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OSHA’s WebPage on the Internet at

http://www.osha.gov/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The OSHA Act and 29 CFR Part 1904

prescribe that certain employers

maintain records of job related injuries

and illnesses. The injury and illness

records are intended to have multiple

purposes. One purpose is to provide

data needed by OSHA to carry out

enforcement and intervention activities

to provide workers a safe and healthy

work environment. The data are also

needed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics

to report on the number and rate of

occupational injuries and illnesses in

the country.

The data also provide information for

employers and employees of the kinds

of injuries and illnesses occurring in the

workplace and their related hazards.

Increased employer awareness should

result in the identification and

voluntary correction of hazardous

workplace conditions. Likewise,

employees who are provided

information on injuries and illnesses

will be more likely to follow safe work

practices and report workplace hazards.

This would generally raise the overall

level of safety and health in the

workplace.

OSHA currently has approval from

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for information collection

requirements contained in 29 CFR part

1904. That approval will expire on

December 31, 1998, unless OSHA

applies for an extension of the OMB

approval. This notice initiates the

process for OSHA to request an

extension of the current OMB approval.

This notice also solicits public comment

on OSHA’s existing paperwork burden

estimates from those interested parties

and to seek public response to several

questions related to the development of

OSHA’s estimation. Interested parties

are requested to review OSHA’s

estimates, which are based upon the

most current data available, and to

comment on their accuracy or

appropriateness in today’s workplace

situation.

29 CFR 1904.8, Reporting of Fatality

or Multiple Hospitalization Incidents

(OMB control number 1218–0007) and

29 CFR 1904.17, Annual OSHA Injury

and Illness Survey of Ten or More

employers (OMB control number yet to

be assigned) are each under separate

Information Collection Request (ICR)

packages.

II. Current Actions

This notice requests an extension of

the current OMB approval of the

paperwork requirements in 29 CFR part

1904, Recording and Reporting

Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.

Type of Review: Extension of

currently approved collection.

Agency: U.S. Department of Labor,

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration.

Title: Recording and Reporting

Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.

OMB Number: 1218–0176

Agency Number: ICR–98–23

Frequency: Recordkeeping.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; Farms; Not-for-profit institutions;

State and Local Government.

Cite/Reference/Form/etc: 29 CFR Part

1904; OSHA No. 200; OSHA No. 101

Number of Respondents: 1,110,398

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 1.56

hours

Total Burden Hours: 1,741,959 hours

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for Office of

Management and Budget approval of the

information collection request. They

will also become a matter of public

record.

Dated: May 12, 1998.

Charles N. Jeffress,

Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety

and Health.

[FR Doc. 98–13257 Filed 5–18–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–26–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

[Docket No. NRTL–2–90]

SGS U.S. Testing Company Inc.,

Applications for Renewal and

Expansion of Recognition

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health

Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of request for renewal

and expansion of recognition as a

Nationally Recognized Testing

Laboratory (NRTL), and preliminary

finding.

SUMMARY: This notice announces: (1) the

application of SGS U.S. Testing

Company Inc. (formerly U.S. Testing

Company, Inc., California Division) for

renewal of its recognition as an NRTL

under 29 CFR 1910.7, and (2) the

applications of SGS U.S. Testing

Company Inc. for expansion of its

recognition as an NRTL under 29 CFR

1910.7, for a new site and to use

additional programs and procedures,

and presents the Agency’s preliminary

finding. In addition, this notice formally

reflects the name change to SGS U.S.

Testing Company Inc.

DATES: The last date for interested

parties to submit comments is July 20,

1998.

ADDRESS: Send comments concerning

this notice to: NRTL Program, Office of

Technical Programs and Coordination

Activities, Occupational Safety and

Health Administration, U.S. Department

of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue,

NW., Room N3653, Washington, DC

20210.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bernard Pasquet, NRTL Recognition

Program at the above address, or phone

(202) 219–7056.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice of Application

Notice is hereby given that SGS U.S.

Testing Company Inc. (SGS) has applied

to the Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA), pursuant to 29

CFR 1910.7, for renewal and for an

expansion of its current recognition as

a Nationally Recognized Testing

Laboratory (NRTL). When first

recognized as an NRTL, the

organization’s name was U.S. Testing

Company, Inc., California Division. SGS

informed OSHA of the change in name

(see Exhibit 7B), and this notice reflects

that change. In regards to the renewal,

SGS received its recognition as an NRTL

on March 23, 1993 (see 58 FR 15509),

for a period of five years ending March

23, 1998. Appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.7

stipulates that the period of recognition

of an NRTL is five years and that an

NRTL may renew its recognition by

applying not less than nine months, nor

more than one year, before the

expiration date of its current

recognition. SGS applied for a renewal

of its recognition on March 23, 1997 (see

Exhibit 7C), within the time allotted,

and retains its recognition pending

OSHA’s final decision in this renewal

process. In regards to the expansions,

SGS requests recognition to use

additional programs and procedures.

