[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 207 (Friday, October 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 85243-85245]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24791]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. OSHA-2019-0009]


DEKRA Certification Inc.: Grant of Expansion of Recognition

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA announces the final decision to expand 
the scope of recognition for DEKRA Certification Inc., 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, U.S. Department of Labor; telephone (202) 693-1999 
or email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a1ccc4c8cdc8cfc6c4d38fc7d3c0cfc2c8d293e1c5cecd8fc6ced7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="315c54585d585f5654431f5743505f5258420371555e5d1f565e47">[email protected]</span></a>.
    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) 693-1911 or email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#41332e23282f322e2f6f2a2437282f01252e2d6f262e37"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9deff2fff4f3eef2f3b3f6f8ebf4f3ddf9f2f1b3faf2eb">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Notice of Final Decision

    OSHA hereby gives notice of the expansion of the scope of 
recognition of DEKRA Certification Inc. (DEKRA) as a NRTL. DEKRA's 
expansion covers 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 product-
certification 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 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

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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 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 for 
test standard expansion.
    OSHA published the preliminary notice announcing DEKRA's expansion 
application in the Federal Register on September 12, 2024 (89 FR 
74294). The agency requested comments by September 27, 2024, but it 
received no comments in response to this notice.
    To obtain or review copies of all public documents pertaining to 
the DEKRA's application, go to http://www.regulations.gov or contact 
the Docket Office, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. 
Department of Labor. Docket No. OSHA-2019-0009 contains all materials 
in the record concerning DEKRA's recognition. Contact the OSHA Docket 
Office at (202) 693-2350 (TTY (877) 889-5627) for assistance in 
locating docket submissions.

II. Final Decision and Order

    OSHA staff examined DEKRA'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 
DEKRA 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 
DEKRA's expanded scope of recognition. OSHA limits the expansion of 
DEKRA'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 DEKRA's
                        NRTL Scope of Recognition
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          Test standard                     Test standard title
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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.
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    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, 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

    In addition to those conditions already required by 29 CFR 1910.7, 
DEKRA must abide by the following conditions of the recognition:
    1. DEKRA 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. DEKRA must meet all the terms of its recognition and comply with 
all OSHA policies pertaining to this recognition; and
    3. DEKRA must continue to meet the requirements for recognition, 
including all previously published conditions on DEKRA'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 DEKRA as a NRTL, 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, 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.


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    Signed at Washington, DC, on October 18, 2024.
James S. Frederick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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