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TABLE 1—LIST OF TEST SITES TO BE INCLUDED IN ITSNA’S NRTL SCOPE OF RECOGNITION—Continued
ITSNA site name
Address
Shunde (Foshan) .................
Guangzhou Branch Shunde Testing Site, Room 604, Block 5, Tianfulai International
Industrial Park (the fifth phase), No. 3 Changfu West Road, Ronggui Town,
Shunde District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province, China.
‘‘F Wing’’ Tex Centre, Chandivali Farm Road, Andheri (East), Mumbai,
Maharashtra—400072, India.
E–20 & E26 Block B1, Mohan Cooperative Industrial Area, Mathura Road, New
Delhi, 110044, India.
Yasuda Shibaura No. 2 Bldg. 4F, 3–2–12, Kaigan, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan 108–
0022.
3, Gongdan-ro 160beon-gil, Intertek Building, Gunpo-si, Gyeonggi-do 15845, South
Korea.
1285/5 Prachachuen Road, Wong Sawang, Bangsue, Bangkok 10800, Thailand .....
5F, No. 423, Ruiguang Road, Neihu District, Taipei, 114690, Taiwan .......................
Mumbai ................................
New Delhi .............................
Tokyo ...................................
Seoul ....................................
Bangkok ...............................
Taipei ...................................
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OSHA has preliminarily determined
that it is appropriate to review this
application under the SNAP Transition
Policy. ITSNA’s application was timely
submitted under that policy, and OSHA
preliminarily finds that the SNAP sites
in ITSNA’s application met all other
preconditions of eligibility for
conversion to recognized sites under the
policy (See SNAP Termination Policy,
part III 1.a–g, 85 FR at 75047). OSHA
also preliminarily decided that it was
not necessary to conduct on-site reviews
in connection with ITSNA’s expansion
application, based on historical
assessment records and supporting
documentation submitted by ITSNA.
Moreover, OSHA staff performed
assessments of several ITSNA facilities
included in the SNAP conversion
application from June 2020 to November
2022, and, while assessors found some
nonconformances with the requirements
of 29 CFR 1910.7, ITSNA addressed
these issues sufficiently. OSHA staff has
preliminarily determined that OSHA
should grant the application and grant
recognition to the 23 sites requested in
the application.
III. Preliminary Finding on the
Application
ITSNA submitted an acceptable
application for expansion of its scope of
recognition. OSHA’s review of the
application file and pertinent
documentation indicates that ITSNA
can meet the requirements prescribed by
29 CFR 1910.7 for expanding its
recognition to include the addition of
the 23 additional test sites for NRTL
testing and certification. This
preliminary finding does not constitute
an interim or temporary approval of
ITSNA’s application.
OSHA seeks public comment on this
preliminary determination.
IV. Public Participation
OSHA welcomes public comment as
to whether ITSNA meets the
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requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for
expansion of 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 by the due date for comments.
OSHA will limit any extension to 10
days unless the requester justifies a
longer time period. OSHA may deny a
request for an extension if it is not
adequately justified.
To review copies of the exhibit
identified in this notice, as well as
comments submitted to the docket,
contact the Docket Office, Occupational
Safety and Health Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor. These materials
also are generally available online at
https://www.regulations.gov under
Docket No. OSHA–2007–0039 (for
further information, see the ‘‘Docket’’
heading in the section of this notice
titled ADDRESSES).
OSHA staff will review all comments
to the docket submitted in a timely
manner. After addressing the issues
raised by these comments, staff will
make a recommendation to the Assistant
Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health on whether to grant
ITSNA’s application for expansion of
the scope of recognition. The Assistant
Secretary will make the final decision
on granting the application. 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
the final decision in the Federal
Register.
IV. Authority and Signature
James S. Frederick, Deputy 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
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issuing this notice pursuant to 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 August 9,
2023.
