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During this period, the subject articles
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2009–0025]
UL LLC: Grant of Expansion of
Recognition and Modification to the
NRTL Program’s List of Appropriate
Test Standards
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In this notice, OSHA
announces the final decision to expand
the scope of recognition for UL LLC, as
a Nationally Recognized Testing
Laboratory (NRTL). Additionally, OSHA
announces the final decision to add
thirteen test standards to the NRTL
Program’s List of Appropriate Test
Standards.
SUMMARY:
The expansion of the scope of
recognition becomes effective on
January 16, 2024.
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 or
email meilinger.francis2@dol.gov.
General and technical information:
Contact Mr. Kevin Robinson, Director,
Office of Technical Programs and
Coordination Activities, Directorate of
Technical Support and Emergency
Management, Occupational Safety and
Health Administration, U.S. Department
of Labor; telephone (202) 693–1911 or
email robinson.kevin@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
I. Notice of Final Decision
OSHA hereby gives notice of the
expansion of the scope of recognition of
UL LLC, (UL) as a NRTL. UL’s
expansion covers the addition of thirtyfive test standards 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 product-
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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
NRTLs or applicant organizations for
initial recognition, as well as for
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 a 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 submitted two applications, one
dated December 24, 2021 (OSHA–2009–
0025–0053), and a second dated May 5,
2023 (OSHA–2009–0025–0054). The
first application was amended on July
19, 2022, to remove two standards from
the original request (OSHA–2009–0025–
0055). In total, the expansion
applications, as amended, requested the
addition of thirty-seven test standards to
the scope of recognition. OSHA staff
performed a detailed analysis of the
application packets and other pertinent
information. OSHA did not perform any
on-site reviews in relation to these
applications. OSHA determined that
two of the standards included in the
amended expansion application, UL
80079–36 and 80079–37, are not
appropriate test standards and therefore
did not propose they be included in
UL’s NRTL Scope of Recognition or in
the NRTL Program’s List of Appropriate
Test Standards. This expansion
announced by this notice includes the
remaining thirty-five standards.
OSHA published the preliminary
notice announcing UL’s expansion
applications in the Federal Register on
October 27, 2023 (88 FR 73874). The
agency requested comments by
November 13, 2023, but it received no
comments in response to this notice.
To obtain or review copies of all
public documents pertaining to the UL
applications, go to https://
www.regulations.gov or contact the
Docket Office, Occupational Safety and
Health Administration, U.S. Department
of Labor. Docket No. OSHA–2009–0025
contains all materials in the record
concerning UL’s recognition. Contact
the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693–
2350 (TTY (877) 889–5627) for
assistance in locating docket
submissions.
II. Final Decision and Order
OSHA staff examined UL’s expansion
applications, its capability to meet the
requirements of the test standards, and
other pertinent information. Based on
its review of this evidence, OSHA finds
that UL meets the requirements of 29
CFR 1910.7 for expansion of its
recognition, subject to the limitations
and conditions listed in this notice.
OSHA, therefore, is proceeding with
this final notice to grant UL’s expanded
scope of recognition. OSHA limits the
expansion of UL’s recognition to testing
and certification of products for
demonstration of conformance to the
test standards listed below in Table 1.
TABLE 1—TEST STANDARDS FOR INCLUSION IN UL’S NRTL SCOPE OF RECOGNITION
Test standard
Test standard title
UL 62841–1 ...............
Electric Motor-Operated Hand-Held Tools, Transportable Tools and Lawn and Garden Machinery—Safety—Part 1: General Requirements.
Electric Motor-Operated Hand-Held Tools, Transportable Tools And Lawn And Garden Machinery—Safety—Part 2–1:
Particular Requirements for Hand-Held Drills and Impact Drills.
Electric Motor-Operated Hand-Held Tools, Transportable Tools and Lawn and Garden Machinery—Safety—Part 2–2:
Particular Requirements For Hand-Held Screwdrivers and Impact Wrenches.
Electric Motor-Operated Hand-held Tools, Transportable Tools And Lawn And Garden Machinery—Safety—Part 2–3:
Particular Requirements For Hand-Held Grinders, Disc-Type Polishers And Disc-Type Sanders.
