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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–EBSA. 

Title of Collection: Disclosures by 

Insurers to General Account 

Policyholders. 

OMB Control Number: 1210–0114. 

Affected Public: Private sector, 

Business or other for profits. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 316. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 26,470. 

Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 

112,498 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $960. 

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

Michael Howell, 

Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst. 

[FR Doc. 2024–20624 Filed 9–11–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–29–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2007–0043] 

TUV SUD America, Inc.: Grant of 

Expansion of Recognition 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA 

announces the final decision to expand 

the scope of recognition for TUV SUD 

America, Inc. as a Nationally 

Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL). 

DATES: The expansion of the scope of 

recognition becomes effective on 

September 12, 2024. 

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 hereby gives notice of the 

expansion of the scope of recognition of 

TUV SUD America, Inc. (TUVAM), as a 

NRTL. TUVAM’s expansion covers the 

addition of one recognized testing site 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 its scope of recognition. 

Each NRTL’s scope of recognition 

includes (1) the type of products the 

NRTL may test, with each type specified 

by its 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 an application 

by a NRTL for initial recognition and for 

an expansion or renewal of this 

recognition, following requirements in 

appendix A, 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. 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 TUVAM, which 

details the NRTL’s scope of recognition. 

These pages are available from the 

OSHA website at: https://

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

TUVAM submitted an application to 

OSHA for expansion of the NRTL scope 

of recognition. The application, dated 

August 1, 2023 (OSHA–2007–0043– 

0061), requested the expansion of the 

NRTL scope of recognition to include 

one additional test site located at: 5945 

Cabot Parkway, Suite 100, Alpharetta, 

Georgia 30005. OSHA staff performed 

an on-site review of TUVAM’s testing 

facilities at TUVAM Alpharetta on 

November 14–15, 2023, in which 

assessors found some nonconformances 

with the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7. 

TUVAM has addressed these issues 

sufficiently, and OSHA staff has 

preliminarily determined that OSHA 

should grant the expansion request to 

include this additional site. 

OSHA published the preliminary 

notice announcing TUVAM’s expansion 

application in the Federal Register on 

July 29, 2024 (89 FR 60926). The agency 

requested comments by August 13, 

2024, but it received no comments in 

response to the notice. OSHA now is 

proceeding with this notice to grant 

expansion of TUVAM’s scope of 

recognition. 

To obtain or review copies of all 

public documents pertaining to the 

TUVAM expansion application, go to 

www.regulations/gov or contact the 

Docket Office at (202) 693–2350 (TTY 

(877) 889–5627. Docket No. OSHA– 

2007–0043 contains all materials in the 

record containing TUVAM’s 

recognition. 

II. Final Decision and Order 

OSHA staff examined TUVAM’s 

expansion application, conducted a 

detailed on-site assessment, and 

examined other pertinent information. 

Based on review of this evidence, OSHA 

finds that TUVAM meets the 

requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for 

expansion of recognition, subject to the 

specified limitations and conditions. 

OSHA, therefore, is proceeding with 

this final notice to grant TUVAM’s 

expanded scope of recognition. OSHA 

limits the expansion of TUVAM’s 

recognition to include the site at 

Alpharetta, Georgia listed above. 

OSHA’s recognition of the site limits 

TUVAM to performing product testing 

and certifications only to the test 

standards for which the site has the 

proper capability and programs, and for 

test standards in TUVAM’s scope of 

recognition. This limitation is consistent 

with the recognition that OSHA grants 

to other NRTLs that operate multiple 

sites. 

A. Conditions 

In addition to those conditions 

already required by 29 CFR 1910.7, 

TUVAM also must abide by the 

following conditions of the recognition: 

1. TUVAM 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. TUVAM must meet all the terms of 

its recognition and comply with all 

OSHA policies pertaining to this 

recognition; and 

3. TUVAM must continue to meet the 

requirements for recognition, including 

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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. 

[FR Doc. 2024–20691 Filed 9–11–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

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 

December 2021 application was 


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