63562 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 230 / Monday, December 1, 1997 / Notices

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 (CCL)

satisfies the requirements for renewal of

its recognition as a 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 to Section 1910.7.

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 18th day

of November, 1997.

Charles N. Jeffress,

Assistant Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

[Docket No. NRTL–1–89]

Intertek Testing Services NA, Inc.,

Expansion of Recognition; (Authority:

29 CFR 1910.7)

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health

Administration, Labor.

ACTIONS: Notice of expansion of

recognition as a Nationally Recognized

Testing Laboratory (NRTL).

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

Agency’s final decision on the

application of Intertek Testing Services

NA, Inc. for expansion of its recognition

as a NRTL under 29 CFR 1910.7. In

addition, this notice reflects the name

change to Intertek Testing Services NA,

Inc., resulting from a change of

ownership of Inchcape Testing Services

NA, Inc., the predecessor to Intertek.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This recognition will

become effective on December 1, 1997

and will be valid until December 2,

2002, unless terminated or modified

prior to that date, in accordance with 29

CFR 1910.7.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bernard Pasquet, Office of Variance

Determination, NRTL Recognition

Program, Occupational Safety and

Health Administration, U.S. Department

of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue,

NW., Room N3653, Washington, DC

20210, or phone (202) 219–7056.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice of Final Decision

The Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA) hereby gives

notice that the recognition of Intertek

Testing Services NA, Inc. (ITS) as a

Nationally Recognized Testing

Laboratory has been expanded to

include the additional laboratory sites,

and the site specific standards listed

below. ITS applied for expansion of its

current recognition as a Nationally

Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL)

for additional laboratory sites, pursuant

to 29 CFR 1910.7, which was published

in the Federal Register (62 FR 42829, 8/

8/97). The notice included a

preliminary finding that ITS could meet

the requirements for recognition

detailed in 29 CFR 1910.7, and invited

public comment on the application by

October 7, 1997. No comments were

received concerning this request for

recognition.

The addresses of the concerned

laboratories are:

Intertek Testing Services NA Inc., 530

Garcia Avenue, Pittsburg, California

94565

Intertek Testing Services NA Ltd., 211

Schoolhouse Street, Coquitlam,

British Columbia, V3K 4X9 Canada

Intertek Testing Services Hong Kong

Ltd., 2/F., Garment Centre, 576 Castle

Peak Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Intertek Testing Services Taiwan Ltd.,

14/F Huei Fung Building, 27, Chung

Shan North Road, Sec. 3, Taipei,

Taiwan

Background

Expansion of Recognition

On August 24, 1994, Intertek Testing

Services NA Inc., as ‘‘Inchcape’’, made

individual applications for expansion of

its recognition as a Nationally

Recognized Testing Laboratory. The

applications were for the recognition of

additional sites, and included facilities

located in Taipei, Taiwan (see Exhibit

25A), and Kowloon, Hong Kong (see

Exhibit 25B). On-site investigations of

these facilities had been carried out

previously as part of a large-scale

overseas investigation of sites requested

for recognition by several other NRTLs.

On-site Review reports, dated December

15, 1994, of the investigation of the

Taipei, Taiwan site [see Exhibit 25E(4)],

and of the Kowloon, Hong Kong site,

[see Exhibit 25E(3)], both carried out in

September 1993, were prepared. On

April 3, 1996, ITS applied for an

expansion of its recognition for yet other

sites including two former Warnock

Hersey sites, now owned by ITS, in

Pittsburg, California and Coquitlam,

British Columbia (see Exhibit 25D). The

test standards requested for these two

sites were: ASTM E152—Fire Test

Method for Door Assemblies, and ASTM

E163—Standard Method of Fire Tests of

Window Assemblies. In addition, ITS

informed OSHA of the official transfer

of ownership of the Warnock Hersey,

Inc., ‘‘WHI’’ registered certification

mark to ITS, which will be used by ITS

to identify products certified at the two

facilities and under the two test

standards noted above (see Exhibit 25C).

Change of Name

OSHA was notified by letter, dated

December 6, 1996, of a change in

ownership of Inchcape Testing Services

NA, Inc. (see Exhibit 25F). At the time,

no change of corporate name was

requested, although OSHA was

informed that such a request would be

made at a later date. Such a request for

name change was made by letter dated

April 14, 1997 (see Exhibit 25G). The

requested name change was from

Inchcape Testing Services NA, Inc. to

Intertek Testing Services NA Inc. The

abbreviation of the company name as

‘‘ITS’’ would continue to be used.

Final Decision and Order

Based upon a preponderance of the

evidence, and the OSHA staff findings

and recommendations, including the

original and the February 26, 1997 OnSite Review Reports of the four facilities

being recognized, OSHA finds that ITS

has met the requirements of 29 CFR

1910.7 for expansion of its present

recognition, and ITS’s recognition is

hereby expanded to include the

additional sites, all subject to the

conditions listed below. The recognition

is limited to equipment or materials

which, under 29 CFR part 1910, require

or permit testing, listing, labeling,

approval, acceptance, or certification by

a Nationally Recognized Testing

Laboratory. The recognitions of the

Coquitlam, B. C. and the Pittsburg, CA

sites are further limited to the use of the

following 2 test standards for the testing

and certification of equipment or

materials included within the scope of

these standards.

Recognition of Test Standards for the

Coquitlam and Pittsburg Sites

ITS has stated that these standards are

used to test equipment or materials

which can be used in environments

under OSHA’s jurisdiction, and OSHA

has determined that they are

appropriate within the meaning of 29

CFR 1910.7(c).