Electric Motor-Operated Hand-Held Tools, Transportable Tools and Lawn and Garden Machinery—Safety—Part 2–4:
Particular Requirements For Hand-Held Sanders And Polishers Other.
Electric Motor-Operated Hand-Held Tools, Transportable Tools And Lawn And Garden Machinery—Safety—Part 2–5:
Particular Requirements for Hand-Held Circular Saws.
Safety Requirements for Particular Requirements for Hand-Held Shears and Nibblers.
Electric Motor-Operated Hand-Held Tools, Transportable Tools And Lawn and Garden Machinery—Safety—Part 2–9:
Particular Requirements for Hand-Held Tappers and Threaders.
Electric Motor-Operated Hand-Held Tools, Transportable Tools And Lawn And Garden Machinery—Safety Part 2–10:
Particular Requirements for Hand-Held Mixers.
Safety Requirements for Particular Requirements for Hand-Held Reciprocating Saws.
Electric Motor-Operated Hand-Held Tools, Transportable Tools and Lawn And Garden Machinery—Safety—Part 2–14:
Particular Requirements for Hand-Held Planers.
Electric Motor-Operated Hand-Held Tools, Transportable Tools and Lawn and Garden Machinery—Safety—Part 2–17:
Particular Requirements for Hand-Held Routers.
Electric Motor-Operated Hand-Held Tools, Transportable Tools And Lawn And Garden Machinery—Safety Part 2–21:
Particular Requirements for Hand-Held Drain Cleaners.
Electric Motor-Operated Hand-Held Tools, Transportable Tools and Lawn and Garden Machinery—Safety—Part 3–1:
Particular Requirements For Transportable Table Saws.
Safety Requirements for Particular Requirements for Transportable Bench Grinders.
Safety Requirements for Particular Requirements for Transportable Diamond Drills with Liquid System.
Electric Motor-Operated Hand-Held Tools, Transportable Tools And Lawn And Garden Machinery—Safety—Part 3–7:
Particular Requirements for Transportable Wall Saws.
Electric Motor-Operated Hand-Held Tools, Transportable Tools and Lawn and Garden Machinery—Safety—Part 3–9:
Particular Requirements for Transportable Mitre Saws.
Electric Motor-Operated Hand-Held Tools, Transportable Tools and Lawn and Garden Machinery—Safety—Part 3–10:
Particular Requirements for Transportable Cut-Off Machines.
Electric Motor-Operated Hand-Held Tools, Transportable Tools and Lawn and Garden Machinery—Safety—Part 3–12:
Particular Requirements for Transportable Threading Machines.
UL 62841–2–1 ...........
UL 62841–2–2 ...........
UL 62841–2–3 * .........
UL 62841–2–4 ...........
UL 62841–2–5 ...........
UL 62841–2–8 ...........
UL 62841–2–9 ...........
UL 62841–2–10 .........
UL 62841–2–11 .........
UL 62841–2–14 .........
UL 62841–2–17 .........
UL 62841–2–21 .........
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UL 62841–3–1 ...........
UL 62841–3–4 ...........
UL 62841–3–6 ...........
UL 62841–3–7 * .........
UL 62841–3–9 ...........
UL 62841–3–10 .........
UL 62841–3–12 * .......
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TABLE 1—TEST STANDARDS FOR INCLUSION IN UL’S NRTL SCOPE OF RECOGNITION—Continued
Test standard
Test standard title
UL 62841–3–13 .........
Electric Motor-Operated Hand-Held Tools, Transportable Tools And Lawn And Garden Machinery—Safety Part 3–13:
Particular Requirements for Transportable Drills.
Electric Motor-Operated Hand-Held Tools, Transportable Tools And Lawn And Garden Machinery—Safety—Part 3–14:
Particular Requirements for Transportable Drain Cleaners.
Electric Motor-Operated Hand-Held Tools, Transportable Tools And Lawn And Garden Machinery—Safety—Part 3–
1000: Particular Requirements For Transportable Laser Engravers.
Electric Motor-Operated Hand-Held Tools, Transportable Tools and Lawn And Garden Machinery—Safety—Part 4–1:
Particular Requirements for Chain Saws.
