[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 155 (Monday, August 12, 2013)][Notices][Pages 48909-48910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-19412]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2006-0040]
SGS North America, Inc. (formerly SGS U.S. Testing Company, Inc.)
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 SGS North
America, Inc., formerly SGS U.S. Testing Company, Inc., as a Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratory under 29 CFR 1910.7.
DATES: The expansion of the scope of recognition becomes effective on
August 12, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David W. Johnson, 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: email: Johnson.david.w@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Notice of Final Decision
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA or Agency)
hereby gives notice of the expansion of recognition of SGS North
America, Inc., formerly SGS U.S. Testing Company, Inc., as a Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL). SGS's expansion covers the
addition of one test site. OSHA also recognizes the removal of one test
site and 13 test standards from SGS's NRTL scope of recognition. SGS
also informed OSHA of a change in name from SGS U.S. Testing Company,
Inc., to SGS North America, Inc. (see Exhibit 1: SGS Application). This
notice reflects that change. OSHA's current scope of recognition for
SGS is available at http://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/sgs.html.
OSHA recognition of an NRTL signifies that the organization meets
the 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. OSHA maintains an informational Web page
for each NRTL that details its scope of recognition. These pages are
available from our Web site at http://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/index.html.
SGS submitted an application, dated April 19, 2012 (Exhibit 1: SGS
Application), requesting several changes to its NRTL scope of
recognition. SGS requests to expand its recognition to include one
additional test site located at 620 Old Peachtree Road, Suwanee, GA
30024. This application also requests the change of the address for
SGS's headquarters from 291 Fairfield Avenue, Fairfield, NJ 07004, to
620 Old Peachtree Road, Suwanee, GA 30024. As a consequence of this
move, SGS requests the removal of one test site, located at 291
Fairfield Avenue, Fairfield, NJ 07004, from its NRTL scope of
recognition. Additionally, SGS informs OSHA of the change of its name
from SGS U.S. Testing Company, Inc., to SGS North America, Inc.
SGS also requests a modification of its scope of recognition under
the NRTL Program. This request reduces the number of test standards in
SGS's current NRTL scope of recognition by 13 test standards.
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, effective
the date of this notice, OSHA is modifying SGS's scope of recognition
to eliminate the 13 test standards listed below:
1. ANSI/UL 1, Flexible Metal Conduit.
2. UL 62, Flexible Cords and Cables.
3. UL 355, Cord Reels.
4. UL 498, Attachment Plugs and Receptacles.
5. UL 498A, Current Taps and Adapters.
6. ANSI/UL 514A, Metallic Outlet Boxes, Electrical.
7. UL 544, Electric Medical and Dental Equipment.
8. ANSI/UL 632, Electrically Actuated Transmitters.
9. UL 817, Cord Sets and Power-Supply Cords.
10. UL 1363, Relocatable Power Taps.
11. ANSI/UL 1484, Residential Gas Detectors.
12. UL 1492, Audio-Video Products and Accessories.
13. UL 1581, Electrical Wires, Cables, and Flexible Cords.
In connection with these requests, NRTL Program staff performed an
on-site review of SGS's Suwanee, GA, testing facilities on November 13,
2012. OSHA staff found some non-conformances within the laboratory
during the audit. Following the correction of these non-conformances,
OSHA staff recommended expansion of SGS's recognition to include the
addition of the Suwanee, GA, site. As a result, OSHA preliminarily
determined that it should expand SGS's scope of recognition to include
one additional test site. OSHA published the preliminary notice in the
Federal Register for public comment on June 26, 2013, and received no
comments in regards to this preliminary notice.
II. Final Decision and Order
The NRTL Program staff examined SGS's expansion application, the
auditor's recommendation, and other pertinent information. Based on its
review of this evidence, OSHA finds that SGS meets the requirements of
29 CFR 1910.7 for expansion of its recognition, subject to the
limitation and conditions listed below. OSHA gives notice of the change
in name from SGS U.S. Testing Company, Inc., to SGS North America, Inc.
OSHA recognizes the removal of 13 test standards as listed above from
SGS's NRTL scope of recognition. OSHA also recognizes the relocation of
SGS headquarters from Fairfield, NJ, to Suwanee, GA and the removal of
SGS's Fairfield, NJ, site from its NRTL scope of recognition.
OSHA limits the expansion of SGS's recognition to include the site
in Suwanee, GA, as listed above. OSHA also limits recognition of this
site to performing product testing and certifications of products for
demonstration of conformance to the test standards for which the site
has the proper capability and programs, and for which OSHA currently
recognizes SGS. This treatment is consistent with the recognition that
OSHA has granted to other NRTLs.
This site also may use all four of the supplemental programs in
SGS's scope of recognition. An NRTL may use these programs, which OSHA
described in a March 9, 1995 Federal Register notice (60 FR 12980, 03/
09/95), to control and audit, but not actually generate, the data
relied upon for product certification. The Agency does not consider
these programs in determining whether an NRTL meets the requirements
for recognition under 29 CFR 1910.7. However, OSHA treats these
programs as one of the three elements that define an NRTL's scope of
recognition. OSHA previously recognized SGS for these programs. As a
result, we do not list them again in this final notice, but merely
provide this information as a matter of public interest.
Conditions
In addition to those conditions already required by 29 CFR 1910.7,
SGS also must abide by the following conditions of the recognition:
1. SGS must inform OSHA as soon as possible, in writing, of any
change of ownership, facilities, or key personnel, and of any major
change in its operations as an NRTL, and provide details of the
change(s);
2. SGS must meet all the terms of its recognition and comply with
all OSHA policies pertaining to this recognition; and
3. SGS must continue to meet the requirements for recognition in
all areas for which it has recognition.
Pursuant to the authority in 29 CFR 1910.7, OSHA hereby expands the
recognition of SGS, subject to the limitation and conditions specified
in this section.
III. 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 Section
8(g)(2) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (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 August 6, 2013.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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