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Federal Register :: Canadian Standards Association, Applications for Renewal and Expansion of Recognition
Canadian Standards Association, Applications for Renewal and Expansion of Recognition
66 FR 15281
15281-15288 (8 pages)
01-6564
General Background on the Applicant and Applications
Expansion of NRTL Recognition
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/01-6564 https://www.federalregister.gov/d/01-6564
This notice announces: (1) The application of Canadian Standards Association for renewal of its recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory under 29 CFR 1910.7, and (2) the application of Canadian Standards Association for expansion of its recognition to use additional standards and presents the Agency's preliminary finding. This preliminary finding does not constitute an interim or temporary approval of these applications.
Submit written comments concerning this notice to: Docket Office, Docket NRTL-2-92, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Room N2625, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693-2350. Commenters may transmit written comments of 10 pages or less in length by facsimile to (202) 693-1648. Submit request for extensions concerning this notice to: Office of Technical Programs and Coordination Activities, NRTL Program, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N3653, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) hereby gives notice that the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) has applied for renewal and for expansion of its current recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL). CSA's expansion request covers the use of additional test standards.
OSHA recognition of an NRTL signifies that the organization has met the legal requirements in § 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, OSHA can accept products “properly certified” by the NRTL. OSHA processes applications related to an NRTL's recognition following requirements in Appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.7. This appendix requires that the Agency publish this public notice of the preliminary finding on an application.
The most recent notices published by OSHA for CSA's recognition covered an expansion for additional standards, which OSHA announced on July 20, 1999 (64 FR 38926) and granted on November 4, 1999 (64 FR 60240). The following is a chronology of the other Federal Register notices published by OSHA concerning CSA's recognition, all of which involved an expansion of recognition for additional sites, standards, or programs: a request announced on December 10, 1993 (58 FR 64973) and granted on February 4, 1994 (59 FR 5446); a request announced on March 3, 1994 (59 FR 10173) and granted on August 9, 1994 (59 FR 40602) ; a request announced on December 8, 1994 (59 FR 63383) and granted on March 24, 1995 (60 FR 15595); and a request announced on July 12, 1996 (61 FR 36763) and granted on November 20, 1996 (61 FR 59110). The renewal will incorporate all recognitions granted to CSA through the date of publication of this preliminary finding.
CSA originated in 1919 as the Canadian Engineering Standards Association (CESA), which was changed in 1944 to the present name. In 1940, CSA began to test and certify products. CSA received its recognition as an NRTL on December 24, 1992 (see 57 FR 61452), for a period of five years ending December 24, 1997. Appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.7 stipulates that the period of recognition of an NRTL is five years and that an NRTL may renew its recognition by applying not less than nine months, nor more than one year, before the expiration date of its current recognition. CSA submitted its renewal request on March 20, 1997 (see Exhibit 26A), within the time allotted, and CSA retains its recognition pending OSHA's final decision in this renewal process.
In July 1997, CSA acquired testing facilities that OSHA had recognized for the American Gas Association on June 7, 1990 (55 FR 23312). Although OSHA was generally aware that CSA had made the acquisition, CSA did not officially inform OSHA until March 1999 as to how it wanted to treat these sites within its NRTL operations. The NRTL Program staff had withheld action on CSA's renewal request until it received this information.
CSA has submitted a request, dated June 16, 1999 (see Exhibit 26B), to Start Printed Page 15282expand its recognition as an NRTL to include 195 additional test standards. The NRTL Program staff has determined that 51 of the 195 standards are not “appropriate test standards,” within the meaning of 29 CFR 1910.7(c). The staff makes such determinations in processing expansion requests from any NRTL. Therefore, OSHA would approve 144 test standards for the expansion, which are listed below in the section on expansion.
CSA seeks renewal of its recognition for the six sites that OSHA has previously recognized. The renewal of each of these sites is limited to performing testing to the test standards for which OSHA has recognized CSA, and for which the site has the proper capability and control programs. The renewal will allow CSA to maintain its current operation as an NRTL.
