[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55480-55482]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17426]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2006-0042]
CSA Group Testing & Certification, Inc.: Application for
Expansion of Recognition
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA announces the application of CSA Group
Testing & Certification, Inc., for expansion of the scope of
recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) and
presents the agency's preliminary finding to grant the application.
DATES: Submit comments, information, and documents in response to this
notice, or requests for an extension of time to make a submission, on
or before August 30, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted as follows:
Electronically: You may submit comments, including attachments,
electronically at: http://www.regulations.gov, the Federal eRulemaking
Portal. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
OSHA will place comments, including personal information, in the
public docket, which will be available online. Therefore, OSHA cautions
interested parties about submitting personal information such as Social
Security numbers and birthdates.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency's name and
the docket number for this rulemaking (Docket No. OSHA-2006-0042). All
comments, including any personal information you provide, are placed in
the public docket without change and may be made available online at
https://www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA cautions commenters about
submitting information they do not want made available to the public,
or submitting materials that contain personal information (either about
themselves or
others), such as Social Security numbers and birthdates.
Docket: To read or download comments or other material in the
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov. Documents in the docket
(including this Federal Register notice) are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov index; however, some information (e.g., copyrighted
material) is not publicly available to read or download through the
website. All submissions, including copyrighted material, are available
for inspection through the OSHA Docket Office. Contact the OSHA Docket
Office at (202) 693-2350 (TTY (877) 889-5627) for assistance in
locating docket submissions.
Extension of comment period: Submit requests for an extension of
the comment period on or before August 30, 2023 to the Office of
Technical Programs and Coordination Activities, Directorate of
Technical Support and Emergency Management, Occupational Safety and
Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW, Room N-3653, Washington, DC 20210.
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: meilinger.francis2@dol.gov.
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, phone:
(202) 693-2300 or email: robinson.kevin@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Notice of the Application for Expansion
OSHA is providing notice that CSA Group Testing & Certification,
Inc. (CSA), is applying for an expansion of current recognition as a
NRTL. CSA requests the addition of sixteen test sites to its NRTL scope
of recognition.
OSHA recognition of a NRTL signifies that the organization meets
the requirements specified in 29 CFR 1910.7. Recognition is an
acknowledgment that the organization can perform independent safety
testing and certification of the specific products covered within the
scope of recognition. Each NRTL's scope of recognition includes (1) the
type of products the NRTL may test, with each type specified by the
applicable test standard and (2) the recognized site(s) that has/have
the technical capability to perform the product-testing and product-
certification activities for test standards within the NRTL's scope.
Recognition is not a delegation or grant of government authority;
however, recognition enables employers to use products approved by the
NRTL to meet OSHA standards that require product testing and
certification.
The agency processes applications by a NRTL for initial
recognition, as well as for an expansion or renewal of 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 the preliminary finding. In the second notice,
the agency provides the 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,
including CSA, which details that NRTL's scope of recognition. These
pages are available from the OSHA website at http://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/index.html.
CSA currently has six facilities (sites) recognized by OSHA for
product testing and certification, with the headquarters located at:
CSA Group Testing & Certification, Inc., 178 Rexdale Boulevard,
Etiobicoke, Ontario M9W 1R3. A complete list of CSA's scope of
recognition is available at https://www.osha.gov/nationally-recognized-testing-laboratory-program/csa.
II. General Background on the Application
CSA submitted an application, dated December 15, 2020 (OSHA-2006-
0042-0034), requesting the conversion of sixteen existing Satellite
Notification Acceptance Program (SNAP) sites to recognized sites under
the NRTL Policy for Transitioning to Satellite Notification and
Acceptance Program Termination (SNAP Transition Policy) published in
the Federal Register on November 24, 2020 (85 FR 75042), as amended by
a June 22, 2022 Memorandum from James S. Frederick, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health, to Regional
Administrators and Executive Staff, titled ``Second Revision to the
Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) Policy for
Transitioning to Satellite Notification and Acceptance Program (SNAP)
Termination.''
Table 1, below, lists the sixteen sites that CSA's application
requested for inclusion in the NRTL's expanded scope of recognition:
Table 1--List of Test Sites To Be Included in CSA's NRTL Scope of Recognition
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CSA site name Address Country
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CSA Group Milan....................... Palazzo Cassiopea, Via Paracelso N 22, Italy.
20864 Agrate Brianza, Italy.
CSA Group Dallas...................... 2860 Guilder Drive, Plano, Texas 75074. United States.
CSA Group Bangalore................... Beary's Global Research Triangle, A-3, India.
