[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 111 (Friday, June 9, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30595-30596]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-14181]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. NRTL-2-94]
Electro-Test, Inc.
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of
Labor.
ACTION: Notice of Application for Recognition as a Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratory, and Preliminary Finding.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the application of Electro-Test, Inc.
for recognition as a National Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL)
under 29 CFR 1910.7, and presents the Agency's preliminary finding.
DATES: The last date for interested parties to submit comments is
August 8, 1995.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to: NRTL Recognition Program, Occupational
Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor--Room N3653,
200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.
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 Application
Notice is hereby given that Electro-Test, Inc. (ETI) has 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
as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory.
The addresses of the laboratories covered by this application are:
Electro-Test, Inc., 5645 Gibraltar Drive, Pleasanton, California 94588
Electro-Test, Inc., 5370 E. Hunter Avenue, Anaheim, California 92807
Background
Electro-Test, Inc., according to the applicant, is a privately held
corporation incorporated in the State of California in 1971.
Regarding the merits of the application, the applicant contends
that it meets the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for recognition to
certify products in the areas of testing which it has specified. See
Exhibit 2A.
Electro-Test, Inc. states that its application documents
demonstrate that for each specified item of equipment or material to be
certified, it has the capability (including proper testing equipment
and facilities, trained staff, written testing procedures, and
calibration and quality control programs) to perform testing and
examination of equipment and materials for workplace safety purposes to
determine conformance with appropriate product test standards.
The applicant states also that it shall provide, to the extent
needed for the particular equipment or materials listed, labeled, or
accepted, the following controls or services:
(i) Implementation of control procedures for identifying the listed
and labeled equipment or materials.
(ii) Inspection of the run of such item at factories for product
evaluation purposes to assure conformance with the test standards
(iii) Conduction of field inspections to monitor and to insure the
proper use of its identifying mark or labels on products.
ETI claims that it is completely independent of employers subject
to the tested equipment requirements, and of any manufacturers or
vendors of equipment or materials being tested for these purposes.
The applicant also claims that it maintains effective procedures
for producing creditable findings or reports that are objective and
without bias, and for handling complaints and disputes under a fair and
reasonable system.
ETI states that it has the capability to perform field evaluations
and code compliance inspections of unique and non-listed equipment or
materials. It claims that it has a large inventory of portable test
equipment that can support these activities at the customers'
facilities. These services are supported by written procedures, quality
control, and trained personnel.
In summary, Electro-Test, Inc. claims that it maintains the
experience, expertise, personnel, organization, equipment, and
facilities suitable for accreditation as an OSHA Nationally Recognized
Testing Laboratory.
Facilities
ETI's Pleasanton facility consists of 33,000 square feet of space,
consisting of a small testing area, storage, shipping/receiving,
library, training room, personnel offices, calibration laboratory, and
a forensic laboratory. All laboratories are temperature controlled, and
supplied with necessary utilities. ETI has owned the facility since
1992.
The Anaheim facility contains some 9,500 square feet of space. The
facility houses a small testing laboratory, shipping/receiving and
storage areas, calibration laboratory, administrative offices, and
conference room. Most of the testing at Anaheim is performed at the
site of the installation rather than at the ETI facility. ETI test
engineers perform site testing.
Standards
Electro-Test, Inc., desires recognition for testing and
certification of products when tested for compliance with the following
test standard, which is appropriate within the meaning of 29 CFR
1910.7(c): ANSI/UL 508--Industrial Control Equipment.
Preliminary Finding
Electro-Test, Inc. addressed all of the criteria which had to be
met for recognition as an NRTL in its initial application and in its
further correspondence. For example, the applicant submitted a list of
its test equipment and instrumentation; a roster [[Page 30596]] of its
personnel including resumes of those in key positions and copies of
position descriptions; copies of a typical test report; a summary of
its listing, labeling, and follow-up services; a statement of its
independence as a testing laboratory; appeals procedure; calibration
laboratories; and a copy of its Operations Manuals for Quality control
and Audit, Test Form Instruction, and Compliance Labeling Field.
Nine major areas were examined in depth during the on-site
laboratory evaluation: facility; test equipment; calibration program;
test and evaluation procedures; test reports; records; quality
assurance program; follow-up listing program; and personnel.
The discrepancies noted by the survey team during the on-site
evaluations were adequately responded to [Exs. 2B(2) and 2C(2)]
following the final on-site evaluations [Exs. 2B(1) and 2C(1)]. With
the preparation of the final report, the survey team was satisfied that
the testing facility appeared to meet the necessary criteria required
by the standard, and so noted in the On-Site Review Reports (Surveys).
(See Exs. 2B and 2C).
Following a review of the application file and the on-site survey
reports of the ETI Pleasanton and Anaheim, California facilities, the
NRTL Recognition Program staff concluded that the applicant appeared to
have met the requirements for recognition as a Nationally Recognized
Testing Laboratory for the above noted facilities and, therefore,
recommended to the Assistant Secretary that the application be
preliminarily approved.
Based upon a review of the completed application file and the
recommendation of the staff, the Assistant Secretary has made a
preliminary finding that the Electro-Test, Inc. facilities for which
accreditation was requested (Pleasanton and Anaheim, California) can
meet the requirements for recognition as required by 29 CFR 1910.7.
All interested members of the public are invited to supply detailed
reasons and evidence supporting or challenging the sufficiency of the
applicant's having met the requirements for recognition as a Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratory, as well as Appendix A, of 29 CFR 1910.7.
Submission of pertinent written documents and exhibits shall be made no
later than August 8, 1995, and must be addressed to the NRTL
Recognition Program, Office of Variance Determination, Room N 3653,
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210. Copies of
the ETI, Inc. application, the laboratory survey report, and all
submitted comments, as received, (Docket No. NRTL-2-94), 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.
The Assistant Secretary's final decision on whether the applicant
(Electro-Test, Inc.) satisfies the requirements for recognition as an
NRTL will be made on the basis of the entire record including the
public submissions and any further proceedings that the Assistant
Secretary may consider appropriate in accordance with Appendix A of
Section 1910.7.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 5th day of June, 1995.
Joseph A. Dear,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-14181 Filed 6-8-95; 8:45 am]
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