CSA also seeks renewal of its recognition for testing and certification of products to demonstrate compliance to the following 416 test standards, which OSHA has previously recognized for CSA. All these standards are “appropriate,” within the meaning of 29 CFR 1910.7(c). However, some of the test standards for which OSHA currently recognizes CSA were no longer appropriate at the time of preparation of this preliminary notice, primarily because they have been withdrawn by the standards developing organization. As appropriate, OSHA has eliminated or replaced these test standards in the list shown below.
OSHA recognition of 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. As a result, the Agency's recognition of an NRTL for a test standard excludes any product(s), falling within the scope of the test standard, for which OSHA has no such requirements.
ANSI A17.5 Elevators and Escalator Electrical Equipment
ANSI C37.20.1 Metal-Enclosed Low-Voltage Power Circuit-Breaker Switchgear(1)
ANSI C37.20.2 Metal-Clad and Station-Type Cubicle Switchgear(1)
ANSI C37.20.3 Metal-Enclosed Interrupter Switchgear(1)
ANSI C37.21 Control Switchboards(1)
ANSI C37.23 Metal Enclosed Bus and Calculating Losses in Isolated-Place Bus(1)
ANSI C37.41 Design Tests for High-Voltage Fuses, Distribution Enclosed Single Pole Air Switches, Fuse Disconnecting Switches and Accessories(1)
ANSI C37.46 Specifications for Power Fuses and Fuse Disconnecting Switches(1)
ANSI C37.54 Indoor Alternating-Current High Voltage Circuit Breakers Applied as Removable Elements in Metal-Enclosed Switchgear Assemblies—Conformance Test Procedures(1)
ANSI C37.55 Metal-Clad Switchgear Assemblies—Conformance Test Procedures(1)
ANSI C37.57 Metal-Enclosed Interrupter Switchgear Assemblies—Conformance Testing(1)
ANSI C37.58 Indoor AC Medium-Voltage Switches for Use in Metal-Enclosed Switchgear—Conformance Testing Procedures(1)
ANSI C37.121 Unit Substations—Requirements(1)
ANSI C62.11 Metal Oxide Surge Arresters for AC Power Circuits(1)
ANSI Z21.5.2 Gas Clothes Dryers, Type 2, Volume II
ANSI Z21.10.3 Gas Water Heaters, Volume III Storage, With Input Ratings Above 75,000 Btu Per Hour, Circulating and Instantaneous Water Heaters
ANSI Z21.12 Draft Hoods
ANSI Z21.13 Gas-Fired Low-Pressure Steam and Hot Water Heating Boilers
ANSI Z21.15 Manually Operated Gas Valves
ANSI Z21.17 Domestic Gas Conversion Burners
ANSI Z21.18 Gas Appliance Pressure Regulators
ANSI Z21.20 Automatic Gas Ignition Systems and Components
ANSI Z21.21 Automatic Valves for Gas Appliances
ANSI Z21.22 Relief Valves and Automatic Gas Shutoff Devices for Hot Water Supply Systems
ANSI Z21.23 Gas Appliance Thermostats
ANSI Z21.35 Gas Filters on Appliances
ANSI Z21.40.1 Gas-Fired Absorption Summer Air Conditioning Appliances
ANSI Z21.47 Gas-Fired Central Furnaces
ANSI Z21.48 Gas-Fired Gravity and Fan Type Floor Furnaces
ANSI Z21.49 Gas-Fired Gravity and Fan Type Vented Wall Furnaces
ANSI Z21.56 Gas-Fired Pool Heaters
ANSI Z21.61 Gas-Fired Toilets
ANSI Z21.66 Automatic Vent Damper Devices for Use With Gas-Fired Appliances Electrically Operated
ANSI Z21.73 Portable Camp Lanterns for Use With Propane Gas
ANSI Z83.3 Gas Utilization Equipment in Large Boilers
ANSI Z83.4 Direct Gas-Fired Make-Up Air Heaters
ANSI Z83.8 Gas Unit Heaters
ANSI Z83.11 Gas Food Service Equipment—Ranges and Unit broilers
UL 1 Flexible Metal Conduit
UL 3 Flexible Nonmetallic Tubing for Electric Wiring
UL 4 Armored Cable
UL 5 Surface Metal Raceways and Fittings
UL 6 Rigid Metal Conduit
UL 13 Power-Limited Circuit Cables
UL 22 Electric Amusement Machines
