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1The preliminary notice announcing QPS’s 

expansion application contained a typographical 

error. The designation of the Elevator and Escalator 

Electrical Equipment test standard was incorrectly 

listed as ASME 17.5. See 89 FR 88307. OSHA 

corrects this typographical error in this Notice. 

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 QPS 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. 

QPS submitted an application to 

OSHA for expansion of the NRTL scope 

of recognition on February 13, 2024 

(OSHA–2010–0046–0021), requesting 

the addition of five 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 an on-site review related to this 

application. 

OSHA published the preliminary 

notice announcing QPS’s expansion 

application in the Federal Register on 

November 7, 2024 (89 FR 88306). The 

agency requested comments by 

November 22, 2024, however no 

comments were received in response to 

this notice. 

To obtain or review copies of all 

public documents pertaining to the 

QPS’s application, go to https://

www.regulations.gov or contact the 

Docket Office, Occupational Safety and 

Health Administration, U.S. Department 

of Labor. Docket No. OSHA–2010–0046 

contains all materials in the record 

concerning QPS’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 QPS’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 QPS 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 QPS’s application for an 

expansion of the scope of recognition. 

OSHA limits the expansion of QPS’s 

recognition to testing and certification 

of products for demonstration of 

conformance to the test standards listed 

below in table 1. 

TABLE 1—APPROPRIATE TEST STANDARDS FOR INCLUSION IN QPS’S

NRTL SCOPE OF RECOGNITION

Test Standard Test standard title 

UL 22 ............ Amusement and Gaming Machines. 

UL 751 .......... Vending Machines. 

UL 1012 ........ Power Units Other Than Class 2. 

UL 891 .......... Standard for Switchboards. 

ASME A17.5 1 Elevator and Escalator Electrical 

Equipment. 

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, QPS 

must abide by the following conditions 

of the recognition: 

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

recognition and comply with all OSHA 

policies pertaining to this recognition; 

and 

3. QPS must continue to meet the 

requirements for recognition, including 

all previously published conditions on 

QPS’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 QPS 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. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on December 

19, 2024. 

James S. Frederick, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. 2024–31245 Filed 12–27–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2007–0042] 

TUV Rheinland of North America, Inc.: 

Application for Expansion of 

Recognition 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA 

announces the application of TUV 

Rheinland of North America, Inc., for 

expansion of the scope of recognition as 

a Nationally Recognized Testing 

Laboratory (NRTL) and presents the 

agency’s preliminary finding to grant 

the application. 

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 

January 14, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted as follows: 

Electronically: You may submit 

comments, including attachments, 

electronically at http://

www.regulations.gov, the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency’s name and the 

docket number for this rulemaking 

(Docket No. OSHA–2007–0042). All 

comments, including any personal 

information you provide, are placed in 


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the public docket without change and 

may be made available online at https:// 

www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA 

cautions commenters about submitting 

information they do not want made 

available to the public, or submitting 

materials that contain personal 

information (either about themselves or 

others), such as Social Security numbers 

and birthdates. 

Docket: To read or download 

comments or other material in the 

docket, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Documents in the 

docket (including this Federal Register 

notice) 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 

through the OSHA Docket Office. 

Contact the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 

693–2350 (TTY (877) 889–5627) for 

assistance in locating docket 

submissions. 

Extension of comment period: Submit 

requests for an extension of the 

comment period on or before January 

14, 2025 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, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW, Room N–3653, 

Washington, DC 20210, or 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, 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) 693–1911 or 

email: robinson.kevin@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Notice of the Application for 

Expansion 

OSHA is providing notice that TUV 

Rheinland of North America, Inc. 

(TUVRNA), is applying for an expansion 

of current recognition as a NRTL. 

TUVRNA requests the addition of one 

test site 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, as well 

as for an 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 currently has ten facilities 

(sites) recognized by OSHA for product 

testing and certification, with the 

headquarters located at: TUV Rheinland 

of North America, Inc., 295 Foster 

Street, Suite 100, Littleton, 

Massachusetts 01460. A complete list of 

TUVRNA sites recognized by OSHA is 

available at https://www.osha.gov/ 

nationally-recognized-testinglaboratory-program/tuv. 