Standard for Electric Motor-Operated Hand-Held Tools, Transportable Tools and Lawn And Garden Machinery—Safety—Part 4–2: Particular Requirements for Hedge Trimmers.
Electric Motor-Operated Hand-Held Tools, Transportable Tools And Lawn And Garden Machinery—Safety—Part 4–4:
Particular Requirements For Lawn Trimmers, Lawn Edge Trimmers, Grass Trimmers, Brush Cutters And Brush Saws.
Electric Motor-Operated Hand-Held Tools, Transportable Tools And Lawn And Garden Machinery—Safety—Part 4–
1000: Particular Requirements For Utility Machines.
Hand-Held Motor-Operated Electric Tools—Safety—Part 2–23: Particular Requirements for Die Grinders and Small Rotary Tools.
Explosive Atmospheres—Part 33: Equipment Protection by Special Protection ‘‘s‘‘
Commercial Premises Security Alarm Units and Systems.
Electrically Operated Valves for Gasoline and Gasoline/Ethanol Blends with Nominal Ethanol Concentrations Up to 85
Percent (E0–E85).
Electrically Operated Valves for Diesel Fuel, Biodiesel Fuel, Diesel/Biodiesel Blends with Nominal Biodiesel Concentrations Up To 20 Percent (B20), Kerosene, and Fuel Oil.
ANSI/CAN/UL Automated Mobile Platforms (AMPs).
Standard for Portable Power Packs.
Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality Technology Equipment.
UL 62841–3–14 * .......
UL 62841–3–1000 * ...
UL 62841–4–1 ...........
UL 62841–4–2 ...........
UL 62841–4–4 * .........
UL 62841–4–1000 * ...
UL 60745–2–23 .........
UL 60079–33 * ...........
UL 2610 * ...................
UL 428A * ..................
UL 428B * ..................
UL 3100 * ...................
UL 2743 .....................
UL 8400 * ...................
* Represents the standards that OSHA will add to the NRTL Program’s List of Appropriate Test. Standards.
In this notice, OSHA also announces
the final decision to add thirteen new
test standards to the NRTL Program’s
List of Appropriate Test Standards.
Table 2 below lists the standards that
are new to the NRTL Program. OSHA
has determined that these test standards
are appropriate test standards and will
add them to the NRTL Program’s List of
Appropriate Test Standards.
TABLE 2—STANDARDS OSHA WILL ADD TO THE NRTL PROGRAM’S LIST OF APPROPRIATE TEST STANDARDS
Test standard
Test standard title
UL 62841–2–3 ...........
Electric Motor-Operated Hand-held Tools, Transportable Tools And Lawn And Garden Machinery—Safety—Part 2–3:
Particular Requirements For Hand-Held Grinders, Disc-Type Polishers And Disc-Type Sanders.
Electric Motor-Operated Hand-Held Tools, Transportable Tools and Lawn and Garden Machinery—Safety—Part 3–7:
Particular Requirements for Transportable Wall Saws.
Electric Motor-Operated Hand-Held Tools, Transportable Tools and Lawn and Garden Machinery—Safety—Part 3–12:
Particular Requirements for Transportable Threading Machines.
Electric Motor-Operated Hand-Held Tools, Transportable Tools and Lawn and Garden Machinery—Safety—Part 3–14:
Particular Requirements for Transportable Drain Cleaners.
Electric Motor-Operated Hand-Held Tools, Transportable Tools and Lawn and Garden Machinery—Safety—Part 3–1000:
Particular Requirements For Transportable Laser Engravers.
Electric Motor-Operated Hand-Held Tools, Transportable Tools and Lawn and Garden Machinery—Safety—Part 4–1000:
Particular Requirements For Utility Machines.
Electric Motor-Operated Hand-Held Tools, Transportable Tools And Lawn And Garden Machinery—Safety—Part 4–4:
Particular Requirements for Lawn Trimmers, Lawn Edge Timmers, Grass Trimmers, Brush Cutters And Brush Saws.
Explosive Atmospheres—Part 33: Equipment Protection by Special Protection ‘‘s’’.
