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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 exhibits
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
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Docket No. OSHA–2007–0042 (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
TUVRNA’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.
V. 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 July 17,
2024.
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–2013–0016]
Nemko North America, Inc.: Grant of
Expansion of Recognition
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Notice.
In this notice, OSHA
announces the final decision to expand
the scope of recognition for Nemko
North America, Inc. (NNA) as a
Nationally Recognized Testing
Laboratory (NRTL).
DATES: The expansion of the scope of
recognition becomes effective on July
29, 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, phone: (202) 693–
1999 or email: meilinger.francis2@
dol.gov.
General and technical information:
Contact Mr. Kevin Robinson, Director,
Office of Technical Programs and
Coordination Activities, Directorate of
Technical Support and Emergency
Management, Occupational Safety and
Health Administration, phone: (202)
693–1911 or email: robinson.kevin@
dol.gov.
SUMMARY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Notice of Final Decision
OSHA hereby gives notice of the
expansion of the scope of recognition of
Nemko North America, Inc. (NNA) as a
NRTL. NNA’s expansion covers the
addition of nineteen test standards and
one 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
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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 NNA, 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.
NNA submitted an application to
OSHA for expansion of the NRTL scope
of recognition. The application, dated
October 24, 2023 (OSHA–2013–0016–
0026), requested the expansion of the
NRTL scope of recognition to include
one additional test site located at: 1601
N. A.W. Grimes Blvd., Suite B, Round
Rock, Texas 78665 and nineteen
additional test standards. OSHA staff
performed an on-site review of NNA’s
testing facilities at NNA Austin, Texas
on January 23–24, 2024, in which
assessors found some nonconformances
with the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7.
NNA has addressed these issues
sufficiently, and OSHA staff has
preliminarily determined that OSHA
should grant the application.
OSHA published the preliminary
notice announcing NNA’s expansion
application in the Federal Register on
May 28, 2024 (89 FR 46165). The agency
requested comments by June 12, 2024,
but it received no comments in response
to this notice. OSHA is now proceeding
with this final grant of expansion to
NNA’s NRTL scope of recognition.
Docket No. OSHA–2013–0016
contains all materials in the record
concerning NNA’s recognition. To
obtain or review copies of all public
documents pertaining to NNA’s
expansion application, go to https://
www.regulations.gov. 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 NNA’s
expansion application, its capability to
meet the requirements of the test
standards, and other pertinent
information. Based on its review of this
evidence, OSHA finds that NNA 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 NNA’s expanded scope of
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recognition. OSHA limits the expansion
of NNA’s recognition to the recognized
testing site in Round Rock, Texas and
testing and certification of products for
demonstration of conformance to the
test standard listed below in table 1.
TABLE 1—LIST OF APPROPRIATE TEST STANDARDS FOR INCLUSION IN NNA’S NRTL SCOPE OF RECOGNITION
Test standard
UL
UL
UL
UL
UL
UL
UL
UL
UL
UL
UL
60079–0 ..........................
60079–1 ..........................
60079–2 ..........................
60079–5 ..........................
60079–6 ..........................
60079–7 ..........................
60079–11 ........................
60079–15 ........................
60079–18 ........................
60079–25 ........................
60079–28 ........................
UL 60079–31 ........................
NFPA 496 .............................
UL 913 ..................................
UL 121201 ............................
TIA 4950 ...............................
UL 1203 ................................
UL 674 ..................................
UL 698A ...............................
Test standard title
Explosive Atmospheres—Part 0: Equipment—General Requirements.
Explosive Atmospheres—Part 1: Equipment Protection by Flameproof Enclosures ‘‘d’’.
Explosive Atmospheres—Part 2: Equipment Protection by Pressurized Enclosures ‘‘p’’.
Explosive Atmospheres—Part 5: Equipment Protection by Powder Filling ‘‘q’’.
Explosive Atmospheres—Part 6: Equipment Protection by Oil Immersion ‘‘o’’.
Explosive Atmospheres—Part 7: Equipment Protection by Increased Safety ‘‘e’’.
Explosive Atmospheres—Part 11: Equipment Protection by Intrinsic Safety ‘‘i’’.
