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1970 (OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) 

authorizes information collection by 

employers as necessary or appropriate 

for enforcement of the OSH Act, or for 

developing information regarding the 

causes and prevention of occupational 

injuries, illnesses, and accidents (29 

U.S.C. 657). The OSH Act also requires 

that OSHA obtain such information 

with minimum burden upon employers, 

especially those operating small 

businesses, and to reduce to the 

maximum extent feasible unnecessary 

duplication of efforts in obtaining 

information (29 U.S.C. 657). 

The information collection 

requirements in the DBCP Standard 

provide protection for workers from the 

adverse health effects associated with 

exposure to DBCP. In this regard, the 

DBCP Standard requires employers to: 

Monitor workers’ exposure to DBCP; 

monitor worker health; and provide 

workers with information about their 

exposures and the health effects of 

exposure to DBCP. 

II. Special Issues for Comment 

OSHA has a particular interest in 

comments on the following issues: 

• Whether the proposed information 

collection requirements are necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

agency’s functions, including whether 

the information is useful; 

• the accuracy of OSHA’s estimate of 

the burden (time and costs) of the 

information collection requirements, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• the quality, utility, and clarity of 

the information collected; and 

• ways to minimize the burden on 

employers who must comply; for 

example, by using automated or other 

technological information collection 

and transmission techniques. 

III. Proposed Actions 

After extensive research, OSHA found 

no U.S. employer who currently 

produces DBCP or DBCP-based end-use 

products, most likely because the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

registration suspension for this 

substance remains in effect; therefore, 

no cost or time burdens accrue to 

employers under the Standard. The 

agency requests OMB approval of the 

information collection provisions as a 

one hour burden under the paperwork 

requirements if EPA lifts the suspension 

or technology develops new 

applications for DBCP. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Title: 1, 2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane 

(DBCP) Standard (29 CFR 1910.1044). 

OMB Control Number: 1218–0101. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profits. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Average Time per Response: 0. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1. 

Estimated Cost (Operation and 

Maintenance): $0. 

IV. Public Participation—Submission of 

Comments on This Notice and Internet 

Access to Comments and Submissions 

You may submit comments in 

response to this document as follows: 

(1) Electronically at http://

www.regulations.gov, which is the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal; (2) by 

facsimile (fax); or (3) by hard copy. All 

comments, attachments, and other 

material must identify the agency name 

and the OSHA docket number for the 

ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2012–0010). 

You may supplement electronic 

submissions by uploading document 

files electronically. If you wish to mail 

additional materials in reference to an 

electronic or facsimile submission, you 

must submit them to the OSHA Docket 

Office (see the section of this notice 

titled ADDRESSES). The additional 

materials must clearly identify 

electronic comments by your name, 

date, and the docket number so the 

agency can attach them to your 

comments. 

Because of security procedures, the 

use of regular mail may cause a 

significant delay in the receipt of 

comments. For information about 

security procedures concerning the 

delivery of materials by hand, express 

delivery, messenger, or courier service, 

please contact the OSHA Docket Office 

at (202) 693–2350, TTY (877) 889– 

5627). 

Comments and submissions are 

posted without change at http://

www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA 

cautions commenters about submitting 

personal information such as their 

social security number and date of birth. 

Although all submissions are listed in 

the http://www.regulations.gov index, 

some information (e.g., copyrighted 

material) is not publicly available to 

read or download from this website. All 

submissions, including copyrighted 

material, are available for inspection 

and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. 

Information on using the http://

www.regulations.gov website to submit 

comments and access the docket is 

available at the website’s ‘‘User Tips’’ 

link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office 

for information about materials not 

available from the website, and for 

assistance in using the internet to locate 

docket submissions. 

V. Authority and Signature 

Loren Sweatt, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health, directed the 

preparation of this notice. The authority 

for this notice is the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506 

et seq.) and Secretary of Labor’s Order 

No. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912). 

Signed at Washington, DC, on July 30, 

2018. 

Loren Sweatt, 

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–2007–0041] 

FM Approvals LLC: Grant of Expansion 

of Recognition and Modification to the 

Nationally Recognized Testing 

Laboratory (NRTL) Program’s List of 

Appropriate Test Standards 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA 

announces its final decision to expand 

the scope of recognition for FM 

Approvals, LLC (FM), as a NRTL. In 

addition, OSHA announces the addition 

of four test standards to the NRTL 

Program’s List of Appropriate Test 

Standards. 

DATES: The expansion of the scope of 

recognition becomes applicable on 

August 3, 2018. 

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, 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; telephone: (202) 693–2110 or 

email: robinson.kevin@dol.gov. OSHA’s 

web page includes information about 

the NRTL Program (see http://

www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/ 

index.html). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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I. Notice of Final Decision 

OSHA hereby gives notice of the 

expansion of the scope of recognition of 

FM Approvals, LLC, as a NRTL. FM’s 

expansion covers the addition of 24 test 

standards to its scope of recognition. 