Commercial Premises Security Alarm Units and Systems.
Electrically Operated Vales for Gasoline and Gasoline/Ethanol Blends with Nominal Ethanol Concentrations Up to 85
Percent (E0–E85).
Electrically Operated Valves for Diesel Fuel, Biodiesel Fuel, Diesel/Biodiesel Blends with Nominal Biodiesel Concentrations Up To 20 Percent (B20), Kerosene, and Fuel Oil.
ANSI/CAN/UL Automated Mobile Platforms (AMPs).
Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality Technology Equipment.
UL 62841–3–7 ...........
UL 62841–3–12 .........
UL 62841–3–14 .........
UL 62841–3–1000 .....
UL 62841–4–1000 .....
UL 62841–4–4 ...........
UL 60079–33 .............
UL 2610 .....................
UL 428A ....................
UL 428B ....................
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UL 3100 .....................
UL 8400 .....................
The American National Standards
Institute (ANSI) may approve the test
standards listed above as American
National Standards. However, for
convenience, we may use the
designation of the standards-developing
organization for the standard as opposed
to the ANSI designation. Under the
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NRTL Program’s policy (see OSHA
Instruction CPL 01–00–004, Chapter 2,
Section VIII), any NRTL recognized for
a particular test standard may use either
the proprietary version of the test
standard or the ANSI version of that
standard. Contact ANSI to determine
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whether a test standard is currently
ANSI-approved.
A. Conditions
In addition to those conditions
already required by 29 CFR 1910.7, UL
must abide by the following conditions
of the recognition:
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1. UL must inform OSHA as soon as
possible, in writing, of any change of
ownership, facilities, or key personnel,
and of any major change in its
operations as a NRTL, and provide
details of the change(s);
2. UL must meet all the terms of its
recognition and comply with all OSHA
policies pertaining to this recognition;
and
3. UL must continue to meet the
requirements for recognition, including
all previously published conditions on
UL’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 UL as a NRTL, subject
to the limitations and conditions
specified above.
III. Authority and Signature
James S. Frederick, Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health, authorized the
preparation of this notice. Accordingly,
the agency is issuing this notice
pursuant to 29 U.S.C. 657(g)(2),
Secretary of Labor’s Order No. 8–2020
(85 FR 58393, Sept. 18, 2020), and 29
CFR 1910.7.
Signed at Washington, DC.
James S. Frederick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health.
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Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2007–0043]
TUV SUD 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 TUV SUD
America, Inc. (TUVAM) as a Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL).
DATES: The expansion of the scope of
recognition becomes effective on
January 16, 2024.
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.
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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) 693–1911;
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:
I. Notice of Final Decision
OSHA hereby gives notice of the
expansion of the scope of recognition
for TUV SUD America Inc. (TUVAM).
TUVAM’s expansion covers the
addition of two test standards and one
recognized testing 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 its scope of recognition.
Each NRTL’s scope of recognition
includes (1) the type of products the
NRTL may test, with each type specified
by its applicable test standard; and (2)
the recognized site(s) that has/have the
technical capability to perform the
product-testing and productcertification activities for test standards
within the NRTL’s scope. Recognition is
not a delegation or grant of government
authority; however, recognition enables
employers to use products approved by
the NRTL to meet OSHA standards that
require product testing and certification.
The agency processes an application
by a NRTL for initial recognition and for
an expansion or renewal of this
recognition, following requirements in
Appendix A, 29 CFR 1910.7. This
appendix requires that the agency
publish two notices in the Federal
Register in processing an application. In
the first notice, OSHA announces the
application and provides its preliminary
finding. In the second notice, the agency
provides the final decision on the
application. These notices set forth the
NRTL’s scope of recognition or
modifications of that scope. OSHA
maintains an informational web page for
each NRTL, including TUVAM, which
details the NRTL’s scope of recognition.
These pages are available from the
OSHA website at: https://
www.osha.gov/nationally-recognizedtesting-laboratory-program.
