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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1121–0184]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Revision of a
Currently Approved Collection: 2022
School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the
National Crime Victimization Survey
(NCVS)
Bureau of Justice Statistics,
Department of Justice.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Justice
(DOJ), Office of Justice Programs,
Bureau of Justice Statistics, will be
submitting the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted for 60 days until
August 31, 2021.
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you have comments especially on the
estimated public burden or associated
response time, suggestions, or need a
copy of the proposed information
collection instrument with instructions
or additional information, please
contact Rachel Morgan (email:
Rachel.Morgan@usdoj.gov; telephone:
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(email: Alexandra.Thompson@
usdoj.gov; telephone: 202–598–2032),
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written
comments and suggestions from the
public and affected agencies concerning
the proposed collection of information
are encouraged. Your comments should
address one or more of the following
four points:
—Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
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Statistics, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
—Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
—Evaluate whether and if so how the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected can be
enhanced; and
—Minimize the burden of the collection
of information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms
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Overview of This Information
Collection
1. Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a currently approved
collection.
2. Title of the Form/Collection: 2022
School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the
National Crime Victimization Survey
(NCVS).
3. Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the
Department of Justice sponsoring the
collection: The form number for the
questionnaire is SCS–1. The applicable
component within the Department of
Justice is the Bureau of Justice Statistics
(BJS), in the Office of Justice Programs.
4. Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: The survey will be
administered to persons ages 12 to 18 in
NCVS sample households in the United
States from January through June 2022.
The SCS collects, analyzes, publishes,
and disseminates statistics on the
students’ victimization, perceptions of
school environment, and safety at
school.
5. An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: An estimate of the total
number of respondents is 7,010 persons
ages 12 to 18. Of the 7,010 SCS
respondents, 87% or 6,071 are expected
to complete the long SCS interview
(entire SCS questionnaire) which takes
an estimated 17 minutes (0.28 hours) to
complete. The remaining 13% or 939
SCS respondents are expected to
complete the short interview (i.e. will be
screened out for not being in school),
which takes an estimated 2 minutes
(0.03 hours) to complete. There are an
estimated 1,728 annual burden hours
associated with this collection.
Respondents will be asked to respond to
this survey only once during the sixmonth period. The burden estimates are
based on data from the prior
administration of the SCS.
6. An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: There are an estimated 1,728
total burden hours associated with this
information collection.
If additional information is required,
contact: Melody Braswell, Department
Clearance Officer, United States
Department of Justice, Justice
Management Division, Policy and
Planning Staff, Two Constitution
Square, 145 N Street NE, 3E.405A,
Washington, DC 20530.
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Dated: June 29, 2021.
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S.
Department of Justice.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2007–0043]
TUV SUD 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 applications of TUV SUD
America, Inc. (TUVAM) for expansion
of recognition as a Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL)
and presents the agency’s preliminary
finding to grant the applications.
Additionally, OSHA proposes to add
one additional test standard to the
NRTL Program’s List of Appropriate
Test Standards.
DATES: Submit comments, information,
and documents in response to this
notice, or requests for an extension of
time to make a submission, on or before
July 19, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments by any of
the following methods:
Electronically: You may submit
comments and attachments
electronically at: https://
www.regulations.gov, which is the
Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the
instructions online for submitting
comments.
Docket: To read or download
comments or other material in the
docket, go to https://
www.regulations.gov. Documents in the
docket are listed in the https://
www.regulations.gov index; however,
some information (e.g., copyrighted
material) is not publicly available to
read or download through the website.
All submissions, including copyrighted
material, are available for inspection
through the OSHA Docket Office.
Contact the OSHA Docket Office for
assistance in locating docket
submissions.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and the OSHA
docket number for this Federal Register
notice (OSHA–2007–0043). OSHA will
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place comments and requests to speak,
including personal information, in the
public docket, which may be available
online. Therefore, OSHA cautions
interested parties about submitting
personal information such as Social
Security numbers and birthdates. For
further information on submitting
comments, see the ‘‘Public
Participation’’ heading in the section of
this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
Extension of comment period: Submit
requests for an extension of the
comment period on or before July 19,
2021 to the Office of Technical
Programs and Coordination Activities,
Directorate of Technical Support and
Emergency Management, Occupational
Safety and Health Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW, Room N–3655,
Washington, DC 20210, or by fax to
(202) 693–1644.
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, U.S. Department of
Labor by phone (202) 693–1999 or email
meilinger.francis2@dol.gov.
