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documentation will be compiled and

published by BJS.

5. Develop measures to identify the

progress achieved in improving criminal

justice statistics in Indian Country and

tribal participation in national data

collection systems and national law

enforcement information systems. The

grantee will provide documentation in a

report to BJS on assistance provided by

the TJSAC during the course of the

project, and will monitor and report on

the number of tribes participating in

national databases and information

systems.

Award Procedures and Evaluation

Criteria

Proposals should describe the plan

and implementation strategy to

accomplish each of the activities

outlined in the Scope of Work.

Applications will be reviewed

competitively. The final selection

decision will be made by the Director of

BJS.

The applicant will be evaluated on

the basis of:

1. Knowledge of the development,

management, and implementation of

criminal justice statistics in the areas of

reported crime, arrests and dispositions,

judicial caseload and workload,

corrections, juvenile justice, and records

management systems. This should

include knowledge of issues related to

information sharing, case processing,

and data integration among local, state,

tribal, and federal criminal justice

agencies. Applicant should demonstrate

knowledge of issues related to access

and participation in national criminal

justice information systems such as, but

not limited to, the National IncidentBased Reporting System (NIBRS) and

the National Criminal Information

Center (NCIC).

2. Knowledge of tribal justice issues

and impediments to implementing highquality criminal justice statistics in

Indian Country. Applicant must

demonstrate the ability to coordinate

and facilitate cooperation among local,

state, tribal, and federal agencies in

recommending the collection and use of

statistics and technical improvements to

tribes. Applicant should demonstrate an

understanding of the historical,

political, and economic factors involved

in local, state, tribal, and federal

relations and must demonstrate the

ability (via knowledge, staff, or subcontractual agreement) to collaborate

with and involve local, regional, and/or

national Native American organizations

to ensure coordination of priorities in

Indian Country. Applicant must detail

their strategy for bringing about

cooperation among these various levels

of government and organizations.

3. Ability to generate awareness of

and access to the TJSAC by tribal justice

agencies throughout the continental

U.S. and Alaska. Applicant should

detail how they will make tribal justice

agencies aware of the TJSAC, the

services it provides, and how they can

obtain assistance.

4. Contact and experience in dealing

with local, state, tribal, and federal

representatives on issues relating to

criminal justice statistics standards, data

collection, data management, and its

practical application in Indian Country.

Applicant should demonstrate ability to

interact with relevant Federal agencies

such as the Federal Bureau of

Investigation (FBI), the Bureau of Indian

Affairs (BIA), the Department of

Justice’s Office of Tribal Justice (OTJ),

the Office of Community Oriented

Policing Services (COPS), the Violence

Against Women Office (VAWO), and the

Office of Juvenile Justice and

Delinquency and Prevention (OJJDP).

Applicant also should describe how

they will ensure coordination among

local, state, and tribal governments. This

includes key personnel working in the

area of tribal justice, in addition to other

relevant criminal justice practitioners,

policy makers, and data management

personnel.

5. Demonstrated capacity to ensure

that provided technical assistance is

coordinated with other law enforcement

and crime prevention Federal grant

resources such as the Office of

Community Oriented Policing Services

(COPS).

6. Demonstrated ability to conduct

conferences and workshops that will

promote awareness of the TJSAC and an

understanding of the relationship

between criminal justice statistics and

improved administration of tribal

justice. Applicant must demonstrate

ability to identify key representatives at

the local, state, tribal, and federal levels

that will work together to advance the

goals of this project.

7. Demonstrated fiscal, management,

staff, and organizational capability to

provide sound management for this

project.

Application and Award Process

An original and five (5) copies of the

full proposal must be submitted

including:

• Standard Form 424, Application for

Federal Assistance

• OJP Form 7150/1, Budget Detail

Worksheet

• OJP Form 4000/3, Assurances

• OJP Form 4061/6, Certification

Regarding Lobbying, Debarment,

Suspension, and Other Responsibility

Matters; Drug Free Workplace

Requirements

• OJP Form 7120–1, Accounting System

and Financial Capability

Questionnaire (to be submitted by

applicants who have not previously

received Federal funds from the

Office of Justice Programs)

These forms can be obtained online

from http://www2.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/

apply.htm.

Proposals must include a project

narrative and detailed budget. The

project narrative should describe

activities as discussed in the Scope of

Work and address the evaluation

criteria. The detailed budget must

provide detailed costs including salaries

of staff involved in the project and the

portion of those salaries to be paid from

the award, fringe benefits paid to each

staff person, travel costs, supplies

required for the project, sub-contractual

agreements, and other allowable costs.