Einstein Building, Bidarahalli Hobli,
Whitefield Ashram Road (SH 35),
Bangalore-560 067, India.
CSA Group Hawarden.................... Unit 6, Hawarden Industrial Park, United Kingdom.
Hawarden, CH5 3US, United Kingdom.
CSA Group Plattling................... Straubinger Str. 100, 94447 Plattling, Germany.
Germany.
CSA Group Seoul....................... 494, Wiryesunhwan-ro, Songpa-gu Seoul, Korea.
Republic of Korea.
CSA Group Taoyuan..................... No. 26, Fuxing 3rd Road, Guishan Taiwan.
District, Taoyuan City.
CSA Group Taipei...................... 5F No. 12, Wenhu Street, Neihu Taiwan.
District, Taipei City 114, Taiwan.
CSA Group Tokyo....................... 5-40-6 Koishikawa Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112- Japan.
0002, Japan.
CSA Group Shanghai.................... Floor 1, Building 4 Qilai Industrial China.
City, 889 Yishan Road, Shanghai, China
200233.
CSA Group Atlanta..................... 6215 Shiloh Crossing, Building 100, United States.
Suite A, Alpharetta, GA 30005.
CSA Group Taichung.................... 2F.-5 No. 633, Sec. 2, Taiwan Blvd., Taiwan.
Xitun District, Taichung City 407,
Taiwan.
CSA Group Kunshan..................... Floor 1, Building 8, Tsinghua Science China.
Park No. 1666, Zuchongzhi Road
Kunshan, Jiangsu, China 215347.
CSA Group Arnhem...................... Utrechtseweg 310, 6812 AR Arnhem, Netherlands.
Netherlands.
CSA Group Guangzhou................... No. 10, Ke Yan Road, Guangzhou Science Guangzhou.
Park, Huang Pu District, Guangzhou,
China 510663.
CSA Group Frankfurt................... Weismullerstr. 45, 60314 Frankfurt, Germany.
Germany.
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OSHA has preliminarily determined that it is appropriate to review
this application under the SNAP Transition Policy. CSA's application
was timely submitted under that policy, and OSHA preliminarily finds
that the SNAP sites in CSA's application met all other preconditions of
eligibility for conversion to recognized sites under the policy (See
SNAP Termination Policy, part III 1.a-g, 85 FR at 75047). OSHA also
preliminarily decided that it was not necessary to conduct on-site
reviews in connection with CSA's expansion application, based on
historical assessment records and supporting documentation submitted by
CSA. Moreover, OSHA staff performed assessments of several CSA
facilities included in the SNAP conversion application from June 2020
to November 2022, and, while assessors found some nonconformances with
the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7, CSA addressed these issues
sufficiently. OSHA staff has preliminarily determined that OSHA should
grant the application and grant recognition to the sixteen sites
requested in the application.
III. Preliminary Finding on the Application
CSA submitted an acceptable application for expansion of its scope
of recognition. OSHA's review of the application files and pertinent
documentation indicates that CSA can meet the requirements prescribed
by 29 CFR 1910.7 for expanding its recognition to include the addition
of the sixteen additional test sites for NRTL testing and
certification. This preliminary finding does not constitute an interim
or temporary approval of CSA's application.
OSHA seeks public comment on this preliminary determination.
IV. Public Participation
OSHA welcomes public comment as to whether CSA meets the
requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for expansion of recognition as a NRTL.
Comments should consist of pertinent written documents and exhibits.
Commenters needing more time to comment must submit a request in
writing, stating the reasons for the request by the due date for
comments. OSHA will limit any extension to 10 days unless the requester
justifies a longer time period. OSHA may deny a request for an
extension if it is not adequately justified.
To review copies of the exhibit identified in this notice, as well
as comments submitted to the docket, contact the Docket Office,
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor. These materials also are generally available online at https://www.regulations.gov under Docket No. OSHA-2006-0042 (for further
information, see the ``Docket'' heading in the section of this notice
titled ADDRESSES).
OSHA staff will review all comments to the docket submitted in a
timely manner. After addressing the issues raised by these comments,
staff will make a recommendation to the Assistant Secretary of Labor
for Occupational Safety and Health on whether to grant CSA's
application for expansion of the scope of recognition. The Assistant
Secretary will make the final decision on granting the application. In
making this decision, the Assistant Secretary may undertake other
proceedings prescribed in Appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.7.
OSHA will publish a public notice of the final decision in the
Federal Register.
V. 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 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 August 9, 2023.
James S. Frederick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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