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Federal Register :: Modifications to the Scope of NRTL Recognition
Modifications to the Scope of NRTL Recognition
A Notice by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration on 09/14/2009
74 FR 47026
47026-47029 (4 pages)
Docket Nos. OSHA-2005-022, OSHA-2006-0028, OSHA-2006-0029, OSHA-2006-0040, OSHA-2006-0042, OSHA-2007-0039, OSHA-2007-0041, OSHA-2007-0042, OSHA-2009-0025, OSHA-2009-0026, OSHA-2009-0027
E9-22004
I. Notice of Modifications
II. Summary of OSHA's NRTL Requirements
III. Withdrawn Test Standards and Replacement Test Standards
IV. Modificationsto Each NRTL's Scope of Recognition
(Docket No. OSHA-2006-0042)
Withdrawn Test Standards
Replacement Test Standards
(Docket No. OSHA-2009-0026)
Withdrawn Test Standard
(Docket No. OSHA-2007-0041)
(Docket No. OSHA-2007-0039)
(Docket No. OSHA-2006-0028)
(Docket No. OSHA-2006-0040)
(Docket No. OSHA-2009-0027)
(Docket No. OSHA-2005-022)
(Docket No. OSHA-2007-0042)
(Docket No. OSHA-2009-0025)
(Docket No. OSHA-2006-0029)
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This notice modifies the scopes of recognition of several Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories resulting from the withdrawal of test standards by standards-developing organizations.
Effective Date: The effective date of this notice is September 14, 2009.
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; phone: (202) 693-2110.
In this notice, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is modifying the scopes of recognition of several Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories (NRTLs). Specifically, one or more of the test standards that OSHA currently includes in the scopes of recognition of these NRTLs are no longer “appropriate test standards” under 29 CFR 1910.07(c) because the standards-developing organizations that wrote and published the standards withdrew the standards. Consequently, OSHA is deleting the test standards from the scope of recognition of each affected NRTL. Section IV of this notice (“Modifications to Each NRTL's Scope of Recognition”) identifies the affected NRTLs.
To substitute other test standards for the standards being removed, OSHA's policy permits NRTLs to request, or OSHA to provide, recognition for comparable test standards, i.e., other appropriate test standards covering comparable product testing. The table in Section III (“Withdrawn Test Standards and Replacement Test Standards”) identifies the test standards removed from the scopes of recognition of the affected NRTL, under the heading Start Printed Page 47027“Withdrawn Standards,” while the replacement standards for the withdrawn standards, if applicable, are provided under the heading “Replacement Standards.” As shown in this table, many of the test standards being removed have no comparable replacement standard. In these cases, if an NRTL or other party has information that a comparable replacement standard exists, it may provide this information to OSHA; if OSHA concurs, it will add the standard to the scope of recognition of the affected NRTL(s).
OSHA will incorporate the modifications specified by this notice on its informational Web page for each NRTL. This page details OSHA's official scope of recognition for the NRTL, including the standards the NRTL may use to certify products under OSHA's NRTL Program. Access to these Web pages is available through http://www.osha.gov/​dts/​otpca/​nrtl/​index.html.
OSHA recognition of any NRTL signifies that the organization meets the legal requirements in § 1910.7 of Title 29, Code of Federal Regulations (i.e., 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; recognition is not a delegation or grant of government authority. Recognition allows employers to use products certified by an NRTL to meet OSHA standards that require testing and certification.
OSHA specifies a scope of recognition for each NRTL that includes a list of product-safety test standards that the NRTL may use in testing and certifying (i.e., approving) products; NRTLs must demonstrate that the products conform to “appropriate test standards,” as defined under 29 CFR 1910.7(c). “Appropriate test standards” are consensus-based product-safety test standards developed and maintained by U.S.-based standards-developing organizations (SDOs). These test standards differ from OSHA standards in that OSHA standards are general requirements that employers must meet, while test standards specify technical safety requirements that particular types of products must meet.
Occasionally, an SDO withdraws existing test standards or adopts replacement test standards. In such cases, OSHA can no longer consider the withdrawn standards as “appropriate,” and, therefore, can no longer include these standards in the NRTLs' scopes of recognition.
The table below lists the withdrawn standards and the replacement standards identified by the SDO for the withdrawn standards, as applicable.
ANSI C37.38—Gas Insulated, Metal Enclosed Disconnecting, Interrupter and Grounding Switches None known.
ANSI C37.72—Manually Operated Dead Front, Pad-Mounted Switchgear with Load Interrupting Switches and Separable Connectors for Alternating Current System None known.
ANSI C57.12.28—Switchgear and Transformers Pad-Mounted Equipment Enclosure Integrity None known.
ANSI ICS 2—Industrial Control Devices, Controllers and Assemblies None known.
UL 3—Flexible Nonmetallic Tubing for Electric Wiring None known.
ANSI/NFPA 11A—Medium and High Expansion Foam Systems None known.
UL 45—Portable Electric Tools UL 60745-1—Hand-Held Motor-Operated Electric Tools—Safety—Part 1: General Requirements.