The grant award will be made for a

period of 24 months.

Dated: April 27, 2001.

Lawrence A. Greenfeld,

Acting Director, Bureau of Justice Statistics.

[FR Doc. 01–11075 Filed 5–3–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–18–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment Standards

Administration, Wage and Hour

Division

Minimum Wages for Federal and

Federally Assisted Construction;

General Wage Determination Decisions

General wage determination decisions

of the Secretary of Labor are issued in

accordance with applicable law and are

based on the information obtained by

the Department of Labor from its study

of local wage conditions and data made

available from other sources. They

specify the basic hourly wage rates and

fringe benefits which are determined to

be prevailing for the described classes of

laborers and mechanics employed on

construction projects of a similar

character and in the localities specified

therein.

The determination in these decisions

of prevailing rates and fringe benefits

have been made in accordance with 29

CFR part 1, by authority of the Secretary

of Labor pursuant to the provisions of

the Davis-Bacon Act of March 3, 1931,

as amended (46 Stat. 1494, as amended,

40 U.S.C. 276a) and of other Federal

statutes referred to in 29 CFR part 1,

Appendix, as well as such additional

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statutes as may from time to time be

enacted containing provisions for the

payment of wages determined to be

prevailing by the Secretary of Labor in

accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act.

The prevailing rates and fringe benefits

determined in these decisions shall, in

accordance with the provisions of the

foregoing statutes, constitute the

minimum wages payable on Federal and

federally assisted construction projects

to laborers and mechanics of the

specified classes engaged on contract

work of the character and in the

localities described therein.

Good cause is hereby found for not

utilizing notice and public comment

procedure thereon prior to the issuance

of these determinations as prescribed in

5 U.S.C. 553 and not providing for delay

in the effective date as prescribed in that

section, because the necessity to issue

current construction industry wage

determinations frequently and in large

volume causes procedures to be

impractical and contrary to the public

interest.

General wage determination

decisions, and modifications and

supersede decisions thereto, contain no

expiration dates and are effective from

their date of notice in the Federal

Register, or on the date written notice

is received by the agency, whichever is

earlier. These decisions are to be used

in accordance with the provisions of 29

CFR parts 1 and 5. Accordingly, the

applicable decision, together with any

modifications issued, must be made a

part of every contract for performance of

the described work within the

geographic area indicated as required by

an applicable Federal prevailing wage

law and 29 CFR part 5. The wage rates

and fringe benefits, notice of which is

published herein, and which are

contained in the Government Printing

Office (GPO) document entitled

‘‘General Wage Determinations Issued

Under The Davis-Bacon And Related

Acts,’’ shall be the minimum paid by

contractors and subcontractors to

laborers and mechanics.

Any person, organization, or

governmental agency having an interest

in the rates determined as prevailing is

encouraged to submit wage rate and

fringe benefit information for

consideration by the Department.

Further information and selfexplanatory forms for the purpose of

submitting this data may be obtained by

writing to the U.S. Department of Labor,

Employment Standards Administration,

Wage and Hour Division, Division of

Wage Determinations, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW., room S–3014,

Washington, DC 20210.

Withdrawn General Wage

Determination Decisions

This is to advise all interested parties

that the Department of Labor is

withdrawing, from the date of this

notice, the following General Wage

Determinations:

MO010020—See MO010018

MO010044—See MO010018

MO010051—See MO010018

MO010061—See MO010018

MO010066—See MO010018

Contracts for which bids have been

opened shall not be affected by this

notice. Also, consistent with 29 CFR

1.6(c)(2)(i)(A), when the opening of bids

is less than ten (10) days from the date

of this notice, this action shall be

affected unless the agency finds that

there is insufficient time to notify

bidders of the change and the finding is

documented in the contract file.

Modification to General Wage

Determination Decisions

The number of decisions listed to the

Government Printing Office document

entitled ‘‘General Wage determinations

Issued Under the Davis-Bacon and

related Acts’’ being modified are listed

by Volume and State. Dates of

publication in the Federal Register are

in parentheses following the decisions

being modified.