However, that use will be subject to

certain conditions. SGS also requests

recognition for another testing facility

(site) in Fairfield, New Jersey, which

will become the headquarters of its

NRTL operations. The application for

this facility is for recognition for testing

and certification to the test standards

listed below in the section titled

‘‘Expansion of Recognition—Additional

Facility.’’ The application incorporates

the use of the additional programs and

procedures, also listed below. The

previous application of SGS, pursuant

to 29 CFR 1910.7, covered its

recognition as an NRTL (56 FR 10045,

3/23/92), which OSHA granted on the

date noted above.
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The address of the SGS testing

facilities covered by this application are:

SGS U.S. Testing Company Inc., 291

Fairfield Avenue, Fairfield, New

Jersey 07004.

SGS U.S. Testing Company Inc., 555

Telegraph Road, Los Angeles,

California 90040.

Background

This Federal Register notice

announces the application of SGS U.S.

Testing Company Inc. (formerly U.S.

Testing Company, Inc., California

Division), dated March 23, 1997 (See

Exhibit 7C), for renewal of its

recognition as an NRTL. This notice also

covers the application of SGS, dated

April 21, 1997 (see Exhibit 7D), for

recognition of its Fairfield, New Jersey

testing facility as an NRTL. In letters

dated July 27, 1997 and February 4,

1998 (see Exhibits 7E and 7F), SGS also

requested recognition to use the

additional programs and procedures

listed below.

SGS according to the applicant is

incorporated in the State of New York,

and is 100% owned by SGS North

America Inc., which in turn is owned by

SGS Societe General de Surveillance

S.A., based in Geneva, Switzerland.

This same ownership relationship

existed at the time SGS was first

recognized as an NRTL in March 1993.

Renewal of NRTL Recognition

SGS requests renewal of the

recognition of its Los Angeles testing

facility for the following standards for

which it was previously recognized:

ANSI/UL 1 Flexible Metal Conduit

ANSI/UL 3 Flexible Nonmetallic Tubing for

Electric Wiring

ANSI/UL 250 Household Refrigerators and

Freezers

ANSI/UL 514A Metallic Outlet Boxes,

Electrical

UL 544 Electric Medical and Dental

Equipment

ANSI/UL 632 Electrically Actuated

Transmitters

ANSI/UL 751 Vending Machines

ANSI/UL 913 Intrinsically Safe Apparatus

and Associated Apparatus for Use in

Class I, II, and III, Division I, Hazardous

(Classified) Locations

ANSI/UL 1012 Power Supplies

UL 1236 Electric Battery Chargers

UL 1270 Radio Receivers, Audio Systems,

and Accessories

ANSI/UL 1418 Implosion-Protected CathodeRay Tubes for Television-Type

Appliances

UL 1459 Telephone Equipment

ANSI/UL 1484 Residential Gas Detectors

ANSI/UL 1571 Incandescent Lighting

Fixtures

UL 1604 Electrical Equipment for Use in

Class I and II, Division 2 and Class III

Hazardous (Classified) Locations

Expansion of Recognition—Additional

Facility

SGS requests recognition of its

Fairfield, New Jersey testing facility for

the following standards when

applicable to equipment or materials

that will be used in environments under

OSHA’s jurisdiction. SGS desires

recognition for testing and certification

of products tested for compliance with

these test standards, and OSHA has

determined they are appropriate within

the meaning of 29 CFR 1910.7(c):

ANSI/UL 94 Tests for Flammability of Plastic

Materials for Parts in Devices and

Appliances

ANSI/UL 1950 Information Technology

Equipment Including Electrical Business

Equipment

UL 2601–1 Medical Electrical Equipment,

Part 1: General Requirements for Safety

UL 3101–1 Electrical Equipment for

Laboratory Use; Part 1: General

Requirements

UL 3111–1 Electrical Measuring and Test

Equipment, Part 1: General

The recognition of this additional

testing facility also incorporates the use

of the additional programs and

procedures listed below.

