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evidence, OSHA finds that TUVRNA 

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 TUVRNA’s scope of recognition. 

OSHA limits the expansion of 

TUVRNA’s recognition to testing and 

certification of products for 

demonstration of conformance to the 

test standard listed in Table 1 below. 

TABLE 1—LIST OF APPROPRIATE TEST

STANDARD FOR INCLUSION IN

TUVRNA’S NRTL SCOPE OF RECOGNITION

Test 

standard Test standard title 

UL 2108 ... Standard for Low Voltage Lighting Systems. 

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, a NRTL’s scope 

of recognition does not include these 

products. 

The American National Standards 

Institute (ANSI) may approve the test 

standard listed above as an American 

National Standard. 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, 

TUVRNA must abide by the following 

conditions of the recognition: 

1. TUVRNA 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 a NRTL, and provide 

details of the change(s); 

2. TUVRNA must meet all the terms 

of its recognition and comply with all 

OSHA policies pertaining to this 

recognition; and 

3. TUVRNA must continue to meet 

the requirements for recognition, 

including all previously published 

conditions on TUVRNA’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 TUVRNA, subject to 

the limitation and conditions specified 

above. 

III. Authority and Signature 

Loren Sweatt, Deputy 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 September 

22, 2017. 

Loren Sweatt, 

Deputy 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 

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 

International Association of Plumbing 

and Mechanical Officials EGS as a 

Nationally Recognized Testing 

Laboratory (NRTL). 

DATES: The expansion of the scope of 

recognition takes place on October 2, 

2017. 

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, telephone: (202) 693–1999; 

email: meilinger.francis2@dol.gov. 

General and technical information: 

Contact Mr. Kevin Robinson, 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, 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 

International Association of Plumbing 

and Mechanical Officials EGS (IAPMO) 

as a NRTL. IAPMO’s expansion covers 

the addition of four test standards to its 

scope of recognition. 

OSHA recognition of a 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 

a 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. 

IAPMO submitted an application, 

dated January 12, 2016, (OSHA–2013– 

0030–0006) to expand its recognition to 

include eight additional test standards. 

OSHA staff performed a comparability 

analysis and reviewed other pertinent 

information. OSHA staff performed an 

on-site review of IAPMO’s testing 

facility on March 1–2, 2016, in relation 

to this application, in which assessors 

found some nonconformances with the 

requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7. IAPMO 

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OSHA staff determined that OSHA 

should grant the application to expand 

IAPMO’s NRTL recognition to include 

four of the eight requested standards. 

OSHA published the preliminary 

notice announcing IAPMO’s expansion 

application in the Federal Register on 

March 15, 2017 (82 FR 13868). The 

Agency requested comments by March 

30, 2017, and received three comments 

in response to this notice. One comment 

supported IAPMO’s expansion 

application (OSHA–2013–0030–0010), 

while the other two (OSHA–2013–0030– 

0008 and OSHA–2013–0030–0009) were 

not specifically related to it, but rather 

questioned the funding and oversight of 

the NRTL Program more generally. 

Because the comments were 

anonymous, the Agency could not 

respond directly to the commenters. 

However, the Agency reiterates that its 

NRTL procedures are governed by 29 

CFR 1910.7 and notes that these 

procedures serve simply to protect 

workers under the OSH Act by allowing 

NRTLs to certify that a particular 

product complies with the requirements 

of one or more appropriate product 

safety test standards. OSHA now is 

proceeding with this final notice to 

grant expansion of IAPMO’s scope of 

recognition. 

To obtain or review copies of all 

public documents pertaining to 

IAPMO’s application, go to: http://

www.regulations.gov or contact the 

Docket Office, Occupational Safety and 

Health Administration, U.S. Department 

of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Room N–3653, Washington, DC 20210. 

Docket No. OSHA–2013–0030 contains 

all materials in the record concerning 

IAPMO’s recognition. 

II. Final Decision and Order 

OSHA staff examined IAPMO’s 

expansion application, its capability to 

meet the requirements of the test 

standards, and other pertinent 

information. Based on its review of this 

evidence, OSHA finds that IAPMO 

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 IAPMO’s scope of recognition. 

OSHA limits the expansion of IAPMO’s 

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 875 ......................................................................... Standard for Electric Dry-Bath Heaters. 

UL 979 ......................................................................... Standard for Water Treatment Appliances. 

UL 1241 ....................................................................... Standard for Junction Boxes for Swimming Pool Luminaires. 

UL 1261 ....................................................................... Standard for Electric Water Heaters for Pools and Tubs. 

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, a 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, OSHA 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, 

IAPMO 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 a 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 expands the scope 

of recognition of IAPMO, subject to the 

limitation and conditions specified 

above. 

III. Authority and Signature 

Loren Sweatt, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health, 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 September 

25, 2017. 

Loren Sweatt, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2014–0021] 

General Working Conditions in 

Shipyard Employment; Extension of 

the Office of Management and 

Budget’s (OMB) Approval of 

Information Collection (Paperwork) 

Requirements 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Request for public comments. 

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public 

comments concerning its proposal to 

extend the Office of Management and 

Budget’s (OMB) approval of the 

information collection requirements 

specified in its General Working 

Conditions in Shipyard Employment 

Standards. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

(postmarked, sent or received) by 

December 1, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: 

Electronically: You may submit 

comments and attachments 

electronically at http://

www.regulations.gov, which is the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the 

instructions online for submitting 

comments. 


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