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TUVAM submitted two applications
to OSHA for expansion of the NRTL
scope of recognition. The first
application, dated June 8, 2020 (OSHA–
2007–0043–0051), requested the
expansion of the NRTL scope of
recognition to include one additional
test site located at: Daimlerstr, 40
Frankfurt am Main, Hessen 60314
Germany. The second application, dated
July 12, 2021 (OSHA–2007–0043–0052),
requested the expansion of the NRTL
scope of recognition to include two
additional test standards that were
removed from another NRTL expansion
application (see OSHA–2007–0043–
0042). In that application, TUVAM
originally requested the addition of five
standards to its scope of recognition on
July 12, 2021. That application was
amended to remove two standards, and
the final Federal Register notice
announcing the expansion of the NRTL
scope of recognition to include the other
three standards was published on June
29, 2022 (see 87 FR 38784). This notice
covers the remaining two standards
from the July 12, 2021, expansion
application and the requested testing
site. OSHA staff performed an on-site
review of TUVAM’s testing facilities at
TUVAM Frankfurt on June 14–15, 2023,
in which assessors found some
nonconformances with the requirements
of 29 CFR 1910.7. TUVAM has
addressed these issues sufficiently, and
OSHA staff preliminarily determined
that OSHA should grant the
applications.
OSHA published the preliminary
notice announcing TUVAM’s expansion
applications in the Federal Register on
November 22, 2023 (88 FR 81436). The
agency requested comments by
December 7, 2023, but it received no
comments in response to this notice.
OSHA now is proceeding with this final
notice to grant expansion of TUVAM’s
NRTL scope of recognition.
To review copies of all public
documents pertaining to TUVAM’s
applications, go to https://
www.regulations.gov or contact the
Docket Office, Occupational Safety and
Health Administration, U.S. Department
of Labor at (202) 693–2350. Docket No.
OSHA–2007–0043 contains all materials
in the record concerning TUVAM’s
recognition. All submissions, including
copyrighted material, are available for
inspection through the OSHA Docket
Office. Contact the OSHA Docket Office
at (202) 693–2350 for assistance in
locating docket submissions.
II. Final Decision and Order
OSHA staff examined TUVAM’s
expansion applications, conducted a
detailed on-site assessment, and
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2009-0025]
UL LLC: Grant of Expansion of Recognition and Modification to the
NRTL Program's List of Appropriate Test Standards
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA announces the final decision to expand
the scope of recognition for UL LLC, as a Nationally Recognized Testing
Laboratory (NRTL). Additionally, OSHA announces the final decision to
add thirteen test standards to the NRTL Program's List of Appropriate
Test Standards.
DATES: The expansion of the scope of recognition becomes effective on
January 16, 2024.
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
or email [email protected].
General and technical information: Contact Mr. Kevin Robinson,
Director, Office of Technical Programs and Coordination Activities,
Directorate of Technical Support and Emergency Management, Occupational
Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor; telephone
(202) 693-1911 or email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Notice of Final Decision
OSHA hereby gives notice of the expansion of the scope of
recognition of UL LLC, (UL) as a NRTL. UL's expansion covers the
addition of thirty-five test standards 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 product-
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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 NRTLs or applicant
organizations for initial recognition, as well as for 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 a 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 submitted two applications, one dated December 24, 2021 (OSHA-
2009-0025-0053), and a second dated May 5, 2023 (OSHA-2009-0025-0054).
The first application was amended on July 19, 2022, to remove two
standards from the original request (OSHA-2009-0025-0055). In total,
the expansion applications, as amended, requested the addition of
thirty-seven test standards to the scope of recognition. OSHA staff
performed a detailed analysis of the application packets and other
pertinent information. OSHA did not perform any on-site reviews in
relation to these applications. OSHA determined that two of the
standards included in the amended expansion application, UL 80079-36
and 80079-37, are not appropriate test standards and therefore did not
propose they be included in UL's NRTL Scope of Recognition or in the
NRTL Program's List of Appropriate Test Standards. This expansion
announced by this notice includes the remaining thirty-five standards.
OSHA published the preliminary notice announcing UL's expansion
applications in the Federal Register on October 27, 2023 (88 FR 73874).
The agency requested comments by November 13, 2023, but it received no
comments in response to this notice.
