Document ID: OSHA-2006-0041-0004
Agency: osha
Document Type: Notice
Title: Modifications of Scope of Recognition: Southwest Research Institute
Posted Date: 2013-05-30T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 104 (Thursday, May 30, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32473-32474]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-12809]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. OSHA-2006-0041]

Southwest Research Institute: Modification of Scope of 
Recognition

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA is issuing a determination deleting a 
test standard from the scope of recognition of a Nationally Recognized 
Testing Laboratory (NRTL), Southwest Research Institute, based on that 
NRTL's voluntary request that OSHA reduce its scope of recognition.

DATES: This modification of scope is effective on May 30, 2013.

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, Room N-3647, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693-
1999; email Meilinger.francis2@dol.gov.
    General and technical information: Contact David Johnson, NRTL 
Program, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Room N-3655, 
U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution

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Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-2110. OSHA's Web 
page includes information about the NRTL Program (see http://www.osha.gov and select ``N'' in the ``A to Z Index'' located at the 
top of the Web page).
    Copies of this Federal Register notice: Electronic copies of this 
Federal Register notice are available under Docket No. OSHA-2006-0041 
at http://www.regulations.gov. This Federal Register notice is also 
available on OSHA's Web page at http://www.osha.gov. Access the Federal 
Register notice on this Web page by selecting ``F'' under the ``A to Z 
Index'' at the top of the page.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Determination Regarding Southwest Research Institute

    Southwest Research Institute (SWRI) requested OSHA to delete a test 
standard, UL 60950--Information Technology Equipment (see Exhibit OSHA-
2006-0041-003), from its scope of recognition. Subsection II.D of 
Appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.7 provides that OSHA must inform the public 
of such a reduction in scope. Accordingly, OSHA hereby notifies the 
public that it is deleting UL 60950 from SWRI's scope of recognition as 
of May 30, 2013. As of May 30, 2013, OSHA will no longer accept 
certifications by SWRI that products conform to UL 60950, and OSHA will 
delete UL 60950 from SWRI's scope of recognition on the OSHA Web page.
    SWRI must notify those NRTL clients for which SWRI certified that 
products conformed to UL 60950 that SWRI's scope of recognition no 
longer includes UL 60950. SWRI's notification to each affected client 
also must inform the client that it must now obtain its product 
certification services, with respect to UL 60950, from an NRTL with a 
scope of recognition that continues to include UL 60950. SWRI's 
notification to each affected client must be in writing and received by 
the client within two weeks of the date of this Notice.

II. 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 May 23, 2013.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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