Volume I

Connecticut

CT010001 (Mar. 02, 2001)

CT010003 (Mar. 02, 2001)

CT010004 (Mar. 02, 2001)

New Hampshire

NH010005 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NH010007 (Mar. 02, 2001)

New Jersey

NJ010001 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NJ010002 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NJ010003 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NJ010005 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NJ010007 (Mar. 02, 2001)

New York

NY010002 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010003 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010004 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010005 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010006 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010007 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010008 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010010 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010011 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010012 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010013 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010015 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010016 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010017 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010018 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010019 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010020 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010021 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010022 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010025 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010026 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010027 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010028 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010029 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010031 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010032 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010033 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010034 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010036 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010037 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010038 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010039 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010040 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010041 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010042 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010043 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010044 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010045 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010046 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010047 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010048 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010049 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010050 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010051 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010060 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010066 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010071 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010072 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010073 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010074 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010075 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010076 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NY010077 (Mar. 02, 2001)

Volume II

District of Columbia

DC010001 (Mar. 02, 2001)

DC010002 (Mar. 02, 2001)

DC010003 (Mar. 02, 2001)

Maryland

MD010001 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MD010002 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MD010008 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MD010009 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MD010015 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MD010016 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MD010017 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MD010023 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MD010026 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MD010031 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MD010034 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MD010036 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MD010043 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MD010046 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MD010048 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MD010055 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MD010056 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MD010057 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MD010058 (Mar. 02, 2001)

Virginia

VA010003 (Mar. 02, 2001)

VA010015 (Mar. 02, 2001)

VA010017 (Mar. 02, 2001)

VA010018 (Mar. 02, 2001)

VA010019 (Mar. 02, 2001)

VA010020 (Mar. 02, 2001)

VA010022 (Mar. 02, 2001)

VA010025 (Mar. 02, 2001)

VA010035 (Mar. 02, 2001)

VA010036 (Mar. 02, 2001)

VA010048 (Mar. 02, 2001)

VA010049 (Mar. 02, 2001)

VA010052 (Mar. 02, 2001)

VA010054 (Mar. 02, 2001)

VA010055 (Mar. 02, 2001)

VA010056 (Mar. 02, 2001)

VA010058 (Mar. 02, 2001)

VA010076 (Mar. 02, 2001)

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VA010078 (Mar. 02, 2001)

VA010079 (Mar. 02, 2001)

VA010080 (Mar. 02, 2001)

VA010081 (Mar. 02, 2001)

VA010084 (Mar. 02, 2001)

VA010085 (Mar. 02, 2001)

VA010092 (Mar. 02, 2001)

VA010099 (Mar. 02, 2001)

VA0100103 (Mar. 02, 2001)

Volume III

Alabama

AL010007 (Mar. 02, 2001)

AL010008 (Mar. 02, 2001)

AL010034 (Mar. 02, 2001)

AL010052 (Mar. 02, 2001)

Kentucky

KY010001 (Mar. 02, 2001)

KY010002 (Mar. 02, 2001)

KY010003 (Mar. 02, 2001)

KY010004 (Mar. 02, 2001)

KY010007 (Mar. 02, 2001)

KY010025 (Mar. 02, 2001)

KY010027 (Mar. 02, 2001)

KY010029 (Mar. 02, 2001)

Mississippi

MS010057 (Mar. 02, 2001)

Volume IV

Illinois

IL010001 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010002 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010003 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010004 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010005 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010007 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010008 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010010 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010011 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010012 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010013 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010014 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010015 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010016 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010017 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010020 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010023 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010025 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010026 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010028 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010031 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010034 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010035 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010036 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010038 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010039 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010040 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010041 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010042 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010044 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010047 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010048 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010049 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010052 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010054 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010055 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010056 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010058 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010059 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010060 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010062 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010063 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010064 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010065 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010067 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IL010068 (Mar. 02, 2001)

Indiana

IN010001 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IN010002 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IN010003 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IN010004 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IN010005 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IN010006 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IN010007 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IN010016 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IN010017 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IN010018 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IN010020 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IN010021 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IN010047 (Mar. 02, 2001)

IN010048 (Mar. 02, 2001)

Michigan

MI010001 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MI010002 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MI010003 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MI010004 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MI010005 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MI010007 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MI010008 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MI010010 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MI010013 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MI010015 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MI010017 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MI010019 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MI010020 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MI010026 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MI010030 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MI010031 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MI010034 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MI010035 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MI010039 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MI010040 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MI010042 (Mar. 02, 2001)

Ohio

OH010001 (Mar. 02, 2001)

OH010002 (Mar. 02, 2001)

OH010003 (Mar. 02, 2001)

OH010004 (Mar. 02, 2001)

OH010006 (Mar. 02, 2001)

OH010008 (Mar. 02, 2001)