James S. Frederick,
Deputy 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.: Application for
Expansion of Recognition
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In this notice, OSHA
announces the application of TUV SUD
America, Inc., for expansion of the
scope of recognition as a Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL)
and presents the agency’s preliminary
finding to grant the application.
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
August 30, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted as follows:
Electronically: You may submit
comments, including attachments,
electronically at: https://
www.regulations.gov, the Federal
eRulemaking Portal. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
OSHA will place comments,
including personal information, in the
public docket, which will be available
online. Therefore, OSHA cautions
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interested parties about submitting
personal information such as Social
Security numbers and birthdates.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency’s name and the
docket number for this rulemaking
(Docket No. OSHA–2007–0043). All
comments, including any personal
information you provide, are placed in
the public docket without change and
may be made available online at https://
www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA
cautions commenters about submitting
information they do not want made
available to the public, or submitting
materials that contain personal
information (either about themselves or
others), such as Social Security numbers
and birthdates.
Docket: To read or download
comments or other material in the
docket, go to https://
www.regulations.gov. Documents in the
docket (including this Federal Register
notice) 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 at (202)
693–2350 (TTY (877) 889–5627) for
assistance in locating docket
submissions.
Extension of comment period: Submit
requests for an extension of the
comment period on or before August 30,
2023 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–3653,
Washington, DC 20210.
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, phone: (202) 693–2300 or
email: robinson.kevin@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Notice of the Application for
Expansion
OSHA is providing notice that TUV
SUD America, Inc. (TUVAM), is
applying for an expansion of current
recognition as a NRTL. TUVAM
requests the addition of nine test sites
to its 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 the scope of recognition.
Each NRTL’s scope of recognition
includes (1) the type of products the
NRTL may test, with each type specified
by the 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 applications by
a NRTL for initial recognition, as well
as for an expansion or renewal of
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 the
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 that
NRTL’s scope of recognition. These
pages are available from the OSHA
website at https://www.osha.gov/dts/
otpca/nrtl/.
TUVAM currently has 7 facilities
(sites) recognized by OSHA for product
testing and certification, with the
headquarters located at: TUV SUD
America, Inc., 401 Edgewater Place,
Suite #500, Wakefield, Massachusetts
01880. A complete list of TUVAM’s
scope of recognition is available at
https://www.osha.gov/nationallyrecognized-testing-laboratory-program/
tuvam.
II. General Background on the
Application
TUVAM submitted an application,
dated January 24, 2021 (OSHA–2007–
0043–0045), requesting the conversion
of ten existing Satellite Notification
Acceptance Program (SNAP) sites to
recognized sites under the NRTL Policy
for Transitioning to Satellite
Notification and Acceptance Program
Termination (SNAP Transition Policy)
published in the Federal Register on
November 24, 2020 (85 FR 75042), as
amended by a June 22, 2022
Memorandum from James S. Frederick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Occupational Safety and Health, to
Regional Administrators and Executive
Staff, titled ‘‘Second Revision to the
Nationally Recognized Testing
Laboratory (NRTL) Policy for
Transitioning to Satellite Notification
and Acceptance Program (SNAP)
Termination.’’ TUVAM amended their
application on December 10, 2021
(OSHA–2007–0043–0046), to remove
one site from the original request,
leaving nine sites to be considered in
the expansion request.
Table 1 below, lists the nine sites that
TUVAM’s application requested for
inclusion in the NRTL’s expanded scope
of recognition:
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TABLE 1—LIST OF TEST SITES TO BE INCLUDED IN TUVAM’S NRTL SCOPE OF RECOGNITION
TUVAM site name
Address
Shenzhen ........................................
Building 6, 12 & 13, Zhiheng Wisdomeland Business Park Nantou
Checkpoint Road 2, 518052, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province.
11 Gordon Collins Drive, Gormley, Ontario, L0H 1G0 ..........................
Octagon House, Concorde Way, Segensworth North, Fareham,
Hampshire, PO15 5RL, United Kingdom.
10, Gukjegumyung-ro, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea ..
