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[Federal Register: March 4, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
[Docket No. NRTL-3-92]

 

TUV Rheinland of North America, Inc.

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Application of TUV Rheinland of North America, Inc. for 
recognition as a nationally recognized testing laboratory; extension of 
comment period.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces an extension of the comment period on 
the application of TUV Rheinland of North America, Inc. for recognition 
as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) under 29 CFR 
1910.7.

DATES: The last date for interested parties to submit comments is April 
4, 1994.

ADDRESSES: For further information, or to send comments: Office of 
Variation Determination, NRTL Recognition Program, Occupational Safety 
and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 
Avenue, NW., room N3653, Washington, DC 20210.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 19, 1993, the Occupational 
Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published in the Federal 
Register a notice of the application of TUV Rheinland of North America, 
Inc. for OSHA recognition as a nationally recognized testing laboratory 
pursuant to 29 CFR 1910.7 (58 FR 61101). The notice included a 
preliminary finding that TUV Rheinland of North America, Inc. (the 
applicant) could meet the requirements for recognition detailed in 29 
CFR 1910.7 and it invited public comment on the application. Comments 
were requested by January 18, 1994.
    On January 12, 1994, the American Council of Independent 
Laboratories, Inc. (ACIL) requested an extension of time in which to 
submit comments on the application of TUV Rheinland of North America, 
Inc. for recognition as an NRTL (Ex. 4-2). The ACIL claimed that its 
preliminary investigation had uncovered ``substantial deficiencies'' in 
the application and that more time was necessary to submit pertinent 
documentation related to the instant application. Issues raised by the 
ACIL include whether the applicant is completely independent from its 
parent organization and the nature of the applicant's operation. 
According to the ACIL, the resolution of the questions raised would 
require, among other things, the study and analysis of relevant German 
laws and requested some additional time, until March 18, 1994, to file 
its comments on the application of TUV Rheinland of North America, Inc.
    The OSHA/NRTL staff has carefully reviewed the request for 
additional time in which to prepare comments on the issue of the 
applicant's independence. The concerns of the commentator may have 
merit; in any event the request for additional time appears to be 
reasonable under the circumstances and will be granted, although the 
length of time granted has been modified from the original request.
    Therefore, the time in which to file comments on the application of 
TUV Rheinland of North America, Inc. to be recognized as an NRTL is 
hereby extended until April 4, 1994.
    Copies of the TUV application, the laboratory survey report, and 
all submitted comments, as received, (Docket No. NRTL-3-92), are 
available for inspection and duplication at the Docket Office, room N 
2634, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of 
Labor, at the above address.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 1st day of March, 1994.
Joseph A. Dear,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-5021 Filed 3-3-94; 8:45 am]
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