OSHA recognition of a NRTL signifies 

that the organization meets the 

requirements specified by 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 

and is not a delegation or grant of 

government authority. As a result of 

recognition, employers may use 

products properly approved by the 

NRTL to meet OSHA standards that 

require testing and certification of the 

products. 

The agency processes applications by 

a NRTL for initial recognition, or for 

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 its preliminary 

finding and, in the second notice, the 

Agency provides its 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 that details its scope of 

recognition. These pages are available 

from the Agency’s website at http://

www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/ 

index.html. 

FM submitted an application, dated 

July 15, 2016 (OSHA–2007–0041–0008) 

to expand its recognition to include 28 

additional test standards. OSHA staff 

performed a detailed analysis of the 

application packet and reviewed other 

pertinent information. In reviewing the 

application, OSHA determined that 

three of the requested standards had 

been withdrawn by the controlling 

standards development organization; 

therefore, OSHA cannot add those three 

standards to FM’s NRTL scope of 

recognition. Additionally, one of the 

requested standards, ISA 60079–26, has 

been superseded by UL 60079–26, 

which was also included in FM’s 

expansion application. Accordingly, 

OSHA will add the active standard, not 

the superseded one, and OSHA will 

grant recognition to 24 standards in the 

final expansion. OSHA did not perform 

any on-site reviews in relation to this 

application. 

OSHA published the preliminary 

notice announcing FM’s expansion 

application in the Federal Register on 

May 15, 2018 (83 FR 22523). The 

Agency requested comments by May 30, 

2018, but it received no comments in 

response to this notice. OSHA now is 

proceeding with this final notice to 

grant expansion of FM’s scope of 

recognition. 

To obtain or review copies of all 

public documents pertaining to FM’s 

application, go to http://

www.regulations.gov or contact the 

Docket Office, Occupational Safety and 

Health Administration, U.S. Department 

of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, 

Room N–3653, Washington, DC 20210. 

Docket No. OSHA–2007–0041 contains 

all materials in the record concerning 

FM’s recognition. 

II. Final Decision and Order 

OSHA staff examined FM’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 FM meets the requirements of 29 

CFR 1910.7 for expansion of its 

recognition, subject to the specified 

limitation and conditions listed below. 

OSHA, therefore, is proceeding with 

this final notice to grant FM’s scope of 

recognition. OSHA limits the expansion 

of FM’s recognition to testing and 

certification of products for 

demonstration of conformance to the 

test standards listed below in Table 1. 

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

Test standard Test standard title 

UL 50 ................ Enclosures for Electrical Equipment, Non-Environmental Considerations. 

UL 50E ............. Enclosures for Electrical Equipment, Environmental Considerations. 

UL 60079–0 ...... Explosive Atmospheres—Part 0: Equipment—General Requirements. 

ISA 60079–0 ..... Explosive Atmospheres—Part 0: Equipment—General Requirements. 

UL 60079–1 ...... Standard for Explosive Atmospheres—Part 1: Equipment Protection by Flameproof Enclosures ‘‘d’’. 

ISA 60079–1 ..... Standard for Explosive Atmospheres—Part 1: Equipment Protection by Flameproof Enclosures ‘‘d’’. 

UL 60079–2 ...... Standard for Explosive Atmospheres—Part 2: Equipment Protection by Pressurized Enclosure ‘‘p’’. 

UL 60079–5 ...... Standard for Explosive Atmospheres—Part 5: Equipment Protection by Powder Filling ‘‘q’’. 

UL 60079–6 ...... Standard for Explosive Atmosphere—Part 6: Equipment Protection by Liquid Immersion ‘‘o’’. 

ISA 60079–6 ..... Standard for Explosive Atmosphere—Part 6: Equipment Protection by Liquid Immersion ‘‘o’’. 

UL 60079–7 ...... Standard for Explosive Atmospheres—Part 7: Equipment Protection by Increased Safety ‘‘e’’. 

ISA 60079–7 ..... Standard for Explosive Atmospheres—Part 7: Equipment Protection by Increased Safety ‘‘e’’. 

UL 60079–11 .... Standard for Explosive Atmospheres—Part 11: Equipment Protection by Intrinsic Safety ‘‘i’’. 

ISA 60079–11 ... Standard for Explosive Atmospheres—Part 11: Equipment Protection by Intrinsic Safety ‘‘i’’. 

UL 60079–15 .... Standard for Explosive Atmospheres—Part 15: Equipment Protection by Type of Protection ‘‘n’’. 

ISA 60079–15 ... Standard for Explosive Atmospheres—Part 15: Equipment Protection by Type of Protection ‘‘n’’ (Edition 4). 

UL 60079–18 .... Standard for Explosive Atmospheres—Part 18: Equipment Protection by Encapsulation ‘‘m’’. 

UL 60079–25 .... Standard for Explosive Atmospheres—Part 25: Intrinsically Safe Electrical Systems. 

ISA 60079–25 * Standard for Explosive Atmospheres—Part 25: Intrinsically Safe Electrical Systems. 