General and technical information:
Contact Mr. Kevin Robinson, Director,
Office of Technical Programs and
Coordination Activities, Directorate of
Technical Support and Emergency
Management, Occupational Safety and
Health Administration, U.S. Department
of Labor by phone (202) 693–2110 or
email robinson.kevin@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Notice of the Applications for
Expansion
OSHA is providing notice that TUV
SUD America, Inc. (TUVAM) is
applying for expansion of the current
recognition as a NRTL. TUVAM
requests the addition of eighteen test
standards to their NRTL scope of
recognition.
OSHA recognition of a NRTL signifies
that the organization meets the
requirements specified in 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.
Each NRTL’s scope of recognition
includes (1) the type of products the
NRTL may test, with each type specified
by its applicable test standard; and (2)
the recognized site(s) that has/have the
technical capability to perform the
product-testing and productcertification activities for test standards
within the NRTL’s scope. Recognition is
not a delegation or grant of government
authority; however, recognition enables
employers to use products approved by
the NRTL to meet OSHA standards that
require product testing and certification.
The agency processes an application
by a NRTL for initial recognition and for
an expansion or renewal of this
recognition, following requirements in
Appendix A, 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. In the second notice, the agency
provides the final decision on the
application. These notices set forth the
NRTL’s scope of recognition or
modifications of that scope. OSHA
maintains an informational web page for
each NRTL, including TUVAM, which
details the NRTL’s scope of recognition.
These pages are available from the
OSHA website at: https://www.osha.gov/
dts/otpca/nrtl/.
TUVAM currently has seven facilities
(sites) recognized by OSHA for product
testing and certification, with its
headquarters located at: TUV SUD
America, Inc., 401 Edgewater Place,
Suite #500 Wakefield, Massachusetts
01880. A complete list of TUVAM’s
scope of recognition (including sites)
recognized by OSHA is available at:
https://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/
tuvam.html.
II. General Background on the
Applications
TUVAM submitted an application,
dated June 8, 2020 (OSHA–2007–0043–
0036), to expand their recognition to
include six additional test standards.
OSHA staff performed detailed analysis
of the application packet and reviewed
other pertinent information. OSHA did
not perform any on-site reviews in
relation to this application.
Additionally, TUVAM submitted an
application on May 19, 2015 (OSHA–
2007–0043–0020) to expand their
recognition to include two additional
recognized test sites and twelve
additional test standards. Due to an
error, OSHA published preliminary and
final Federal Register notices (82 FR
13143, March 9, 2017; 82 FR 28359,
June 21, 2017) announcing the
application and grant of expansion for
the two recognized test sites, but not the
twelve test standards. Those twelve
standards are included in this notice.
The expansion announced in this notice
will cover eighteen standards, including
one which OSHA proposes to add to the
NRTL Program’s List of Appropriate
Test Standards.
Table 1 below lists the appropriate
test standards found in TUVAM’s
applications for expansion for testing
and certification of products under the
NRTL Program.
TABLE 1—PROPOSED LIST OF APPROPRIATE TEST STANDARDS FOR INCLUSION IN TUVAM’S NRTL SCOPE OF
RECOGNITION
Test standard
Test standard title
*UL 347A ........................
UL 1004–1 ......................
UL 2594 ..........................
UL 61010–2–030 ............
Medium Voltage Power Conversion Equipment.
Rotating Electrical Machines—General Requirements.
Standard for Electric Vehicle Supply Management.
Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement, Control and Laboratory Use—Part 2–030: Particular
Requirements for Testing and Measuring Circuits.
Standard for Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement, Control and Laboratory Use—Part 2–
081: Particular Requirements for Automatic and Semi-Automatic Laboratory Equipment for Analysis and Other Purposes.
Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement, Control and Laboratory Use—Part 2–101: Particular
Requirements for In Vitro Diagnostic (IVD) Medical Equipment.
Photographic Equipment.
Portable Electric Luminaires.
Electrically Operated Valves.
High-Pressure Cleaning Machines.
Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar Use; Part 1: General Requirements.
Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Timers and Time
Switches.
UL 61010–2–81 ..............
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UL 61010–2–101 ............
UL
UL
UL
UL
UL
UL
122 ............................
153 ............................
429 ............................
1776 ..........................
60730–1A ..................
60730–2–7 ................
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TABLE 1—PROPOSED LIST OF APPROPRIATE TEST STANDARDS FOR INCLUSION IN TUVAM’S NRTL SCOPE OF
RECOGNITION—Continued
Test standard
Test standard title
UL 60730–2–10A ............
Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Motor Starting Relays.
Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Energy Regulators.
Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Electrically Operated Door Locks.
Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Humidity Sensing
Controls.
Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Electric Actuators.
Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Automatic Electrical
Water Level Controls.
UL 60730–2–11A ............
UL 60730–2–12A ............
UL 60730–2–13A ............
UL 60730–2–14 ..............
UL 60730–2–16A ............
* Represents Test Standard new to the NRTL Program.
III. Proposal To Add New Test
Standards to the NRTL Program’s List
of Appropriate Test Standards
Periodically, OSHA will propose to
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 a
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
Standards Development Organizations;
(2) reviewing applications by NRTLs or
applicants seeking recognition to
include new test standard in their
scopes of recognition; and (3) obtaining
notification from manufacturers,
manufacturing organizations,
government agencies, or other parties.
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 or it covers a type of product
that no standard previously covered.
In this notice, OSHA proposes to add
one new test standard to the NRTL
Program’s list of appropriate test
standards. Table 2, below, lists the test
standard that is new to the NRTL
Program. OSHA preliminarily
determined that this test standard is
appropriate and proposes to include it
in the NRTL Program’s list of
appropriate test standards. OSHA seeks
public comment on this preliminary
determination.
TABLE 2—STANDARD OSHA IS PROPOSING TO ADD TO THE NRTL PROGRAM’S LIST OF APPROPRIATE TEST STANDARDS
Test standard
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UL 347A ..........................
Test standard title
Medium Voltage Power Conversion Equipment.
III. Preliminary Findings on the
Applications
TUVAM submitted acceptable
applications for expansion of the NRTL
scope of recognition. OSHA’s review of
the application files, and pertinent
documentation, indicate that TUVAM
can meet the requirements prescribed by
29 CFR 1910.7 for expanding their
recognition to include the addition of
the eighteen test standards for NRTL
testing and certification listed above.
This preliminary finding does not
constitute an interim or temporary
approval of TUVAM’s applications.
OSHA welcomes public comment as
to whether TUVAM meets the
requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for
expansion of their recognition as a
NRTL. Comments should consist of
pertinent written documents and
exhibits. Commenters needing more
time to comment must submit a request
in writing, stating the reasons for the
request. Commenters must submit the
written request for an extension by the
due date for comments. OSHA will limit
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any extension to 10 days unless the
requester justifies a longer period.
OSHA may deny a request for an
extension if the request is not
adequately justified. To obtain or review
copies of the exhibits identified in this
notice, as well as comments submitted
to the docket, contact the Docket Office,
at the above address. These materials
also are available online at https://
www.regulations.gov under Docket
No.OSHA–2007–0043.
OSHA staff will review all comments
to the docket submitted in a timely
manner and, after addressing the issues
raised by these comments, will make a
recommendation to the Assistant
Secretary for Occupational Safety and
Health as to whether to grant TUVAM’s
applications for expansion of the scope
of recognition. The Assistant Secretary
will make the final decision on granting
the applications. In making this
decision, the Assistant Secretary may
undertake other proceedings prescribed
in Appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.7.
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OSHA will publish a public notice of
its final decision in the Federal
Register.
IV. Authority and Signature
James S. Frederick, Acting Assistant
Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210,
authorized the preparation of this
notice. Accordingly, the agency is
issuing this notice pursuant to Section
29 U.S.C. 657(g)(2), Secretary of Labor’s
Order No. 8–2020 (85 FR 58393; Sept.
18, 2020), and 29 CFR 1910.7.
Signed at Washington, DC, on June 25,
2021.
James S. Frederick,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2007-0043]
TUV SUD America, Inc.: Applications for Expansion of Recognition
and Proposed Modification to the NRTL Program's List of Appropriate
Test Standards
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA announces the applications of TUV SUD
America, Inc. (TUVAM) for expansion of recognition as a Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) and presents the agency's
preliminary finding to grant the applications. Additionally, OSHA
proposes to add one additional test standard to the NRTL Program's List
of Appropriate Test Standards.
DATES: Submit comments, information, and documents in response to this
notice, or requests for an extension of time to make a submission, on
or before July 19, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments by any of the following methods:
Electronically: You may submit comments and attachments
electronically at: https://www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal
eRulemaking Portal. Follow the instructions online for submitting
comments.
