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so that they are not expected to be
replaced on that shift.
(n) The following maintenance and
use conditions shall apply to Versaflo
TR–800 or the CleanSpace EX
containing lithium-type batteries:
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1. The petitioner shall always correctly use
and maintain the lithium-ion battery packs.
Neither the 3M TR–830 Battery Pack nor the
CleanSpace EX Power Unit may be
dissembled or modified by anyone other than
permitted by the manufacturer of the
equipment.
2. The 3M TR–830 Battery Pack must only
be charged in an area free of combustible
material, readily monitored, and located on
the surface of the mine. The 3M TR–830
Battery Pack is to be charged by either:
i. 3M Battery Charger Kit TR–641N, which
includes one 3M Charger Cradle TR–640 and
one 3M Power Supply TR–941N, or,
ii. 3M 4- Station Battery Charger Kit TR–
644N, which includes four 3M Charger
Cradles TR–640 and one 3M 4-Station Battery
Charger Base/Power Supply TR–944N.
3. The CleanSpace EX Power Unit is to be
charged only by the CleanSpace Battery
Charger EX, Product Code PAF–0066.
4. The batteries shall be kept dry and shall
not be exposed to water or allowed. This
does not preclude incidental exposure of
sealed battery packs.
5. The batteries shall not be used, charged,
or stored in locations where the
manufacturer’s recommended temperature
limits are exceeded. The batteries shall not be
placed in direct sunlight or used or stored
near a source of heat.
6. The battery shall not be used at the end
of its life cycle (e.g., when there is a
performance decrease of greater than 20
percent in battery operated equipment). The
battery must be disposed of properly.
(o) Affected mine employees must be
trained in the proper use and
maintenance of the Versaflo TR–800 and
the CleanSpace EX PAPRs in
accordance with established
manufacturer guidelines. This training
shall alert the affected employees to
recognize the hazards and limitations
associated with the use of the
equipment in areas where methane
could be present and that neither the
Versaflo TR–800 nor the CleanSpace EX
is approved under 30 CFR part 18. The
affected mine employees shall also be
trained to de-energize the PAPRs when
1.0 or more percent methane is detected.
The training shall also include the
proper method to de-energize these
PAPRs. In addition to manufacturer
guidelines, mine employees shall be
trained to inspect the units before use to
determine if there is any damage to the
PAPRs that would negatively impact
intrinsic safety as well as all
stipulations in the PDO.
(p) Mine employees shall be trained
regarding proper procedures for
donning Self-Contained Self Rescuers
(SCSRs) during a mine emergency while
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wearing the Versaflo TR–800 or
CleanSpace EX. The mine operator shall
submit proposed revisions to update the
Mine Emergency Evacuation and
Firefighting Program of Instruction
under 30 CFR 75.1502.
(q) Within 60 days after the PDO
becomes final, the operator shall submit
proposed revisions for its approved 30
CFR part 48 training plans to the MSHA
District Manager. These proposed
revisions shall specify initial and
refresher training regarding the terms
and conditions stated in the PDO. When
training is conducted on the PDO, an
MSHA Certificate of Training (Form
5000–23) shall be completed. Comments
shall be included on the Certificate of
Training indicating that the training
received was for use of the Versaflo TR–
800 or CleanSpace EX.
(r) All personnel who will be involved
with or affected by the use of the
Versaflo TR–800 or CleanSpace EX shall
receive training in accordance with 30
CFR 48.7 on the requirements of the
PDO within 60 days of the date the PDO
becomes final. Such training shall be
completed before any Versaflo TR–800
or CleanSpace EX can be used in a
continuous miner section where electric
face equipment is taken in or or inby the
last crosscut. The operator shall keep a
record of such training and provide
such record to MSHA upon request.
(s) The operator shall provide annual
retraining to all personnel who will be
involved with or affected by the use of
the Versaflo TR–800 or CleanSpace EX
in accordance with 30 CFR 48.8. The
operator shall train new miners on the
requirements of the PDO in accordance
with 30 CFR 48.5 and shall train
experienced miners on its requirements
in accordance with 30 CFR 48.6. The
operator shall keep a record of such
training and provide such record to
MSHA upon request.
(t) The final PDO shall be posted in
unobstructed locations on the bulletin
boards and/or in other conspicuous
places where notices to miners are
ordinarily posted, for a period of not
less than 60 consecutive days.
The petitioner asserts that the
alternate method proposed will at all
times guarantee no less than the same
measure of protection afforded the
miners under the mandatory standard.
