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training to workers and to certify that 

they have provided this training. For 

additional substantive information 

about this ICR, see the related notice 

published in the Federal Register on 

August 28, 2023 (88 FR 58619). 

This information collection is subject 

to the PRA. A Federal agency generally 

cannot conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information, and the public is 

generally not required to respond to an 

information collection, unless the OMB 

approves it and displays a currently 

valid OMB Control Number. In addition, 

notwithstanding any other provisions of 

law, no person shall generally be subject 

to penalty for failing to comply with a 

collection of information that does not 

display a valid OMB Control Number. 

See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. 

DOL seeks PRA authorization for this 

information collection for three (3) 

years. OMB authorization for an ICR 

cannot be for more than three (3) years 

without renewal. The DOL notes that 

information collection requirements 

submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs 

receive a month-to-month extension 

while they undergo review. 

Agency: DOL–OSHA. 

Title of Collection: Logging 

Operations Standard. 

OMB Control Number: 1218–0198. 

Affected Public: Private Sector— 

Businesses or other for-profits. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 7,559. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 46,859. 

Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 

1,387 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $0. 

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D)) 

Nicole Bouchet, 

Certifying Official. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25685 Filed 11–20–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2007–0041] 

FM Approvals LLC: Applications for 

Expansion of Recognition and 

Proposed Modification to the NRTL 

Program’s List of Appropriate Test 

Standards 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA 

announces the applications of FM 

Approvals LLC for expansion of 

recognition as a Nationally Recognized 

Testing Laboratory (NRTL) and presents 

the agency’s preliminary finding to 

grant the applications. Additionally, 

OSHA proposes to add fourteen test 

standards to the NRTL Program’s list of 

appropriate test standards. 

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 

December 6, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted as follows: 

Electronically: You may submit 

comments, including attachments, 

electronically at http://

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–2007–0043). All 

comments, including any personal 

information you provide, are placed in 

the public docket without change and 

may be made available online at https:// 

www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA 

cautions commenters about submitting 

information they do not want made 

available to the public, or submitting 

materials that contain personal 

information (either about themselves or 

others), such as Social Security numbers 

and birthdates. 

Docket: To read or download 

comments or other material in the 

docket, go to http://

www.regulations.gov. Documents in the 

docket (including this Federal Register 

notice) are listed in the http://

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 December 

6, 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 by 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, U.S. Department 

of Labor by phone: (202) 693–1911 or 

email: robinson.kevin@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Notice of the Applications for 

Expansion 

OSHA is providing notice that FM 

Approvals LLC (FM) is applying for an 

expansion of current recognition as a 

NRTL. FM requests the addition of 

fourteen 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 and for an 

expansion or renewal of this 

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 FM, which 

details the NRTL’s scope of recognition. 

These pages are available from the 

OSHA website at https://www.osha.gov/ 


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nationally-recognized-testinglaboratory-program. 

FM currently has two facilities (sites) 

recognized by OSHA for product testing 

and certification, with the headquarters 

located at: FM Approvals LLC, 1151 

Boston-Providence Turnpike, Norwood, 

Massachusetts 02062. A complete list of 

FM’s scope of recognition is available at 

https://www.osha.gov/nationallyrecognized-testing-laboratory-program. 

II. General Background on the 

Applications 

FM submitted two applications to 

OSHA to expand recognition as a NRTL. 

The first application was submitted on 

September 20, 2019 (OSHA–2007– 

0041–0021), to include ten test 

standards. The second application 

requesting the addition of six standards 

was submitted on May 3, 2021, (OSHA– 

2007–0041–0022). The first application 

was amended on September 21, 2022 

(OSHA–2007–0041–0023), to remove 

two standards from the original 

submission. The expansion covered in 

this notice includes the remaining 

fourteen standards across both 

applications. OSHA staff performed a 

detailed analysis of the application 

packets and reviewed other pertinent 

information. OSHA did not perform any 

on-site reviews in relation to these 

applications. 

Table 1 lists the appropriate test 

standards found in FM’s applications 

for expansion for testing and 

certification of products under the 

NRTL Program. 

TABLE 1—PROPOSED LIST OF APPROPRIATE TEST STANDARDS FOR INCLUSION IN FM’S NRTL SCOPE OF

RECOGNITION

Test standard Test standard title 

*FM 1311 .................. Centrifugal Fire 

Pumps Split-Case 

Type (Axial or Radial). 

*FM 1312 .................. Centrifugal Fire 

Pumps (Vertical 

Shaft, Turbine 

Type). 

*FM 1313 .................. Positive Displacement 

Fire Pumps (Rotary 

Gear Type). 

*FM 1319 .................. Centrifugal Fire 

Pumps (Horizontal, 

End Suction Type). 

*FM1370 .................... Centrifugal Fire 

Pumps (Vertical 

Shaft, Turbine 

Type, Barrel). 

*FM 1371 .................. Centrifugal Fire 

Pumps (In-Line 

Type). 

TABLE 1—PROPOSED LIST OF APPROPRIATE TEST STANDARDS FOR INCLUSION IN FM’S NRTL SCOPE OF

RECOGNITION—Continued 

Test standard Test standard title 

*FM 3132 .................. Pressure Actuated 

Waterflow Switches. 

*FM 3150 .................. Audible Notification 

Appliances for 

Automatic Fire 

Alarm Signaling. 

*FM 3155 .................. Public Mode Visible 

Signaling Appliances for Automatic Fire Alarm 

Signaling. 