II. General Background on the 

Application 

TUVRNA submitted an application, 

dated November 16, 2020 (OSHA–2007– 

0042–0081), to expand recognition as a 

NRTL to include one additional testing 

site located at: TUV Rheinland Taiwan 

Ltd. Taoyuan Testing Laboratories, 4F– 

1. No. 38, Huaya 1st Road Guishan 

District, Taoyuan City 333, Taiwan, 

R.O.C. OSHA staff performed a detailed 

analysis of the application packet and 

reviewed other pertinent information. 

OSHA performed an on-site review of 

TUVRNA’s Taoyuan facility on May 1– 

6, 2024, in which assessors found some 

nonconformances with the requirements 

of 29 CFR 1910.7. TUVRNA has 

addressed these issues sufficiently, and 

OSHA staff has preliminarily 

determined that OSHA should grant the 

application. 

III. Preliminary Finding on the 

Application 

TUVRNA submitted an acceptable 

application for expansion of the scope 

of recognition. OSHA’s review of the 

application files and pertinent 

documentation preliminarily indicates 

that TUVRNA can meet the 

requirements prescribed by 29 CFR 

1910.7 for expanding its recognition to 

include one additional test site for 

NRTL testing and certification. This 

preliminary finding does not constitute 

an interim or temporary approval of 

TUVRNA’s application. 

OSHA seeks public comment on this 

preliminary determination. 

IV. Public Participation 

OSHA welcomes public comment as 

to whether TUVRNA meets the 

requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for 

expansion of 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 by the due date for comments. 

OSHA will limit any extension to 10 

days unless the requester justifies a 

longer time period. OSHA may deny a 

request for an extension if it is not 

adequately justified. 

To review copies of the exhibits 

identified in this notice, as well as 

comments submitted to the docket, 

contact the Docket Office, Occupational 

Safety and Health Administration, U.S. 

Department of Labor. These materials 

also are generally available online at 

https://www.regulations.gov under 

Docket No. OSHA–2007–0042 (for 

further information, see the ‘‘Docket’’ 

heading in the section of this notice 

titled ADDRESSES). 

OSHA staff will review all comments 

to the docket submitted in a timely 

manner. After addressing the issues 

raised by these comments, staff will 

make a recommendation to the Assistant 

Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health on whether to grant 

TUVRNA’s application for expansion of 

the scope of recognition. The Assistant 

Secretary will make the final decision 

on granting the application. In making 

this decision, the Assistant Secretary 

may undertake other proceedings 

prescribed in appendix A to 29 CFR 

1910.7. 


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1 89 FR 75590 (September 16, 2024). 

OSHA will publish a public notice of 

the final decision in the Federal 

Register. 

V. 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; Sept. 18, 2020), 

and 29 CFR 1910.7. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on December 

20, 2024. 

James S. Frederick, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

NATIONAL CREDIT UNION 

ADMINISTRATION 

Revision of Agency Information 

Collection of a Previously Approved 

Collection; Request for Comments 

AGENCY: National Credit Union 

Administration (NCUA). 

ACTION: Notice of submission to the 

Office of Management and Budget. 

SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the National 

Credit Union Administration (NCUA) is 

submitting the following revision of 

currently approved collection to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for renewal. The revisions are 

proposed to take effect with the March 

31, 2025, report date. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before January 29, 2025 

to be assured consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit written 

comments on the information collection 

by any of the following methods 

identified by the OMB Control Number 

3133–0004 or by Document Number 

(Please send comments by one method 

only): 

Federal Register Portal: https://

www.federalregister.gov Find this 

information collection by searching for 

‘‘National Credit Union 

Administration’’, then selecting ‘‘Past 90 

days’’, and scrolling through the list of 

documents. 

Regulations.gov: https://

www.regulations.gov/search?filter=ncua 

Find this information collection by 

scrolling through the search results and 

looking for Call Report Form 2025–Q1. 

