SGS North America, Inc.: Grant of Expansion of Recognition, 45765-45766 [2021-17437]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2006–0040]
SGS North America, Inc.: Grant of
Expansion of Recognition
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In this notice, OSHA
announces the final decision to expand
the scope of recognition for SGS North
America, Inc., as a Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL).
DATES: The expansion of the scope of
recognition becomes effective on August
16, 2021.
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; 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, U.S. Department
of Labor; telephone: (202) 693–2110;
email: robinson.kevin@dol.gov. OSHA’s
web page includes information about
the NRTL Program (see https://
www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/
index.html).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Notice of Final Decision
OSHA hereby gives notice of the
expansion of the scope of recognition of
SGS of North America, Inc. (SGS), as a
NRTL. SGS’s expansion covers the
addition of thirteen test standards to its
scope of recognition.
OSHA recognition of a NRTL signifies
that the organization meets the
requirements specified by 29 CFR
1910.7. Recognition is an
acknowledgment that the organization
can perform independent safety testing
and certification of the specific products
covered within the 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 of the
products.
The agency processes applications by
a 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 a preliminary
finding and, 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 that details the scope of
recognition. These pages are available
from the agency’s website at https://
www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/
index.html.
SGS submitted an application, dated
January 20, 2021 (OSHA–2006–0040–
0064), to expand its scope of recognition
to include the addition of thirteen test
standards. OSHA staff performed a
detailed analysis of the application
packet and reviewed other pertinent
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information. OSHA did not perform any
on-site reviews in relation to this
application.
OSHA published the preliminary
notice announcing SGS’s expansion
application in the Federal Register on
June 15, 2021 (86 FR 31733). The agency
requested comments by July 30, 2021,
but it received no comments in response
to this notice. OSHA now is proceeding
with this final notice to grant expansion
of SGS’s scope of recognition.
To obtain or review copies of all
public documents pertaining to SGS’s
applications, go to https://
www.regulations.gov or contact the
Docket Office, Occupational Safety and
Health Administration, U.S. Department
of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW,
Room N–3653, Washington, DC 20210.
Docket No. OSHA–2006–0040 contains
all materials in the record concerning
SGS’s recognition. Please note: Due to
the COVID–19 pandemic, the Docket
Office is closed to the public at this time
but can be contacted at (202) 693–2350.
II. Final Decision and Order
OSHA staff examined SGS’s
expansion application, the capability to
meet the requirements of the test
standards, and other pertinent
information. Based on a review of this
evidence, OSHA finds that SGS meets
the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for
expansion of the recognition, subject to
the specified limitations and conditions
listed. OSHA, therefore, is proceeding
with this final notice to grant expansion
of SGS’s scope of recognition. OSHA
limits the expansion of SGS’s scope of
recognition to testing and certification
of products for demonstration of
conformance to the test standard listed
below in Table 1.
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TABLE 1—LIST OF APPROPRIATE TEST STANDARDS FOR INCLUSION IN SGS’S NRTL SCOPE OF RECOGNITION
Test standard
Test standard title
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Nonincendive Electrical Equipment for Use in Class I and II, Division 2 and Class III, Divisions 1 and 2
Hazardous (Classified) Locations.
Explosive Atmospheres—Part 0: Equipment—General Requirements.
Explosive Atmospheres—Part 1: Equipment Protection by Flameproof Enclosures ‘‘d’’.
Explosive Atmospheres—Part 2: Protection by Pressurized Enclosures ‘‘p’’.
Explosive Atmospheres—Part 5: Equipment Protection by Powder Filling ‘‘q’’.
Explosive Atmospheres—Part 6: Equipment Protection by Oil Immersion ‘‘o’’.
Explosive Atmospheres—Part 7: Equipment Protection by Increased Safety ‘‘e’’.
Explosive Atmospheres—Part 11: Equipment Protection by Intrinsic Safety ‘‘i’’.
Explosive Atmospheres—Part 15: Equipment Protection by Type of Protection ‘‘n’’.
Explosive Atmospheres—Part 18: Equipment Protection by Encapsulation ‘‘m’’.
Explosive Atmospheres—Part 26: Equipment for Use in Class I, Zone 0 Hazardous (Classified) Locations.
Standard for Explosive Atmospheres—Part 28: Protection of Equipment and Transmission Systems Using
Optical Radiation.
Standard for Explosive Atmospheres—Part 31: Equipment Dust Ignition Protection Enclosure ‘‘t’’.
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OSHA’s recognition of any NRTL for
a particular test standard is limited to
equipment or materials for which OSHA
standards require third-party testing and
certification before using them in the
workplace. Consequently, if a test
standard also covers any products for
which OSHA does not require such
testing and certification, a NRTL’s scope
of recognition does not include these
products.