5610 West Sligh Avenue, Suite 100, Tampa, Florida ...........................
Sumitmo Fudosan, Nishi-shinjuku Bldg. No 4 8F 4–33–4, NishiShinjuku, Sjinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160–0023 Japan.
Gormley ...........................................
Fareham ..........................................
Seoul ...............................................
Tampa .............................................
Tokyo ...............................................
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Canada.
United Kingdom.
Korea.
United States.
Japan.
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TABLE 1—LIST OF TEST SITES TO BE INCLUDED IN TUVAM’S NRTL SCOPE OF RECOGNITION—Continued
TUVAM site name
Address
Taipei ...............................................
7F, No 37, Section 2, Zhongyang, South Road, Beitou District, 11270
Taipei City, Taiwan.
No. 15 International Business Park .......................................................
Singapore 609937 .................................................................................
5F/8F (East), Communication Building, 163 Pingyun Road, Huangpu
Avenue West, Guangzhou, 510656, Guangdong Province.
Singapore ........................................
Guangzhou ......................................
OSHA has preliminarily determined
that it is appropriate to review this
application under the SNAP Transition
Policy. TUVAM’s application was
timely submitted under that policy, and
OSHA preliminarily finds that the
SNAP sites in TUVAM’s application
met all other preconditions of eligibility
for conversion to recognized sites under
the policy (See SNAP Transition Policy,
part III 1.a–g, 85 FR at 75047). OSHA
also preliminarily decided that it was
not necessary to conduct on-site reviews
in connection with TUVAM’s expansion
application, based on historical
assessment records and supporting
documentation submitted by TUVAM.
Moreover, OSHA staff performed
assessments of several TUVAM facilities
included in the SNAP conversion
application from June 2020 to November
2022, and, while assessors found some
nonconformances with the requirements
of 29 CFR 1910.7, TUVAM addressed
these issues sufficiently. OSHA staff has
preliminarily determined that OSHA
should grant the application and grant
recognition to the nine sites requested
in the application.
III. Preliminary Finding on the
Application
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TUVAM submitted an acceptable
application for expansion of its scope of
recognition. OSHA’s review of the
application file and pertinent
documentation indicates that TUVAM
can meet the requirements prescribed by
29 CFR 1910.7 for expanding its
recognition to include the addition of
the nine additional test sites for NRTL
testing and certification. This
preliminary finding does not constitute
an interim or temporary approval of
TUVAM’s application.
OSHA seeks public comment on this
preliminary determination.
IV. Public Participation
OSHA welcomes public comment as
to whether TUVAM meets the
requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for
expansion of recognition as a NRTL.
Comments should consist of pertinent
written documents and exhibits.
Commenters needing more time to
comment must submit a request in
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writing, stating the reasons for the
request by the due date for comments.
OSHA will limit any extension to 10
days unless the requester justifies a
longer time period. OSHA may deny a
request for an extension if it is not
adequately justified.
To review copies of the exhibit
identified in this notice, as well as
comments submitted to the docket,
contact the Docket Office, Occupational
Safety and Health Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor. These materials
also are generally available online at
https://www.regulations.gov under
Docket No. OSHA–2007–0043 (for
further information, see the ‘‘Docket’’
heading in the section of this notice
titled ADDRESSES).
OSHA staff will review all comments
to the docket submitted in a timely
manner. After addressing the issues
raised by these comments, staff will
make a recommendation to the Assistant
Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health on whether to grant
TUVAM’s application for expansion of
the scope of recognition. The Assistant
Secretary will make the final decision
on granting the application. 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
the final decision in the Federal
Register.
IV. Authority and Signature
James S. Frederick, Deputy 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 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 August 9,
2023.
James S. Frederick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health.
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Singapore.
China.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2006–0042]
CSA Group Testing & Certification,
Inc.: Application for Expansion of
Recognition
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In this notice, OSHA
announces the application of CSA
Group Testing & Certification, Inc., for
expansion of the scope of recognition as
a Nationally Recognized Testing
Laboratory (NRTL) and presents the
agency’s preliminary finding to grant
the application.