Docket: To read or download comments or other material in the
docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov. Documents in the docket are
listed in the https://www.regulations.gov index; however, some
information (e.g., copyrighted material) is not publicly available to
read or download through the website. All submissions, including
copyrighted material, are available for inspection through the OSHA
Docket Office. Contact the OSHA Docket Office for assistance in
locating docket submissions.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and the
OSHA docket number for this Federal Register notice (OSHA-2007-0043).
OSHA will
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place comments and requests to speak, including personal information,
in the public docket, which may be available online. Therefore, OSHA
cautions interested parties about submitting personal information such
as Social Security numbers and birthdates. For further information on
submitting comments, see the ``Public Participation'' heading in the
section of this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Extension of comment period: Submit requests for an extension of
the comment period on or before July 19, 2021 to the Office of
Technical Programs and Coordination Activities, Directorate of
Technical Support and Emergency Management, Occupational Safety and
Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW, Room N-3655, Washington, DC 20210, or by fax to (202) 693-
1644.
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, U.S. Department of Labor by phone (202) 693-1999 or
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, U.S. Department of Labor by phone
(202) 693-2110 or email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Notice of the Applications for Expansion
OSHA is providing notice that TUV SUD America, Inc. (TUVAM) is
applying for expansion of the current recognition as a NRTL. TUVAM
requests the addition of eighteen test standards to their NRTL scope of
recognition.
OSHA recognition of a NRTL signifies that the organization meets
the requirements specified in 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. Each NRTL's scope of recognition includes (1) the
type of products the NRTL may test, with each type specified by its
applicable test standard; and (2) the recognized site(s) that has/have
the technical capability to perform the product-testing and product-
certification activities for test standards within the NRTL's scope.
Recognition is not a delegation or grant of government authority;
however, recognition enables employers to use products approved by the
NRTL to meet OSHA standards that require product testing and
certification.
The agency processes an application by a NRTL for initial
recognition and for an expansion or renewal of this recognition,
following requirements in Appendix A, 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. In the second notice,
the agency provides the final decision on the application. These
notices set forth the NRTL's scope of recognition or modifications of
that scope. OSHA maintains an informational web page for each NRTL,
including TUVAM, which details the NRTL's scope of recognition. These
pages are available from the OSHA website at: https://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/.
TUVAM currently has seven facilities (sites) recognized by OSHA for
product testing and certification, with its headquarters located at:
TUV SUD America, Inc., 401 Edgewater Place, Suite #500 Wakefield,
Massachusetts 01880. A complete list of TUVAM's scope of recognition
(including sites) recognized by OSHA is available at: https://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/tuvam.html.
II. General Background on the Applications
TUVAM submitted an application, dated June 8, 2020 (OSHA-2007-0043-
0036), to expand their recognition to include six additional test
standards. OSHA staff performed detailed analysis of the application
packet and reviewed other pertinent information. OSHA did not perform
any on-site reviews in relation to this application. Additionally,
TUVAM submitted an application on May 19, 2015 (OSHA-2007-0043-0020) to
expand their recognition to include two additional recognized test
sites and twelve additional test standards. Due to an error, OSHA
published preliminary and final Federal Register notices (82 FR 13143,
March 9, 2017; 82 FR 28359, June 21, 2017) announcing the application
and grant of expansion for the two recognized test sites, but not the
twelve test standards. Those twelve standards are included in this
notice. The expansion announced in this notice will cover eighteen
standards, including one which OSHA proposes to add to the NRTL
Program's List of Appropriate Test Standards.
Table 1 below lists the appropriate test standards found in TUVAM's
applications for expansion for testing and certification of products
under the NRTL Program.
Table 1--Proposed List of Appropriate Test Standards for Inclusion in
TUVAM's NRTL Scope of Recognition
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Test standard Test standard title
------------------------------------------------------------------------
*UL 347A...................... Medium Voltage Power Conversion
Equipment.
UL 1004-1..................... Rotating Electrical Machines--General
Requirements.
UL 2594....................... Standard for Electric Vehicle Supply
Management.
UL 61010-2-030................ Safety Requirements for Electrical
Equipment for Measurement, Control and
Laboratory Use--Part 2-030: Particular
Requirements for Testing and Measuring
Circuits.
UL 61010-2-81................. Standard for Safety Requirements for
Electrical Equipment for Measurement,
Control and Laboratory Use--Part 2-081:
Particular Requirements for Automatic
and Semi-Automatic Laboratory Equipment
for Analysis and Other Purposes.
UL 61010-2-101................ Safety Requirements for Electrical
Equipment for Measurement, Control and
Laboratory Use--Part 2-101: Particular
Requirements for In Vitro Diagnostic
(IVD) Medical Equipment.
