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TUVAM’s scope of recognition, in all 

areas for which it has recognition. 

OSHA hereby expands the NRTL 

scope of recognition for TUVAM to 

include one additional test site in 

Alpharetta, Georgia. 

III. 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 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, on September 5, 

2024. 

James S. Frederick, 

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–2019–0009] 

DEKRA Certification Inc.: Application 

for Expansion of Recognition 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA 

announces the application of DEKRA 

Certification Inc., for expansion of the 

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 

September 27, 2024. 

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–2019–0009). 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 September 

27, 2024 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, 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, phone: (202) 

693–1911 or email: robinson.kevin@

dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Notice of the Application for 

Expansion 

OSHA is providing notice that 

DEKRA Certification Inc. (DEKRA), is 

applying for expansion of the current 

recognition as a NRTL. DEKRA requests 

the addition of seventeen test standards 

to the NRTL scope of recognition. 

OSHA’s 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 a 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 DEKRA, which 

details the NRTL’s scope of recognition. 

These pages are available from the 

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

dts/otpca/nrtl/index.html. 

DEKRA currently has two facilities 

(sites) recognized by OSHA for product 

testing and certification, with the 

headquarters located at: DEKRA 

Certification Inc., 405 Glenn Drive, 

Suite 12, Sterling, Virginia 20164. A 

complete list of DEKRA’s scope of 

recognition is available at https://

www.osha.gov/nationally-recognizedtesting-laboratory-program/dekra. 

II. General Background on the 

Application 

DEKRA submitted an application to 

OSHA for expansion of the NRTL scope 

of recognition on December 24, 2021 

(OSHA–2019–0009–0007), requesting 

the addition of twenty-nine recognized 

testing standards. The application was 

amended on February 1, 2023 (OSHA– 

2019–0009–0008), removing eight 

standards from the original request, 

while adding an additional standard to 

the expansion application. The 

December 2021 expansion application 

was amended a second time on June 21, 

2023 (OSHA–2019–0009–0009) to 

withdraw three standards from the 

December 2021 application. The 

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amended a third time on February 28, 

2024 (OSHA–2019–0009–0010), to 

withdraw two standards from the 

original request. This notice covers the 

remaining seventeen standards. OSHA 

staff performed a detailed analysis of the 

application packets and reviewed other 

pertinent information. OSHA performed 

an on-site review of DEKRA’s Arnhem, 

Netherlands site on June 5–7, 2023, in 

which assessors found some 

nonconformances with the requirements 

of 29 CFR 1910.7. DEKRA addressed 

these issues sufficiently, and OSHA staff 

has preliminarily determined that 

OSHA should grant the application. 

Table 1, below, lists the appropriate 

test standards found in DEKRA’s 

amended application for expansion for 

testing and certification of products 

under the NRTL Program. 

TABLE 1—PROPOSED APPROPRIATE TEST STANDARDS FOR INCLUSION IN DEKRA’S NRTL SCOPE OF RECOGNITION

Test standard Test standard title 

UL 197 .............. Commercial Electric Cooking Appliances. 

UL 499 .............. Electric Heating Appliances. 

UL 507 .............. Electric Fans. 

UL 508 .............. Industrial Control Equipment. 

UL 674 .............. Electric Motors and Generators for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations. 

UL 749 .............. Household Dishwashers. 

UL 921 .............. Commercial Electric Dishwashers. 

UL 923 .............. Microwave Cooking Appliances. 

UL 1017 ............ Vacuum Cleaners, Blower Cleaners and Household Floor Finishing Machines. 

UL 1026 ............ Household Electric Cooking and Food-Serving Appliances. 

UL 1082 ............ Household Electric Coffee Makers and Brewing-Type Appliances. 

UL 1206 ............ Electric Commercial Clothes-Washing Equipment. 

UL 2054 ............ Household and Commercial Batteries. 

UL 2158 ............ Electric Clothes Dryers. 

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

UL 60730–2–7 .. Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar Use: Part 2: Particular Requirements for Timers and Time Switches. 

NFPA 496 ......... Purged and Pressurized Enclosures for Electrical Equipment. 

III. Preliminary Findings on the 

Application 

DEKRA submitted an acceptable 

application for expansion of the scope 

of recognition. OSHA’s review of the 

application files and pertinent 

documentation indicates that DEKRA 

has met the requirements prescribed by 

29 CFR 1910.7 for expanding the 

recognition to include the addition of 

the seventeen test standards for NRTL 

testing and certification listed in Table 

1. This preliminary finding does not 

constitute an interim or temporary 

approval of DEKRA’s application. 

OSHA seeks comment on this 

preliminary determination. 

IV. Public Participation 

OSHA welcomes public comment as 

to whether DEKRA 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–2019–0009 (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 

DEKRA’s amended application for 

expansion of the scope of recognition. 

The Assistant Secretary will make the 

final decision on granting the 

application. 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. 

V. 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, on September 5, 

2024. 

James S. Frederick 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. 2024–20687 Filed 9–11–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2024–0005] 

National Advisory Committee on 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NACOSH); Charter Renewal 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Renewal of the NACOSH 

charter. 

SUMMARY: The Acting Secretary of Labor 

(Secretary) has renewed the charter for 

NACOSH. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

For press inquiries: Mr. Frank 

Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of 

Communications, U.S. Department of 

Labor; telephone: (202) 693–1999; 

email: meilinger.francis2@dol.gov. 

For general information: Ms. Lisa 

Long, Acting Deputy Director, 

Directorate of Standards and Guidance, 

OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor; 

telephone: (202) 693–2049; email: 

long.lisa@dol.gov. 


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