A. Conditions
Recognition is contingent on
continued compliance with 29 CFR
1910.7, including, but not limited to,
abiding by the following conditions of
the recognition:
1. SGS must inform OSHA as soon as
possible, in writing, of any change of
ownership, facilities, or key personnel,
and of any major change in the
operations as a NRTL, and provide
details of the change(s);
2. SGS must meet all the terms of the
recognition and comply with all OSHA
policies pertaining to this recognition;
and
3. SGS must continue to meet the
requirements for recognition, including
all previously published conditions on
SGS’s scope of recognition, in all areas
for which it has recognition.
Pursuant to the authority in 29 CFR
1910.7, OSHA hereby expands the scope
of recognition of SGS, subject to the
limitation and conditions specified
above.
III. Authority and Signature
James S. Frederick, Acting 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. 8–2020
(85 FR 58393, September 18, 2020), and
29 CFR 1910.7.
Signed at Washington, DC, on August 6,
2021.
James S. Frederick,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health.
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS
ADMINISTRATION
[NARA–21–0011; NARA–2021–041]
Records Schedules; Availability and
Request for Comments
National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA).
AGENCY:
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Notice of availability of
proposed records schedules; request for
comments.
ACTION:
The National Archives and
Records Administration (NARA)
publishes notice of certain Federal
agency requests for records disposition
authority (records schedules). We
publish notice in the Federal Register
and on regulations.gov for records
schedules in which agencies propose to
dispose of records they no longer need
to conduct agency business. We invite
public comments on such records
schedules.
SUMMARY:
NARA must receive comments
by September 30, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by the following method. You must cite
the control number, which appears on
the records schedule in parentheses
after the name of the agency that
submitted the schedule.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov.
Due to COVID–19 building closures,
we are currently temporarily not
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if you are unable to comment via
regulations.gov, you may contact
request.schedule@nara.gov for
instructions on submitting your
comment.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kimberly Keravuori, Regulatory and
External Policy Program Manager, by
email at regulation_comments@
nara.gov. For information about records
schedules, contact Records Management
Operations by email at
request.schedule@nara.gov, by mail at
the address above, or by phone at 301–
837–1799.
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Public Comment Procedures
We are publishing notice of records
schedules in which agencies propose to
dispose of records they no longer need
to conduct agency business. We invite
public comments on these records
schedules, as required by 44 U.S.C.
3303a(a), and list the schedules at the
end of this notice by agency and
subdivision requesting disposition
authority.
In addition, this notice lists the
organizational unit(s) accumulating the
records or states that the schedule has
agency-wide applicability. It also
provides the control number assigned to
each schedule, which you will need if
you submit comments on that schedule.
We have uploaded the records
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documents. Each records schedule
contains a full description of the records
at the file unit level as well as their
proposed disposition. The appraisal
memorandum for the schedule includes
information about the records.
We will post comments, including
any personal information and
attachments, to the public docket
unchanged. Because comments are
public, you are responsible for ensuring
that you do not include any confidential
or other information that you or a third
party may not wish to be publicly
posted. If you want to submit a
comment with confidential information
or cannot otherwise use the
regulations.gov portal, you may contact
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instructions on submitting your
comment.
We will consider all comments
submitted by the posted deadline and
consult as needed with the Federal
agency seeking the disposition
authority. After considering comments,
we will post on regulations.gov a
‘‘Consolidated Reply’’ summarizing the
comments, responding to them, and
noting any changes we have made to the
proposed records schedule. We will
then send the schedule for final
approval by the Archivist of the United
States. You may elect at regulations.gov
to receive updates on the docket,
including an alert when we post the
Consolidated Reply, whether or not you
submit a comment. If you have a
question, you can submit it as a
comment, and can also submit any
concerns or comments you would have
to a possible response to the question.
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other comments submitted on that
schedule.
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website in the Records Control Schedule
(RCS) Repository, at https://
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after the Archivist approves them. The
RCS contains all schedules approved
since 1973.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2006-0040]
SGS North America, Inc.: Grant of Expansion of Recognition
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA announces the final decision to expand
the scope of recognition for SGS North America, Inc., as a Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL).
DATES: The expansion of the scope of recognition becomes effective on
August 16, 2021.
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; 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, U.S. Department of Labor; telephone:
(202) 693-2110; email: [email protected]. OSHA's web page includes
information about the NRTL Program (see https://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Notice of Final Decision
OSHA hereby gives notice of the expansion of the scope of
recognition of SGS of North America, Inc. (SGS), as a NRTL. SGS's
expansion covers the addition of thirteen test standards to its scope
of recognition.
OSHA recognition of a NRTL signifies that the organization meets
the requirements specified by 29 CFR 1910.7. Recognition is an
acknowledgment that the organization can perform independent safety
testing and certification of the specific products covered within the
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 of the products.