UL 44 Rubber-Insulated Wires and Cables
UL 50 Electrical Cabinets and Boxes
UL 51 Power-Operated Pumps for Anhydrous Ammonia and LP-Gas
UL 65 Electric Wired Cabinets
UL 69 Electric Fence Controllers
UL 73 Electric-Motor-Operated Appliances
UL 79 Power-Operated Pumps for Petroleum Product Dispensing Systems
UL 87 Power-Operated Dispensing Devices for Petroleum Products
UL 94 Tests for Flammability of Plastic Materials for Parts in Devices and Appliances
UL 104 Elevator Door Locking Devices
UL 122 Electric Photographic Equipment
UL 125 Valves for Anhydrous Ammonia and LP-Gas (Other Than Safety Relief)
UL 132 Safety Relief Valves for Anhydrous Ammonia and LP-Gas
UL 144 Pressure Regulating Valves for LP-Gas
UL 147 LP- and MPS-Gas Torches
UL 150 Antenna Rotators
UL 183 Manufactures Wiring Systems
UL 198B Class H Fuses
UL 198C High-Interrupting-Capacity Fuses, Current Limiting Type Start Printed Page 15283
UL 198D High-Interrupting-Capacity Class K Fuses
UL 198E Class R Fuses
UL 198F Plug Fuses
UL 198G Fuse for Supplementary Overcurrent Protection
UL 198H Class T Fuses
UL 198L DC Fuses for Industrial Use
UL 198M Mine-Duty Fuses
UL 207 Nonelectrical Refrigerant Containing Components and Accessories
UL 209 Cellular Metal Floor Electrical Raceways and Fittings
UL 224 Extruded Insulating Tubing
UL 228 Door Closers-Holders, and Integral Smoke Detectors
UL 231 Electrical Power Outlets
UL 291 Automated Teller Systems
UL 294 Access Control System Units
UL 296 Oil Burners
UL 310 Electrical Quick-Connect Terminals
UL 325 Door, Drapery, Gate, Louver and Window Operators and Systems
UL 343 Pumps of Oil-Burning Appliances
UL 347 High-Voltage Industrial Control Equipment
UL 351 Electrical Rosettes
UL 355 Electric Cord Reels
UL 360 Liquid Tight Flexible Steel Conduit
UL 372 Primary Safety Controls for Gas- and Oil-Fired Appliances
UL 378 Draft Equipment
UL 399 Drinking-Water Coolers
UL 414 Electrical Meter Sockets
UL 427 Refrigerating Units
UL 430 Electric Waste Disposers
UL 448 Pumps for Fire Protection Service
UL 452 Antenna Discharge Units
UL 464 Audible Signal Appliances
UL 467 Electrical Grounding and Bonding Equipment
UL 486A Wire Connectors and Soldering Lugs for Use With Copper Conductors
UL 486B Wire Connectors for Use With Aluminum Conductors
UL 486D Insulated Wire Connectors for Use With Underground Conductors
UL 486E Equipment Wiring Terminals for Use With Aluminum and/or Copper Conductors
UL 489 Molded-Case Circuit Breakers and Circuit-Breaker Enclosures
UL 493 Thermoplastic-Insulated Underground Feeder and Branch-Circuit Cables
UL 495 Power-Operated Dispensing Devices for LP-Gas
UL 497 Protectors for Communication Circuits
UL 497A Secondary Protectors for Communication Circuits
UL 497B Protectors for Data Communication and Fire Alarm Circuits
UL 508 Electric Industrial Control Equipment
UL 508C Power Conversion Equipment
UL 510 Insulating Tape
UL 511 Porcelain Electrical Cleats, Knobs, and Tubes
UL 514A Metallic Outlet Boxes, Electrical
UL 514B Fittings for Conduit and Outlet Boxes
UL 514C Nonmetallic Outlet Boxes, Flush-Device Boxes and Covers
UL 551 Transformer-Type Arc-Welding Machines
UL 561 Floor Finishing Machines
UL 574 Electric Oil Heater
UL 603 Power Supplies for Use With Burglar-Alarm Systems
UL 621 Ice Cream Makers
UL 632 Electrically Actuated Transmitters
UL 636 Holdup Alarm Units and Systems
UL 639 Intrusion-Detection Units
UL 651 Schedule 40 and 80 Rigid PVC Conduit
UL 651A Type EB and A Rigid PVC Conduit and HDPE Conduit
UL 674 Electric Motors and Generators for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations
UL 676 Underwater Lighting Fixtures
