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Labor, 200 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC directed the 

preparation of this notice. This notice is 

issued under the authority specified by 

Section 6(d) of the Occupational Safety 

and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 655), 

Secretary of Labor’s Order No. 5–2007 

(72 FR 31160), and 29 CFR part 1905. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on January 15, 

2009. 

Thomas M. Stohler, 

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. E9–1291 Filed 1–22–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2006–0048] 

NSF International; 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 NSF 

International (NSF) as a Nationally 

Recognized Testing Laboratory under 29 

CFR 1910.7. 

DATES: The expansion of recognition 

becomes effective on January 23, 2009. 

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 of the expansion of recognition of 

NSF International (NSF), as a Nationally 

Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL). 

NSF’s expansion covers the use of 

additional test standards. OSHA’s 

current scope of recognition for NSF 

may be found in the following 

informational Web page: http:// 

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

maintain an informational Web page for 

each NRTL that details its scope of 

recognition. These pages can be 

accessed from our Web site at http:// 

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

index.html. 

In an earlier action involving NSF, 

OSHA issued a Federal Register notice 

to grant NSF’s previous application, 

which was for an expansion of 

recognition (71 FR 70431, December 4, 

2006). 

NSF submitted another application, 

dated October 23, 2007 (see Exhibit 18– 

1, as cited in the preliminary notice), to 

expand its recognition to include one 

additional test standard. The NRTL 

Program staff determined that the 

standard was an ‘‘appropriate test 

standard’’ within the meaning of 29 CFR 

1910.7(c). In connection with this 

request, OSHA did not perform an onsite review of NSF’s NRTL testing 

facilities. However, NRTL Program 

assessment staff reviewed information 

pertinent to the request and 

recommended that NSF’s recognition be 

expanded to include the additional test 

standard listed below (see Exhibit 18–2, 

as cited in the preliminary notice). 

Therefore, OSHA is approving this one 

test standard for the expansion. 

Based on this review, OSHA 

published a preliminary notice 

announcing the expansion application 

in the Federal Register on August 29, 

2008 (73 FR 51008). Comments were 

requested by September 15, 2008, but no 

comments were received in response to 

this notice. OSHA is now proceeding 

with this final notice to grant NSF’s 

expansion application. 

You may obtain or review copies of 

all public documents pertaining to the 

NSF application by accessing http:// 

www.regulations.gov, which is the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal, or by 

contacting 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–2006–0048 contains 

all materials in the record concerning 

NSF’s recognition. 

The current address of the NSF 

facility (site) already recognized by 

OSHA is: NSF International, 789 

Dixboro Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105. 

Final Decision and Order 

NRTL Program staff has examined the 

application, the assessor’s 

recommendation, and other pertinent 

information. Based on this examination 

and the assessor’s recommendation, 

OSHA finds that NSF meets the 

requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for 

expansion of its recognition, subject to 

the limitation and conditions listed 

below. Pursuant to the authority in 29 

CFR 1910.7, OSHA hereby expands the 

recognition of NSF, subject to this 

limitation and these conditions. 

Limitation 

OSHA limits the expansion of NSF’s 

recognition to testing and certification 

of products for demonstration of 

conformance to the following test 

standard, OSHA determined is an 

appropriate test standard within the 

meaning of 29 CFR 1910.7(c): UL 1285 

Pipe and Couplings, Polyvinyl Chloride 

(PVC), for Underground Fire Service. 

The designation and title of this test 

standard was current at the time of the 

preparation of the preliminary notice. 

OSHA’s recognition of NSF, 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. Consequently, if a test 

standard also covers any product(s) for 

which OSHA does not require such 

testing and certification, an NRTL’s 

scope of recognition does not include 

that product(s). 

The test standard listed above may be 

approved as an American National 

Standard by the American National 

Standards Institute (ANSI). However, for 

convenience, we use the designation of 

the standards-developing organization 

for the standard, as opposed to the ANSI 

designation. You may contact ANSI to 

find out whether a test standard is 

currently ANSI approved. 

