[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 14 (Thursday, January 23, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8054-8055]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01571]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2019-0009]
DEKRA 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 for DEKRA Certification Inc., as a Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL).
DATES: The expansion of the scope of recognition becomes effective on
January 23, 2025.
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 DEKRA Certification Inc. (DEKRA), as a NRTL. DEKRA's
expansion covers the addition of six test standards to the NRTL scope
of recognition.
OSHA's 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
and for an 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 a preliminary finding. In the second notice,
the agency provides a 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 DEKRA, which details the NRTL's scope of recognition. These
pages are available from the OSHA website at http://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/index.html.
DEKRA submitted an application to OSHA for expansion of the NRTL
scope of recognition on January 5, 2023 (OSHA-2019-0009-0013),
requesting the addition of six recognized testing standards. OSHA staff
performed a detailed analysis of the application packet and reviewed
other pertinent information. OSHA did not perform an on-site review
associated with this application. OSHA staff has preliminarily
determined that OSHA should grant the application.
OSHA published a Federal Register notice announcing DEKRA's
application and soliciting public comment on December 30, 2024 (89 FR
106601). The agency requested comments by January 14, 2025, however no
comments were received in response to this notice. OSHA is now
proceeding with the expansion of DEKRA's NRTL scope of recognition.
To obtain or review copies of all public documents pertaining to
the DEKRA expansion application, go to www.regulations/gov or contact
the Docket Office at (202) 693-2350 (TTY (877) 889-5627. Docket No.
OSHA-2019-0009 contains all materials in the record containing DEKRA's
recognition.
II. Final Decision and Order
OSHA staff examined DEKRA's expansion application and examined
other pertinent information. Based on review of this evidence, OSHA
finds that DEKRA meets the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for expansion
of recognition, subject to the specified limitations and conditions.
OSHA, therefore, is proceeding with this final notice to grant
expansion of DEKRA's scope of recognition. OSHA limits the expansion of
DEKRA's recognition to testing and certification of products for
demonstration of compliance to the test standards listed below in Table
1.
Table 1--List of Appropriate Test Standards for Inclusion in DEKRA's
NRTL Scope of Recognition
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Test standard Test standard title
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FM 3600.............................. Electrical Equipment for Use in
Hazardous (Classified)
Locations, General Requirements.
FM 3610 *............................ Intrinsically Safe Apparatus and
Associated Apparatus for Use in
Class I, II and III, Division 1
Hazardous (Classified)
Locations.
FM 3611.............................. Electrical Equipment for Use in
Class I, Division 2; Class II,
Division 2; and Class III,
Division 1 and 2 Hazardous
Locations.
FM 3615 *............................ Explosion-proof Electrical
Equipment, General Requirements.
FM 3810 *............................ Electrical and Electronic Test,
Measuring and Process Control
Equipment.
UL 857............................... Electric Busways and Associated
Fittings.
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* OSHA notes that the title to this standard in the table is taken from
OSHA's List of Appropriate Test Standards (see https://www.osha.gov/nationally-recognized-testing-laboratory-program/list-standards). This
title is not the same as the title currently used by the Standards
Developing Organization that issued the test standard. OSHA intends to
update the List of Appropriate Test Standards to reflect the currently
used title in the near future.
A. Conditions
In addition to those conditions already required by 29 CFR 1910.7,
DEKRA also must abide by the following conditions of the recognition:
1. DEKRA 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. DEKRA must meet all the terms of its recognition and comply with
all OSHA policies pertaining to this recognition; and
3. DEKRA must continue to meet the requirements for recognition,
including all previously published conditions on DEKRA'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 DEKRA as a NRTL, subject to the limitations and
conditions specified above.
III. Authority and Signature
Douglas L. Parker, 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.
Douglas L. Parker,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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