UL 680 Emergency Vault Ventilators and Vault Ventilating Parts
UL 698 Industrial Control Equipment for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations
UL 705 Power Ventilators
UL 710 Grease Extractors for Exhaust Ducts
UL 719 Nonmetallic Sheathed Cables
UL 726 Oil-Fired Boiler Assemblies
UL 727 Oil-Fired Central Furnaces
UL 729 Oil-Fired Floor Furnaces
UL 730 Oil-Fired Wall Furnaces
UL 731 Oil-Fired Unit Heaters
UL 732 Oil-Fired Water Heaters
UL 746A Polymeric Materials—Short Term Property Evaluations
UL 746B Polymeric Materials—Long Term Property Evaluations
UL 746C Polymeric Materials—Use in Electrical Equipment Evaluations
UL 746E Polymeric Materials—Industrial Laminates, Filament Wound Tubing, Vulcanized Fibre and Materials Used in Printed Wiring Boards
UL 773 Plug-In Locking-Type Photocontrols for Use With Area Lighting
UL 773A Nonindustrial Photoelectric Switches for Lighting Control
UL 781 Portable Electric Lighting Units for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations
UL 783 Electric Flashlights and Lanterns for Use in Hazardous Locations, Class I, Groups C and D
UL 797 Electrical Metallic Tubing
UL 810 Capacitors
UL 814 Gas-Tube-Sign and Ignition Cable
UL 823 Electric Heaters for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations
UL 834 Heating, Water Supply, and Power Boilers—Electric
UL 842 Valves for Flammable Fluids Start Printed Page 15284
UL 844 Electric Lighting Fixtures for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations
UL 845 Electric Motor Control Centers
UL 858A Safety-Related Solid-State Controls for Electric Ranges
UL 864 Service Entrance Cable
UL 857 Electric Busways and Associated Fittings
UL 859 Personal Grooming Appliance
UL 863 Electric Time-Indicating and -Recording Appliances
UL 873 Electrical Temperature-Indicating and -Regulating Equipment
UL 875 Electric Dry Bath Heaters
UL 877 Circuit Breakers and Circuit-Breaker Enclosure for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations
UL 879 Electrode Receptacles for Gas-Tube Signs
UL 884 Underfloor Electrical Raceways and Fittings
UL 886 Electrical Outlet Boxes and Fittings for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations
UL 891 Dead-Front Electrical Switchboards
UL 894 Switches for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations
UL 896 Oil-Burning Stoves
UL 910 Test Method for Fire and Smoke Characteristics of Electrical and Optical-Fiber Cables
UL 913 Intrinsically Safe Apparatus and Associated Apparatus for Use in Class I, III and III, Division I, Hazardous (Classified) Locations
UL 935 Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts
UL 943 Ground-Fault Circuit Interrupters
UL 961 Hobby and Sports Equipment
UL 964 Electrically Heating Bedding
UL 982 Motor-Operated Food Preparing Machines
UL 983 Surveillance Cameras
UL 991 Tests for Safety-Related Controls Employing Solid-State Devices
UL 1002 Electrically Operated Valve for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations
UL 1008 Automatic-Transfer Switches
UL 1010 Receptacle-Plug Combinations for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations
UL 1012 Power Supplies
UL 1017 Electric Vacuum Cleaning Machines and Blower Cleaners
UL 1020 Thermal Cutoffs for Use in Electrical Appliances and Components
UL 1022 Line Isolated Monitors
UL 1026 Electric Household Cooking and Food-Serving Appliances
UL 1028 Electric Hair-Clipping and -Shaving Appliances
UL 1030 Sheathed Heater Elements
UL 1037 Antitheft Alarms and Devices
UL 1063 Machine-Tool Wires and Cables
UL 1069 Hospital Signaling and Nurse Call Equipment