Expansion of Recognition—Programs

and Procedures

SGS requests expansion of its

recognition to use the following

additional programs and procedures,

based upon the requirements as detailed

in the Federal Register document titled

‘‘Nationally Recognized Testing

Laboratories; Clarification of the Types

of Programs and Procedures,’’ (60 FR

12980, 3/9/95). This notice describes

nine programs or procedures which an

NRTL may use in certifying a product,

all of which require that the NRTL

retain primary control of or

responsibility for all aspects of product

certification. Each NRTL is

automatically approved to use the

program called the ‘‘Basic Procedure,’’

when it is first recognized.

1. Acceptance of testing data from

independent organizations, other than

NRTLs.

2. Acceptance of witnessed testing

data.

Conditions—Use of Programs and

Procedures

The following conditions apply to the

recognition to use the additional

programs and procedures, and are in

addition to the requirements detailed in

the previously cited March 9, 1995

Federal Register (60 FR 12980):

a. SGS U.S. Testing Company Inc.,

Fairfield, New Jersey, will review and

approve the qualifications of all external

organizations prior to SGS U.S. Testing

Company Inc. accepting test data from

these organizations.

b. SGS U.S. Testing Company Inc.,

Fairfield, New Jersey, will review and

approve the qualifications of all external

organizations prior to SGS U.S. Testing

Company Inc. using a site of any of

these organizations for witnessed test

data.

Preliminary Finding

SGS addressed the criteria that have

to be met for renewal and for expansion

of its recognition as an NRTL. In

connection with the renewal and the

use of the programs, OSHA carried out

an on-site review (evaluation) of the Los

Angeles, California, on August 4–5,

1997. OSHA also carried out an on-site

review (evaluation) of the Fairfield, New

Jersey facility, on June 2–3, 1997.

Discrepancies noted by the review team

during the on-site review were

responded to following its completion

and are included as an integral part of

the on-site review report (see Exhibits

8). With the preparation of the final

review report, the NRTL Program staff

was satisfied that SGS had addressed

concerns arising from the review. In the

cover memo for the report, the staff

recommended that the recognition of

SGS be renewed, and be expanded to

allow the use of the additional programs

and procedures, subject to the above

conditions. The staff also recommended

the recognition of the SGS Fairfield,

New Jersey testing facility, which will

become the headquarters of its NRTL

operations.

Following a review of the application

file and the on-site review report, the

NRTL Program staff concluded that the

applicant appeared to have met the

requirements for renewal of its

recognition as a Nationally Recognized

Testing Laboratory for the Los Angeles,

California facility, and for the expansion

of recognition to include the Fairfield,

New Jersey facility, and for use of the

additional programs and procedures,

subject to the above conditions. The

staff therefore recommended to the

Assistant Secretary that the applications

be preliminarily approved.

Based upon a review of the complete

application, and the recommendations

of the staff, including the

recommendation in the on-site review

report, dated February 27, 1998, the

Assistant Secretary has made a

preliminary finding that SGS U.S.

Testing Company Inc. can meet the

requirements as prescribed by 29 CFR

1910.7 for renewal of its recognition,

and for the expansion of its recognition

to include the additional facility, and to

use the additional programs and
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procedures, subject to the above

conditions.

All interested members of the public

are invited to supply detailed reasons

and evidence supporting or challenging

the sufficiency of the applicant’s having

met the requirements for expansion of

its recognition as a Nationally

Recognized Testing Laboratory, as

required by 29 CFR 1910.7 and

Appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.7.

Submission of pertinent written

documents and exhibits shall be made

no later than the last date for comments

(see DATES above), and submitted to the

address provided above (see ADDRESS).

Copies of the SGS application, letters

and supporting documentation, the onsite review report, and all submitted

comments, as received, are available for

inspection and duplication (under

Docket No. NRTL–2–90) at the Docket

Office, Room N2634, Occupational

Safety and Health Administration, U.S.

Department of Labor, at the above

address.

The Assistant Secretary’s final

decision on whether the applicant (SGS

U.S. Testing Company Inc.) satisfies the

requirements for renewal and for

expansion of its recognition as an NRTL

will be made on the basis of the entire

record including the public submissions

and any further proceedings that the

Assistant Secretary may consider to be

appropriate in accordance with

appendix A to § 1910.7.

Signed at Washington, DC., this 12th day

of May, 1998.

Charles N. Jeffress,

Assistant Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–13260 Filed 5–18–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration

National Summit on Retirement

Savings; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of meeting agenda.

