[Federal Register: March 7, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 44)][Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2006-0042]
Canadian Standards Association; Expansion of Recognition
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration's final decision expanding the recognition of the
Canadian Standards Association (CSA) as a Nationally Recognized Testing
Laboratory under 29 CFR 1910.7.
DATES: The expansion of recognition becomes effective on March 7, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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,
or phone (202) 693-2110.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Notice of Final Decision
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) hereby
gives notice of the expansion of recognition of the Canadian Standards
Association (CSA) as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL).
CSA's expansion covers the use of additional test standards. OSHA's
current scope of recognition for CSA may be found in the following
informational Web page: http://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/csa.html.
OSHA recognition of an NRTL signifies that the organization has met
the legal requirements in Section 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, employers may use products properly approved by the NRTL
to meet OSHA standards that require testing and certification.
The Agency processes applications by an 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. We maintain an informational Web page for
each NRTL that details its scope of recognition. These pages can be
accessed from our Web site at http://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/index.html.
CSA submitted an application, dated July 5, 2005, (see Exhibit 34-
1) to expand its recognition to include 12 additional test standards.
The NRTL Program staff determined that nine of these standards are
"appropriate test standards" within the meaning of 29 CFR 1910.7(c).
However, one of these standards was already included in CSA's scope.
Therefore, OSHA is approving eight test standards for the expansion. In
connection with this request, OSHA did not perform an on-site review of
CSA's NRTL testing facilities. However, NRTL Program assessment staff
reviewed information pertinent to the request and recommended expansion
for the eight additional test standards (see Exhibit 34-2).
The preliminary notice announcing the expansion application was
published in the Federal Register on October 6, 2006 (71 FR 59129).
Comments were requested by October 23, 2006, but no comments were
received in response to this notice. OSHA is now proceeding with this
final notice to grant CSA's expansion application.
The most recent application processed by OSHA specifically related
to CSA's recognition granted an expansion, and the final notice for
this expansion was published on August 26, 2003 (68 FR 51303).
You may obtain or review copies of all public documents pertaining
to the CSA application by contacting the Docket Office, Occupational
Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Room N-2625, Washington, DC 20210. Docket No.
OSHA-2006-0042 (formerly NRTL2-92) contains all materials in the record
concerning CSA's recognition.
The current addresses of the CSA facilities already recognized by
OSHA are:
Canadian Standards Association, 178 Rexdale Boulevard (Toronto),
Etobicoke, ON M9W 1R3, Canada;
CSA International, Pointe-Claire (Montreal), 865 Ellingham Street,
Pointe-Claire, PQ H9R 5E8, Canada;
CSA International, Richmond (Vancouver), 13799 Commerce Parkway,
Richmond, BC V6V 2N9, Canada;
CSA International, Edmonton, 1707-94th Street, Edmonton, AB T6N
1E6, Canada;
CSA International, Irvine, 2805 Barranca Parkway, Irvine, CA 92606;
and
CSA International, Cleveland, 8501 East Pleasant Valley Road,
Cleveland, OH 44131.
Final Decision and Order
NRTL Program staff has examined the application, the assessor's
recommendation, and other pertinent information. Based upon this
examination and the assessor's recommendation, OSHA finds that CSA has
met the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for expansion of its recognition,
subject to the limitation and conditions listed below. Pursuant to the
authority in 29 CFR 1910.7, OSHA hereby expands the recognition of CSA,
subject to this limitation and these conditions.
Limitation
OSHA limits the expansion of CSA's recognition to testing and
certification of products for demonstration of conformance to the
following test standards, each of which OSHA has determined is an
appropriate test standard, within the meaning of 29 CFR 1910.7(c):
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UL 568.................................... Nonmetallic Cable Tray
Systems.
FM 3810................................... Electrical and Electronic
Test, Measuring, and
Process Control Equipment.
UL 61010A-2-010........................... Electrical Equipment for
Laboratory Use; Part 2:
Particular Requirements for
Laboratory Equipment for
the Heating of Materials.
UL 61010A-2-041........................... Electrical Equipment for
Laboratory Use; Part 2:
Particular Requirements for
Autoclaves Using Steam for
the Treatment of Medical
Materials and for
Laboratory Processes.
UL 61010A-2-042........................... Electrical Equipment for
Laboratory Use; Part 2:
Particular Requirements for
Autoclaves and Sterilizers
Using Toxic Gas for the
Treatment of Medical
Materials, and for
Laboratory Processes.
UL 61010A-2-051........................... Electrical Equipment for
Laboratory Use; Part 2:
Particular Requirements for
Laboratory Equipment for
Mixing and Stirring.
UL 61010A-2-061........................... Electrical Equipment for
Laboratory Use; Part 2:
Particular Requirements for
Laboratory Atomic
Spectrometers with Thermal
Atomization and Ionization.
UL 61010B-2-031........................... Electrical Equipment for
Measurement, Control, and
Laboratory Use; Part 2:
Particular Requirements for
Hand-Held Probe Assemblies
for Electrical Measurement
and Test.
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The designations and titles of the above test standards were
current at the time of the preparation of the preliminary notice.
OSHA's recognition of CSA, or 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. Consequently, if a test standard also
covers any product(s) for which OSHA does not require such testing and
certification, an NRTL's scope of recognition does not include that
product(s).
Many UL test standards are approved as American National Standards
by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). However, for
convenience, we use the designation of the standards developing
organization for the standard as opposed to the ANSI designation. Under
our procedures, any 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. You may contact ANSI to find
out whether or not a test standard is currently ANSI-approved.
Conditions
CSA must also abide by the following conditions of the recognition,
in addition to those already required by 29 CFR 1910.7:
OSHA must be allowed access to CSA's facilities and records for
purposes of ascertaining continuing compliance with the terms of its
recognition and to investigate as OSHA deems necessary;
If CSA has reason to doubt the efficacy of any test standard it is
using under this program, it must promptly inform the test standard
developing organization of this fact and provide that organization with
appropriate relevant information upon which its concerns are based;
CSA must not engage in or permit others to engage in any
misrepresentation of the scope or conditions of its recognition. As
part of this condition, CSA agrees that it will allow no representation
that it is either a recognized or an accredited Nationally Recognized
Testing Laboratory (NRTL) without clearly indicating the specific
equipment or material to which this recognition is tied, or that its
recognition is limited to certain products;
CSA must inform OSHA as soon as possible, in writing, of any change
of ownership, facilities, or key personnel, and of any major changes in
its operations as an NRTL, including details;
CSA will meet all the terms of its recognition and will always
comply with all OSHA policies pertaining to this recognition; and
CSA will continue to meet the requirements for recognition in all
areas where it has been recognized.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 26th day of February, 2007.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. E7-3953 Filed 3-6-07; 8:45 am]
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