UL 122........................ Photographic Equipment.
UL 153........................ Portable Electric Luminaires.
UL 429........................ Electrically Operated Valves.
UL 1776....................... High-Pressure Cleaning Machines.
UL 60730-1A................... Automatic Electrical Controls for
Household and Similar Use; Part 1:
General Requirements.
UL 60730-2-7.................. Automatic Electrical Controls for
Household and Similar Use; Part 2:
Particular Requirements for Timers and
Time Switches.
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UL 60730-2-10A................ Automatic Electrical Controls for
Household and Similar Use; Part 2:
Particular Requirements for Motor
Starting Relays.
UL 60730-2-11A................ Automatic Electrical Controls for
Household and Similar Use; Part 2:
Particular Requirements for Energy
Regulators.
UL 60730-2-12A................ Automatic Electrical Controls for
Household and Similar Use; Part 2:
Particular Requirements for
Electrically Operated Door Locks.
UL 60730-2-13A................ Automatic Electrical Controls for
Household and Similar Use; Part 2:
Particular Requirements for Humidity
Sensing Controls.
UL 60730-2-14................. Automatic Electrical Controls for
Household and Similar Use; Part 2:
Particular Requirements for Electric
Actuators.
UL 60730-2-16A................ Automatic Electrical Controls for
Household and Similar Use; Part 2:
Particular Requirements for Automatic
Electrical Water Level Controls.
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* Represents Test Standard new to the NRTL Program.
III. Proposal To Add New Test Standards to the NRTL Program's List of
Appropriate Test Standards
Periodically, OSHA will propose to 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 a 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 Standards Development Organizations; (2) reviewing applications
by NRTLs or applicants seeking recognition to include new test standard
in their scopes of recognition; and (3) obtaining notification from
manufacturers, manufacturing organizations, government agencies, or
other parties. 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 or it covers a type of
product that no standard previously covered.
In this notice, OSHA proposes to add one new test standard to the
NRTL Program's list of appropriate test standards. Table 2, below,
lists the test standard that is new to the NRTL Program. OSHA
preliminarily determined that this test standard is appropriate and
proposes to include it in the NRTL Program's list of appropriate test
standards. OSHA seeks public comment on this preliminary determination.
Table 2--Standard OSHA Is Proposing to Add to the NRTL Program's List of
Appropriate Test Standards
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Test standard Test standard title
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UL 347A....................... Medium Voltage Power Conversion
Equipment.
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III. Preliminary Findings on the Applications
TUVAM submitted acceptable applications for expansion of the NRTL
scope of recognition. OSHA's review of the application files, and
pertinent documentation, indicate that TUVAM can meet the requirements
prescribed by 29 CFR 1910.7 for expanding their recognition to include
the addition of the eighteen test standards for NRTL testing and
certification listed above. This preliminary finding does not
constitute an interim or temporary approval of TUVAM's applications.
OSHA welcomes public comment as to whether TUVAM meets the
requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for expansion of their recognition as a
NRTL. Comments should consist of pertinent written documents and
exhibits. Commenters needing more time to comment must submit a request
in writing, stating the reasons for the request. Commenters must submit
the written request for an extension by the due date for comments. OSHA
will limit any extension to 10 days unless the requester justifies a
longer period. OSHA may deny a request for an extension if the request
is not adequately justified. To obtain or review copies of the exhibits
identified in this notice, as well as comments submitted to the docket,
contact the Docket Office, at the above address. These materials also
are available online at https://www.regulations.gov under Docket
No.OSHA-2007-0043.
OSHA staff will review all comments to the docket submitted in a
timely manner and, after addressing the issues raised by these
comments, will make a recommendation to the Assistant Secretary for
Occupational Safety and Health as to whether to grant TUVAM's
applications for expansion of the scope of recognition. The Assistant
Secretary will make the final decision on granting the applications. In
making this decision, the Assistant Secretary may undertake other
proceedings prescribed in Appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.7.
OSHA will publish a public notice of its final decision in the
Federal Register.
IV. Authority and Signature
James S. Frederick, Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20210, authorized the preparation of this notice. Accordingly, the
agency is issuing this notice pursuant to Section 29 U.S.C. 657(g)(2),
Secretary of Labor's Order No. 8-2020 (85 FR 58393; Sept. 18, 2020),
and 29 CFR 1910.7.
Signed at Washington, DC, on June 25, 2021.
James S. Frederick,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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