, but generally relies on
standards-development organizations (SDOs), which develop and maintain
the standards using a method that provides input and consideration of
views of industry groups, experts, users, consumers, governmental
authorities and others having broad experience in the safety field
involved.
A. Addition of New Test Standards to the NRTL List of Appropriate Test
Standards
Periodically, OSHA will add new test standards to the NRTL list of
appropriate test standards following an evaluation of the test standard
document. To qualify as an appropriate test standard, the agency
evaluates the document to: (1) Verify it represents a product category
for which OSHA requires certification by a NRTL, (2) verify the
document represents an end product and not a component, and (3) verify
the document defines safety test specifications (not installation or
operational performance specifications). OSHA becomes aware of new test
standards through various avenues. For example, OSHA may become aware
of new test standards by: (1) Monitoring notifications issued by
certain SDOs; (2) reviewing applications by NRTLs or applicants seeking
recognition to include a new test standard in their scopes of
recognition; and (3) obtaining notification from manufacturers,
manufacturing organizations, government agencies, or other parties that
a new test standard may be appropriate to add to its list of
appropriate standards. OSHA may determine to include a new test
standard in the list, for example, if the test standard is for a
particular type of product that another test standard also covers,
covers a type of product that no standard previously covered, or is
otherwise new to the NRTL Program.
B. SDO Deletion and Replacement of Test Standards
The NRTL program regulations require that appropriate test
standards be maintained and current (29 CFR 1910.7(c)). A test standard
withdrawn by a standards-development organization is no longer
considered an appropriate test standard (Directive, App. C.XIV.B). It
is OSHA's policy to remove recognition of withdrawn test standards by
issuing a correction notice in the Federal Register for all NRTLs
recognized for the withdrawn test standards. However, SDOs frequently
will designate a replacement standard for standards they withdraw. OSHA
will recognize a NRTL for an appropriate replacement test standard if
the NRTL has the requisite testing and evaluation capability for the
replacement test standard.
One method that NRTLs may use to show such capability involves an
analysis to determine whether any testing and evaluation requirements
of existing test standards in a NRTL scope are comparable (i.e., are
completely or substantially identical) to the requirements in the
replacement test standard. If OSHA's analysis shows the replacement
test standard does not require additional or different technical
capability than an existing test standard(s), the replacement test
standard is comparable to the existing test standard(s), then OSHA can
add the replacement test standard to affected NRTLs' scopes of
recognition. If OSHA's analysis shows the replacement test
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standard requires an additional or different technical capability, or
the replacement test standard is not comparable to any existing test
standards, each affected NRTL that seeks to have OSHA add the
replacement test standard to the NRTL's scope of recognition must
provide information to OSHA that demonstrates technical capability.
C. Other Reasons for Removal of Test Standards From the NRTL List of
Appropriate Test Standards
OSHA may choose to remove a test standard from the NRTL list of
appropriate test standards based on an internal review. The review will
determine if the test standards conform to the definition of an
appropriate test standard defined in NRTL program regulations and
policy. There are several reasons for removing a test standard based on
this review. First, a document that provides the methodology for a
single test is a test method rather than an appropriate test standard
(29 CFR 1910.7(c)). As stated above, a test standard must specify the
safety requirements for a specific type of product(s). A test method,
however, is a ``specified technical procedure for performing a test''
(Directive, App. B). As such, a test method is not an appropriate test
standard. While a NRTL may use a test method to determine if certain
safety requirements are met, a test method is not itself a safety
requirement for a specific product category.
Second, a document that focuses primarily on usage, installation,
or maintenance requirements would also not be considered an appropriate
test standard (Directive, App. D.IV.B). In some cases, however, a
document may also provide safety test specifications in addition to
usage, installation, and maintenance requirements. In such cases, the
document would be retained as an appropriate test standard based on the
safety test specifications.
Finally, a document may not be considered an appropriate test
standard if the document covers products for which OSHA does not
require testing and certification (Directive, App. D.IV.A). Similarly,
a document that covers electrical-product components would not be
considered an appropriate test standard. These documents apply to types
of components that have limitation(s) or condition(s) on their use, in
that they are not appropriate end-use products. These documents also
specify that these types of components are for use only as part of an
end-use product. NRTLs, however, evaluate such components only in the
context of evaluating whether end-use products requiring NRTL approval
are safe for use in the workplace. Testing such components alone would
not indicate that the end-use products containing the components are
safe for use. Accordingly, as a matter of policy, OSHA considers that
documents covering such components are not appropriate test standards
under the NRTL program. OSHA notes, however, that it is not proposing
to delete from NRTLs' scopes of recognition any test standards covering
end-use products that contain such components.\1\
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\1\ OSHA notes also that some types of devices covered by these
documents, such as capacitors and transformers, may be end-use
products themselves, and tested under other test standards
applicable to such products. For example, the following test
standard covers transformers that are end-use products: UL 1562
Standard for Transformers, Distribution, Dry-Type--Over 600 Volts.
OSHA is not proposing to delete such test standards from NRTLs'
scopes of recognition.
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In addition, OSHA notes that, to conform to a test standard
covering an end-use product, a NRTL must still determine that the
components in the product comply with the components' specific test
standards. In making this determination, NRTLs may test the components
themselves, or accept the testing of a qualified testing organization
that a given component conforms to its particular test standard. OSHA
reviews each NRTL's procedures to determine which approach the NRTL
will use to address components, and reviews the end-use product testing
to verify the NRTL appropriately addresses that product's components.