UL 1072 Medium Voltage Power Cables
UL 1076 Proprietary Burglar-Alarm Units and Systems
UL 1081 Electric Swimming Pool Pumps, Filters and Chlorinators
UL 1087 Molded-Case Switches
UL 1203 Explosion-Proof and Dust-Ignition-Proof Electrical Equipment for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations
UL 1206 Electric Commercial Clothes-Washing Equipment
UL 1207 Sewage Pumps for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations
UL 1236 Electric Battery Chargers
UL 1238 Control Equipment for Use With Flammable Liquid Dispensing Devices
UL 1240 Electric Commercial Clothes-Drying Equipment
UL 1241 Junction Boxes for Swimming Pool Lighting Fixtures
UL 1242 Intermediate Metal Conduit
UL 1277 Electrical Power and Control Tray Cables With Optional Optical-Fiber Members
UL 1278 Movable and Wall—or Ceiling-Hung Electric Room
UL 1310 Direct Plug-In Transformer Units
UL 1313 Nonmetallic Safety Cans for Petroleum Products
UL 1323 Scaffold Hoists
UL 1409 Low-Voltage Video Products Without Cathode-Ray-Tube Displays
UL 1412 Fusing Resistors and Temperature-Limited Resistors for Radio-, and Television-Type Appliances
UL 1413 High-Voltage Components for Television-Type Appliances
UL 1414 Across-the-Line, Antenna-Coupling, and Line-by-Pass Capacitors for Radio- and Television-Type Appliances
UL 1416 Overcurrent and Overtemperature Protectors for Radio-and Television-Type Appliances
UL 1417 Special Fuses for Radio- and Television-Type Appliances
UL 1418 Implosion-Protected Cathode-Ray Tubes for Television-Type Appliances
UL 1424 Cables for Power-Limited Fire-Protective-Signaling Circuits
UL 1436 Outlet Circuit Testers and Similar Indicating Devices
UL 1437 Electrical Analog Instruments, Panelboard Types
UL 1441 Coated Electrical Sleeving
UL 1446 Electric Water Bed Heaters Start Printed Page 15285
UL 1453 Electric Booster and Commercial Storage Tank Water Heaters
UL 1492 Audio and Video Equipment
UL 1558 Metal Enclosed Low-Voltage Power Circuit Breaker Switchgear
UL 1559 Insect-Control Equipment, Electrocution type
UL 1561 Large General Purpose Transformers
UL 1562 Transformers, Distribution, Dry Type—Over 600 Volts
UL 1565 Wire Positioning Devices
UL 1567 Receptacles and Switches Intended for Use With Aluminum Wire
UL 1569 Metal-Clad Cables
UL 1573 Stage and Studio Lighting Units
UL 1581 Reference Standard for Electrical Wires, Cables, and Flexible Cords
UL 1604 Electrical Equipment for Use in Class I and II, Division 2 and Class III Hazardous (Classified) Locations
UL 1610 Central-Station Burglar-Alarm Units
UL 1635 Digital Burglar Alarm Communicator System Units
UL 1660 Liquid-Tight Flexible Nonmetallic Conduit
UL 1662 Electric Chain Saws
UL 1666 Standard Test for Flame Propagation Height of Electrical and Optical-Fiber Cables Installed Vertically in Shafts
UL 1676 Discharge Path Resistors
UL 1681 Wiring Device Configurations
UL 1690 Data-Processing Cable
UL 1812 Ducted Heat Recovery Ventilators
UL 1815 Nonducted Heat Recovery Ventilators
UL 1917 Solid-State Fan Speed Controls
UL 1996 Duct Heaters
UL 2097 Reference Standard for Double Insulation Systems for Use in Electronic Equipment
UL 2601-1 Medical Electrical Equipment
UL 3111-1 Electrical Measuring and Test Equipment; Part 1: General Requirements
(1) These standards are approved for equipment or materials intended for use in commercial and industrial power system applications. These standards are not approved for equipment or materials intended for use in installations that are excluded by the provisions of Subpart S in 29 CFR part 1910, in particular § 1910.302(a)(2).
