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to respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

Background documents related to this 

information collection request are 

available at https://regulations.gov and 

at DOL–MSHA located at 201 12th 

Street South, Suite 4E401, Arlington, 

VA 22202–5452. Questions about the 

information collection requirements 

may be directed to the person listed in 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section of this notice. 

III. Current Actions 

This information collection request 

concerns provisions for training plans, 

new miner training, and newly-hired 

experienced miner training. MSHA has 

updated the data with respect to the 

number of respondents, responses, 

burden hours, and burden costs 

supporting this information collection 

request from the previous information 

collection request. 

Type of Review: Extension, without 

change, of a currently approved 

collection. 

Agency: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration. 

OMB Number: 1219–0131. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 10,996. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Number of Responses: 1,135,343. 

Annual Burden Hours: 155,965 hours. 

Annual Respondent or Recordkeeper 

Cost: $348,531. 

MSHA Forms: Electronic Training 

Plan Advisor. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized in the 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget approval of the proposed 

information collection request; they will 

become a matter of public record and 

will be available at https://

www.reginfo.gov. 

Song-ae Aromie Noe, 

Certifying Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–01127 Filed 1–20–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–43–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2006–0028] 

MET Laboratories, Inc.: Applications 

for Expansion of Recognition 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA 

announces the applications of MET 

Laboratories, Inc., for expansion of the 

recognition as a Nationally Recognized 

Testing Laboratory (NRTL) and presents 

the agency’s preliminary finding to 

grant the applications. 

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 

February 7, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments by any of 

the following methods: 

Electronically: Submit comments and 

attachments electronically at https://

www.regulations.gov, which is the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the 

instructions online for making 

electronic submissions. 

Docket: To read or download 

submissions or other material in the 

docket, go to https://

www.regulations.gov or the OSHA 

Docket Office at the above address. All 

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 website. All submissions, including 

copyrighted material, are available for 

inspection at 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 the OSHA 

docket number (OSHA–2006–0028). 

OSHA places comments and other 

materials, including any personal 

information, in the public docket 

without revision, and these materials 

will be available online at http://

www.regulations.gov. Therefore, the 

agency cautions commenters about 

submitting statements they do not want 

made available to the public, or 

submitting comments that contain 

personal information (either about 

themselves or others) such as Social 

Security numbers, birth dates, and 

medical data. For further information on 

submitting comments, see the ‘‘Public 

Participation’’ heading in the section of 

this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

Extension of comment period: Submit 

requests for an extension of the 

comment period on or before February 

7, 2022 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 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) 

693–2110 or email: robinson.kevin@

dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Notice of the Application for 

Expansion 

The Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration is providing notice that 

MET Laboratories, Inc. (MET), is 

applying for expansion of the current 

recognition as a NRTL. MET requests 

the addition of four 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 

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 


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each NRTL, including MET, which 

details the NRTL’s scope of recognition. 

These pages are available from the 

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

dts/otpca/nrtl/index.html. 

MET currently has one facility (site) 

recognized by OSHA for product testing 

and certification, with its headquarters 

located at: MET Laboratories, Inc., 914 

West Patapsco Avenue, Baltimore, 

Maryland 21230. A complete list of 

MET’s scope of recognition is available 

at https://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/ 

met.html. 

II. General Background on the 

Applications 

MET submitted four applications, one 

dated January 14, 2019 (OSHA–2006– 

0028–0075), the second, dated July 30, 

2019 (OSHA–2006–0028–0076), which 

was amended on July 29, 2020 (OSHA– 

2006–0028–0079). The third and fourth 

applications were received on August 

13, 2019 (OSHA–2006–0028–0077) and 

(OSHA–2006–0028–0078). Together, the 

expansion applications would add four 

additional test standards to MET’s 

NRTL recognition. OSHA staff 

performed a detailed analysis of the 

application packets and reviewed other 

pertinent information. OSHA did not 

perform any on-site reviews in relation 

to these applications. 

Table 1 below, lists the appropriate 

test standards found in MET’s 

applications for expansion for testing 

and certification of products under the 

NRTL Program. 

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

Test standard Test standard title 

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

TIA 4950 .............. Requirements for Battery—Powered, Portable Land Mobile Radio Applications in Class I, II, and III, Division 1, Hazardous 

(Classified) Locations. 

UL 551 ................. Transformer Type Arc—Welding Machines. 

UL 1004–1 ........... Rotating Electrical Machines. 

In reviewing the expansion 

applications, OSHA discovered that the 

standard TIA 4950 had been revised in 

May 2014 (Revision A) and July 2020 

(Revision B). OSHA examined these 

revisions and preliminarily determined 

that they are not substantive in nature. 

Therefore, OSHA has preliminarily 

determined that the current version of 

TIA 4950 (Revision B) remains an 

appropriate test standard under the 

NRTL Program Regulation, 29 CFR 

1910.7, and that OSHA need not 

reevaluate the recognition of any NRTLs 

currently recognized for TIA 4950. 

Moreover, although MET’s expansion 

application sought recognition for TIA 

4950A only, and not TIA 4950B (see 

OSHA–2006–0028–0076; OSHA–2006– 

0028–0079), OSHA preliminarily 

concludes that MET’s application for 

expansion, if granted, will include 

recognition for the current version of 

TIA 4950 (again, because any changes 

made in Revision B are not substantive). 

OSHA welcomes comment on these 

determinations. 

III. Preliminary Findings on the 

Applications 

MET submitted acceptable 

applications for expansion of the scope 

of recognition. OSHA’s review of the 

application files, and pertinent 

documentation, indicate that MET can 

meet the requirements prescribed by 29 

CFR 1910.7 for expanding the 

recognition to include the addition of 

these four test standards for NRTL 

testing and certification listed in Table 

2. This preliminary finding does not 

constitute an interim or temporary 

approval of MET’s applications. 

OSHA welcomes public comment as 

to whether MET meets the requirements 

of 29 CFR 1910.7 for expansion of the 

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. Commenters 

must submit the written request for an 

extension by the due date for comments. 

OSHA will limit any extension to 10 

days unless the requester justifies a 

longer period. OSHA may deny a 

request for an extension if the request is 

not adequately justified. To obtain or 

review copies of the exhibits identified 

in this notice, as well as comments 

submitted to the docket, contact the 

Docket Office, at the above address. 

These materials also are available online 

at https://www.regulations.gov under 

Docket No. OSHA–2006–0028. 

OSHA staff will review all comments 

to the docket submitted in a timely 

manner and, after addressing the issues 

raised by these comments, will make a 

recommendation to the Assistant 

Secretary for Occupational Safety and 

Health whether to grant MET’s 

applications for expansion of the scope 

of recognition. The Assistant Secretary 

will make the final decision on granting 

the applications. 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. 

IV. Authority and Signature 

Douglas L. Parker, Assistant Secretary 

of Labor for Occupational Safety and 

Health, 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 January 12, 

2022. 

Douglas L. Parker, 

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2022–0001] 

Advisory Committee on Construction 

Safety and Health (ACCSH) 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Request for Nominations for 

Employee Representative on the 

Advisory Committee on Construction 

Safety and Health (ACCSH). 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of Labor 

requests nominations for an employee 

representative on ACCSH. 

DATES: Submit (postmark, send, 

transmit) nominations for ACCSH 

membership by February 22, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit 

nominations and supporting materials 

by the following method: 


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