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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, CSL 

must abide by the following conditions 

of the recognition: 

1. CSL 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 an NRTL, and provide 

details of the change(s); 

2. CSL must meet all the terms of its 

recognition and comply with all OSHA 

policies pertaining to this recognition; 

and 

3. CSL must continue to meet the 

requirements for recognition, including 

all previously published conditions on 

CSL’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 CSL, subject to the 

limitation and conditions specified 

above. 

III. Authority and Signature 

David Michaels, Ph.D., MPH, 

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. 

1–2012 (77 FR 3912, Jan. 25, 2012), and 

29 CFR 1910.7. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on December 

15, 2014. 

David Michaels, 

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2013–0030] 

International Association of Plumbing 

and Mechanical Officials EGS: Grant of 

Recognition as a Nationally 

Recognized Testing Laboratory 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA 

announces its final decision to grant 

recognition to International Association 

of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials 

EGS as a Nationally Recognized Testing 

Laboratory (NRTL). 

DATES: Recognition as an NRTL becomes 

effective on December 22, 2014. 

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, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Room N–3647, Washington, DC 20210; 

telephone: (202) 693–1999; email: 

Meilinger.francis2@dol.gov. 

General and technical information: 

Contact Mr. Kevin Robinson, Acting 

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, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Room N–3655, Washington, DC 20210; 

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. Background 

Many of OSHA’s workplace standards 

require that an NRTL test and certify 

certain types of equipment as safe for 

use in the workplace. NRTLs are 

independent laboratories that meet 

OSHA’s requirements for performing 

safety testing and certification of 

products used in the workplace. To 

obtain and retain OSHA recognition, 

NRTLs must meet the requirements in 

the NRTL Program regulations at 29 CFR 

1910.7. More specifically, to be 

recognized by OSHA, an organization 

must: (1) have the appropriate capability 

to test, evaluate, and approve products 

to assure their safe use in the workplace; 

(2) be completely independent of 

employers subject to the tested 

equipment requirements, and 

manufacturers and vendors of products 

for which OSHA requires certification; 

(3) have internal programs that ensure 

proper control of the testing and 

certification process; and (4) have 

effective reporting and complaint 

handling procedures. Recognition is an 

acknowledgement by OSHA that the 

NRTL has the capability to perform 

independent safety testing and 

certification of the specific products 

covered within the NRTL’s scope of 

recognition, and is not a delegation or 

grant of government authority. 

Recognition of an NRTL by OSHA also 

allows employers to use products 

certified by that NRTL to meet those 

OSHA standards that require product 

testing and certification. 

The Agency processes applications for 

initial recognition following 

requirements in Appendix A of 29 CFR 

1910.7. This appendix requires OSHA to 

publish two notices in the Federal 

Register in processing an application. In 

the first notice, OSHA announces the 

application, provides its preliminary 

finding, and solicits comments on its 

preliminary findings. In the second 

notice, the Agency provides its final 

decision on the application. These 

notices set forth the NRTL’s scope of 

recognition. 

II. Notice of Final Decision 

OSHA hereby gives notice of the 

Agency’s decision to grant recognition 

to International Association of Plumbing 

and Mechanical Officials EGS (IAPMO), 

as an NRTL. According to public 

information (see http://

www.iapmoegs.org/Pages/default.aspx), 

IAPMO states that it performs 

independent testing and listing for the 

pool, spa and bathtub industries. In its 

application, IAPMO lists the current 

address of its headquarters as: IAPMO 

EGS, 5001 E. Philadelphia Street, 

Ontario, California 91761. 

Each NRTL’s scope of recognition has 

three elements: (1) The type of products 

the NRTL may test, with each type 

specified by its applicable test standard; 

(2) the recognized site(s) that have the 

technical capability to perform producttesting and product-certification 

activities for the applicable test 

standards within the NRTL’s scope of 

recognition; and (3) the supplemental 

program(s) that the NRTL may use, each 

of which allows the NRTL to rely on 

other parties to perform activities 

necessary for testing and certification. 

IAPMO applied for initial recognition as 

an NRTL on April 7, 2009. In its 

application, IAPMO requested 

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site, and two supplemental programs 

(OSHA–2013–0030–0002, Exhibit 14– 

1—IAPMO Initial Application for 

Recognition). OSHA published the 

preliminary notice announcing 

IAPMO’s application for recognition in 

the Federal Register on August 29, 2014 

(79 FR 51618). The Agency requested 

comments by September 29, 2014. 

