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[FR Doc. 97–20682 Filed 8–7–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

[Docket No. NRTL–1–97]

Applied Research Laboratories, Inc.

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health

Administration, Department of Labor.

ACTIONS: Notice of Application for

Recognition as a Nationally Recognized

Testing Laboratory, and Preliminary

Finding.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

application of Applied Research

Laboratories, Inc. for recognition as a

Nationally Recognized Testing

Laboratory (NRTL) under 29 CFR

1910.7, and presents the Agency’s

preliminary finding.

DATES: The last date for interested

parties to submit comments is October

7, 1997.

ADDRESS: Send comments to: NRTL

Recognition Program, Occupational

Safety and Health Administration, U.S.

Department of Labor—Room N3653, 200

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

D.C. 20210.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Office of Variance Determination, NRTL

Recognition Program, Occupational

Safety and Health Administration, U.S.

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Room N3653,

Washington, D.C. 20210.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice of Application

Notice is hereby given that Applied

Research Laboratories, Inc. (ARL) has

made application pursuant to 29 CFR

1910.7, for recognition as a Nationally

Recognized Testing Laboratory.

The address of the laboratory covered

by this application is: Applied Research

Laboratories, Inc., 5371 NW 161st

Street, Miami, Florida 33014.

Background

Applied Research Laboratories, Inc.,

according to the applicant, was founded

in 1949, and is a Florida registered

engineering corporation, with the owner

as sole stockholder. The applicant states

further that it is independent of any

government or manufacturing
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organization and is capable of providing

impartial analysis of products and

materials.

Regarding the merits of the

application, the applicant contends that

it meets the requirements of 29 CFR

1910.7 for recognition to certify

products in the areas of testing which it

has specified. See Exhibit 2A(1).

Applied Research Laboratories, Inc.

states that its application documents

demonstrate that for each specified item

of equipment or material to be certified,

it has the capability (including proper

testing equipment and facilities, trained

staff, written testing procedures, and

calibration and quality control

programs) to perform testing and

examination of equipment and materials

for workplace safety purposes to

determine conformance with

appropriate product test standards.

The applicant states also that it shall

provide, to the extent needed for the

particular equipment or materials listed,

labeled, or accepted, the following

controls or services:

(i) Implementation of control

procedures for identifying the listed

and labeled equipment or materials,

(ii) Inspection of the run of such item at

factories for product evaluation

purposes to assure conformance with

the test standards, and

(iii) Conduction of field inspections to

monitor and to insure the proper use

of its identifying mark or labels on

products.

ARL claims that it is completely

independent of employers subject to the

tested equipment requirements, and of

any manufacturers or vendors of

equipment or materials being tested for

these purposes.

The applicant also claims that it

maintains effective procedures for

producing creditable findings or reports

that are objective and without bias, and

for handling complaints and disputes

under a fair and reasonable system.

ARL states that it has the capability to

perform field evaluations and code

compliance inspections of unique and

non-listed equipment or materials at the

customers’ facilities. These services are

supported by written procedures,

quality control, and trained personnel.

In summary, Applied Research

Laboratories, Inc. claims that it

maintains the experience, expertise,

personnel, organization, equipment, and

facilities suitable for accreditation as an

OSHA Nationally Recognized Testing

Laboratory.

Facility

ARL’s Miami facility consists of

39,600 square feet of space, consisting of

segregated administrative and

engineering areas. The engineering area

is designed to provide each department

with its own dedicated laboratory space.

All laboratories are temperature

controlled, and supplied with necessary

utilities.

Standards

Applied Research Laboratories, Inc.,

desires recognition for testing and

certification of products when tested for

compliance with the following test

standards, which are appropriate within

the meaning of 29 CFR 1910.7(c):

ANSI/UL 22—Amusement and Gaming

Machines

ANSI/UL—858 Household Electric

Ranges

ASTM E152—Standard Methods of Fire

Tests of Door Assemblies

UL 1838—Low Voltage Landscape

Lighting Systems

UL 1995—Heating and Cooling

Equipment

Programs and Procedures

Applied Research Laboratories, Inc.,

desires recognition for the acceptance of

witnessed testing data, based upon the

conditions as detailed in the Federal

Register document titled ‘‘Nationally

Recognized Testing Laboratories;

Clarification of the Types of Programs

and Procedures’’, 60 FR 12980, 3/9/95.

Preliminary Finding

Applied Research Laboratories, Inc.

addressed all of the criteria which had

to be met for recognition as an NRTL.

For example, the applicant submitted a

list of its test equipment and

instrumentation; a roster of its

personnel including re ́sume ́s of those in

key positions and copies of position

descriptions; a description of services

provided; copies of its Listing, Labeling,

and Follow-Up Service Agreement; a

statement of its independence as a

testing laboratory; appeals procedure;

calibration laboratories; and a copy of

its Quality Control Manual.

Nine major areas were examined in

depth during the on-site laboratory

evaluation: facility; test equipment;

calibration program; test and evaluation

procedures; test reports; records; quality

assurance program; follow-up listing

program; and personnel.

Any discrepancies noted by the

survey team during the on-site

evaluation were adequately responded

to following the on-site evaluation and

are included as an integral part of the

On-Site Review Report (Survey). With

the preparation of the final report, the

survey team was satisfied that the

testing facility appeared to meet the

necessary criteria required by the

standard, and so noted in this On-Site

Review Report (Survey). (See Ex. 2D).

Following a review of the application

file and the On-Site Review Report

(Survey), the NRTL Recognition

Program staff concluded that the

applicant appeared to have met the

requirements for recognition as a

Nationally Recognized Testing

Laboratory for the Miami, FL facility

and for the additional program/

procedure and, therefore, recommended

to the Assistant Secretary that the

application be preliminarily approved.

Based upon a review of the completed

application file, the on-site assessment

report, and the recommendation of the

staff, the Assistant Secretary has made

a preliminary finding that Applied

Research Laboratories, Inc. can meet the

requirements as prescribed by 29 CFR

1910.7 to: (1) recognize the Miami, FL

facility for the five standards previously

listed; and (2) to incorporate the

additional program/procedure noted

above.

All interested members of the public

are invited to supply detailed reasons

and evidence supporting or challenging

the sufficiency of the applicant’s having

met the requirements for recognition as

a Nationally Recognized Testing

Laboratory, as well as Appendix A, of

29 CFR 1910.7. Submission of pertinent

written documents and exhibits shall be

made no later than October 7, 1997, and

must be addressed to the NRTL

Recognition Program, Office of Variance

Determination, Room N 3653,

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration, U.S. Department of

Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, D.C. 20210. Copies of the

ARL application, the laboratory survey

report, and all submitted comments, as

received, (Docket No. NRTL–1–97), are

available for inspection and duplication

at the Docket Office, Room N 2634,

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration, U.S. Department of

Labor, at the above address.

The Assistant Secretary’s final

decision on whether the applicant

(Applied Research Laboratories, Inc.)

satisfies the requirements for

recognition as an NRTL will be made on

the basis of the entire record including

the public submissions and any further

proceedings that the Assistant Secretary

may consider appropriate in accordance

with Appendix A of Section 1910.7.

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 1st day of

August 1997.

Greg Watchman,

Acting Assistant Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–21013 Filed 8–7–97; 8:45 am]

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