SUMMARY: This document provides

notice of the agenda for the National

Summit on Retirement Savings, as

called for by the Savings Are Vital To

Everyone’s Retirement (SAVER) Act,

which amends Title I of the Employee

Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

DATES: The National Summit on

Retirement Savings will be held on

Thursday, June 4, 1998, and Friday,

June 5, 1998, beginning at 8:45 am

E.S.T. on June 4, and ending at 1 pm

E.S.T. on June 5.

ADDRESS: The Summit will be held at

the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill, 400

New Jersey Ave., NW, Washington, DC

20001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jay

Rosenblum, Office of the Assistant

Secretary, Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration, US Department of

Labor, Room S–2524, 200 Constitution

Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20210, (202)

219–8233, or Don Blandin, President,

American Savings Education Council,

Suite 600, 2121 K Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20037–1896, (202) 659–

0670. These are not toll-free numbers.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

November 20, 1997, the President

signed Public Law 105–92 (1997), the

‘‘Savings Are Vital to Everyone’s

Retirement Act of 1997’’ (SAVER). The

SAVER legislation is aimed at

advancing the public’s knowledge and

understanding of the importance of

retirement savings by: (1) Providing a

bipartisan National Summit on

Retirement Savings co-hosted by the

President and the Congressional

Leadership in the House and Senate;

and (2) establishing an ongoing

educational program coordinated by the

Department of Labor. The Summit will

be held June 4 and 5, 1998 in

Washington.

The purpose of the Summit is to: (1)

Increase public awareness of the value

of personal savings for retirement, (2)

advance the public’s knowledge and

understanding of retirement savings and

its importance to the well being of all

Americans, (3) facilitate the

development of a broad-based, public

retirement savings education program,

(4) identify the barriers faced by workers

who want to save for retirement, (5)

identify the barriers which employers,

especially small employers, face in

assisting their workers in accumulating

retirement savings, (6) examine the

impact and effectiveness of individual

employers who promote personal

savings and retirement savings plan

participation among their workers, (7)

examine the impact and effectiveness of

government programs at the Federal,

State, and local levels to educate the

public about retirement savings

principles, (8) develop

recommendations for governmental and

private sector action to promote

pensions and individual retirement

savings, and (9) develop

recommendations for the coordination

of Federal, State, and local retirement

savings education initiative.

The Agenda for the National Summit

on Retirement Savings follows. This

agenda is subject to change.

Thurs, June 4, 1998

7:00am–8:00am Registration at Hotel

8:00am–9:00am Breakfast

9:00am–9:30am Opening Session: Welcome

and Remarks By Presiding Officers

9:30am–10:45am Session One: Panel

Discussion on Current State—Savings &

Education Today

Panelists:

1. Dallas Salisbury, Employee Benefit

Research Institute (moderator)

2. Mathew Greenwald, Mathew Greenwald

and Associates

3. Josephine Tsao, IBM

4. James Ray, Connerton Ray

5. Craig Hoffman, Corbel & Company

6. Ann Combs, William M. Mercer

Companies Inc.

10:45am–11:00am Break

11:00am–12:00pm Keynote Session:

Remarks by the President, the Speaker of

the House, and other Congressional

Leadership

12:00pm–1:00pm Concurrent Breakout

Session: Employee and Employer

Barriers

1:00pm–2:30pm Lunch with Speakers

2:30pm–3:45pm Concurrent Breakout

Session: Employee and Employer

Opportunities

3:45pm–4:30pm Free Time

4:30pm–7:15pm White House Reception

7:30pm–9:30pm Dinner and Speeches by

Congressional Leadership

Day Two, Fri. 6/5

8:00am–9:00am Working Breakfast with

Breakout Groups

9:15am–10:45am Session Two: Panel

Discussion on Public and Private-Sector

Outreach Activities/Best Practices

Panelists:

1. David Walker, Arthur Andersen LLP

(Moderator)

2. Olena Berg, United States Department of

Labor

3. Jim Hill, National Association of State

Treasurers

4. Horace Holmes, WJLA-TV, Albritton

Communications Company

5. Robert L. Reynolds, Fidelity Investments

6. Anthony R. Amato, Hard Rock Cafe

International

10:45am–11:00am Break

11:00am–12:15pm Final Session: Summary

of Breakout Group Discussions

12:15pm–1:00pm Closing Session: Thank

You and Challenge

Public Participation: Participation is

limited to invited delegates.

Notice of Meeting

Notice is hereby given that a National

Summit on Retirement Savings will be

held on Thursday, June 4, 1998, and

Friday, June 5, 1998, at the Hyatt

Regency on Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey

Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20001.