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
August 30, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted as follows:
Electronically: You may submit
comments, including attachments,
electronically at: https://
www.regulations.gov, the Federal
eRulemaking Portal. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
OSHA will place comments,
including personal information, in the
public docket, which will be available
online. Therefore, OSHA cautions
interested parties about submitting
personal information such as Social
Security numbers and birthdates.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency’s name and the
docket number for this rulemaking
(Docket No. OSHA–2006–0042). All
comments, including any personal
information you provide, are placed in
the public docket without change and
may be made available online at https://
www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA
cautions commenters about submitting
information they do not want made
available to the public, or submitting
materials that contain personal
information (either about themselves or
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2007-0043]
TUV SUD America, Inc.: Application for Expansion of Recognition
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA announces the application of TUV SUD
America, Inc., for expansion of the scope of recognition as a
Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) and presents the
agency's preliminary finding to grant the application.
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 August 30, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted as follows:
Electronically: You may submit comments, including attachments,
electronically at: https://www.regulations.gov, the Federal eRulemaking
Portal. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
OSHA will place comments, including personal information, in the
public docket, which will be available online. Therefore, OSHA cautions
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interested parties about submitting personal information such as Social
Security numbers and birthdates.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency's name and
the docket number for this rulemaking (Docket No. OSHA-2007-0043). All
comments, including any personal information you provide, are placed in
the public docket without change and may be made available online at
https://www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA cautions commenters about
submitting information they do not want made available to the public,
or submitting materials that contain personal information (either about
themselves or others), such as Social Security numbers and birthdates.
Docket: To read or download comments or other material in the
docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov. Documents in the docket
(including this Federal Register notice) 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 at (202) 693-2350 (TTY (877) 889-5627) for assistance in
locating docket submissions.
Extension of comment period: Submit requests for an extension of
the comment period on or before August 30, 2023 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-3653, Washington, DC 20210.
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, phone:
(202) 693-2300 or email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Notice of the Application for Expansion
OSHA is providing notice that TUV SUD America, Inc. (TUVAM), is
applying for an expansion of current recognition as a NRTL. TUVAM
requests the addition of nine test sites to its 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 the
scope of recognition. Each NRTL's scope of recognition includes (1) the
type of products the NRTL may test, with each type specified by the
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 applications by a NRTL for initial
recognition, as well as for an expansion or renewal of 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 the 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 that NRTL's scope of recognition. These
pages are available from the OSHA website at https://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/.
TUVAM currently has 7 facilities (sites) recognized by OSHA for
product testing and certification, with the headquarters located at:
TUV SUD America, Inc., 401 Edgewater Place, Suite #500, Wakefield,
Massachusetts 01880. A complete list of TUVAM's scope of recognition is
available at https://www.osha.gov/nationally-recognized-testing-laboratory-program/tuvam.
II. General Background on the Application
TUVAM submitted an application, dated January 24, 2021 (OSHA-2007-
0043-0045), requesting the conversion of ten existing Satellite
Notification Acceptance Program (SNAP) sites to recognized sites under
the NRTL Policy for Transitioning to Satellite Notification and
Acceptance Program Termination (SNAP Transition Policy) published in
the Federal Register on November 24, 2020 (85 FR 75042), as amended by
a June 22, 2022 Memorandum from James S. Frederick, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health, to Regional
Administrators and Executive Staff, titled ``Second Revision to the
Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) Policy for
Transitioning to Satellite Notification and Acceptance Program (SNAP)
Termination.'' TUVAM amended their application on December 10, 2021
(OSHA-2007-0043-0046), to remove one site from the original request,
leaving nine sites to be considered in the expansion request.