*FM 3230 .................. Smoke Actuated Detectors for Automatic Fire Alarm 

Signaling. 

*FM 3232 .................. Video Image Fire Detectors for Automatic Fire Alarm 

Signaling. 

*FM 5320 .................. Dry Chemical Extinguishing Systems. 

*FM 5420 .................. Carbon Dioxide Extinguishing Systems. 

*FM 5600 .................. Clean Agent Extinguishing Systems. 

* Represents the standards that OSHA proposes to add to the NRTL Program’s List of 

Appropriate Test Standards. 

III. Proposal To Add New Test 

Standards to the NRTL Program’s List 

of Appropriate Test Standards 

Periodically, OSHA will propose to 

add new test standards to the NRTL list 

of appropriate test standards following 

an evaluation of the test standard 

document. To qualify as an appropriate 

test standard, the agency evaluates the 

document to (1) verify it represents a 

product category for which OSHA 

requires certification by a NRTL, (2) 

verify the document represents a 

product and not a component, and (3) 

verify the document defines safety test 

specifications (not installation or 

operational performance specifications). 

OSHA becomes aware of new test 

standards through various avenues. For 

example, OSHA may become aware of 

new test standards by: (1) monitoring 

notifications issued by certain 

Standards Development Organizations; 

(2) reviewing applications by NRTLs or 

applicants seeking recognition to 

include new test standard in their 

scopes of recognition; and (3) obtaining 

notification from manufacturers, 

manufacturing organizations, 

government agencies, or other parties. 

OSHA may determine to include a new 

test standard in the list, for example, if 

the test standard is for a particular type 

of product that another test standard 

also covers, or it covers a type of 

product that no standard previously 

covered. 

In this notice, OSHA proposes to add 

fourteen new test standards to the NRTL 

Program’s list of appropriate test 

standards. Table 2, below, lists the test 

standards that are new to the NRTL 

Program. OSHA preliminarily 

determined that these test standards are 

appropriate and proposes to include 

them in the NRTL Program’s list of 

appropriate test standards. OSHA seeks 

public comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

TABLE 2—STANDARDS OSHA IS PROPOSING TO ADD TO THE NRTL PROGRAM’S LIST OF APPROPRIATE TEST

STANDARDS

Test standard Test standard title 

FM 1311 .................... Centrifugal Fire 

Pumps Split-Case 

Type (Axial or Radial). 

FM 1312 .................... Centrifugal Fire 

Pumps (Vertical 

Shaft, Turbine 

Type). 

FM 1313 .................... Positive Displacement 

Fire Pumps (Rotary 

Gear Type). 

FM 1319 .................... Centrifugal Fire 

Pumps (Horizontal, 

End Suction Type). 

FM1370 ..................... Centrifugal Fire 

Pumps (Vertical 

Shaft, Turbine 

Type, Barrel). 

FM 1371 .................... Centrifugal Fire 

Pumps (In-Line 

Type). 

FM 3132 .................... Pressure Actuated 

Waterflow Switches. 

FM 3150 .................... Audible Notification 

Appliances for 

Automatic Fire 

Alarm Signaling. 

FM 3155 .................... Public Mode Visible 

Signaling Appliances for Automatic Fire Alarm 

Signaling. 

FM 3230 .................... Smoke Actuated Detectors for Automatic Fire Alarm 

Signaling. 

FM 3232 .................... Video Image Fire Detectors for Automatic Fire Alarm 

Signaling. 

FM 5320 .................... Dry Chemical Extinguishing Systems. 

FM 5420 .................... Carbon Dioxide Extinguishing Systems. 

FM 5600 .................... Clean Agent Extinguishing Systems. 


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IV. Preliminary Findings on the 

Applications 

FM submitted acceptable applications 

for expansion of the scope of 

recognition. OSHA’s review of the 

application files, and pertinent 

documentation, indicate that FM can 

meet the requirements prescribed by 29 

CFR 1910.7 for expanding the 

recognition to include the addition of 

these fourteen test standards for NRTL 

testing and certification listed above. 

This preliminary finding does not 

constitute an interim or temporary 

approval of FM’s application. 

V. Public Participation 

OSHA welcomes public comment as 

to whether FM 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 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 

https://www.regulations.gov under 

Docket No. OSHA–2007–0043 (for 

further information, see the ‘‘Docket’’ 

heading in the section of this notice 

titled ADDRESSES). 

OSHA staff will review all comments 

to the docket submitted in a timely 

manner. After addressing the issues 

raised by these comments, staff will 

make a recommendation to the Assistant 

Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health on whether to grant 

FM’s applications for expansion of the 

scope of recognition. The Assistant 

Secretary will make the final decision 

on granting the applications. 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. 

VI. 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 section 

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. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25683 Filed 11–20–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2010–0013] 

SolarPTL, LLC: Application for 

Expansion of Recognition 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA 

announces the application of SolarPTL, 

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 

December 6, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted as follows: 

Electronically: You may submit 

comments, including attachments, 

electronically at http://

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–2010–0013). 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 http://

www.regulations.gov. Documents in the 

docket (including this Federal Register 

notice) are listed in the http://

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 December 

6, 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 

Technical Support and Emergency 

Management, Occupational Safety and 

Health Administration, U.S. Department 

of Labor, phone: (202) 693–1911 or 

email: robinson.kevin@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Notice of the Application for 

Expansion 

OSHA is providing notice that 

SolarPTL, LLC (PTL), is applying for an 

expansion of current recognition as a 

NRTL. PTL requests the addition of two 

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 


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