To obtain or review copies of all public documents pertaining to
the UL applications, go to https://www.regulations.gov or contact the
Docket Office, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor. Docket No. OSHA-2009-0025 contains all materials
in the record concerning UL's recognition. Contact the OSHA Docket
Office at (202) 693-2350 (TTY (877) 889-5627) for assistance in
locating docket submissions.
II. Final Decision and Order
OSHA staff examined UL's expansion applications, its capability to
meet the requirements of the test standards, and other pertinent
information. Based on its review of this evidence, OSHA finds that UL
meets the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for expansion of its
recognition, subject to the limitations and conditions listed in this
notice. OSHA, therefore, is proceeding with this final notice to grant
UL's expanded scope of recognition. OSHA limits the expansion of UL's
recognition to testing and certification of products for demonstration
of conformance to the test standards listed below in Table 1.
Table 1--Test Standards for Inclusion in UL's NRTL Scope of Recognition
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Test standard Test standard title
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UL 62841-1............................ Electric Motor-Operated Hand-
Held Tools, Transportable Tools
and Lawn and Garden Machinery--
Safety--Part 1: General
Requirements.
UL 62841-2-1.......................... Electric Motor-Operated Hand-
Held Tools, Transportable Tools
And Lawn And Garden Machinery--
Safety--Part 2-1: Particular
Requirements for Hand-Held
Drills and Impact Drills.
UL 62841-2-2.......................... Electric Motor-Operated Hand-
Held Tools, Transportable Tools
and Lawn and Garden Machinery--
Safety--Part 2-2: Particular
Requirements For Hand-Held
Screwdrivers and Impact
Wrenches.
UL 62841-2-3 *........................ Electric Motor-Operated Hand-
held Tools, Transportable Tools
And Lawn And Garden Machinery--
Safety--Part 2-3: Particular
Requirements For Hand-Held
Grinders, Disc-Type Polishers
And Disc-Type Sanders.
UL 62841-2-4.......................... Electric Motor-Operated Hand-
Held Tools, Transportable Tools
and Lawn and Garden Machinery--
Safety--Part 2-4: Particular
Requirements For Hand-Held
Sanders And Polishers Other.
UL 62841-2-5.......................... Electric Motor-Operated Hand-
Held Tools, Transportable Tools
And Lawn And Garden Machinery--
Safety--Part 2-5: Particular
Requirements for Hand-Held
Circular Saws.
UL 62841-2-8.......................... Safety Requirements for
Particular Requirements for
Hand-Held Shears and Nibblers.
UL 62841-2-9.......................... Electric Motor-Operated Hand-
Held Tools, Transportable Tools
And Lawn and Garden Machinery--
Safety--Part 2-9: Particular
Requirements for Hand-Held
Tappers and Threaders.
UL 62841-2-10......................... Electric Motor-Operated Hand-
Held Tools, Transportable Tools
And Lawn And Garden Machinery--
Safety Part 2-10: Particular
Requirements for Hand-Held
Mixers.
UL 62841-2-11......................... Safety Requirements for
Particular Requirements for
Hand-Held Reciprocating Saws.
UL 62841-2-14......................... Electric Motor-Operated Hand-
Held Tools, Transportable Tools
and Lawn And Garden Machinery--
Safety--Part 2-14: Particular
Requirements for Hand-Held
Planers.
UL 62841-2-17......................... Electric Motor-Operated Hand-
Held Tools, Transportable Tools
and Lawn and Garden Machinery--
Safety--Part 2-17: Particular
Requirements for Hand-Held
Routers.
UL 62841-2-21......................... Electric Motor-Operated Hand-
Held Tools, Transportable Tools
And Lawn And Garden Machinery--
Safety Part 2-21: Particular
Requirements for Hand-Held
Drain Cleaners.
UL 62841-3-1.......................... Electric Motor-Operated Hand-
Held Tools, Transportable Tools
and Lawn and Garden Machinery--
Safety--Part 3-1: Particular
Requirements For Transportable
Table Saws.
UL 62841-3-4.......................... Safety Requirements for
Particular Requirements for
Transportable Bench Grinders.
UL 62841-3-6.......................... Safety Requirements for
Particular Requirements for
Transportable Diamond Drills
with Liquid System.