Song-ae Aromie Noe,
Director, Office of Standards, Regulations,
and Variances.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2009–0025]
UL LLC: Application for Expansion of
Recognition
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In this notice, OSHA
announces the application of UL LLC,
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 31, 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.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency’s name and the
docket number for this rulemaking
(Docket No. OSHA–2009–0025). 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
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comment period on or before August 31,
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 UL
LLC (UL), is applying for an expansion
of current recognition as a NRTL. UL
requests the addition of 42 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 UL, which details that NRTL’s
scope of recognition. These pages are
available from the OSHA website at
https://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/
index.html.
UL currently has 13 facilities (sites)
recognized by OSHA for product testing
and certification, with the headquarters
located at: UL LLC, 333 Pfingsten Road,
Northbrook, Illinois 60062. A complete
list of UL’s scope of recognition is
available at https://www.osha.gov/
nationally-recognized-testinglaboratory-program/ul.
II. General Background on the
Application
UL submitted an application, dated
January 20, 2021 (OSHA–2009–0025–
0050), requesting the conversion of 42
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.’’
Table 1 below, lists the 42 sites that
UL’s application requested for inclusion
in the NRTL’s expanded scope of
recognition:
TABLE 1—LIST OF TEST SITES TO BE INCLUDED IN UL’S NRTL SCOPE OF RECOGNITION
UL site name
Address
Auckland ..........................................
54 Tarndale Grove, 106 Bush Road Unit 1, Block 1, Albany, Auckland, New Zealand 0632.
3rd Floor, Block 1, No. 24, Kalyani Platina, EPIP Zone, Phase II,
Bangalore, Karnataka 560066, India.
C/Caravel-la la Nina 12, 3 Planta 08017, Barcelona, Spain 08017 .....
Via Europa 5/7/9 & 28, Cabiate-CO, Milan, Italy 22060 .......................
No. 21 Longmen Road, National High-Tech, Industrial Development
District, Wujin, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China 213614.
801 Klein Road, Suite 200, Plano, Texas 75074 ..................................
Premises 222–224, 2nd Floor, DSP Laboratory Complex, Dubai
Science Park, Al Barsha, Dubai, 345831 United Arab Emirates.
1040 Parsons Road SW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6X 0J4 ..........
47173 Benicia Street, Fremont, California 94538 .................................
3480 Windquest Drive, Holland, Michigan 49424 .................................
A–12 Section 34, Infocity-1, Gurugram, Haryana India 122001 ...........
Gursel Mah. Yesiltepe Sok No. 34, ERG Is Merkezi 80260 Kat 3&6,
Instanbul, Turkey 34400.
20 Kian Teck Lane, Singapore 627 854 ...............................................
Units 1–4, Horizons, Wade Road, Kingsland Business Park,
Basingstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom RG24 8AH.
1075 West Lambert Road, Suite B, Brea, California 92821 .................
Suite 9.01, Level 9, Menara Summit, Persiaran Kewajipan, USJ 1,
UEP, Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.
Blas Pascal 205 Piso 3, Polanco I Seccion, Mexico City, Mexico
11510.
2222 Woodale Drive, Mounds View, Minnesota 55112 ........................
Bangalore ........................................
Barcelona ........................................
Milan ................................................
Changzhou ......................................
Plano ...............................................
Dubai ...............................................
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Edmonton ........................................
Fremont ...........................................
Holland ............................................
Gurugram ........................................
Istanbul ............................................
Singapore ........................................
Basingstoke .....................................
Brea .................................................
Subang Jaya ...................................
Mexico City ......................................
Mounds View ...................................
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New Zealand.
India.
Spain.
Italy.
China.
United States.
United Arab Emirates.
Canada.
United States.
United States.
India.
Turkey.
Singapore.
United Kingdom.
United States.
Malaysia.
Mexico.
United States.
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TABLE 1—LIST OF TEST SITES TO BE INCLUDED IN UL’S NRTL SCOPE OF RECOGNITION—Continued
UL site name
Address
Montreal ..........................................
6505 Trans-Canada Highway, Suite 330, St. Laurent, Quebec, Canada, H4T1S3.
Patina Block no 102, 1st Floor, C–59, G-Block, Mumbai, India 400
051.
Hopfenstrasse 6, Munich, Germany 80335 ...........................................
1–3F, Building 2 (R&D Building A1), No. 25, South Huanshi Avenue,
Nansha District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Sheng, China 511458.
Block B, Electronic Building, No. 8, Nanyun Er Road, Hangpu District,
Guangzhou, China 510670.
