51006 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 169 / Friday, August 29, 2008 / Notices 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 20th day of 

August 2008. 

Linda G. Poole, 

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance. 

[FR Doc. E8–20038 Filed 8–28–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–63,618] 

Whirlpool Corporation, Fort Smith, AR; 

Notice of Termination of Investigation 

Pursuant to Section 221 of the Trade 

Act of 1974, as amended, an 

investigation was initiated on June 30, 

2008 in response to a worker petition 

filed by a state agency representative on 

behalf of workers of Whirlpool 

Corporation, Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

The petitioner has requested that the 

petition be withdrawn. Consequently, 

the investigation has been terminated. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 18th day of 

August 2008. 

Linda G. Poole, 

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance. 

[FR Doc. E8–20044 Filed 8–28–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Federal Economic Statistics Advisory 

Committee; Notice of Renewal 

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 

II, the Secretary of Labor has determined 

that reestablishment of the charter of the 

Federal Economic Statistics Advisory 

Committee (FESAC) is necessary and in 

the public interest in connection with 

the performance of duties imposed upon 

the Commissioner of Labor Statistics by 

29 U.S.C. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. This 

determination follows consultation with 

the Committee Management Secretariat, 

General Services Administration. 

Name of Committee: Federal 

Economic Statistics Advisory 

Committee. 

Purpose and Objective: The 

Committee presents advice and makes 

recommendations to the Department of 

Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics and the 

Department of Commerce, Bureau of 

Economic Analysis and Bureau of the 

Census (the Agencies) from the 

perspective of the professional 

economics and statistics community. 

The Committee examines the Agencies’

programs and provides advice on 

statistical methodology, research 

needed, and other technical matters 

related to the collection, tabulation, and 

analysis of Federal economic statistics. 

Balanced Membership Plan: The 

Committee is a technical committee that 

is balanced in terms of the professional 

expertise required. It consists of 

approximately 14 members, appointed 

by the Agencies. Its members are 

economists, statisticians, and behavioral 

scientists who are recognized for their 

attainments and objectivity in their 

respective fields. 

Duration: Continuing. 

Agency Contact: Cheryl Kerr, 202–

691–7808. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 25th day of 

August 2008. 

Philip L. Rones, 

Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Labor 

Statistics. 

[FR Doc. E8–20054 Filed 8–28–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2007–0039] 

Intertek Testing Services NA, Inc.; 

Expansion of Recognition 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration’s final decision 

expanding the recognition of Intertek 

Testing Services NA, Inc., (ITSNA) as a 

Nationally Recognized Testing 

Laboratory under 29 CFR 1910.7. 

DATES: The expansion of recognition 

becomes effective on August 29, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

MaryAnn Garrahan, Director, Office of 

Technical Programs and Coordination 

Activities, NRTL Program, Occupational 

Safety and Health Administration, U.S. 

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Room N–3655, 

Washington, DC 20210, or phone (202) 

693–2110. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Notice of Final Decision 

The Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA) hereby gives 

notice that it is expanding recognition of 

Intertek Testing Services NA, Inc., 

(ITSNA) as a Nationally Recognized 

Testing Laboratory (NRTL). ITSNA’s 

expansion covers the use of additional 

test standards. OSHA’s current scope of 

recognition for ITSNA may be found in 

the following informational Web page: 

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

its.html. 

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, employers may use 

products approved by the NRTL to meet 

OSHA standards that require testing and 

certification. 

The Agency processes applications by 

an 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 its preliminary 

finding and, in the second notice, the 

Agency provides its 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 its scope of 

recognition. These pages can be 

accessed from the Web site at http:// 

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

index.html. 

In an earlier action involving ITSNA, 

OSHA issued a Federal Register notice 

modifying its recognition, along with 

the recognition of other NRTLs, by 

replacing or deleting test standards that 

standards-developing organizations 

previously revised or withdrew (70 FR 

11273, March 8, 2005). In a subsequent 

Federal Register notice, OSHA granted 

ITSNA’s most recent application, which 

was for an expansion of recognition (68 

FR 62479, November 4, 2003). 

ITSNA submitted an application, 

dated August 25, 2005, (see Exhibit 48–

1, as cited in the preliminary notice) to 

expand its recognition to include 56 

additional test standards. One standard, 

however, is already included in 

ITSNA’s scope and another has been 

withdrawn by the standards-developing 

organization. The NRTL Program staff 

has determined that the remaining 54 

standards are ‘‘appropriate test 

standards’’ within the meaning of 29 

CFR 1910.7(c). In connection with the 

expansion, OSHA staff performed an 

onsite visit of the NRTL’s Cortland site 

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