Explosive Atmospheres—Part 15: Equipment Protection by Type of Protection ‘‘n’’.
Explosive Atmospheres—Part 18: Equipment Protection by Encapsulation ‘‘m’’.
Explosive Atmospheres—Part 25: Intrinsically Safe Electrical Systems.
Standard for Explosive Atmospheres—Part 28: Protection of Equipment and Transmission Systems Using Optical
Radiation.
Standard for Explosive Atmospheres—Part 31: Equipment Dust Ignition Protection Enclosure ‘‘t’’.
Purged and Pressurized Enclosures for Electrical Equipment.
Intrinsically Safe Apparatus and Associated Apparatus for Use in Class I, II and III, Division I, Hazardous (Classified) Locations.
Nonincendive Electrical Equipment for Use in Class I and II, Division 2 and Class III, Division 1 and 2 Hazardous
(Classified) Locations.
Requirements for Battery-Powered, Portable Land Mobile Radio Applications in Class I, II, and III, Division I, Hazardous (Classified) Locations.
Explosion-Proof and Dust-Ignition-Proof Electrical Equipment for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations.
Electric Motors and Generators for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations.
Industrial Control Panels Relating to Hazardous (Classified) Locations.
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OSHA’s recognition of any NRTL for
a particular test standard is limited to
equipment or materials for which OSHA
standards require third-party testing and
certification before using them in the
workplace. Consequently, if a test
standard also covers any products for
which OSHA does not require such
testing and certification, a NRTL’s scope
of recognition does not include these
products.
A. Conditions
Recognition is contingent on
continued compliance with 29 CFR
1910.7, including, but not limited to,
abiding by the following conditions of
the recognition:
1. NNA 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. NNA must meet all the terms of its
recognition and comply with all OSHA
policies pertaining to this recognition;
and
3. NNA must continue to meet the
requirements for recognition, including
all previously published conditions on
NNA’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 NNA as a NRTL to
include nineteen additional test
standards and an additional testing site
in Round Rock, Texas, subject to the
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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, on July 17,
2024.
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-2013-0016]
Nemko North America, Inc.: Grant of Expansion of Recognition
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA announces the final decision to expand
the scope of recognition for Nemko North America, Inc. (NNA) as a
Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL).
DATES: The expansion of the scope of recognition becomes effective on
July 29, 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, phone: (202) 693-1999 or email:
[email protected].
General and technical information: Contact Mr. Kevin Robinson,
Director, Office of Technical Programs and Coordination Activities,
Directorate of Technical Support and Emergency Management, Occupational
Safety and Health Administration, phone: (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 Nemko North America, Inc. (NNA) as a NRTL. NNA's
expansion covers the addition of nineteen test standards and one
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 product-
certification activities for test standards within the NRTL's scope.
Recognition is not a delegation or grant of government authority;
however, recognition enables employers to use products approved by the
NRTL to meet OSHA standards that require product testing and
certification.
The agency processes an application by a NRTL for initial
recognition and for an expansion or renewal of this recognition,
following requirements in appendix A, 29 CFR 1910.7. This appendix
requires that the agency publish two notices in the Federal Register in
processing an application. In the first notice, OSHA announces the
application and provides its preliminary finding. In the second notice,
the agency provides the final decision on the application. These
notices set forth the NRTL's scope of recognition or modifications of
that scope. OSHA maintains an informational web page for each NRTL,
including NNA, which details the NRTL's scope of recognition. These
pages are available from the OSHA website at: https://www.osha.gov/nationally-recognized-testing-laboratory-program.
NNA submitted an application to OSHA for expansion of the NRTL
scope of recognition. The application, dated October 24, 2023 (OSHA-
2013-0016-0026), requested the expansion of the NRTL scope of
recognition to include one additional test site located at: 1601 N.
A.W. Grimes Blvd., Suite B, Round Rock, Texas 78665 and nineteen
additional test standards. OSHA staff performed an on-site review of
NNA's testing facilities at NNA Austin, Texas on January 23-24, 2024,
in which assessors found some nonconformances with the requirements of
29 CFR 1910.7. NNA has addressed these issues sufficiently, and OSHA
staff has preliminarily determined that OSHA should grant the
application.