OH010012 (Mar. 02, 2001)

OH010018 (Mar. 02, 2001)

OH010020 (Mar. 02, 2001)

OH010023 (Mar. 02, 2001)

OH010026 (Mar. 02, 2001)

OH010028 (Mar. 02, 2001)

OH010029 (Mar. 02, 2001)

Volume V

Louisiana

LA010005 (Mar. 02, 2001)

LA010009 (Mar. 02, 2001)

LA010014 (Mar. 02, 2001)

LA010015 (Mar. 02, 2001)

LA010018 (Mar. 02, 2001)

Missouri

MO010001 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MO010002 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MO010003 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MO010009 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MO010010 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MO010011 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MO010014 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MO010018 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MO010053 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MO010056 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MO010064 (Mar. 02, 2001)

New Mexico

NM010001 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NM010004 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NM010005 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NM010007 (Mar. 02, 2001)

Oklahoma

OK010014 (Mar. 02, 2001)

Volume VI

Colorado

CO010001 (Mar. 02, 2001)

CO010002 (Mar. 02, 2001)

CO010005 (Mar. 02, 2001)

CO010006 (Mar. 02, 2001)

CO010008 (Mar. 02, 2001)

CO010009 (Mar. 02, 2001)

CO010010 (Mar. 02, 2001)

CO010016 (Mar. 02, 2001)

CO010024 (Mar. 02, 2001)

North Dakota

ND010006 (Mar. 02, 2001)

ND010007 (Mar. 02, 2001)

ND010011 (Mar. 02, 2001)

ND010018 (Mar. 02, 2001)

Oregon

OR010001 (Mar. 02, 2001)

OR010017 (Mar. 02, 2001)

Washington

WA010005 (Mar. 02, 2001)

WA010008 (Mar. 02, 2001)

Volume VII

Hawaii

HI010001 (Mar. 02, 2001)

Nevada

NV010001 (Mar. 02, 2001)

NV010005 (Mar. 02, 2001)

General Wage Determination

Publication

General wage determinations issued

under the Davis-Bacon and related Acts,

including those noted above, may be

found in the Government Printing Office

(GPO) document entitled ‘‘General Wage

Determinations Issued Under The DavisBacon And Related Acts’’. This

publication is available at each of the 50

Regional Government Depository

Libraries and many of the 1,400

Government Depository Libraries across

the country.

General wage determinations issued

under the Davis-Bacon and related Acts

are available electronically at no cost on

the Government Printing Office site at

www.access.gpo.gov/davisbacon. They

are also available electronically by

subscription to the FedWorld Bulletin

Board System of the National Technical

Information Service (NTIS) of the U.S.

Department of Commerce at 1–800–363–

2068.

Hard-copy subscriptions may be

purchased from: Superintendent of

Documents, U.S. Government Printing

Office, Washington, DC 20402, (202)

512–1800.

When ordering hard-copy

subscription(s), be sure to specify the

State(s) of interest, since subscriptions

may be ordered for any or all of the six

separate volumes, arranged by State.

Subscriptions include an annual edition

(issued in January or February) which

includes all current general wage

determinations for the States covered by

Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 87 / Friday, May 4, 2001 / Notices 22605

each volume. Throughout the remainder

of the year, regular weekly updates will

be distributed to subscribers.

Signed at Washington, DC This 26 Day of

April 2001.

Carl J. Poleskey,

Chief, Branch of Construction Wage

Determinations.

[FR Doc. 01–10949 Filed 5–3–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–27–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

[Docket No. NRTL–3–93]

Factory Mutual Research Corporation;

Application for Renewal of Recognition

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

application of Factory Mutual Research

Corporation for renewal of its

recognition as a Nationally Recognized

Testing Laboratory (NRTL) under 29

CFR 1910.7, and presents the Agency’s

preliminary finding. This preliminary

finding does not constitute an interim or

temporary approval of this application.

DATES: Comments submitted by

interested parties, or any request for

extension of the time to comment, must

be received no later than May 18, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

concerning this notice to: Docket Office,

Docket NRTL–3–93, U.S. Department of

Labor, Occupational Safety and Health

Administration, Room N2625, 200

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202)

693–2350. Commenters may transmit

written comments of 10 pages or less in

length by facsimile to (202) 693–1648.