Footnote “(1)” has been added for clarification and for consistency with similar standards that are included for the expansion request.
The designations and titles of the above test standards were current at the time of the preparation of this notice. Many of the Underwriters Laboratories (UL) test standards listed in this notice are approved as American National Standards by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). However, for convenience in compiling the lists, we use the designation of the standard developing organization (e.g., UL 22) for the standard, as opposed to the ANSI designation (e.g., ANSI/UL 22). Under our procedures, an NRTL recognized for an ANSI approved test standard may use either the latest proprietary version of the test standard or the latest ANSI version of that standard, regardless of whether it is currently recognized for the proprietary or ANSI version. Contact ANSI or the ANSI web site to find out whether or not a standard is currently ANSI approved.
CSA seeks continued use of the following supplemental programs and procedures, based upon the criteria detailed in the March 9, 1995 Federal Register notice (60 FR 12980, 3/9/95). This notice lists nine (9) programs and procedures (collectively, programs), eight of which an NRTL may use to control and audit, but not actually to generate, the data relied upon for product certification. An NRTL's initial recognition will always include the first or basic program, which requires that all product testing and evaluation be performed in-house by the NRTL that will certify the product. OSHA has already recognized CSA for these programs.
OSHA developed the program descriptions to limit how an NRTL may perform certain aspects of its work and to permit the activities covered under a program only when the NRTL meets certain criteria. In this sense, they are special conditions that the Agency Start Printed Page 15286places on an NRTL's recognition. OSHA does not consider these programs in determining whether an NRTL meets the requirements for recognition under 29 CFR 1910.7. However, OSHA does treat these programs as one of the three elements that defines an NRTL's scope of recognition.
CSA seeks recognition for testing and certification of products to demonstrate compliance with the following 144 test standards, and OSHA has determined the standards are appropriate, as prescribed by 29 CFR 1910.7(c). OSHA recognition of 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. As a result, the Agency's recognition of an NRTL for a test standard excludes any product(s), falling within the scope of the test standard, for which OSHA has no such requirements.