Rownolegla 4, Warsaw, Poland 02–235 ...............................................
Module K1 Unit 6 & 7, Kaizen Industrial Park, State Road 100, KM,
8+820, Colonia Galeras, Colon Municipality, Queretaro 76295 Mexico.
Am Oberfeld 19, Rosenheim, Germany 83026 .....................................
Espace Technologique, De Saint-Aubins, Baitmont Explorer, Route
de L’Orme des Mersies, Saint Aubin, France 91190.
Av. Engenheiro Luis, Carlos Berrini, 105, 23th Floor, Brooklin, Sao
Paulo, Brazil 0451–010.
29 F, Wheelock Square, No. 1717 West Nanjing Road, Shanghai,
China 200040.
No. 2, Chengwan Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu,
China 215122.
No. 2 Wenming 1st Street, Guishan District, Taoyuan, Taiwan 333 ....
888 Moo 5, Srinakarin Road, Tambol Samrong Nua, Amphur Muang
Samutprakarn, 10270.
6F, Marunouchi Trust Tower, 1–8–3 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo,
Japan 100–0005.
Rheinufestr. 7—9 Building R33, Krefeld-Uerdingen, Germany, 47829
Adlet Mah. Sehit Polis, Fethi Sekin Cad. Ventus Tower No: 6, Ic Kapi
No: 241, Bayrakli-Izmir, Turkey 35530.
11/F, Tower W3, Oriental Plaza, No. 1, East Chang’an Avenue,
Dongcheng District, Beijing, China 100738.
#130–137775, Commerce Parkway, Richmond, British Columbia,
V6V2V4 Canada.
14301 SE 1st Street, Suite 140, Vancouver, Washington 98684 .........
220 Cygnet Court, Centre Park, Warrington, Chesire, WA1 1PP,
United Kingdom.
19F, Watson Centre, 16–22 Kung Yip Street, Kwai Chung N.T. Hong
Kong.
17/F, The Bank Centre, No. 189 Xxiahe Road, Xiamen, China
361004.
Block C, C101–102 &, C202–202, No.8, Jinsan Avenue East, Sanjiao
Town, Zhongshan, China 528445.
Mumbai ............................................
Munich .............................................
Guangzhou ......................................
Guangzhou ......................................
Warsaw ...........................................
Queretaro ........................................
Rosenheim ......................................
Saint Aubin ......................................
Sao Paulo ........................................
Shanghai .........................................
Suzhou ............................................
Taoyuan ..........................................
Samutprakarn ..................................
Tokyo ...............................................
Krefeld-Uerdingen ...........................
Bayrakli—Izmir ................................
Beijing ..............................................
Richmond ........................................
Vancouver .......................................
Warrington .......................................
Kwai Chung N.T. .............................
Xiamen ............................................
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Zhongshan ......................................
OSHA has preliminarily determined
that it is appropriate to review this
application under the SNAP Transition
Policy. UL’s application was timely
submitted under that policy, and OSHA
preliminarily finds that the SNAP sites
in UL’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 UL’s expansion
application, based on historical
assessment records and supporting
documentation submitted by UL.
Moreover, OSHA staff performed
assessments of several UL facilities
included in the SNAP conversion
application from June 2020 to November
2022, and, while assessors found some
nonconformances with the requirements
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of 29 CFR 1910.7, UL addressed these
issues sufficiently. OSHA staff has
preliminarily determined that OSHA
should grant the application and grant
recognition to the 42 sites requested in
the application.
III. Preliminary Finding on the
Application
UL submitted an acceptable
application for expansion of its scope of
recognition. OSHA’s review of the
application file and pertinent
documentation indicates that UL can
meet the requirements prescribed by 29
CFR 1910.7 for expanding its
recognition to include the addition of
the 42 additional test sites for NRTL
testing and certification. This
preliminary finding does not constitute
an interim or temporary approval of
UL’s application.
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Canada.
India.
Germany.
China.
China.
Poland.
Mexico.
Germany.
France.
Brazil.
China.
China.
Taiwan.
Thailand.
Japan.
Germany.
Turkey.
China.
Canada.
United States.
United Kingdom.
Hong Kong.
China.
China.
OSHA seeks public comment on this
preliminary determination.