Conditions 

NSF also must abide by the following 

conditions of the recognition, in 

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addition to those conditions already 

required by 29 CFR 1910.7: 

1. NSF must allow OSHA access to its 

facilities and records to ascertain 

continuing compliance with the terms 

of its recognition and to perform 

investigations, as OSHA deems 

necessary; 

2. If NSF has reason to doubt the 

efficacy of any test standard it is using 

under this program, it must promptly 

inform the test standard-developing 

organization of this concern and provide 

that organization with appropriate 

relevant information on which its 

concern is based; 

3. NSF must not engage in, or permit 

others to engage in, any 

misrepresentation of the scope or 

conditions of its recognition. As part of 

this condition, NSF agrees that it will 

allow no representation that it is either 

a recognized or an accredited Nationally 

Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) 

without clearly indicating the specific 

equipment or material to which this 

recognition applies, and also clearly 

indicating that its recognition is limited 

to certain products; 

4. NSF must inform OSHA as soon as 

possible, in writing, of any change of 

ownership, facilities, or key personnel, 

and of any major changes in its 

operations as an NRTL, including 

details of these changes; 

5. NSF will meet all the terms of its 

recognition and will comply with all 

OSHA policies pertaining to this 

recognition; and 

6. NSF will continue to meet the 

requirements for recognition in all areas 

where it has been recognized. 

Authority and Signature 

Thomas M. Stohler, Acting Assistant 

Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health, U.S. Department of 

Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20210, directed the 

preparation of this notice. Accordingly, 

the Agency is issuing this notice 

pursuant to Sections 6(b) and 8(g) of the 

Occupational Safety and Health Act of 

1970 (29 U.S.C. 655 and 657), Secretary 

of Labor’s Order 5–2007 (72 FR 31160), 

and 29 CFR 1911. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on January 15, 

2009. 

Thomas M. Stohler 

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. E9–1290 Filed 1–22–09; 8:45 am] 

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[NOTICE (09–009)] 

Notice of Information Collection 

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice of information collection. 

SUMMARY: The National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration, as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing information collections, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 (Pub. L.104–13, 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). 

DATES: All comments should be 

submitted within 60 calendar days from 

the date of this publication. 

ADDRESSES: All comments should be 

addressed to Dr. Walter Kit, National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration, 

Washington, DC 20546–0001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument(s) and instructions should 

be directed to Dr. Walter Kit, NASA 

Clearance Officer, NASA Headquarters, 

300 E Street SW., JE0000, Washington, 

DC 20546, (202) 358–1350, Walter.Kit1@nasa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The subject information collection 

involves the collection of data to 

support the operation of the Lewis’ 

Educational and Research Collaborative 

Internship Program (LERCIP). The 

purpose of this undergraduate and 

graduate scholarship program is to 

develop the future STEM (Science, 

Technology, Engineering and 

Mathematics) workforce in the United 

States. LERCIP is a NASA Center unique 

program that provides paid 10-week 

internships to graduating high school 

students through PhD candidates. 

II. Method of Collection 

Respondents will complete an online 

application form hosted on an LERCIP 

Web site. Applicants will be asked to 

establish a unique login and password 

on their initial visit to the Web site. The 

applicants may use the login and 

password to return to the Web site and 

complete their application in multiple 

sessions, if needed. All applicant data 

will be collected online using database 

technologies. 

III. Data 

Title: LERCIP Student Application. 

OMB Number: 2700–XXXX. 

Type of Review: New Collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

300. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 0.067 

hour. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 20 hours. 

Estimated Annual Cost for 

Respondents: $0.00. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (1) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of NASA, including 

whether the information collected has 

practical utility; (2) the accuracy of 

NASA’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including automated 

collection techniques or the use of other 

forms of information technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection. 

They will also become a matter of 

public record. 

Dr. Walter Kit, 

NASA Clearance Officer. 

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[Notice 09–008] 

Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive 

License 

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to grant 

exclusive license. 

SUMMARY: This notice is issued in 

accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 

37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i). NASA hereby 

gives notice of its intent to grant an 

exclusive license in the United States to 

practice the inventions described and 

claimed in U.S. Patent Application 

Serial No. 11/543,284 ‘‘Fiber Optic 

Liquid Mass Flow Sensor and Method’’ 

to Triad Technologies, Inc., having its 

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