ANSI C37.09 Standard Test Procedure for AC High-Voltage Circuit Breakers Rated on a Symmetrical Current Basis (1)
ANSI C37.013 AC High-Voltage Generator Circuit Breakers Rated on a Symmetrical (1)
ANSI C37.13 Low-Voltage AC Power Circuit Breakers Used In Enclosures (1)
ANSI C37.14 Low-Voltage DC Power Circuit Breakers Used in Enclosures (1)
ANSI C37.17 Trip Devices for AC and General Purpose DC Low-Voltage Power Circuit Breakers (1)
ANSI C37.18-1979 Enclosed Field Discharge Circuit Breakers for Rotating Electric Machinery (1)
ANSI C37.29-1981 Low-Voltage AC Power Circuit Protectors Used in Enclosures (1)
ANSI C37.45 Distribution Enclosed Single-Pole Air Switches (1)
ANSI C37.47-1981 Specifications for Distribution Fuse Disconnecting Switches, Fuse Supports, and Current-Limiting Fuses (1)
ANSI C37.50 Low-Voltage AC Power Circuit Breakers Used in Enclosures—Test Procedures (1)
ANSI C37.51 Metal-Enclosed Low-Voltage AC Power Circuit-Breaker Switchgear Assemblies—Conformance Test Procedures (1)
ANSI C37.52 Low-Voltage AC Power Circuit Protectors Used in Enclosures—Test Procedures (1)
ANSI C37.53.1 High-Voltage Current Motor-Starter Fuses—Conformance Test Procedures (1)
ANSI C37.66 Oil-Filled Capacitor Switches for Alternating-Current Systems—Requirements (1)
ANSI C37.71 Three Phase, Manually Operated Subsurface Load Interrupting Switches for Alternating-Current Systems (1)
ANSI C57.13 Requirements for Instrument Transformers (1)
ANSI C57.13.2 Instrument Transformers—Conformance Test Procedures (1)
ANSI S82.02.01 Electric and Electronic Test, Measuring, Controlling, and Related Equipment: General Requirement
ANSI Z21.5.1 Gas Clothes Dryers—Type 1
ANSI Z21.10.1 Gas Water Heaters—Automatic Storage Type Water Heaters with Inputs of 70,000 Btu Per Hour or Less
ANSI Z21.40.2-1996 Gas-Fired, Work Activated Air-Conditioning and Heat Pump Appliances (Internal Combustion)
ANSI Z21.41 Quick-Disconnect Devices for Use with Gas Fuel
ANSI Z21.60 Decorative Gas Appliances for Installation in Vented Fireplaces
ANSI Z21.69 Connectors for Movable Gas Appliances
ANSI Z83.17 Direct Gas Fired Door Heaters
FMRC 3600 Electrical Equipment for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations, General Requirements
FMRC 3610 Intrinsically Safe Apparatus and Associated Apparatus for Use in Class I, II and III, Division 1 Hazardous (Classified) Locations
FMRC 3611 Electrical Equipment for Use in Class I, Division 2; Class II, Division 2; and Class III, Division 1 and 2 Hazardous Locations
FMRC 3615 Explosion proof Electrical Equipment, General Requirements
FMRC 3620 Purged and Pressurized Electrical Equipment for Hazardous (Classified) Locations
FMRC 6310 Combustible Gas Detectors
UL 5B Strut-Type Channel Raceways and Fittings
UL 96 Lightning Protection Components
UL 201 Garage Equipment
UL 252 Compressed Gas Regulators
UL 296A Waste Oil-Burning Air-Heating Appliances
UL 307A Liquid Fuel-Burning Heating Appliances for Manufactured Homes and Recreational Vehicles
UL 331 Strainers for Flammable Fluids and Anhydrous Ammonia
UL 365 Police Station Connected Burglar Alarm Units and Systems
UL 441 Gas Vents
UL 497C Protectors for Coaxial Communications Circuits
UL 536 Flexible Metallic Hose
UL 567 Pipe Connectors for Flammable and Combustible Liquids and LP-Gas
UL 569 Pigtails and Flexible Hoses
UL 634 Connectors and Switches for Use with Burglar-Alarm Systems
UL 651B Continuous Length High Density Polyethylene Conduit
UL 745-2-6 Particular Requirements for Hammers Start Printed Page 15287
UL 854 Service Entrance Cable
UL 963 Sealing, Wrapping, and Marking Equipment
UL 1363 Temporary Power Taps
UL 1425 Cables for Non-Power-Limited Fire-Alarm Circuits
UL 1434 Thermistor-Type Devices
UL 1482 Solid-Fuel Room Type Heaters
UL 1637 Home Health Care Signaling Equipment
UL 1640 Portable Power Distribution Units
UL 1653 Electrical Nonmetallic Tubing
UL 1682 Plugs, Receptacles, and Cable Connectors, of the Pin and Sleeve Type
UL1684 Reinforced Thermosetting Resin Conduit
UL 1699 Arc-Fault Circuit-Interrupters
UL 1703 Flat Plate Photo Voltaic Modules and Panels
UL 1711 Amplifiers for Fire Protective Signaling Systems
UL 1741 Static Inverters and Charge Controllers for use in Photovoltaic Power Systems
UL 1994 Low-Level Path Marking and Lighting Systems
UL 2089 Vehicle Battery Adapters
UL 2125 Vehicle Battery Adapters
UL 2200 Stationary Engine Generator Assemblies
UL 2225 Metal-Clad Cables and Cable-Sealing Fittings for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations
UL 3101-2-20 Electrical Equipment for Laboratory Use; Part 2: Laboratory Centrifuges Electrical Equipment for Laboratory Use; Part 1: General Requirements