Table 1 below, lists the nine sites that TUVAM's application
requested for inclusion in the NRTL's expanded scope of recognition:
Table 1--List of Test Sites To Be Included in TUVAM's NRTL Scope of
Recognition
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TUVAM site name Address Country
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Shenzhen...................... Building 6, 12 & 13, China.
Zhiheng Wisdomeland
Business Park Nantou
Checkpoint Road 2,
518052, Shenzhen,
Guangdong Province.
Gormley....................... 11 Gordon Collins Canada.
Drive, Gormley,
Ontario, L0H 1G0.
Fareham....................... Octagon House, United Kingdom.
Concorde Way,
Segensworth North,
Fareham, Hampshire,
PO15 5RL, United
Kingdom.
Seoul......................... 10, Gukjegumyung-ro, Korea.
Yeongdeungpo-gu,
Seoul, Republic of
Korea.
Tampa......................... 5610 West Sligh United States.
Avenue, Suite 100,
Tampa, Florida.
Tokyo......................... Sumitmo Fudosan, Nishi- Japan.
shinjuku Bldg. No 4
8F 4-33-4, Nishi-
Shinjuku, Sjinjuku-
ku, Tokyo, 160-0023
Japan.
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Taipei........................ 7F, No 37, Section 2, Taiwan.
Zhongyang, South
Road, Beitou
District, 11270
Taipei City, Taiwan.
Singapore..................... No. 15 International Singapore.
Business Park.
Singapore 609937......
Guangzhou..................... 5F/8F (East), China.
Communication
Building, 163 Pingyun
Road, Huangpu Avenue
West, Guangzhou,
510656, Guangdong
Province.
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OSHA has preliminarily determined that it is appropriate to review
this application under the SNAP Transition Policy. TUVAM's application
was timely submitted under that policy, and OSHA preliminarily finds
that the SNAP sites in TUVAM's application met all other preconditions
of eligibility for conversion to recognized sites under the policy (See
SNAP Transition Policy, part III 1.a-g, 85 FR at 75047). OSHA also
preliminarily decided that it was not necessary to conduct on-site
reviews in connection with TUVAM's expansion application, based on
historical assessment records and supporting documentation submitted by
TUVAM. Moreover, OSHA staff performed assessments of several TUVAM
facilities included in the SNAP conversion application from June 2020
to November 2022, and, while assessors found some nonconformances with
the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7, TUVAM addressed these issues
sufficiently. OSHA staff has preliminarily determined that OSHA should
grant the application and grant recognition to the nine sites requested
in the application.
III. Preliminary Finding on the Application
TUVAM submitted an acceptable application for expansion of its
scope of recognition. OSHA's review of the application file and
pertinent documentation indicates that TUVAM can meet the requirements
prescribed by 29 CFR 1910.7 for expanding its recognition to include
the addition of the nine additional test sites for NRTL testing and
certification. This preliminary finding does not constitute an interim
or temporary approval of TUVAM's application.
OSHA seeks public comment on this preliminary determination.
IV. Public Participation
OSHA welcomes public comment as to whether TUVAM meets the
requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for expansion of 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 by the due date for
comments. OSHA will limit any extension to 10 days unless the requester
justifies a longer time period. OSHA may deny a request for an
extension if it is not adequately justified.
To review copies of the exhibit identified in this notice, as well
as comments submitted to the docket, contact the Docket Office,
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor. These materials also are generally available online at https://www.regulations.gov under Docket No. OSHA-2007-0043 (for further
information, see the ``Docket'' heading in the section of this notice
titled ADDRESSES).
OSHA staff will review all comments to the docket submitted in a
timely manner. After addressing the issues raised by these comments,
staff will make a recommendation to the Assistant Secretary of Labor
for Occupational Safety and Health on whether to grant TUVAM's
application for expansion of the scope of recognition. The Assistant
Secretary will make the final decision on granting the application. 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 the final decision in the
Federal Register.
IV. Authority and Signature
James S. Frederick, Deputy 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 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 August 9, 2023.
James S. Frederick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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