ANSI/NFPA 72—Installation, Maintenance, and Use of Protective Signaling Systems None known.
UL 298—Portable Electric Hand Lamps UL 153—Portable Electric Luminaires 1
UL 351—Rosettes None known.
UL 486B—Wire Connectors. UL 486A-486B—Wire Connectors.
UL 511—Porcelain Electrical Cleats, Knobs, and Tubes None known.
UL 1004A—Fire Pump Motors UL 1004-1—Rotating Electrical Machines—General Requirements 2; and UL 1004-5—Fire Pump Motors.
UL 1020—Thermal Cutoffs for Use in Electrical Appliances and Components UL 60691—Thermal-Links—Requirements and Application Guide.
UL 1207—Sewage Pumps for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations None known.
UL 1262—Laboratory Equipment UL 61010A-1 1—Electrical Equipment For Laboratory Use; Part 1: General Requirements.
UL 1585—Class 2 and Class 3 Transformers. UL 5085-1—Low Voltage Transformers—Part 1: General Requirements; and UL 5085-3—Low Voltage Transformers—Part 3: Class 2 and Class 3 Transformers.
UL 2083—Halon 1301 Recovery/Recycling Equipment None known.
UL 2125—Motor Operated Air Compressors for Use in Sprinkler Systems None known.
UL 3044—Surveillance Closed Circuit Television Equipment None known.
UL 3—Flexible Nonmetallic Tubing for Electric Wiring
UL 45—Portable Electric Tools
UL 298—Portable Electric Hand Lamps
UL 351—Electrical Rosettes
UL 486B—Wire Connectors
UL 511—Porcelain Electrical Cleats, Knobs, and Tubes
UL 1020—Thermal Cutoffs for Use in Electrical Appliances and Components
UL 1207—Sewage Pumps for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations
UL 1262—Laboratory Equipment
UL 1585—Class 2 and Class 3 Transformers
UL 2083—Halon 1301 Recovery/Recycling Equipment
UL 2125—Motor-Operated Air Compressors for Use in Sprinkler Systems (Note: The title in OSHA's web page is shown incorrectly as Vehicle Battery Adapters.)
UL 486A-486B—Wire Connectors
UL 5085-1—Low Voltage Transformers—Part 1: General Requirements
UL 5085-3—Low Voltage Transformers—Part 3: Class 2 and Class 3 Transformers
UL 60745-1—Hand-Held Motor-Operated Electric Tools—Safety—Part 1: General Requirements
UL 60691—Thermal-Links—Requirements and Application Guide
UL 3111-1—Electrical Measuring and Test Equipment, Part 1: General Requirements
ANSI ICS 2—Industrial Control Devices, Controllers and Assemblies
ANSI/NFPA 11A—Medium and High Expansion Foam Systems
ANSI/NFPA 72—Installation, Maintenance, and Use of Protective Signaling Systems
ANSI C37.38—Gas-Insulated, Metal-Enclosed Disconnecting, Interrupter and Grounding Switches
UL 2083—Halon 1301 Recovery/Recycling
UL 2125—Motor-Operated Air Compressors for Use in Sprinkler Systems
UL 3044—Surveillance Closed Circuit Television Equipment
UL 60745-1—Hand-Held Motor-Operated Electric Tools—Safety—Part 1: General
UL 60691—Thermal-Links—Requirements and Application Guide (for UL 1020)
UL 60745-1—Already in TUVAM's scope
UL 153—Portable Electric Luminaires
UL 3044—Surveillance Closed Circuit Television EquipmentStart Printed Page 47029
UL 60730-1—Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar Use; Part 1: General Requirements [3]
ANSI/IEEE C37.38—Gas-Insulated, Metal-Enclosed Disconnecting, Interrupter and Grounding Switches
ANSI C37.72—Manually-Operated Dead-Front, Pad-Mounted Switchgear with Load-Interrupting Switches and Separable Connectors for Alternating-Current System
ANSI C57.12.28—Switchgear and Transformers—Pad-Mounted Equipment—Enclosure Integrity
UL 1004A—Fire Pump Motors
UL 1004-5—Fire Pump Motors
Jordan Barab, Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, 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 No. 5-2007 (72 FR 31160), and 29 CFR Part 1911.
Signed at Washington, DC, on September 4th, 2009.
1. OSHA already includes this standard in the scopes of recognition of many NRTLs. It is listed below in section IV of this notice as a Replacement Standard only when an NRTL's scope does not now include the standard.
2. NRTLs currently recognized for UL 1004—Electric Motors may request recognition for UL 1004-1 by providing the necessary documentation that demonstrates their technical capability to perform any testing and evaluation covered in UL 1004-1 but not in UL 1004. If it determines that the NRTL has the capability, OSHA will grant the request and update the NRTL's scope of recognition.
3. Previously withdrawn— see http://www.osha.gov/​dts/​otpca/​nrtl/​stdsderecgn.html, Note “*” concerning notice published on January 6, 2003 (68 FR 579-583).
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