UL 60079–26 * .. Standard for Explosive Atmospheres—Part 26: Equipment with Equipment Protection Level (EPL) Ga. 

UL 60079–28 * .. Standard for Explosive Atmospheres—Part 28: Protection of Equipment and Transmission Systems Using Optical Radiation. 

ISA 60079–28 ... Standard for Explosive Atmospheres—Part 28: Protection of Equipment and Transmission Systems Using Optical Radiation, 

Edition 1.1. 

UL 60079–31 * .. Standard for Explosive Atmospheres—Part 31: Equipment Dust Ignition Protection by Enclosure ‘‘t’’. 

ISA 60079–31 ... Standard for Explosive Atmospheres—Part 31: Equipment Dust Ignition Protection by Enclosure ‘‘t’’. 

* Represents a standard that OSHA proposes to add to the NRTL Program’s List of Appropriate Test Standards. 

In this notice, OSHA also announces 

the addition of four 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 has 


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determined that these test standards are 

appropriate test standards and will 

include them in the NRTL Program’s 

List of Appropriate Test Standards. 

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

Test standard Test standard title 

ISA 60079–25 ... Standard for Explosive Atmospheres—Part 25: Intrinsically Safe Electrical Systems. 

UL 60079–26 .... Standard for Explosive Atmospheres—Part 26: Equipment with Equipment Protection Level (EPL) Ga. 

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’’. 

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. 

The American National Standards 

Institute (ANSI) may approve the test 

standards listed above as American 

National Standards. However, for 

convenience, the use of the designation 

of the standards-developing 

organization for the standard as opposed 

to the ANSI designation may occur. 

Under the NRTL Program’s policy (see 

OSHA Instruction CPL 1–0.3, Appendix 

C, paragraph XIV), any NRTL 

recognized for a particular test standard 

may use either the proprietary version 

of the test standard or the ANSI version 

of that standard. Contact ANSI to 

determine whether a test standard is 

currently ANSI-approved. 

A. Conditions 

In addition to those conditions 

already required by 29 CFR 1910.7, FM 

must abide by the following conditions 

of the recognition: 

1. FM 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. FM must meet all the terms of its 

recognition and comply with all OSHA 

policies pertaining to this recognition; 

and 

3. FM must continue to meet the 

requirements for recognition, including 

all previously published conditions on 

FM’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 FM, subject to the 

limitation and conditions specified 

above. 

Authority and Signature 

Loren Sweatt, 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. 1–2012 

(77 FR 3912, Jan. 25, 2012), and 29 CFR 

1910.7. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on July 30, 

2018. 

Loren Sweatt, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND 

BUDGET 

Notice of Request for Information: 

Establishing a Government 

Effectiveness Advanced Research 

(GEAR) Center 

AGENCY: Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB), Executive Office of the 

President. 

ACTION: Notice of request for 

information: Establishing a Government 

Effectiveness Advanced Research 

(GEAR) Center. 

SUMMARY: The Executive Office of the 

President seeks input from across 

sectors and disciplines on capabilities 

that already exist as well as key 

considerations in pursuing the 

Government Effectiveness Advanced 

Research (GEAR) Center initiative 

through a request for information (RFI) 

now available on 

www.Performance.gov/GEARcenter. 

The Federal Government intends to 

pursue a Government Effectiveness 

Advanced Research (GEAR) Center, 

which would be a public-private 

partnership focused on applied research 

that improves mission delivery, citizen 

services, and stewardship of public 

resources, as proposed in Delivering 

Government Solutions for the 21st 

Century: Reform Plan and 

Reorganization Recommendations. This 

non-governmental, public-private 

partnership would address operational 

and strategic challenges facing the 

Federal Government, both now and into 

the future, by engaging researchers, 

academics, non-profits, and private 

industry across an array of disciplines, 

such as data science, organizational 

behavior, and user-centered design. 

Through applied research and live 

pilot testing, the GEAR Center would 

connect cutting-edge thinking with realworld challenges the Federal 

Government faces in serving Americans 

in the Digital Age. This means reimagining possibilities for how citizens 

interact with the Government; 

rethinking the delivery of citizen 

services and data; reforming core 

processes (e.g., procurement, budget, IT 

investment and capital allocation); and 

exploring how the public-sector 

workforce can be developed, reskilled 

and redeployed in creative ways. 

DATES: September 14, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submissions are due on 

September 14, 2018 through email to 

performance@omb.eop.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Instructions for Written Responses 

Interested parties should provide 

written responses to the questions 

outlined in the ‘‘Purpose of This RFI’’ 

section. Submissions are due on 

September 14, 2018 through email to 

performance@omb.eop.gov. 

Please include the below in your 

response, limiting this portion of your 

response to one page: 

• The name of the individual(s) and/ 

or organization responding. 

• A brief description of the 

responding individual(s) or 

organization’s mission and/or areas of 

expertise, including any public-private 

partnership work within the past three 

years with Federal, State, or local 

governments that is relevant to applied 

research on workforce reskilling and 

data commercialization. 

• A contact for questions or other 

follow-up on your response. 


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