[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 182 (Thursday, September 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65203-65204]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20402]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2006-0042]
CSA Group Testing & Certification, Inc.: Grant of Expansion of
Recognition
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA announces the final decision to expand
the scope of recognition of CSA Group Testing & Certification, Inc., as
a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL).
DATES: The expansion of the scope of recognition becomes effective on
September 21, 2023.
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 Final Decision
OSHA hereby gives notice of the expansion of the scope of
recognition of CSA Group Testing & Certification, Inc. (CSA) as a NRTL.
CSA's expansion covers 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 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.''
OSHA published the preliminary notice announcing CSA's expansion
application in the Federal Register on August 15, 2023 (88 FR 55480).
The agency requested comments by August 30, 2023, but it received no
comments in response to this notice. OSHA is now proceeding with this
final grant of expansion of CSA's NRTL recognition.
To obtain or review copies of all public documents pertaining to
the CSA application, go to http://www.regulations.gov or contact the
Docket Office, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor. Docket No. OSHA-2006-0042 contains all materials
in the record concerning CSA's recognition. All submissions, including
copyrighted material, are available for inspection through the OSHA
Docket Office. Contact the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693-2350 (TTY
number (877) 889-5627) for assistance in locating docket submissions.
II. Final Decision and Order
OSHA staff examined CSA's expansion application, its capability to
meet the requirements of the test standards, and other pertinent
information. Based on its review of this evidence, OSHA finds that CSA
meets the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for expansion of its
recognition, subject to the specified limitations and condition. OSHA
limits the expansion of CSA's recognition to include the sixteen sites
listed in Table 1, below. This limitation is consistent with the
recognition that OSHA grants to other NRTLs that operate multiple
sites.
Table 1--List of Test Sites for Inclusion 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 Italy.
Paracelso N 22 20864
Agrate Brianza, Italy.
CSA Group Dallas.............. 2860 Guilder Drive, United States.
Plano, Texas 75074.
CSA Group Bangalore........... Beary's Global India.
Research Triangle, A-
3, Einstein Building
Bidarahalli Hobli,
Whitefield Ashram
Road (SH 35)
Bangalore--560 067,
India.
CSA Group Hawarden............ Unit 6 Hawarden United Kingdom.
Industrial Park
Hawarden, CH5 3US,
United Kingdom.
CSA Group Plattling........... Straubinger Str. 100 Germany.
94447 Plattling,
Germany.
CSA Group Seoul............... 494, Wiryesunhwan-ro, Korea.
Songpa-gu Seoul,
Republic of Korea.
CSA Group Taoyuan............. No. 26, Fuxing 3rd Taiwan.
Road Guishan
District, Taoyuan
City, Taiwan.
CSA Group Taipei.............. 5F No. 12, Wenhu Taiwan.
Street Neihu
District, Taipei City
114 Taiwan.
CSA Group Tokyo............... 5-40-6 Koishikawa Japan.
Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 112-
0002 Japan.
CSA Group Shanghai............ Floor 1, Building 4 China.
Qilai Industrial
City, 889 Yishan
Road, Shanghai, China
200233.
CSA Group Atlanta............. 6215 Shiloh Crossing, United States.
Building 100 Suite A,
Alpharetta, GA 30005.
CSA Group Taichung............ 2F. -5 No. 633, Sec. Taiwan.
2, Taiwan Blvd. Xitun
District, Taichung
City 407, Taiwan.
CSA Group Kunshan............. Floor 1, Building 8 China.
Tsinghua Science Park
No. 1666 Zuchongzhi
Road Kunshan,
Jiangsu, China 215347.
CSA Group Arnhem.............. Utrechtseweg 310, 6812 Netherlands.
AR Arnhem,
Netherlands.
CSA Group Guangzhou........... No. 10, Ke Yan Road, China.
Guangzhou Science
Park Huang Pu
District, Guangzhou,
China 510663.
CSA Group Frankfurt........... Weismullerstr. 45, Germany.
60314 Frankfurt,
Germany.
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A. Conditions
In addition to those conditions already required by 29 CFR 1910.7,
CSA must abide by the following conditions of the recognition:
1. CSA 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 a NRTL, and provide details of the
change(s);
2. CSA must meet all the terms of its recognition and comply with
all OSHA policies pertaining to this recognition; and
3. CSA must continue to meet the requirements for recognition,
including all previously published conditions on CSA's scope of
recognition, in all areas for which it has recognition.
Pursuant to the authority in 29 CFR 1910.7, OSHA hereby expands the
scope of recognition of CSA as a NRTL, subject to the limitations and
conditions specified above.
III. Authority and Signature
James S. Frederick, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health, 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.
James S. Frederick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2023-20402 Filed 9-20-23; 8:45 am]
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