Document ID: OSHA-2007-0083-0058
Agency: osha
Document Type: Notice
Title: Applied Research Laboratories of South Florida, LLC; Voluntary Termination of Recognition as a
Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory
Posted Date: 2023-08-01T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 146 (Tuesday, August 1, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 50182]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. OSHA-2007-0083]

Applied Research Laboratories of South Florida, LLC; Voluntary 
Termination of Recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing 
Laboratory

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA announces the voluntary termination of 
recognition granted to Applied Research Laboratories of South Florida, 
LLC as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL).

DATES: The voluntary termination of recognition specified by this 
notice becomes effective on August 1, 2023.

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: [email protected].
    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: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Notice of Voluntary Termination of Recognition as a Nationally 
Recognized Testing Laboratory

    On April 25, 2018, OSHA granted Applied Research Laboratories of 
South Florida, LLC (ARL) recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing 
Laboratory (NRTL). The NRTL Program regulation, 29 CFR 1910.7 App. A, 
provides that, ``[a]t any time, a recognized NRTL may voluntarily 
terminate its recognition, either in its entirety or with respect to 
any area covered in its recognition, by giving written notice to 
OSHA,'' that ``[t]he written notice shall state the date as of which 
the termination is to take effect, and that [t]he Assistant Secretary 
shall inform the public of any voluntary termination by Federal 
Register notice.''
    ARL notified OSHA by a letter dated April 19, 2023 (OSHA-2007-0083-
0057), that it would be closing its business effective July 31, 2023. 
In a subsequent email, dated May 25, 2023 (OSHA-2007-0038-0058), ARL 
confirmed that this letter constituted a voluntary and complete 
termination of ARL's recognition as a NRTL, effective August 1, 2023, 
as well as a voluntary withdrawal of any open NRTL scope expansions and 
NRTL renewal applications previously submitted to OSHA, also effective 
August 1, 2023.
    Therefore, pursuant to the NRTL Program regulation, OSHA is 
informing the public that ARL has voluntary terminated its recognition.

II. Authority and Signature

    James S. Frederick, 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 Section 29 U.S.C. 657(g)(2), 
Secretary of Labor's Order No. 8-2020 (85 FR 58393, Sept. 18, 2020), 
and 29 CFR 1910.7.

    Signed at Washington, DC, on July 24, 2023.
James S. Frederick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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