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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 14 (Thursday, January 23, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8054-8055]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01571]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. OSHA-2019-0009]

DEKRA Certification Inc.: Grant of Expansion of Recognition

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA announces the final decision to expand 
the scope of recognition for DEKRA Certification Inc., as a Nationally 
Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL).

DATES: The expansion of the scope of recognition becomes effective on 
January 23, 2025.

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: [email protected].
    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) 693-2300 or email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Notice of Final Decision

    OSHA hereby gives notice of the expansion of the scope of 
recognition of DEKRA Certification Inc. (DEKRA), as a NRTL. DEKRA's 
expansion covers the addition of six test standards to the NRTL scope 
of recognition.
    OSHA's 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 product-
certification 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.

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    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 DEKRA, 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.
    DEKRA submitted an application to OSHA for expansion of the NRTL 
scope of recognition on January 5, 2023 (OSHA-2019-0009-0013), 
requesting the addition of six recognized testing standards. OSHA staff 
performed a detailed analysis of the application packet and reviewed 
other pertinent information. OSHA did not perform an on-site review 
associated with this application. OSHA staff has preliminarily 
determined that OSHA should grant the application.
    OSHA published a Federal Register notice announcing DEKRA's 
application and soliciting public comment on December 30, 2024 (89 FR 
106601). The agency requested comments by January 14, 2025, however no 
comments were received in response to this notice. OSHA is now 
proceeding with the expansion of DEKRA's NRTL scope of recognition.
    To obtain or review copies of all public documents pertaining to 
the DEKRA expansion application, go to www.regulations/gov or contact 
the Docket Office at (202) 693-2350 (TTY (877) 889-5627. Docket No. 
OSHA-2019-0009 contains all materials in the record containing DEKRA's 
recognition.

II. Final Decision and Order

    OSHA staff examined DEKRA's expansion application and examined 
other pertinent information. Based on review of this evidence, OSHA 
finds that DEKRA meets the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for expansion 
of recognition, subject to the specified limitations and conditions. 
OSHA, therefore, is proceeding with this final notice to grant 
expansion of DEKRA's scope of recognition. OSHA limits the expansion of 
DEKRA's recognition to testing and certification of products for 
demonstration of compliance to the test standards listed below in Table 
1.

  Table 1--List of Appropriate Test Standards for Inclusion in DEKRA's
                        NRTL Scope of Recognition
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            Test standard                     Test standard title
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FM 3600..............................  Electrical Equipment for Use in
                                        Hazardous (Classified)
                                        Locations, General Requirements.
FM 3610 *............................  Intrinsically Safe Apparatus and
                                        Associated Apparatus for Use in
                                        Class I, II and III, Division 1
                                        Hazardous (Classified)
                                        Locations.
FM 3611..............................  Electrical Equipment for Use in
                                        Class I, Division 2; Class II,
                                        Division 2; and Class III,
                                        Division 1 and 2 Hazardous
                                        Locations.
FM 3615 *............................  Explosion-proof Electrical
                                        Equipment, General Requirements.
FM 3810 *............................  Electrical and Electronic Test,
                                        Measuring and Process Control
                                        Equipment.
UL 857...............................  Electric Busways and Associated
                                        Fittings.
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* OSHA notes that the title to this standard in the table is taken from
  OSHA's List of Appropriate Test Standards (see https://www.osha.gov/nationally-recognized-testing-laboratory-program/list-standards). This
  title is not the same as the title currently used by the Standards
  Developing Organization that issued the test standard. OSHA intends to
  update the List of Appropriate Test Standards to reflect the currently
  used title in the near future.

A. Conditions

    In addition to those conditions already required by 29 CFR 1910.7, 
DEKRA also must abide by the following conditions of the recognition:
    1. DEKRA 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. DEKRA must meet all the terms of its recognition and comply with 
all OSHA policies pertaining to this recognition; and
    3. DEKRA must continue to meet the requirements for recognition, 
including all previously published conditions on DEKRA'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 DEKRA as a NRTL, subject to the limitations and 
conditions specified above.

III. 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 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.
Douglas L. Parker,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2025-01571 Filed 1-22-25; 8:45 am]
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