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Report; MSHA Form 7000–2, Quarterly 

Mine Employment and Coal Production 

Report. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval of the 

proposed information collection 

request; they will become a matter of 

public record and will be available at 

https://www.reginfo.gov. 

Song-ae Aromie Noe, 

Certifying Officer, Mine Safety and Health 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20394 Filed 9–20–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4520–43–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2007–0043] 

TUV SUD America, Inc.: Grant of 

Expansion of Recognition 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA 

announces the final decision to expand 

the scope of recognition for TUV SUD 

America, Inc., as a Nationally 

Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL). 

DATES: The expansion of the scope of 

recognition becomes effective on 

September 21, 2023. 

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 Final Decision 

OSHA hereby gives notice of the 

expansion of the scope of recognition 

for TUV SUD America, Inc. (TUVAM) as 

a NRTL. TUVAM’s expansion covers the 

addition of nine test sites 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 TUVAM, which details that 

NRTL’s scope of recognition. These 

pages are available from the OSHA 

website at http://www.osha.gov/dts/ 

otpca/nrtl/index.html. 

TUVAM submitted an application, 

dated January 24, 2021 (OSHA–2007– 

0043–0045), requesting the conversion 

of ten existing Satellite Notification 

Acceptance Program (SNAP) sites to 

recognized sites under the NRTL Policy 

for Transitioning to Satellite 

Notification and Acceptance Program 

Termination (SNAP Transition Policy) 

published in the Federal Register on 

November 24, 2020 (85 FR 75042), as 

amended by a June 22, 2022 

Memorandum from James S. Frederick, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Occupational Safety and Health, to 

Regional Administrators and Executive 

Staff, titled ‘‘Second Revision to the 

Nationally Recognized Testing 

Laboratory (NRTL) Policy for 

Transitioning to Satellite Notification 

and Acceptance Program (SNAP) 

Termination.’’ TUVAM amended their 

application on December 10, 2021 

(OSHA–2007–0043–0046), to remove 

one site from the original request, 

leaving nine sites to be considered in 

the expansion request. 

OSHA published the preliminary 

notice announcing TUVAM’s expansion 

application in the Federal Register on 

August 15, 2023 (88 FR 55478). The 

agency requested comments by August 

30, 2023, but it received no comments 

in response to this notice. OSHA is now 

proceeding with this final grant of 

expansion of TUVAM’s NRTL 

recognition. 

To obtain or review copies of all 

public documents pertaining to the 

TUVAM application, go to http://

www.regulations.gov or contact the 

Docket Office, Occupational Safety and 

Health Administration, U.S. Department 

of Labor. 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 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 TUVAM 

meets the requirements of 29 CFR 

1910.7 for expansion of its recognition, 

subject to the specified limitations and 

condition. OSHA limits the expansion 

of TUVAM’s recognition to include the 

nine sites listed in Table 1, below. This 

limitation is consistent with the 

recognition that OSHA grants to other 

NRTLs that operate multiple sites. 

TABLE 1—LIST OF TEST SITES FOR INCLUSION IN TUVAM’S NRTL SCOPE OF RECOGNITION

TUVAM site name Address Country 

Shenzhen ........................................ Building 6, 12 & 13, Zhiheng Wisdomeland Business Park, Nantou 

Checkpoint Road 2, 518052, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province.

China. 

Gormley ........................................... 11 Gordon Collins Drive, Gormley, Ontario L0H 1G0 ........................... Canada. 


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TABLE 1—LIST OF TEST SITES FOR INCLUSION IN TUVAM’S NRTL SCOPE OF RECOGNITION—Continued 

TUVAM site name Address Country 

Fareham .......................................... Octagon House, Concorde Way, Segensworth North, Fareham, 

Hampshire, PO15 5RL.

United Kingdom. 

Seoul ............................................... 10, Gukjegumyung-ro, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul ................................. Korea. 

Tampa ............................................. 5610 West Sligh Avenue, Suite 100, Tampa, Florida ........................... United States. 

Tokyo ............................................... Sumitmo Fudosan, Nishi-shinjuku Bldg. No 4 8F 4–33–4, NishiShinjuku, Sjinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160–0023.Japan. 

Taipei ............................................... 7F, No 37, Section 2, Zhongyang, South Road, Beitou District, 11270 

Taipei City.

Taiwan. 

Singapore ........................................ No. 15 International Business Park 609937 .......................................... Singapore. 

Guangzhou ...................................... 5F/8F (East), Communication Building, 163 Pingyun Road, Huangpu 

Avenue West Guangzhou, 510656, Guangdong Province.

China. 

A. Conditions 

In addition to those conditions 

already required by 29 CFR 1910.7, 

TUVAM must abide by the following 

conditions of the recognition: 

1. TUVAM 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. TUVAM must meet all the terms of 

its recognition and comply with all 

OSHA policies pertaining to this 

recognition; and 

3. TUVAM must continue to meet the 

requirements for recognition, including 

all previously published conditions on 

TUVAM’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 TUVAM 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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BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2007–0042] 

TUV Rheinland of North America, Inc.: 

Grant of Expansion of Recognition 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA 

announces the final decision to expand 

the scope of recognition for TUV 

Rheinland of North America, Inc., as a 

Nationally Recognized Testing 

Laboratory (NRTL). 

DATES: The expansion of the scope of 

recognition becomes effective on 

September 21, 2023. 

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 Final Decision 

OSHA hereby gives notice of the 

expansion of the scope of recognition of 

TUV Rheinland of North America, Inc. 

(TUVRNA), as a NRTL. TUVRNA’s 

expansion covers the addition of four 

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 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 TUVRNA, which details that 

NRTL’s scope of recognition. These 

pages are available from the OSHA 

website at http://www.osha.gov/dts/ 

otpca/nrtl/index.html. 

TUVRNA submitted an application, 

dated June 3, 2021 (OSHA–2007–0042– 

0068), to expand recognition as a NRTL 

to include four additional test 

standards. OSHA staff performed a 

detailed analysis of the application 

packet and reviewed other pertinent 

information. OSHA did not perform any 

on-site reviews in relation to this 

application. 


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