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Title: Voluntary Protection Programs 

(VPP). 

OMB Control Number: 1218–0239. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofits. 

Number of Respondents: 3,751. 

Number of Responses: 3,295. 

Frequency of Responses: Various. 

Average Time per Response: Varies. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

69,657. 

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 https://

www.regulations.gov, which is the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal; or (2) by 

facsimile (fax), if your comments, 

including attachments, are not longer 

than 10 pages you may fax them to the 

OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693–1648. 

All comments, attachments, and other 

material must identify the agency name 

and the OSHA docket number for the 

ICR OSHA–2011–0056. You may 

supplement electronic submission by 

uploading document files electronically. 

Comments and submissions are 

posted without change at https://

www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA 

cautions commenters about submitting 

personal information such as social 

security numbers and dates of birth. 

Although all submissions are listed in 

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

some information (e.g., copyrighted 

material) is not publicly available to 

read or download from this website. All 

submission, including copyrighted 

material, are available for inspection 

and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. 

Information on using the https://

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 at 

(202) 693–2350, (TTY (877) 889–5627) 

for information about materials not 

available from the website, and for 

assistance in using the internet to locate 

docket submissions. 

V. Authority and Signature 

James S. Frederick, 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. 8–2020 (85 FR 58393). 

Signed at Washington, DC, on April 17, 

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–2007–0042] 

TUV Rheinland of 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 TUV 

Rheinland of North America, Inc., as a 

Nationally Recognized Testing 

Laboratory (NRTL). 

DATES: The expansion of the scope of 

recognition becomes effective on April 

24, 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; telephone: (202) 693–1911; 

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: 

I. Notice of Final Decision 

OSHA hereby gives notice of the 

expansion of the scope of recognition of 

TUV Rheinland of North America, Inc. 

(TUVRNA), as a NRTL. TUVRNA’s 

expansion covers the addition of two 

test standards to the NRTL scope of 

recognition. 

OSHA 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 

NRTLs or applicant organizations for 

initial recognition, as well as for 

expansion or renewal of 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 the 

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 TUVRNA, which details that 

NRTL’s scope of recognition. These 

pages are available from the OSHA 

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

otpca/nrtl/index.html. 

TUVRNA submitted an application, 

dated June 7, 2023 (OSHA–2007–0042– 

0072), to expand recognition to include 

the addition of two test standards to the 

NRTL scope of recognition. OSHA staff 

performed a detailed analysis of the 

application packet and reviewed other 

pertinent information. OSHA did not 

perform any on-site reviews in relation 

to this application. 

OSHA published the preliminary 

notice announcing TUVRNA’s 

expansion application in the Federal 

Register on March 25, 2024 (89 FR 

20705). The agency requested comments 

by April 9, 2024, but it received no 

comments in response to this notice. 

OSHA now is proceeding with this final 

notice to grant expansion of TUVRNA’s 

scope of recognition. 

To review copies of all public 

documents pertaining to TUVRNA’s 

application, go to www.regulations.gov 

or contact the OSHA Docket Office. 

Docket No. OSHA–2007–0042 contains 

all materials in the record concerning 

TUVRNA’s recognition. 


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II. Final Decision and Order 

OSHA staff examined TUVRNA’s 

expansion application, their capability 

to meet the requirements of the test 

standard, and other pertinent 

information. Based on its review of this 

evidence, OSHA finds that TUVRNA 

meets the requirements of 29 CFR 

1910.7 for expansion of its recognition, 

subject to the limitations and conditions 

listed below. OSHA, therefore, is 

proceeding with this final notice to 

grant TUVRNA’s scope of recognition. 

OSHA limits the expansion of 

TUVRNA’s recognition to testing and 

certification of products for 

demonstration of conformance to the 

test standards shown below in Table 1. 

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

Test standard Test standard title 

UL 61010–2–051 ............................ Electrical Equipment for Measurement, Control and Laboratory Use—Part 2—051: Particular Requirements 

for Laboratory Equipment for Mixing and Stirring. 

UL 61010–2–061 ............................ Electrical Equipment for Measurement, Control and Laboratory Use—Part 2—061: Particular Requirements 

for Laboratory Atomic Spectrometers with Thermal Atomization and Ionization. 

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. 

A. Conditions 

Recognition is contingent on 

continued compliance with 29 CFR 

1910.7, including but not limited to, 

abiding by the following conditions of 

recognition: 

1. TUVRNA 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. TUVRNA must meet all the terms 

of its recognition and comply with all 

OSHA policies pertaining to this 

recognition; and 

3. TUVRNA must continue to meet 

the requirements for recognition, 

including all previously published 

conditions on TUVRNA’s scope of 

recognition, in all areas for which it has 

recognition. 

OSHA hereby expands the scope of 

recognition of TUVRNA, 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 29 U.S.C. 

657(g)(2), Secretary of Labor’s Order No. 

8–2020 (85 FR 58393, September 18, 

2020) and 29 CFR 1910.7. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on April 17, 

2024. 

James S. Frederick, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Comment Request 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Submission for OMB review; 

comment request. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) has submitted the 

following request for revision of the 

approved collection of research and 

development data in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

This is the second notice for public 

comment; the first was published in the 

Federal Register and no comments were 

received. NSF is forwarding the 

proposed renewal submission to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for clearance simultaneously 

with the publication of this second 

notice. 

DATES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAmain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance 

Officer, National Science Foundation, 

2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, 

VA 22314; or send email to splimpto@

nsf.gov. Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 

8339, which is accessible 24 hours a 

day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year 

(including federal holidays). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title of Collection: National Science 

Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) 

Monitoring System. 

OMB Number: 3145–0263. 

Type of Request: Intent to seek 

approval to renew an information 

collection. 

Proposed Project: The National 

Science Foundation’s (NSF’s) Division 

of Graduate Education (DGE) in the 

Directorate for STEM Education (EDU) 

administers the NSF Research 

Traineeship (NRT) program. The NRT 

program is designed to encourage the 

development and implementation of 

bold, new, and potentially 

transformative models for STEM 

graduate education training. The NRT 

program seeks to ensure that graduate 

students in research-based master’s and 

doctoral degree programs develop the 

skills, knowledge, and competencies 

needed to pursue a range of STEM 

careers. NRT is dedicated to effective 

training of STEM graduate students in 

high-priority interdisciplinary or 

convergent research areas through the 

use of a comprehensive traineeship 

model that is innovative, evidencebased, and aligned with changing 

workforce and research needs. 

Previously, NRT awardees provided 

NSF with information on their activities 

through periodic research performance 

progress reports. The NRT monitoring 

system (also referred to as the NRT 

reporting system) has replaced these 

reports with a tailored program 

monitoring system that uses internetbased information and communication 

technologies to collect, review, and 

validate specific data on NRT awards. 

EDU is committed to ensuring the 

efficiency and effectiveness with which 

respondents provide and NSF staff can 

access and analyze data on funded 

projects within the NRT programs. 


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