OSHA published the preliminary notice announcing NNA's expansion
application in the Federal Register on May 28, 2024 (89 FR 46165). The
agency requested comments by June 12, 2024, but it received no comments
in response to this notice. OSHA is now proceeding with this final
grant of expansion to NNA's NRTL scope of recognition.
Docket No. OSHA-2013-0016 contains all materials in the record
concerning NNA's recognition. To obtain or review copies of all public
documents pertaining to NNA's expansion application, go to https://www.regulations.gov. 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 NNA's expansion application, its capability to
meet the requirements of the test standards, and other pertinent
information. Based on its review of this evidence, OSHA finds that NNA
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
NNA's expanded scope of
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recognition. OSHA limits the expansion of NNA's recognition to the
recognized testing site in Round Rock, Texas and testing and
certification of products for demonstration of conformance to the test
standard listed below in table 1.
Table 1--List of Appropriate Test Standards for Inclusion in NNA's NRTL
Scope of Recognition
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Test standard Test standard title
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UL 60079-0................... Explosive Atmospheres--Part 0: Equipment--
General Requirements.
UL 60079-1................... Explosive Atmospheres--Part 1: Equipment
Protection by Flameproof Enclosures
``d''.
UL 60079-2................... Explosive Atmospheres--Part 2: Equipment
Protection by Pressurized Enclosures
``p''.
UL 60079-5................... Explosive Atmospheres--Part 5: Equipment
Protection by Powder Filling ``q''.
UL 60079-6................... Explosive Atmospheres--Part 6: Equipment
Protection by Oil Immersion ``o''.
UL 60079-7................... Explosive Atmospheres--Part 7: Equipment
Protection by Increased Safety ``e''.
UL 60079-11.................. Explosive Atmospheres--Part 11: Equipment
Protection by Intrinsic Safety ``i''.
UL 60079-15.................. Explosive Atmospheres--Part 15: Equipment
Protection by Type of Protection ``n''.
UL 60079-18.................. Explosive Atmospheres--Part 18: Equipment
Protection by Encapsulation ``m''.
UL 60079-25.................. Explosive Atmospheres--Part 25:
Intrinsically Safe Electrical Systems.
UL 60079-28.................. Standard for Explosive Atmospheres--Part
28: Protection of Equipment and
Transmission Systems Using Optical
Radiation.
UL 60079-31.................. Standard for Explosive Atmospheres--Part
31: Equipment Dust Ignition Protection
Enclosure ``t''.
NFPA 496..................... Purged and Pressurized Enclosures for
Electrical Equipment.
UL 913....................... Intrinsically Safe Apparatus and
Associated Apparatus for Use in Class I,
II and III, Division I, Hazardous
(Classified) Locations.
UL 121201.................... Nonincendive Electrical Equipment for Use
in Class I and II, Division 2 and Class
III, Division 1 and 2 Hazardous
(Classified) Locations.
TIA 4950..................... Requirements for Battery-Powered,
Portable Land Mobile Radio Applications
in Class I, II, and III, Division I,
Hazardous (Classified) Locations.
UL 1203...................... Explosion-Proof and Dust-Ignition-Proof
Electrical Equipment for Use in
Hazardous (Classified) Locations.
UL 674....................... Electric Motors and Generators for Use in
Hazardous (Classified) Locations.
UL 698A...................... Industrial Control Panels Relating to
Hazardous (Classified) Locations.
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OSHA's recognition of any NRTL for a particular test standard is
limited to equipment or materials for which OSHA standards require
third-party testing and certification before using them in the
workplace. Consequently, if a test standard also covers any products
for which OSHA does not require such testing and certification, a
NRTL's scope of recognition does not include these products.
A. Conditions
Recognition is contingent on continued compliance with 29 CFR
1910.7, including, but not limited to, abiding by the following
conditions of the recognition:
1. NNA 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. NNA must meet all the terms of its recognition and comply with
all OSHA policies pertaining to this recognition; and
3. NNA must continue to meet the requirements for recognition,
including all previously published conditions on NNA'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 NNA as a NRTL to include nineteen additional
test standards and an additional testing site in Round Rock, Texas,
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, on July 17, 2024.
James S. Frederick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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