IV. Public Participation
OSHA welcomes public comment as
to whether UL 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
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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–2009–0025 (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
UL’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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Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2006–0048]
NSF International: Application for
Expansion of Recognition
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In this notice, OSHA
announces the application of NSF
International, 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
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notice, or requests for an extension of
time to make a submission, on or before
August 31, 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.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency’s name and the
docket number for this rulemaking
(Docket No. OSHA–2006–0048). 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 31,
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, 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, 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
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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 NSF
International (NSF), is applying for an
expansion of current recognition as a
NRTL. NSF requests the addition of one
test site to the 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 NSF, which details that
NRTL’s scope of recognition. These
pages are available from the OSHA
website at https://www.osha.gov/dts/
otpca/nrtl/.
NSF currently has one facility (site)
recognized by OSHA for product testing
and certification, with the headquarters
located at: NSF International, 789 North
Dixboro Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan
48105. A complete list of NSF sites
recognized by OSHA is available at
https://www.osha.gov/nationallyrecognized-testing-laboratory-program/
nsf.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2009-0025]
UL LLC: 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 UL LLC, 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 31, 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.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency's name and
the docket number for this rulemaking (Docket No. OSHA-2009-0025). 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
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comment period on or before August 31, 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 UL LLC (UL), is applying for an
expansion of current recognition as a NRTL. UL requests the addition of
42 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 UL, which details that NRTL's scope of recognition. These
pages are available from the OSHA website at https://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/.
UL currently has 13 facilities (sites) recognized by OSHA for
product testing and certification, with the headquarters located at: UL
LLC, 333 Pfingsten Road, Northbrook, Illinois 60062. A complete list of
UL's scope of recognition is available at https://www.osha.gov/nationally-recognized-testing-laboratory-program/ul.
II. General Background on the Application
UL submitted an application, dated January 20, 2021 (OSHA-2009-
0025-0050), requesting the conversion of 42 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.''
Table 1 below, lists the 42 sites that UL's application requested
for inclusion in the NRTL's expanded scope of recognition:
Table 1--List of Test Sites To Be Included in UL's NRTL Scope of
Recognition
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UL site name Address Country
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Auckland...................... 54 Tarndale Grove, 106 New Zealand.
Bush Road Unit 1,
Block 1, Albany,
Auckland, New Zealand
0632.
Bangalore..................... 3rd Floor, Block 1, India.
No. 24, Kalyani
Platina, EPIP Zone,
Phase II, Bangalore,
Karnataka 560066,
India.
Barcelona..................... C/Caravel-la la Nina Spain.
12, 3 Planta 08017,
Barcelona, Spain
08017.
Milan......................... Via Europa 5/7/9 & 28, Italy.
Cabiate-CO, Milan,
Italy 22060.
Changzhou..................... No. 21 Longmen Road, China.
National High-Tech,
Industrial
Development District,
Wujin, Changzhou,
Jiangsu, China 213614.
Plano......................... 801 Klein Road, Suite United States.
200, Plano, Texas
75074.
Dubai......................... Premises 222-224, 2nd United Arab
Floor, DSP Laboratory Emirates.
Complex, Dubai
Science Park, Al
Barsha, Dubai, 345831
United Arab Emirates.
Edmonton...................... 1040 Parsons Road SW, Canada.
Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada T6X 0J4.
Fremont....................... 47173 Benicia Street, United States.
Fremont, California
94538.
Holland....................... 3480 Windquest Drive, United States.
Holland, Michigan
49424.
Gurugram...................... A-12 Section 34, India.
Infocity-1, Gurugram,
Haryana India 122001.
Istanbul...................... Gursel Mah. Yesiltepe Turkey.
Sok No. 34, ERG Is
Merkezi 80260 Kat
3&6, Instanbul,
Turkey 34400.
Singapore..................... 20 Kian Teck Lane, Singapore.
Singapore 627 854.
Basingstoke................... Units 1-4, Horizons, United Kingdom.
Wade Road, Kingsland
Business Park,
Basingstoke,
Hampshire, United
Kingdom RG24 8AH.
Brea.......................... 1075 West Lambert United States.
Road, Suite B, Brea,
California 92821.
Subang Jaya................... Suite 9.01, Level 9, Malaysia.
Menara Summit,
Persiaran Kewajipan,
USJ 1, UEP, Subang
Jaya, Selangor,
Malaysia.
Mexico City................... Blas Pascal 205 Piso Mexico.
3, Polanco I Seccion,
Mexico City, Mexico
11510.
Mounds View................... 2222 Woodale Drive, United States.
Mounds View,
Minnesota 55112.
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Montreal...................... 6505 Trans-Canada Canada.
Highway, Suite 330,
St. Laurent, Quebec,
Canada, H4T1S3.
Mumbai........................ Patina Block no 102, India.