UL 62841-3-7 *........................ Electric Motor-Operated Hand-
Held Tools, Transportable Tools
And Lawn And Garden Machinery--
Safety--Part 3-7: Particular
Requirements for Transportable
Wall Saws.
UL 62841-3-9.......................... Electric Motor-Operated Hand-
Held Tools, Transportable Tools
and Lawn and Garden Machinery--
Safety--Part 3-9: Particular
Requirements for Transportable
Mitre Saws.
UL 62841-3-10......................... Electric Motor-Operated Hand-
Held Tools, Transportable Tools
and Lawn and Garden Machinery--
Safety--Part 3-10: Particular
Requirements for Transportable
Cut-Off Machines.
UL 62841-3-12 *....................... Electric Motor-Operated Hand-
Held Tools, Transportable Tools
and Lawn and Garden Machinery--
Safety--Part 3-12: Particular
Requirements for Transportable
Threading Machines.
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UL 62841-3-13......................... Electric Motor-Operated Hand-
Held Tools, Transportable Tools
And Lawn And Garden Machinery--
Safety Part 3-13: Particular
Requirements for Transportable
Drills.
UL 62841-3-14 *....................... Electric Motor-Operated Hand-
Held Tools, Transportable Tools
And Lawn And Garden Machinery--
Safety--Part 3-14: Particular
Requirements for Transportable
Drain Cleaners.
UL 62841-3-1000 *..................... Electric Motor-Operated Hand-
Held Tools, Transportable Tools
And Lawn And Garden Machinery--
Safety--Part 3-1000: Particular
Requirements For Transportable
Laser Engravers.
UL 62841-4-1.......................... Electric Motor-Operated Hand-
Held Tools, Transportable Tools
and Lawn And Garden Machinery--
Safety--Part 4-1: Particular
Requirements for Chain Saws.
UL 62841-4-2.......................... Standard for Electric Motor-
Operated Hand-Held Tools,
Transportable Tools and Lawn
And Garden Machinery--Safety--
Part 4-2: Particular
Requirements for Hedge
Trimmers.
UL 62841-4-4 *........................ Electric Motor-Operated Hand-
Held Tools, Transportable Tools
And Lawn And Garden Machinery--
Safety--Part 4-4: Particular
Requirements For Lawn Trimmers,
Lawn Edge Trimmers, Grass
Trimmers, Brush Cutters And
Brush Saws.
UL 62841-4-1000 *..................... Electric Motor-Operated Hand-
Held Tools, Transportable Tools
And Lawn And Garden Machinery--
Safety--Part 4-1000: Particular
Requirements For Utility
Machines.
UL 60745-2-23......................... Hand-Held Motor-Operated
Electric Tools--Safety--Part 2-
23: Particular Requirements for
Die Grinders and Small Rotary
Tools.
UL 60079-33 *......................... Explosive Atmospheres--Part 33:
Equipment Protection by Special
Protection ``s``
UL 2610 *............................. Commercial Premises Security
Alarm Units and Systems.
UL 428A *............................. Electrically Operated Valves for
Gasoline and Gasoline/Ethanol
Blends with Nominal Ethanol
Concentrations Up to 85 Percent
(E0-E85).
UL 428B *............................. Electrically Operated Valves for
Diesel Fuel, Biodiesel Fuel,
Diesel/Biodiesel Blends with
Nominal Biodiesel
Concentrations Up To 20 Percent
(B20), Kerosene, and Fuel Oil.
UL 3100 *............................. ANSI/CAN/UL Automated Mobile
Platforms (AMPs).
UL 2743............................... Standard for Portable Power
Packs.
UL 8400 *............................. Virtual Reality, Augmented
Reality and Mixed Reality
Technology Equipment.
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* Represents the standards that OSHA will add to the NRTL Program's List
of Appropriate Test. Standards.
In this notice, OSHA also announces the final decision to add
thirteen new test standards to the NRTL Program's List of Appropriate
Test Standards. Table 2 below lists the standards that are new to the
NRTL Program. OSHA has determined that these test standards are
appropriate test standards and will add them to the NRTL Program's List
of Appropriate Test Standards.