The agency processes applications by a 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 a preliminary finding and, 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 that details the scope of recognition. These pages are
available from the agency's website at https://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/.
SGS submitted an application, dated January 20, 2021 (OSHA-2006-
0040-0064), to expand its scope of recognition to include the addition
of thirteen test standards. OSHA staff performed a detailed analysis of
the application packet and reviewed other pertinent information. OSHA
did not perform any on-site reviews in relation to this application.
OSHA published the preliminary notice announcing SGS's expansion
application in the Federal Register on June 15, 2021 (86 FR 31733). The
agency requested comments by July 30, 2021, but it received no comments
in response to this notice. OSHA now is proceeding with this final
notice to grant expansion of SGS's scope of recognition.
To obtain or review copies of all public documents pertaining to
SGS's applications, go to https://www.regulations.gov or contact the
Docket Office, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Room N-3653,
Washington, DC 20210. Docket No. OSHA-2006-0040 contains all materials
in the record concerning SGS's recognition. Please note: Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, the Docket Office is closed to the public at this
time but can be contacted at (202) 693-2350.
II. Final Decision and Order
OSHA staff examined SGS's expansion application, the capability to
meet the requirements of the test standards, and other pertinent
information. Based on a review of this evidence, OSHA finds that SGS
meets the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for expansion of the
recognition, subject to the specified limitations and conditions
listed. OSHA, therefore, is proceeding with this final notice to grant
expansion of SGS's scope of recognition. OSHA limits the expansion of
SGS's scope of recognition to testing and certification of products for
demonstration of conformance to the test standard listed below in Table
1.
Table 1--List of Appropriate Test Standards for Inclusion in SGS's NRTL
Scope of Recognition
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Test standard Test standard title
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UL 121201......................... Nonincendive Electrical Equipment
for Use in Class I and II, Division
2 and Class III, Divisions 1 and 2
Hazardous (Classified) Locations.
UL 60079-0........................ Explosive Atmospheres--Part 0:
Equipment--General Requirements.
UL 60079-1........................ Explosive Atmospheres--Part 1:
Equipment Protection by Flameproof
Enclosures ``d''.
UL 60079-2........................ Explosive Atmospheres--Part 2:
Protection by Pressurized
Enclosures ``p''.
UL 60079-5........................ Explosive Atmospheres--Part 5:
Equipment Protection by Powder
Filling ``q''.
UL 60079-6........................ Explosive Atmospheres--Part 6:
Equipment Protection by Oil
Immersion ``o''.
UL 60079-7........................ Explosive Atmospheres--Part 7:
Equipment Protection by Increased
Safety ``e''.
UL 60079-11....................... Explosive Atmospheres--Part 11:
Equipment Protection by Intrinsic
Safety ``i''.
UL 60079-15....................... Explosive Atmospheres--Part 15:
Equipment Protection by Type of
Protection ``n''.
UL 60079-18....................... Explosive Atmospheres--Part 18:
Equipment Protection by
Encapsulation ``m''.
UL 60079-26....................... Explosive Atmospheres--Part 26:
Equipment for Use in Class I, Zone
0 Hazardous (Classified) Locations.
UL 60079-28....................... Standard for Explosive Atmospheres--
Part 28: Protection of Equipment
and Transmission Systems Using
Optical Radiation.
UL 60079-31....................... Standard for Explosive Atmospheres--
Part 31: Equipment Dust Ignition
Protection Enclosure ``t''.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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OSHA's recognition of any NRTL for a particular test standard is
limited to equipment or materials for which OSHA standards require
third-party testing and certification before using them in the
workplace. Consequently, if a test standard also covers any products
for which OSHA does not require such testing and certification, a
NRTL's scope of recognition does not include these products.
A. Conditions
Recognition is contingent on continued compliance with 29 CFR
1910.7, including, but not limited to, abiding by the following
conditions of the recognition:
1. SGS must inform OSHA as soon as possible, in writing, of any
change of ownership, facilities, or key personnel, and of any major
change in the operations as a NRTL, and provide details of the
change(s);
2. SGS must meet all the terms of the recognition and comply with
all OSHA policies pertaining to this recognition; and
3. SGS must continue to meet the requirements for recognition,
including all previously published conditions on SGS's scope of
recognition, in all areas for which it has recognition.
Pursuant to the authority in 29 CFR 1910.7, OSHA hereby expands the
scope of recognition of SGS, subject to the limitation and conditions
specified above.
III. Authority and Signature
James S. Frederick, Acting 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. 8-2020 (85 FR 58393,
September 18, 2020), and 29 CFR 1910.7.
Signed at Washington, DC, on August 6, 2021.
James S. Frederick,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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