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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. NRTL-2-89]

 

American Gas Association Laboratories

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of 
Labor.

ACTION: Notice of Expansion of Current Recognition as a Nationally 
Recognized Testing Laboratory.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Agency's final decision on the 
American Gas Association Laboratories' application for expansion of its 
recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) under 
29 CFR 1910.7.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Office of Variance Determination, NRTL 
Recognition Program, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 
U.S. Department of Labor, Third Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 
room N3653, Washington, DC 20210.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice of Final Decision

    The American Gas Association Laboratories (AGA) previously made 
application pursuant to section 6(b) of the Occupational Safety and 
Health Act of 1970, (84 Stat. 1593, 29 U.S.C. 655), Secretary of 
Labor's Order No. 1-90 (55 FR 9033), and 29 CFR 1910.7, for recognition 
pursuant to 29 CFR 1910.7, for recognition as a Nationally Recognized 
Testing Laboratory (see 54 FR 48166, 11/21/89), and was so recognized 
(see 55 FR 23312, 6/7/90).
    Notice is hereby given that AGA's recognition as a Nationally 
Recognized Testing Laboratory has been expanded to include the thirty-
eight test standards (product categories) listed below.
    Copies of all pertinent documents (Docket No. NRTL-2-89), are 
available for inspection and duplication at the Docket Office, Room N-
2634, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of 
Labor, Third Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210.
    The addresses of the laboratories covered by this expansion of 
recognition are:

American Gas Association Laboratories, Cleveland Laboratory, 8501 East 
Pleasant Valley Road, Independence (Cleveland), Ohio 44131; and,
American Gas Association Laboratories, Los Angeles Branch Laboratory, 
1425 Grande Vista Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90023.

Final Decision and Order

    Because the test standards AGA requested in its application for 
expansion of its accreditation were in a category different from those 
for which it was originally accredited, an on-site evaluation of the 
Cleveland Laboratory [Ex. 6A(1)] and a follow-up survey of the Los 
Angeles Branch Laboratory [Ex. 6A(2)] were conducted. The results were 
discussed with the applicant who responded with appropriate corrective 
action and clarification to the comments and recommendations made as a 
result of the survey of the Cleveland Laboratory [Ex. 6B]. The final 
on-site review report [Ex. 6] and the OSHA staff recommendation were 
subsequently forwarded to the Assistant Secretary for a preliminary 
finding on the application. A notice of AGA's application together with 
a positive preliminary finding was published in the Federal Register on 
September 3, 1993 (58 FR 47000-47001). Interested parties were invited 
to submit comments.
    There were no responses to the Federal Register notice of the AGA 
application and preliminary finding (Docket No. NRTL-2-89).
    Based upon the facts found as part of the American Gas Association 
Laboratories original recognition, including details of necessary test 
equipment, procedures, and special apparatus of facilities needed, 
adequacy of staff, the application(s) and documentation submitted by 
the applicant (see Exhibit 5), the OSHA staff finding including the 
original on-site review report, as well as the evaluation of the 
current request (see Exhibit 6), OSHA finds that the American Gas 
Association Laboratories has met the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for 
expansion of its present recognition to test and certify certain 
equipment or materials.
    Pursuant to the authority in 29 CFR 1910.7, the American Gas 
Association Laboratories recognition is hereby expanded to include the 
38 additional test standards (product categories) cited below, subject 
to the conditions listed below. This recognition is limited to 
equipment or materials which, under 29 CFR part 1910, require testing, 
listing, labeling, approval, acceptance, or certification by a 
Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory. This recognition is limited 
to the use of the following 38 additional test standards for the 
testing and certification of equipment or materials included within the 
scope of these standards.
    AGA has stated that these standards are used to test equipment or 
materials which can be used in environments under OSHA's jurisdiction, 
and OSHA has determined that they are appropriate within the meaning of 
29 CFR 1910.7(c).