ASTM E152—Standard Methods of Fire

Tests of Door Assemblies

ASTM E163—Standard Method of Fire

Tests of Window Assemblies

Conditions

Intertek Testing Services NA Inc.

must also abide by the following

conditions of the recognition, in
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addition to those already required by 29

CFR 1910.7:

OSHA shall be allowed access to ITS’s

facility and records for purposes of

ascertaining continuing compliance

with the terms of its recognition and to

investigate as OSHA deems necessary;

If ITS has reason to doubt the efficacy

of any test standard it is using under

this program, it shall promptly inform

the test standard developing

organization of this fact and provide

that organization with appropriate

relevant information upon which its

concerns are based;

ITS shall not engage in or permit

others to engage in any

misrepresentation of the scope or

conditions of its recognition. As part of

this condition, ITS agrees that it will

allow no representation that it is either

a recognized or an accredited Nationally

Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL)

without clearly indicating the specific

equipment or material to which this

recognition is tied, or that its

recognition is limited to certain

products;

ITS shall inform OSHA as soon as

possible, in writing, of any change of

ownership or key personnel, including

details;

ITS will continue to meet the

requirements for recognition in all areas

where it has been recognized; and

ITS will always cooperate with OSHA

to assure compliance with the spirit as

well as the letter of its recognition and

29 CFR 1910.7.

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 18th day

of November, 1997.

Charles N. Jeffress,

Assistant Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

[Docket No. ICR–96–1]

Permit-Required Confined Spaces (29

CFR 1910.146); Announcement of OMB

Approval of Information Collection

Requirements

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health

Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice; Announcement of the

OMB Approval of Information

Collection Requirements

SUMMARY: The Occupational Safety and

Health Administration is announcing

that the collections of information in the

Permit-Required Confined Spaces

standard, 29 CFR 1910.146, have been

approved by the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995. This document

announces the OMB approval number

and expiration date.

DATES: Effective December 1, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barbara Bielaski, Directorate of Policy,

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration, U.S. Department of

Labor, Room N–3627, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210,

telephone (202) 219–8076, ext. 142.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the

Federal Register of January 25, 1996 (61

FR 2267), the Agency announced its

intent to request renewal of its current

OMB approval for 29 CFR 1910.146,

Permit-Required Confined Spaces. In

accordance with the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–

3520), OMB has renewed its approval

for the information collection and

assigned OMB control number 1218–

0203.

The approval expires on June 30,

1999. Under 5 CFR 1320.5(b), an Agency

may not conduct or sponsor, and a

person is not required to respond to, a

collection of information unless the

collection displays a valid control

number.

Signed at Washington, D.C., this 18th day

of November 1997.

John F. Martonik,

Acting Director, Directorate of Safety

Standards Programs.

[FR Doc. 97–31413 Filed 11–28–97; 8:45 am]

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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

National Endowment for the Arts;

Combined Arts Panel

Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.

L. 92–463), as amended, notice is hereby

given that a meeting of the Combined

Arts Panel, Theater/Musical Theater

Section B (Planning & Stabilization

Category) to the National Council on the

Arts will be held on December 12, 1997.

The panel will meet from 4:00 p.m. to

6:00 p.m. in Room 730 at the Nancy

Hanks Center, 1100 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C., 20506.

The meeting is for the purpose of

Panel review, discussion, evaluation,

and recommendation on applications

for financial assistance under the

National Foundation on the Arts and the

Humanities Act of 1965, as amended,

including information given in

confidence to the agency by grant

applicants. In accordance with the

determination of the Chairman of March

31, 1997, these sessions will be closed

to the public pursuant to subsection

(c)(4), (6) and (9)(B) of section 552b of

Title 5, United States Code.

Any person may observe meetings, or

portions thereof, of advisory panels

which are open to the public, and may

be permitted to participate in the

panel’s discussions at the discretion of

the panel chairman and with the

approval of the full-time Federal

employee in attendance.

If you need special accommodations

due to a disability, please contact the

Office of AccessAbility, National

Endowment for the Arts, 1100

Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20506, 202/682–5532,

TDY–TDD 202/682–5496, at least seven

(7) days prior to the meeting.

Further information with reference to

this meeting can be obtained from Ms.

Kathy Plowitz-Worden, Committee

Management Officer, National

Endowment for the Arts, Washington,

D.C., 20506, or call 202/682–5691.

Dated: November 24, 1997.

Kathy Plowitz-Worden,

Panel Coordinator, Panel Operations,

National Endowment for the Arts.

[FR Doc. 97–31446 Filed 11–28–97; 8:45 am]

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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

National Endowment for the Arts;

Combined Arts Panel

Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public

Law 92–463), as amended, notice is

hereby given that a meeting of the

Combined Arts Panel, Theater/Musical

Theater Section A (Planning &

Stabilization Category) to the National

Council on the Arts will be held on

December 10–12, 1997. The panel will

meet from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on

December 10, from 9:30 a.m. to 6:30

p.m. on December 11, and from 9:30

a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on December 12, in

Room 730 at the Nancy Hanks Center,

1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20506. A portion of this

meeting, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on

December 12, will be open to the public

for a policy discussion of guidelines,

planning, field needs and trends, and

Leadership Initiatives.

The remaining portions of this

meeting, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on

December 10, from 9:30 a.m. to 6:30

p.m. on December 11, and from 11:30

a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on December 12, are

for the purpose of Panel review,

discussion, evaluation, and