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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2006–0040] 

SGS North America, Inc.: Grant of 

Expansion of Recognition 

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 SGS North 

America, Inc., as a Nationally 

Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL). 

DATES: The expansion of the scope of 

recognition becomes effective on August 

16, 2021. 

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; telephone: (202) 693–2110; 

email: robinson.kevin@dol.gov. OSHA’s 

web page includes information about 

the NRTL Program (see http://

www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/ 

index.html). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Notice of Final Decision 

OSHA hereby gives notice of the 

expansion of the scope of recognition of 

SGS of North America, Inc. (SGS), as a 

NRTL. SGS’s expansion covers the 

addition of thirteen test standards to its 

scope of recognition. 

OSHA recognition of a NRTL signifies 

that the organization meets the 

requirements specified by 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, or for 

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 and, 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 that details the scope of 

recognition. These pages are available 

from the agency’s website at http://

www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/ 

index.html. 

SGS submitted an application, dated 

January 20, 2021 (OSHA–2006–0040– 

0064), to expand its scope of recognition 

to include the addition of thirteen test 

standards. 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 SGS’s expansion 

application in the Federal Register on 

June 15, 2021 (86 FR 31733). The agency 

requested comments by July 30, 2021, 

but it received no comments in response 

to this notice. OSHA now is proceeding 

with this final notice to grant expansion 

of SGS’s scope of recognition. 

To obtain or review copies of all 

public documents pertaining to SGS’s 

applications, go to http://

www.regulations.gov or contact the 

Docket Office, Occupational Safety and 

Health Administration, U.S. Department 

of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, 

Room N–3653, Washington, DC 20210. 

Docket No. OSHA–2006–0040 contains 

all materials in the record concerning 

SGS’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. 

II. Final Decision and Order 

OSHA staff examined SGS’s 

expansion application, the capability to 

meet the requirements of the test 

standards, and other pertinent 

information. Based on a review of this 

evidence, OSHA finds that SGS meets 

the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for 

expansion of the recognition, subject to 

the specified limitations and conditions 

listed. OSHA, therefore, is proceeding 

with this final notice to grant expansion 

of SGS’s scope of recognition. OSHA 

limits the expansion of SGS’s scope of 

recognition to testing and certification 

of products for demonstration of 

conformance to the test standard listed 

below in Table 1. 

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

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 60079–0 .................................... Explosive Atmospheres—Part 0: Equipment—General Requirements. 

UL 60079–1 .................................... Explosive Atmospheres—Part 1: Equipment Protection by Flameproof Enclosures ‘‘d’’. 

UL 60079–2 .................................... Explosive Atmospheres—Part 2: Protection by Pressurized Enclosures ‘‘p’’. 

UL 60079–5 .................................... Explosive Atmospheres—Part 5: Equipment Protection by Powder Filling ‘‘q’’. 

UL 60079–6 .................................... Explosive Atmospheres—Part 6: Equipment Protection by Oil Immersion ‘‘o’’. 

UL 60079–7 .................................... Explosive Atmospheres—Part 7: Equipment Protection by Increased Safety ‘‘e’’. 

UL 60079–11 .................................. Explosive Atmospheres—Part 11: Equipment Protection by Intrinsic Safety ‘‘i’’. 

UL 60079–15 .................................. Explosive Atmospheres—Part 15: Equipment Protection by Type of Protection ‘‘n’’. 

UL 60079–18 .................................. Explosive Atmospheres—Part 18: Equipment Protection by Encapsulation ‘‘m’’. 

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

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

Optical Radiation. 

UL 60079–31 .................................. Standard for Explosive Atmospheres—Part 31: Equipment Dust Ignition Protection Enclosure ‘‘t’’. 


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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. 

A. Conditions 

Recognition is contingent on 

continued compliance with 29 CFR 

1910.7, including, but not limited to, 

abiding by the following conditions of 

the recognition: 

1. SGS must inform OSHA as soon as 

possible, in writing, of any change of 

ownership, facilities, or key personnel, 

and of any major change in the 

operations as a NRTL, and provide 

details of the change(s); 

2. SGS must meet all the terms of the 

recognition and comply with all OSHA 

policies pertaining to this recognition; 

and 

3. SGS must continue to meet the 

requirements for recognition, including 

all previously published conditions on 

SGS’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 SGS, subject to the 

limitation and conditions specified 

above. 

