Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 207 / Friday, October 25, 2024 / Notices 85245 

Signed at Washington, DC, on October 18, 

2024. 

James S. Frederick, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. 2024–24791 Filed 10–24–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2013–0016] 

Nemko North 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 Nemko 

North America, Inc. (NNA) as a 

Nationally Recognized Testing 

Laboratory (NRTL). 

DATES: The expansion of the scope of 

recognition becomes effective on 

October 25, 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, 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 Final Decision 

OSHA hereby gives notice of the 

expansion of the scope of recognition of 

Nemko North America, Inc. (NNA) as a 

NRTL. NNA’s expansion covers the 

addition of one test standard and one 

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 NNA, 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. 

NNA submitted two applications to 

OSHA for expansion of the NRTL scope 

of recognition. The first application, 

dated September 1, 2023 (OSHA–2013– 

0016–0029), requested the expansion of 

the NRTL scope of recognition to 

include one additional test standard. 

The second application, dated 

November 27, 2023 (OSHA–2013–0016– 

0030), requested the expansion of the 

NRTL scope of recognition to include an 

additional recognized testing site 

located at: 5F, No. 413, Sec. 2, Tiding 

Blvd., Nei Hu Dist. 11493 Taipei City, 

Taiwan, R.O.C. OSHA staff performed 

an on-site review of NNA’s testing 

facilities at NNA Taipei on March 4–5, 

2024, in which assessors found some 

nonconformances with the requirements 

of 29 CFR 1910.7. NNA has addressed 

these issues sufficiently, and OSHA staff 

preliminarily determined that OSHA 

should grant the applications. 

OSHA published the preliminary 

notice announcing NNA’s expansion 

applications in the Federal Register on 

September 12, 2024 (89 FR 74296). The 

agency requested comments by 

September 27, 2024, but it received no 

comments in response to this notice. 

OSHA is now proceeding with this final 

decision to grant the expansion of 

NNA’s NRTL scope of recognition. 

Docket No. OSHA–2013–0016 

contains all materials in the record 

concerning NNA’s recognition. To 

obtain or review copies of all public 

documents pertaining to NNA’s 

expansion application, go to http://

www.regulations.gov. All submissions, 

including copyrighted material, are 

available for inspection through the 

OSHA Docket Office. Contact the OSHA 

Docket Office at (202) 693–2350 for 

assistance in locating docket 

submissions. 

II. Final Decision and Order 

OSHA staff examined NNA’s 

expansion applications, its capability to 

meet the requirements of the test 

standards, and other pertinent 

information. Based on its review of this 

evidence, OSHA finds that NNA meets 

the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for 

expansion of its recognition, subject to 

the limitations and conditions listed in 

this notice. OSHA, therefore, is 

proceeding with this final notice to 

grant NNA’s expanded scope of 

recognition. OSHA limits the expansion 

of NNA’s recognition to the additional 

testing site in Taipei City, Taiwan, and 

the additional test standard listed below 

in Table 1. 

TABLE 1—APPROPRIATE TEST STANDARD FOR INCLUSION IN NNA’S NRTL SCOPE OF RECOGNITION

Test standard Test standard title 

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

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 

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85246 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 207 / Friday, October 25, 2024 / Notices 

The American National Standards 

Institute (ANSI) may approve the test 

standards listed above as American 

National Standards. However, for 

convenience, we may use the 

designation of the standards-developing 

organization for the standard as opposed 

to the ANSI designation. 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 

Recognition is contingent on 

continued compliance with 29 CFR 

1910.7, including, but not limited to, 

abiding by the following conditions of 

the recognition: 

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

recognition and comply with all OSHA 

policies pertaining to this recognition; 

and 

3. NNA must continue to meet the 

requirements for recognition, including 

all previously published conditions on 

NNA’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 NNA as a NRTL to 

include one additional test standard and 

an additional testing site in Taipei City, 

Taiwan, subject to the limitations and 

conditions specified above. 

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 Section 

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 October 18, 

2024. 

James S. Frederick, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. 2024–24787 Filed 10–24–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2014–0021] 

General Working Conditions in 

Shipyard Employment; Extension of 

the Office of Management and 

Budget’s (OMB) Approval of 

Information Collection (Paperwork) 

Requirements 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Request for public comments. 

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public 

comments concerning the proposal to 

extend the Office of Management and 

Budget’s (OMB) approval of the 

information collection requirements 

specified in the General Working 

Conditions in Shipyard Employment 

Standard. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

(postmarked, sent, or received) by 

December 24, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: 

Electronically: You may submit 

comments and attachments 

electronically at https://

www.regulations.gov, which is the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the 

instructions online for submitting 

comments. 

Docket: To read or download 

comments or other material in the 

docket, go to https://

www.regulations.gov. Documents in the 

docket are listed in the https://

www.regulations.gov index; however, 

some information (e.g., copyrighted 

material) is not publicly available to 

read or download through the websites. 

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. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and OSHA 

docket number (OSHA–2014–0021) for 

the Information Collection Request 

(ICR). OSHA will place all comments, 

including any personal information, in 

the public docket, which may be made 

available online. Therefore, OSHA 

cautions interested parties about 

submitting personal information such as 

social security numbers and birthdates. 

For further information on submitting 

comments, see the ‘‘Public 

Participation’’ heading in the section of 

this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Seleda Perryman, Directorate of 

Standards and Guidance, OSHA, U.S. 

Department of Labor; telephone (202) 

693–2222. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Department of Labor, as part of 

the continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent (i.e., 

employer) burden, conducts a 

preclearance consultation program to 

provide the public with an opportunity 

to comment on proposed and 

continuing information collection 

requirements in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) 

(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program 

ensures that information is in the 

desired format, reporting burden (time 

and costs) is minimal, the collection 

instruments are clearly understood, and 

OSHA’s estimate of the information 

collection burden is accurate. The 

Occupational Safety and Health Act of 

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 effort in obtaining 

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

The following sections describe who 

and how they use the information 

collected under each requirement. The 

purpose of these requirements is to 

reduce the risk of death and serious 

injury for employees working in 

shipyards. 

The standard on General Working 

Conditions in Shipyard Employment 

Standard (29 CFR part 1915, subpart F; 

hereafter, ‘‘the Standard’’) contains 

information collection requirements that 

address conditions and operations in 

shipyard employment that may produce 

worker hazards. The subpart is 

comprised of 14 sections that include 

housekeeping; lighting, utilities; 

working alone; vessel radar and 

communication systems; lifeboats; 

medical services and first aid; 

sanitation; control of hazardous energy; 

safety color code for marking physical 

hazards; accident prevention signs and 

tags; retention of DOT markings, 

placards, and labels; motor vehicle 

safety equipment, operation and 

maintenance; and servicing multi-piece 

and single-piece rim wheels. Of the 14 


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