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whether to grant CCL’s application for 

expansion of its scope of recognition. 

The Assistant Secretary will make the 

final decision on granting the 

application. In making this decision, the 

Assistant Secretary may undertake other 

proceedings prescribed in Appendix A 

to 29 CFR 1910.7. OSHA will publish a 

public notice of its final decision in the 

Federal Register. 

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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BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2009–0026] 

Curtis-Straus LLC: Grant of Expansion 

of Recognition 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA 

announces its final decision to expand 

the scope of recognition for CurtisStraus LLC as a Nationally Recognized 

Testing Laboratory (NRTL). 

DATES: The expansion of the scope of 

recognition 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. Notice of Final Decision 

OSHA hereby gives notice of the 

expansion of the scope of recognition of 

Curtis-Straus LLC (CSL) as an NRTL. 

CSL’s expansion covers the addition of 

one test standard to its scope of 

recognition. 

OSHA recognition of an 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 its 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 

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 are available 

from the Agency’s Web site at http://

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

index.html. 

CSL submitted an application, dated 

February 12, 2014 (OSHA–2009–0026– 

0023, Exhibit 14–1—CSL Expansion 

Application for AAMI ES 60601–1), to 

expand its recognition to include one 

additional test standard. OSHA staff 

performed a comparability analysis and 

reviewed other pertinent information. 

OSHA did not perform any on-site 

reviews in relation to this application. 

OSHA published the preliminary 

notice announcing CSL’s expansion 

application in the Federal Register on 

August 29, 2014 (79 FR 51616). The 

Agency requested comments by 

September 15, 2014, but it received no 

comments in response to this notice. 

OSHA now is proceeding with this final 

notice to grant expansion of CSL’s scope 

of recognition. 

To obtain or review copies of all 

public documents pertaining to CSL’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–2009–0026 contains 

all materials in the record concerning 

CSL’s recognition. 

II. Final Decision and Order 

OSHA staff examined CSL’s 

expansion application, its capability to 

meet the requirements of the test 

standard, and other pertinent 

information. Based on its review of this 

evidence, OSHA finds that CSL meets 

the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for 

expansion of its recognition, subject to 

the limitation and conditions listed 

below. OSHA, therefore, is proceeding 

with this final notice to grant CSL’s 

scope of recognition. OSHA limits the 

expansion of CSL’s recognition to 

testing and certification of products for 

demonstration of conformance to the 

test standard listed in Table 1 below. 

TABLE 1—APPROPRIATE TEST STANDARD FOR INCLUSION IN CSL’S NRTL SCOPE OF RECOGNITION

Test standard Test standard title 

AAMI ES60601–1 ........................... Medical electrical equipment—Part 1: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance. 

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 


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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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BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

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 

recognition for six test standards, one 


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