Table 2--Standards OSHA Will Add to the NRTL Program's List of
Appropriate Test Standards
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Test standard Test standard title
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UL 62841-2-3.......................... Electric Motor-Operated Hand-
held Tools, Transportable Tools
And Lawn And Garden Machinery--
Safety--Part 2-3: Particular
Requirements For Hand-Held
Grinders, Disc-Type Polishers
And Disc-Type Sanders.
UL 62841-3-7.......................... Electric Motor-Operated Hand-
Held Tools, Transportable Tools
and Lawn and Garden Machinery--
Safety--Part 3-7: Particular
Requirements for Transportable
Wall Saws.
UL 62841-3-12......................... Electric Motor-Operated Hand-
Held Tools, Transportable Tools
and Lawn and Garden Machinery--
Safety--Part 3-12: Particular
Requirements for Transportable
Threading Machines.
UL 62841-3-14......................... Electric Motor-Operated Hand-
Held Tools, Transportable Tools
and Lawn and Garden Machinery--
Safety--Part 3-14: Particular
Requirements for Transportable
Drain Cleaners.
UL 62841-3-1000....................... Electric Motor-Operated Hand-
Held Tools, Transportable Tools
and Lawn and Garden Machinery--
Safety--Part 3-1000: Particular
Requirements For Transportable
Laser Engravers.
UL 62841-4-1000....................... Electric Motor-Operated Hand-
Held Tools, Transportable Tools
and Lawn and Garden Machinery--
Safety--Part 4-1000: Particular
Requirements For Utility
Machines.
UL 62841-4-4.......................... Electric Motor-Operated Hand-
Held Tools, Transportable Tools
And Lawn And Garden Machinery--
Safety--Part 4-4: Particular
Requirements for Lawn Trimmers,
Lawn Edge Timmers, Grass
Trimmers, Brush Cutters And
Brush Saws.
UL 60079-33........................... Explosive Atmospheres--Part 33:
Equipment Protection by Special
Protection ``s''.
UL 2610............................... Commercial Premises Security
Alarm Units and Systems.
UL 428A............................... Electrically Operated Vales for
Gasoline and Gasoline/Ethanol
Blends with Nominal Ethanol
Concentrations Up to 85 Percent
(E0-E85).
UL 428B............................... Electrically Operated Valves for
Diesel Fuel, Biodiesel Fuel,
Diesel/Biodiesel Blends with
Nominal Biodiesel
Concentrations Up To 20 Percent
(B20), Kerosene, and Fuel Oil.
UL 3100............................... ANSI/CAN/UL Automated Mobile
Platforms (AMPs).
UL 8400............................... Virtual Reality, Augmented
Reality and Mixed Reality
Technology Equipment.
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The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) may approve the
test standards listed above as American National Standards. However,
for convenience, we may use the designation of the standards-developing
organization for the standard as opposed to the ANSI designation. Under
the NRTL Program's policy (see OSHA Instruction CPL 01-00-004, Chapter
2, Section VIII), any NRTL recognized for a particular test standard
may use either the proprietary version of the test standard or the ANSI
version of that standard. Contact ANSI to determine whether a test
standard is currently ANSI-approved.
A. Conditions
In addition to those conditions already required by 29 CFR 1910.7,
UL must abide by the following conditions of the recognition:
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1. UL must inform OSHA as soon as possible, in writing, of any
change of ownership, facilities, or key personnel, and of any major
change in its operations as a NRTL, and provide details of the
change(s);
2. UL must meet all the terms of its recognition and comply with
all OSHA policies pertaining to this recognition; and
3. UL must continue to meet the requirements for recognition,
including all previously published conditions on UL'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 UL as a NRTL, subject to the limitations and
conditions specified above.
III. Authority and Signature
James S. Frederick, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health, authorized the preparation of this
notice. Accordingly, the agency is issuing this notice pursuant to 29
U.S.C. 657(g)(2), Secretary of Labor's Order No. 8-2020 (85 FR 58393,
Sept. 18, 2020), and 29 CFR 1910.7.
Signed at Washington, DC.
James S. Frederick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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