D. Proposed Modification to the NRTL List of Appropriate Test Standards
and the Scopes of Recognition of Several NRTLs
In a February 7, 2019, Federal Register notice (84 FR 2587,
referred to in this notice as ``Proposed Modification,'' and available
at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID OSHA-2013-0012-0011), OSHA
proposed: Adding one standard to the NRTL list of appropriate test
standards; deleting a withdrawn and deleted test standard from the NRTL
list of appropriate test standards; incorporating into the NRTL list of
appropriate test standards a replacement test standard for the
withdrawn and deleted test standard; and updating the scopes of
recognition of several NRTLs. OSHA received no comments, and in this
notice, takes final action on its proposals.
II. Final Decision To Add a New Test Standard to the NRTL Program's
List of Appropriate Test Standards
In this notice, OSHA announces its final decision to add one new
test standard, UL 61010-2-020, Standard for Safety Requirements for
Electrical Equipment for Laboratory Use; Part 2-020: Particular
Requirements for Laboratory Equipment for Laboratory Centrifuges, to
the NRTL program's list of appropriate test standards. In the Proposed
Modification, OSHA proposed adding the same test standard to the NRTL
Program's List of Appropriate Test Standards, as described in Table 1:
Table 1--Test Standards OSHA Is Adding to the NRTL Program's List of
Appropriate Test Standards
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Proposed replacement
Proposed test standard to be Reason for proposed test standard(s) (if
removed removal applicable)
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UL 61010A-2-020--Electrical Standard withdrawn UL 61010-2-020--
Equipment for Laboratory by Standards Standard for Safety
Use; Part 2: Particular Organization. Requirements for
Requirements for Laboratory Electrical
Equipment for Laboratory Equipment for
Centrifuges. Laboratory Use;
Part 2-020:
Particular
Requirements for
Laboratory
Equipment for
Laboratory
Centrifuges.
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III. Final Decision To Modify Affected NRTLs' Scopes of Recognition
In this notice, OSHA announces the final decision to update the
scopes of recognition of several NRTLs. The tables in this section
(Table 2 thru Table 5) list, for each affected NRTL, the test standard
that OSHA will delete from its scope of recognition and, when
applicable, the test standard that OSHA will incorporate into its scope
of
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recognition to replace withdrawn (and deleted) test standard.
Table 2--Test Standard OSHA Will Remove and Replace From the Scope of
Recognition of the Canadian Standards Association
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Replacement test
Test standard to be removed Reason for removal standard
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UL 61010A-2-020--Electrical Standard withdrawn UL 61010-2-020--
Equipment for Laboratory by Standards Standard for Safety
Use; Part 2: Particular Organization. Requirements for
Requirements for Laboratory Electrical
Equipment for Laboratory Equipment for
Centrifuges. Laboratory Use;
Part 2-020:
Particular
Requirements for
Laboratory
Equipment for
Laboratory
Centrifuges.
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Table 3--Test Standard OSHA Will Remove and Replace From the Scope of
Recognition of Intertek Testing Services, NA
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Replacement test
Test standard to be removed Reason for removal standard
------------------------------------------------------------------------
UL 61010A-2-020--Electrical Standard withdrawn UL 61010-2-020--
Equipment for Laboratory by Standards Standard for Safety
Use; Part 2: Particular Organization. Requirements for
Requirements for Laboratory Electrical
Equipment for Laboratory Equipment for
Centrifuges. Laboratory Use;
Part 2-020:
Particular
Requirements for
Laboratory
Equipment for
Laboratory
Centrifuges.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Table 4--Test Standard OSHA Will Remove and Replace From the Scope of
Recognition of TUV SUD America, Inc.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Replacement test
Test standard to be removed Reason for removal standard
------------------------------------------------------------------------
UL 61010A-2-020--Electrical Standard withdrawn UL 61010-2-020--
Equipment for Laboratory by Standards Standard for Safety
Use; Part 2: Particular Organization. Requirements for
Requirements for Laboratory Electrical
Equipment for Laboratory Equipment for
Centrifuges. Laboratory Use;
Part 2-020:
Particular
Requirements for
Laboratory
Equipment for
Laboratory
Centrifuges.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Table 5--Test Standard OSHA Will Remove and Replace From the Scope of
Recognition of Underwriters Laboratory, Inc.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Replacement test
Test standard to be removed Reason for removal standard
------------------------------------------------------------------------
UL 61010A-2-020--Electrical Standard withdrawn UL 61010-2-020--
Equipment for Laboratory by Standards Standard for Safety
Use; Part 2: Particular Organization. Requirements for
Requirements for Laboratory Electrical
Equipment for Laboratory Equipment for
Centrifuges. Laboratory Use;
Part 2-020:
Particular
Requirements for
Laboratory
Equipment for
Laboratory
Centrifuges.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
OSHA will incorporate the modifications to each NRTL Scope of
Recognition on the informational web pages. These web pages detail the
scope of recognition for each NRTL, including the test standards the
NRTL may use to test and certify products under OSHA's NRTL Program.
OSHA also will add, to the Appropriate Test Standards web page, those
test standard added to the NRTL list of appropriate test standards, and
add, to the Standards No Longer Recognized web page, those test
standards that OSHA no longer recognizes or permits under the NRTL
program. Access to these web pages is available at https://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/.
Pursuant to the authority in 29 CFR 1910.7, OSHA hereby updates the
NRTL List of Appropriate Test Standards, subject to the limitation and
conditions specified above.
V. Authority and Signature
Loren Sweatt, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health, authorized the preparation of this
notice. Accordingly, the agency is issuing this notice pursuant to 29
U.S.C. 657(g)(2)), Secretary of Labor's Order No. 1-2012 (77 FR 3912,
Jan. 25, 2012), and 29 CFR 1910.7.
Signed at Washington, DC, on October 30, 2019.
Loren Sweatt,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety
and Health.
[FR Doc. 2019-24093 Filed 11-4-19; 8:45 am]
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