Submit request for extension of the

comment period for this notice to:

Office of Technical Programs and

Coordination Activities, NRTL Program,

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration, U.S. Department of

Labor, Room N3653, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20210.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bernard Pasquet, Office of Technical

Programs and Coordination Activities,

NRTL Program, Room N3653 at the

above address, or phone (202) 693–

2110.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice of Application

The Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA) hereby gives

notice that Factory Mutual Research

Corporation (FMRC) has applied for

renewal of its current recognition as a

Nationally Recognized Testing

Laboratory (NRTL). FMRC requests

renewal for its existing scope of

recognition. However, this scope will be

modified, as explained later in this

notice.

OSHA recognition of an NRTL

signifies that the organization has met

the legal requirements in Section 1910.7

of Title 29, Code of Federal Regulations

(29 CFR 1910.7). Recognition is an

acknowledgment that the organization

can perform independent safety testing

and certification of the specific products

covered within its scope of recognition,

and is not a delegation or grant of

government authority. As a result of

recognition, OSHA can accept products

‘‘properly certified’’ by the NRTL.

OSHA processes applications related to

an NRTL’s recognition following

requirements in Appendix A to 29 CFR

1910.7. This appendix requires that the

Agency publish this public notice of the

preliminary finding on an application.

FMRC’s scope of recognition appears

in OSHA’s informational web page for

the NRTL (http://www.osha-slc.gov/dts/

otpca/nrtl/fmrc.html). OSHA maintains

such a page for each NRTL. In general,

OSHA grants an NRTL’s scope of

recognition in Federal Register notices.

Following requirements in 29 CFR

1910.7, the Agency must publish two

such notices in processing applications

for an NRTL’s initial recognition, and

for expansions or renewal of this

recognition. In the first notice, OSHA

announces the application and provides

its preliminary finding and, in the

second notice, the Agency provides its

final decision on an application. In the

case of FMRC, and as further explained

below, OSHA has renewed the NRTL’s

recognition once before, which the

Agency announced on March 29, 1995

(60 FR 16167) and granted on August

16, 1995 (60 FR 42590). Following

renewal, OSHA granted one expansion

to FMRC, which the Agency announced

on April 16, 1999 (64 FR 18939) and

granted on August 13,1999 (64 FR

44240). The expansion covered a

recognition of additional test standards.

The current addresses of the testing

facilities (sites) that OSHA recognizes

for FMRC are: Factory Mutual Research

Corporation, 1151 Boston-Providence

Turnpike, Norwood, Massachusetts

02062; and Factory Mutual Research

Corporation, 743 Reynolds Road, West

Gloucester, Rhode Island 02814.

General Background on the Applicant

and the Application

When OSHA published its regulations

for the NRTL Program at 29 CFR 1910.7,

it temporarily recognized FMRC as a

nationally recognized testing laboratory

for a five year period from June 13,

1988, through June 13, 1993 (see

Appendix A to 1910.7). In Appendix A,

OSHA also required that FMRC apply

for renewal of its OSHA recognition at

the end of this temporary period. FMRC

did apply for the renewal, which OSHA

announced in March 1995, as noted

above. In its renewal application, FMRC

stated that it began testing products in

1886 and that its first published listings

of approved fire hose appeared in 1907.

The Agency granted FMRC’s renewal for

a period of five years ending on August

16, 2000.

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. FMRC has submitted a

request, dated November 9, 1999 (see

Exhibit 11), to renew its recognition,

within the time allotted, and retains its

recognition pending OSHA’s final

decision in this renewal process.

FMRC’s existing scope of recognition

consists of the facilities listed above,

and the test standards and supplemental

programs, listed below.

Test Standards

FMRC seeks renewal of its recognition

for testing and certification of products

to demonstrate compliance to the

following 73 test standards, all of which

OSHA has determined are appropriate

within the meaning of 29 CFR 1910.7(c).

Some of the test standards for which

OSHA currently recognizes FMRC were

no longer appropriate at the time of

preparation of this preliminary notice,

primarily because they have been

withdrawn by the standards developing

organization. OSHA has excluded these

test standards in the listing below.

However, under OSHA policy, the

NRTL may request recognition for

comparable standards. Since a number

of NRTLs are affected by such

withdrawn standards, OSHA will

publish a separate notice to make the

appropriate substitutions for FMRC and

other NRTLs that were recognized for

these standards. The Agency has

contacted these NRTLs regarding this

matter.

OSHA’s recognition of FMRC or any

NRTL for a particular test standard is

limited to equipment or materials (i.e.,

products) for which OSHA standards

require third party testing and

certification before use in the

workplace. As a result, OSHA’s

recognition of an NRTL for a test