UL 3121-1 Process Control Equipment
UL 60335-1 Safety of Household and Similar Electrical Appliances, Part 1; General Requirements
UL 60335-2-34 Household and Similar Electrical Appliances, Part 2; Particular Requirements for Motor-Compressors
UL 60730-2-10 Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Electrically-Operated Motor Starting Relays
UL 60730-2-11 Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Energy Regulators
UL 60730-2-12 Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Electrically-Operated Doors
UL 60730-2-13 Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Humidity Sensing Controls
UL 60730-2-16 Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Automatic Electrical Water Level-Operating Controls of the Float Type for Household and Similar Applications
UL 61058-1 Switch for Appliances
UL 8730-2-6 Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Automatic Electrical Pressure Sensing Controls Including Mechanical Requirements
UL 8730-2-7 Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Timers and Time Switches
UL 8730-2-9 Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Temperature Sensing Controls
UL 8730-2-14 Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Electric Actuators
(1) These standards are approved for equipment or materials intended for use in commercial and industrial power system applications. These standards are not approved for equipment or materials intended for use in installations that are excluded by the provisions of Subpart S in 29 CFR part 1910, in particular Section 1910.302(a)(2).
CSA has submitted acceptable requests for renewal and expansion of its recognition as an NRTL. In processing these requests, OSHA has performed an on-site review (evaluation) of CSA's facilities. CSA has addressed the discrepancies noted by the assessor following the review, and the assessor has included the resolution in the on-site review report (see Exhibit 27).
Following a review of the application file, the on-site review report, and other pertinent information, the NRTL Program staff has concluded that OSHA can grant to CSA: (1) The renewal for the 6 sites and the test standards and programs listed above, and (2) the expansion for the additional 144 test standards. The staff therefore recommended to the Assistant Secretary that the applications be preliminarily approved.
Based upon the recommendation of the staff, the Assistant Secretary has made a preliminary finding that the Canadian Standards Association can meet the requirements as prescribed by 29 CFR 1910.7 for the renewal and Start Printed Page 15288expansion of recognition. This preliminary finding does not constitute an interim or temporary approval of the applications for CSA.
OSHA welcomes public comments, in sufficient detail, as to whether CSA has met the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for the renewal and expansion of its recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory. Your comment should consist of pertinent written documents and exhibits. To consider it, OSHA must receive the comment at the address provided above (see ADDRESSES), no later than the last date for comments (see DATES above). Should you need more time to comment, OSHA must receive your written request for extension at the address provided above (also see ADDRESSES) no later than the last date for comments (also see DATES above). You must include your reason(s) for any request for extension. OSHA will limit an extension to 30 days, unless the requester justifies a longer period. We may deny a request for extension if it is frivolous or otherwise unwarranted You may obtain or review copies of CSA's requests, the on-site review report, and all submitted comments, as received, by contacting the Docket Office, Room N2625, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, at the above address. You should refer to Docket No. NRTL-2-92, the permanent record of public information on CSA's recognition.
The NRTL Program staff will review all timely comments and, after resolution of issues raised by these comments, will recommend whether to grant CSA's renewal and expansion requests. The Assistant Secretary will make the final decision on granting the renewal and expansion, and in making this decision, may undertake other proceedings that are prescribed in Appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.7. OSHA will publish a public notice of this final decision in the Federal Register.
Signed at Washington, D.C. this 2d day of March, 2001.
[FR Doc. 01-6564 Filed 3-15-01; 8:45 am]