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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. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912). 

Signed at Washington, DC, on February 25, 

2022. 

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–2009–0025] 

UL LLC: Grant of Expansion of 

Recognition and Modification to the 

NRTL Program’s List of Appropriate 

Test Standards 

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 UL LLC as 

a Nationally Recognized Testing 

Laboratory (NRTL). Additionally, OSHA 

announces the final decision to add two 

test standards to the NRTL Program’s 

list of appropriate test standards. 

DATES: The expansion of the scope of 

recognition becomes effective on March 

7, 2022. 

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) 693–2110 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 

UL LLC (UL) as a NRTL. UL’s expansion 

covers the addition of eleven test 

standards to the NRTL scope of 

recognition, two of which OSHA will 

add to the NRTL Program’s List of 

Appropriate Test Standards. 

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 

and is not a delegation or grant of 

government authority. As a result of 

recognition, employers may use 

products properly approved by the 

NRTL to meet OSHA standards that 

require testing and certification of the 

products. 

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 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 UL, 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. 

UL submitted an application, dated 

May 23, 2019, to expand their 

recognition as a NRTL to include twelve 

additional test standards (OSHA–2009– 

0025–0038). This application was 

amended to remove one standard from 

the original request (OSHA–2009–0025– 

0039). The expansion would add eleven 

additional test standards to UL’s 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 UL’s expansion 

application in the Federal Register on 

January 26, 2022 (87 FR 4053). The 

agency requested comments by February 

10, 2022, but it received no comments 

in response to this notice. OSHA is now 

proceeding with this final notice to 

grant expansion of UL’s scope of 

recognition and modification to the 

NRTL Program’s List of Appropriate 

Test Standards. 

To obtain or review copies of all 

public documents pertaining to UL’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–2009–0025 

contains all materials in the record 

concerning UL’s recognition. Please 

note: Due to the COVID–19 pandemic, 

the Docket Office is closed to the public 

at this time but can be contacted at (202) 

693–2350 (TTY ((877) 889–5627). 

II. Final Decision and Order 

OSHA staff examined UL’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 UL 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 UL’s scope of 

recognition. OSHA limits the expansion 

of UL’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 UL’S NRTL SCOPE OF RECOGNITION

Test standard Test standard title 

UL 122701 * ........... Requirements for Process Sealing Between Electrical Systems and Flammable or Combustible Process Fluids. 

UL 248–19 * ........... Standard for Low-Voltage Fuses—Part 19: Photovoltaic Fuses. 

UL 8139 ................. Electrical Systems of Electronic Cigarettes and Vaping Devices. 

UL 61730–1 ........... Standard for Photovoltaic (PV) Module Safety Qualification—Part 1: Requirements for Construction. 

UL 61730–2 ........... Photovoltaic (PV) Module Safety Qualification—Part 2: Requirements for Testing. 

ISA 60079–25 ........ Standard for Explosive Atmospheres—Part 25: Intrinsically Safe Electrical Systems. 

UL 60079–25 ......... Standard for Explosive Atmospheres—Part 25: Intrinsically Safe Electrical Systems. 

UL 60079–26 ......... Explosive Atmospheres—Part 26: Equipment for Use in Class I, Zone 0 Hazardous (Classified) Locations. 

UL 60079–30–1 ..... Standard for Explosive Atmospheres—Part 30–1: Electrical Resistance Trace Heating-General and Testing Requirements. 


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TABLE 1—LIST OF APPROPRIATE TEST STANDARDS FOR INCLUSION IN UL’S NRTL SCOPE OF RECOGNITION—Continued 

Test standard Test standard title 

UL 121201 ............. Nonincendive Electrical Equipment for Use in Class I and II, Division 2 and Class III, Divisions 1 and 2 Hazardous (Classified) Locations. 

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

* Represents the standards that OSHA is adding to the NRTL Program’s List of Appropriate Test Standards 

In this notice, OSHA also announces 

the final decision to add two new test 

standards to the NRTL Program’s List of 

Appropriate Test Standards. Table 2 

below lists the standards that are new to 

the NRTL Program. OSHA has 

determined that these test standards are 

appropriate test standards and will add 

them to the NRTL Program’s List of 

Appropriate Test Standards. 

TABLE 2—STANDARDS OSHA IS ADDING TO THE NRTL PROGRAM’S LIST OF APPROPRIATE TEST STANDARDS

Test standard Test standard title 

UL 122701 ............. Requirements for Process Sealing Between Electrical Systems and Flammable or Combustible Process Fluids. 

UL 248–19 ............. Standard for Low-Voltage Fuses—Part 19: Photovoltaic Fuses. 

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 

standard listed above as an American 

National Standard. 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, UL 

must abide by the following conditions 

of the recognition: 

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

recognition and comply with all OSHA 

policies pertaining to this recognition; 

and 

3. UL must continue to meet the 

requirements for recognition, including 

all previously published conditions on 

UL’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 UL, subject to the 

limitations and conditions specified 

above. OSHA also adds two standards to 

the NRTL Program’s List of Appropriate 

Test Standards. 

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 February 28, 

2022. 

James S. Frederick, 

Deputy 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–2011–0186] 

Inorganic Arsenic Standard; 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 its proposal to 

extend the Office of Management and 

Budget’s (OMB) approval of the 

information collection requirements 

specified in the Inorganic Arsenic 

Standard. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

(postmarked, sent, or received) by May 

6, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: 

Electronically: You may submit 

comments and attachments 

electronically at http://

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 http://

www.regulations.gov. Documents in the 

docket 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 


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