Rulemakings and Proposals for 

Comment: https://ncua.gov/regulationsupervision/rulemakings-proposalscomment NCUA will post a link to the 

regulations.gov web page where you can 

submit a comment by selecting 

Comment. 

Mail: 1775 Duke Street, Suite 5067, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22314. 

Fax: 703–519–8161. 

Email: PRAComments@NCUA.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Copies of the submission may be 

obtained by contacting Dacia Rogers at 

(703) 518–6547, emailing 

PRAComments@ncua.gov, or viewing 

the entire information collection request 

at www.reginfo.gov. Enhanced content is 

also available from the Notice on the 

Federal Register website. 

(www.federalregister.gov). In addition, 

copies of the NCUA Form 5300, Call 

Report Form and Instructions can be 

obtained at the NCUA’s website (https:// 

ncua.gov/regulation-supervision/ 

regulatory-reporting/cuonline). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Number: 3133–0004. 

Title: NCUA Call Report. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: Sections 106 and 202 of the 

Federal Credit Union Act require 

federally insured credit unions to 

submit financial reports to the NCUA. 

Section 741.5 of the NCUA regulations 

describes the method federally insured 

credit unions must use to submit this 

information to NCUA. Specifically, 

credit unions use NCUA Form 5300, 

Call Report to file quarterly financial 

and statistical data through NCUA’s 

online portal, CUOnline. This financial 

and statistical information is essential to 

NCUA’s supervision of federal credit 

unions and the data gathered through 

the Form 5300, Call Report facilitates 

NCUA’s monitoring of other credit 

unions with share accounts insured by 

the National Credit Union Share 

Insurance Fund (Share Insurance Fund). 

Form 5300 Credit Union Call Report— 

Proposed Changes and Comments 

Received 

In the September 16, 2024, notice, the 

NCUA proposed revisions to the Form 

5300, Call Report including revisions to 

Schedule A, Section 4; Schedule C, 

Section 4; Schedule D, Section 2; and 

Schedule D, Section 3.1 The comment 

period for the September 2024 notice 

ended on November 15, 2024. The 

NCUA received 20 comment letters, 2 of 

which did not apply to the actual 

information collection. 

Schedule A, Section 4 

The NCUA proposed two additional 

accounts for credit unions to report the 

year-to-date number and amount of 

loans granted to credit union officials 

and senior executive staff. Four 

commenters objected to reporting the 

year-to-date number and amount of 

loans granted to credit union officials 

and senior executive staff because the 

information is included in the Items 

Needed List for an examination. These 

commenters did not see the benefit of 

providing this information quarterly. 

After considering these comments, the 

NCUA will not proceed with the 

proposed changes. 

The NCUA proposed to remove two 

accounts for credit unions to report 

information related to Purchased Credit 

Impaired Loans. No comments were 

received related to removing these 

accounts. 

Schedule C, Section 4 

The NCUA proposed to remove three 

accounts where credit unions 

previously reported information related 

to FRB Paycheck Protection Program 

Lending Facility loans. No comments 

were received related to removing these 

accounts. 

The NCUA also proposed to add an 

account for credit unions to report 

assets pledged to secure deposits, other 

funding arrangements, and other 

counterparty requirements. No 

comments were received related to 

adding this account. 

Schedule D, Section 2 

The NCUA proposed adding or 

changing accounts on Schedule D, 

Section 2 as noted in the September 16, 

2024, Federal Register Notice. One 

commenter objected to adding the 

accounts related to non-member term 

deposits because this information is 

already reported in the same section. 

Reporting these deposits in Items 15 and 

16 assists the NCUA in monitoring 

compliance with NCUA regulations 

§ 701.32(b). The NCUA will proceed 

with the proposed change. 

Schedule D, Section 3 

The NCUA proposed adding three 

accounts for credit unions to report the 

maturity distribution of total uninsured 

shares and deposits. Ten commenters 

indicated that the instructions needed 

more detail to enable credit unions to 

determine how to report the maturity 

distribution. The NCUA revised the 

proposed instructions for Schedule D, 

Section 3. The proposed instruction 

changes indicate credit unions should 

assume the longest maturity term shares 

are insured first. 


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