III. Authority and Signature 

James S. Frederick, Acting 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, September 18, 2020), and 

29 CFR 1910.7. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on August 6, 

2021. 

James S. Frederick, 

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17437 Filed 8–13–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS 

ADMINISTRATION 

[NARA–21–0011; NARA–2021–041] 

Records Schedules; Availability and 

Request for Comments 

AGENCY: National Archives and Records 

Administration (NARA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability of 

proposed records schedules; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The National Archives and 

Records Administration (NARA) 

publishes notice of certain Federal 

agency requests for records disposition 

authority (records schedules). We 

publish notice in the Federal Register 

and on regulations.gov for records 

schedules in which agencies propose to 

dispose of records they no longer need 

to conduct agency business. We invite 

public comments on such records 

schedules. 

DATES: NARA must receive comments 

by September 30, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by the following method. You must cite 

the control number, which appears on 

the records schedule in parentheses 

after the name of the agency that 

submitted the schedule. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Due to COVID–19 building closures, 

we are currently temporarily not 

accepting comments by mail. However, 

if you are unable to comment via 

regulations.gov, you may contact 

request.schedule@nara.gov for 

instructions on submitting your 

comment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kimberly Keravuori, Regulatory and 

External Policy Program Manager, by 

email at regulation_comments@

nara.gov. For information about records 

schedules, contact Records Management 

Operations by email at 

request.schedule@nara.gov, by mail at 

the address above, or by phone at 301– 

837–1799. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Comment Procedures 

We are publishing notice of records 

schedules in which agencies propose to 

dispose of records they no longer need 

to conduct agency business. We invite 

public comments on these records 

schedules, as required by 44 U.S.C. 

3303a(a), and list the schedules at the 

end of this notice by agency and 

subdivision requesting disposition 

authority. 

In addition, this notice lists the 

organizational unit(s) accumulating the 

records or states that the schedule has 

agency-wide applicability. It also 

provides the control number assigned to 

each schedule, which you will need if 

you submit comments on that schedule. 

We have uploaded the records 

schedules and accompanying appraisal 

memoranda to the regulations.gov 

docket for this notice as ‘‘other’’ 

documents. Each records schedule 

contains a full description of the records 

at the file unit level as well as their 

proposed disposition. The appraisal 

memorandum for the schedule includes 

information about the records. 

We will post comments, including 

any personal information and 

attachments, to the public docket 

unchanged. Because comments are 

public, you are responsible for ensuring 

that you do not include any confidential 

or other information that you or a third 

party may not wish to be publicly 

posted. If you want to submit a 

comment with confidential information 

or cannot otherwise use the 

regulations.gov portal, you may contact 

request.schedule@nara.gov for 

instructions on submitting your 

comment. 

We will consider all comments 

submitted by the posted deadline and 

consult as needed with the Federal 

agency seeking the disposition 

authority. After considering comments, 

we will post on regulations.gov a 

‘‘Consolidated Reply’’ summarizing the 

comments, responding to them, and 

noting any changes we have made to the 

proposed records schedule. We will 

then send the schedule for final 

approval by the Archivist of the United 

States. You may elect at regulations.gov 

to receive updates on the docket, 

including an alert when we post the 

Consolidated Reply, whether or not you 

submit a comment. If you have a 

question, you can submit it as a 

comment, and can also submit any 

concerns or comments you would have 

to a possible response to the question. 

We will address these items in 

consolidated replies along with any 

other comments submitted on that 

schedule. 

We will post schedules on our 

website in the Records Control Schedule 

(RCS) Repository, at https://

www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/rcs, 

after the Archivist approves them. The 

RCS contains all schedules approved 

since 1973. 

Background 

Each year, Federal agencies create 

billions of records. To control this 

accumulation, agency records managers 

prepare schedules proposing retention 

periods for records and submit these 

schedules for NARA’s approval. Once 

approved by NARA, records schedules 

provide mandatory instructions on what 

happens to records when no longer 

needed for current Government 

business. The records schedules 

authorize agencies to preserve records of 

continuing value in the National 


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