1st Floor, C-59, G-
Block, Mumbai, India
400 051.
Munich........................ Hopfenstrasse 6, Germany.
Munich, Germany 80335.
Guangzhou..................... 1-3F, Building 2 (R&D China.
Building A1), No. 25,
South Huanshi Avenue,
Nansha District,
Guangzhou, Guangdong
Sheng, China 511458.
Guangzhou..................... Block B, Electronic China.
Building, No. 8,
Nanyun Er Road,
Hangpu District,
Guangzhou, China
510670.
Warsaw........................ Rownolegla 4, Warsaw, Poland.
Poland 02-235.
Queretaro..................... Module K1 Unit 6 & 7, Mexico.
Kaizen Industrial
Park, State Road 100,
KM, 8+820, Colonia
Galeras, Colon
Municipality,
Queretaro 76295
Mexico.
Rosenheim..................... Am Oberfeld 19, Germany.
Rosenheim, Germany
83026.
Saint Aubin................... Espace Technologique, France.
De Saint-Aubins,
Baitmont Explorer,
Route de L'Orme des
Mersies, Saint Aubin,
France 91190.
Sao Paulo..................... Av. Engenheiro Luis, Brazil.
Carlos Berrini, 105,
23th Floor, Brooklin,
Sao Paulo, Brazil
0451-010.
Shanghai...................... 29 F, Wheelock Square, China.
No. 1717 West Nanjing
Road, Shanghai, China
200040.
Suzhou........................ No. 2, Chengwan Road, China.
Suzhou Industrial
Park, Suzhou,
Jiangsu, China 215122.
Taoyuan....................... No. 2 Wenming 1st Taiwan.
Street, Guishan
District, Taoyuan,
Taiwan 333.
Samutprakarn.................. 888 Moo 5, Srinakarin Thailand.
Road, Tambol Samrong
Nua, Amphur Muang
Samutprakarn, 10270.
Tokyo......................... 6F, Marunouchi Trust Japan.
Tower, 1-8-3
Marunouchi, Chiyoda-
ku, Tokyo, Japan 100-
0005.
Krefeld-Uerdingen............. Rheinufestr. 7--9 Germany.
Building R33, Krefeld-
Uerdingen, Germany,
47829.
Bayrakli--Izmir............... Adlet Mah. Sehit Turkey.
Polis, Fethi Sekin
Cad. Ventus Tower No:
6, Ic Kapi No: 241,
Bayrakli-Izmir,
Turkey 35530.
Beijing....................... 11/F, Tower W3, China.
Oriental Plaza, No.
1, East Chang'an
Avenue, Dongcheng
District, Beijing,
China 100738.
Richmond...................... #130-137775, Commerce Canada.
Parkway, Richmond,
British Columbia,
V6V2V4 Canada.
Vancouver..................... 14301 SE 1st Street, United States.
Suite 140, Vancouver,
Washington 98684.
Warrington.................... 220 Cygnet Court, United Kingdom.
Centre Park,
Warrington, Chesire,
WA1 1PP, United
Kingdom.
Kwai Chung N.T................ 19F, Watson Centre, 16- Hong Kong.
22 Kung Yip Street,
Kwai Chung N.T. Hong
Kong.
Xiamen........................ 17/F, The Bank Centre, China.
No. 189 Xxiahe Road,
Xiamen, China 361004.
Zhongshan..................... Block C, C101-102 &, China.
C202-202, No.8,
Jinsan Avenue East,
Sanjiao Town,
Zhongshan, China
528445.
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OSHA has preliminarily determined that it is appropriate to review
this application under the SNAP Transition Policy. UL's application was
timely submitted under that policy, and OSHA preliminarily finds that
the SNAP sites in UL'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 UL's expansion application, based on
historical assessment records and supporting documentation submitted by
UL. Moreover, OSHA staff performed assessments of several UL 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, UL addressed these issues sufficiently.
OSHA staff has preliminarily determined that OSHA should grant the
application and grant recognition to the 42 sites requested in the
application.
III. Preliminary Finding on the Application
UL submitted an acceptable application for expansion of its scope
of recognition. OSHA's review of the application file and pertinent
documentation indicates that UL can meet the requirements prescribed by
29 CFR 1910.7 for expanding its recognition to include the addition of
the 42 additional test sites for NRTL testing and certification. This
preliminary finding does not constitute an interim or temporary
approval of UL's application.
OSHA seeks public comment on this preliminary determination.
IV. Public Participation
OSHA welcomes public comment as to whether UL 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
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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-2009-0025 (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 UL'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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