OSHA received one anonymous 

comment in response to this notice 

(OSHA–2013–0030–0003). The 

comment (OSHA–2013–0030–0003) 

asked how OSHA ensures the applicant 

maintains its technical qualifications as 

well as the financial resources necessary 

to ensure only compliant products are 

certified. OSHA’s NRTL regulations (29 

CFR 1910.7(b)(1)) require OSHA to 

verify that the applicant ‘‘has the 

capability (including proper testing 

equipment and facilities, trained staff, 

written testing procedures, and 

calibration and quality control 

programs)’’ to perform testing and 

certification activities. As part of the 

application process, OSHA reviewed 

IAPMO’s procedures and conducted an 

on-site assessment of IAPMO’s facility. 

OSHA determined that IAPMO had the 

necessary capabilities and resources to 

perform testing and certification 

activities. OSHA will conduct periodic 

on-site assessments, just as it does with 

all NRTLs, to ensure that IAPMO 

maintains the capability to perform 

testing and certification activities in 

accordance with OSHA NRTL 

regulations and policies. 

To obtain or review copies of all 

public documents pertaining to 

IAPMO’s application, go to 

www.regulations.gov or contact the 

Docket Office, Occupational Safety and 

Health Administration, U.S. Department 

of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Room N–2625, Washington, DC 20210. 

Docket No. OSHA–2013–0030 contains 

all materials in the record concerning 

IAPMO’s recognition. 

III. Final Decision and Order 

OSHA staff performed a detailed 

analysis of IAPMO’s application packet 

and reviewed other pertinent 

information. OSHA staff also performed 

a comprehensive on-site assessment of 

IAPMO’s testing facilities on February 

27–28, 2014. Based on its review of this 

evidence, OSHA finds that IAPMO 

meets the requirements of 29 CFR 

1910.7 for recognition as an NRTL, 

subject to the limitations and conditions 

listed below. OSHA, therefore, is 

proceeding with this final notice to 

grant recognition to IAPMO as an NRTL. 

The following sections set forth the 

scope of recognition included in 

IAPMO’s grant of recognition. 

A. Standards Requested for Recognition 

OSHA limits IAPMO’s scope of 

recognition to testing and certification 

of products for demonstration of 

conformance to the test standards listed 

in Table 1 below. 

TABLE 1—LIST OF APPROPRIATE TEST

STANDARDS FOR INCLUSION IN

IAPMO’S NRTL SCOPE OF RECOGNITION

Test standard Test standard title 

UL 778 ............... Motor-Operated Water 

Pumps. 

UL 1081 ............. Swimming Pool Pumps, 

Filters, and 

Chlorinators. 

UL 1431 ............. Personal Hygiene and 

Health Care Appliances. 

UL 1563 ............. Electric Spas, Equipment 

Assemblies, and Associated Equipment. 

UL 1795 ............. Hydromassage Bathtubs. 

UL 1951 ............. Electric Plumbing Accessories. 

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, an 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. 

B. Sites Requested for Recognition 

OSHA limits IAPMO’s scope of 

recognition to include the site at IAPMO 

EGS, 5001 E. Philadelphia Street, 

Ontario, California 91761. OSHA’s 

recognition of this site limits IAPMO to 

performing product testing and 

certifications only to the test standards 

for which the site has the proper 

capability and programs, and for test 

standards in IAPMO’s scope of 

recognition. This limitation is consistent 

with the recognition that OSHA grants 

to other NRTLs. 

C. Supplemental Programs 

OSHA limits IAPMO’s scope of 

recognition to include the following 

supplemental programs: 

Program 2: Acceptance of testing data 

from independent organizations, other 

than NRTLs. 

Program 9: Acceptance of services 

other than testing or evaluation 

performed by subcontractors or agents 

(for calibration services only). 

A. Conditions 

In addition to those conditions 

already required by 29 CFR 1910.7, 

IAPMO also must abide by the following 

conditions of the recognition: 

1. IAPMO 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 an NRTL, and provide 

details of the change(s); 

2. IAPMO must meet all the terms of 

its recognition and comply with all 

OSHA policies pertaining to this 

recognition; and 

3. IAPMO must continue to meet the 

requirements for recognition, including 

all previously published conditions on 

IAPMO’s scope of recognition, in all 

areas for which it has recognition. 

Pursuant to the authority in 29 CFR 

1910.7, OSHA hereby grants recognition 

to IAPMO as an NRTL, subject to the 

limitations and conditions specified 

above. 

IV. Authority and Signature 

David Michaels, Ph.D., MPH, 

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. 

1–2012 (77 FR 3912, Jan. 25, 2012), and 

29 CFR 1910.7. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on December 

15, 2014. 

David Michaels, 

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

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