UL 125--Valves for Anhydrous Ammonia and LP-Gas (Other Than Safety 
Relief)
UL 132--Safety Relief Valves for Anhydrous Ammonia and LP-Gas
ANSI/UL 144--Pressure Regulating Valves for LP-Gas
ANSI/UL 147--LP- and MPS-Gas Torches
ANSI/UL 174--Household Electric Storage-Tank Water Heaters
ANSI/UL 197--Commercial Electric Cooking Appliances
ANSI/UL 244A--Solid-State Controls for Appliances
ANSI/UL 296--Oil Burners
ANSI/UL 353--Limit Controls
ANSI/UL 372--Primary Safety Controls for Gas- and Oil-Fired 
Appliances
UL 378--Draft Equipment
ANSI/UL 429--Electrically Operated Valves
ANSI/UL 465--Central Cooling Air Conditioners
ANSI/UL 484--Room Air Conditioners
ANSI/UL 560--Electric Home-Laundry Equipment
ANSI/UL 726--Oil-Fired Boiler Assemblies
ANSI/UL 727--Oil-Fired Central Furnaces
ANSI/UL 729--Oil-Fired Floor Furnaces
ANSI/UL 730--Oil-Fired Wall Furnaces
ANSI/UL 731--Oil-Fired Unit Heaters
UL 732--Oil-Fired Water Heaters
UL 733--Oil-Fired Air Heaters and Direct-Fired Heaters
UL 795--Commercial-Industrial Gas-Heating Equipment
ANSI/UL 834--Heating, Water Supply, and Power Boilers--Electric
ANSI/UL 858--Household Electric Ranges
UL 858A--Safety-Related Solid-State Controls for Household Electric 
Ranges
ANSI/UL 873--Temperature-Indicating and -Regulating Equipment
UL 991--Tests of Safety-Related Controls Employing Solid-State 
Devices
ANSI/UL 1020--Thermal Cutoffs for Use in Electrical Appliances and 
Components
ANSI/UL 1025--Electric Air Heaters
ANSI/UL 1042--Electric Baseboard Heating Equipment
ANSI/UL 1054--Special-Use Switches
ANSI/UL 1096--Electric Central Air-Heating Equipment
UL 1240--Electric Commercial Clothes-Drying Equipment
ANSI/UL 1261--Electric Water Heaters for Pools and Tubs
ANSI/UL 1453--Electric Booster and Commercial Storage Tank Water 
Heaters
ANSI/UL 1484--Residential Gas Detectors
ANSI/UL 1556--Electric Coin-Operated Clothes-Drying Equipment

    Note--Testing and certification of gas operated equipment is 
limited to equipment for use with ``liquefied petroleum gas'' 
(``LPG'' or ``LP-Gas'').

    The American Gas Association Laboratories must also abide by the 
following conditions of this expansion of its recognition, in addition 
to those already required by 29 CFR 1910.7:
    This recognition does not apply to any aspect of any program which: 
(1) Is available only to qualified manufacturers and is based upon the 
NRTL's evaluation and accreditation of the manufacturer's quality 
assurance program; or (2) makes use of reciprocal testing from another 
non-NRTL.
    The Occupational Safety and Health Administration shall be allowed 
access to AGA's facilities and records for purposes of ascertaining 
continuing compliance with the terms of its recognition and to 
investigate as OSHA deems necessary;
    If AGA has reason to doubt the efficacy of any test standard it is 
using under this program, it shall promptly inform the test standard 
developing organization of this fact and provide that organization with 
appropriate relevant information upon which its concerns are based;
    AGA shall not engage in or permit others to engage in any 
misrepresentation of the scope or conditions of its recognition. As 
part of this condition, AGA 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;
    AGA shall inform OSHA as soon as possible, in writing, of any 
change of ownership or key personnel, including details;
    AGA will continue to meet the requirements for recognition in all 
areas where it has been recognized; and
    AGA will always cooperate with OSHA to assure compliance with the 
letter as well as the spirit of its recognition and 29 CFR 1910.7.

effective date: This recognition will become effective on March 3, 
1994, and will be valid until June 7, 1995, (a period of five years 
from the date of the original recognition, June 7, 1990), unless 
terminated prior to that date, in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.7.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 25th day of February, 1994.
Joseph A. Dear,
Assistant Secretary.
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