[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 135 (Friday, July 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36763-36764]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17778]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. NRTL-2-92]


Canadian Standards Association

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

ACTION: Notice of Request for Expansion of Recognition as a Nationally 
Recognized Testing Laboratory, and Preliminary finding.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the application of the Canadian 
Standards Association for expansion of its recognition as an NRTL under 
29 CFR 1910.7, and presents the Agency's preliminary finding.

DATES: The last date for interested parties to submit comments is 
September 10, 1996.

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, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room N3653, 
Washington, D.C. 20210.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the Canadian 
Standards Association (CSA), which 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 of its Rexdale (Toronto) 
facility as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (see 57 FR 
23429, 6/3/92; amended 57 FR 48804, 10/28/92), and was so recognized 
(see 57 FR 61452, 12/24/92); made application for expansion of the 
recognition of its Rexdale facility (see 58 FR 64973, 12/10/93), and 
was so recognized (see 59 FR 5447, 2/4/94); subsequently made 
application for inclusion of its Pointe-Claire, Richmond, Edmonton, 
Moncton, and Winnipeg facilities in the recognition of its Rexdale 
facility as an NRTL (see 59 FR 10173, 3/3/94), and was so recognized 
(see 59 FR 40602, 8/9/94); made application for expansion of its 
recognition (see 59 FR 63383, 12/8/94, and was so recognized (see 60 FR 
15595, dated 3/24/95); has made application for expansion of its 
recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory for the 
programs and procedures listed below.
    The addresses of the laboratories covered by this application are:

Canadian Standards Association, Rexdale (Toronto) Facility, 178 Rexdale 
Boulevard, Rexdale, Ontario M9W1R3, Canada
Canadian Standards Association, Pointe-Claire (Montreal) Facility, 865 
Ellingham Street, Pointe-Claire, Quebec H9R 5E8, Canada
Canadian Standards Association, Richmond (Vancouver) Facility, 13799 
Commerce Parkway, Richmond British Columbia V6V 2N9, Canada
Canadian Standards Association, Edmonton Facility, 1707-94th Street, 
Edmonton, Alberta T6N 1E6, Canada
Canadian Standards Association, Moncton Facility, 40 Rooney Cresent, 
Moncton, New Brunswick E1E 4M3, Canada
Canadian Standards Association, Winnipeg Facility, 50 Paramount Road, 
Winnipeg, Manitoba R2X 2W3, Canada

Expansion of Recognition

    On July 12, 1995, the Canadian Standards Association made 
application for expansion of its recognition as a Nationally Recognized 
Testing Laboratory, based upon the conditions as detailed in the 
Federal Register document titled, ``Nationally Recognized Testing 
Laboratories; Clarification of the Types of Programs and Procedures'', 
60 FR 12980, 3/9/95, for the following programs and procedures:
    1. Acceptance of testing data from independent organizations, other 
than NRTLs.
    2. Acceptance of product evaluations from independent 
organizations, other than NRTLs.
    3. Acceptance of witnessed testing data.
    4. Acceptance of testing data from non-independent organizations.
    5. Acceptance of evaluation data from non-independent organizations 
(requiring NRTL review prior to marketing).
    6. Acceptance of continued certification following minor 
modifications by the client.
    7. Acceptance of product evaluations from organizations that 
function as part of the International Electrotechnical Commission 
Certification Body (IEC-CB) Scheme.
    8. Acceptance of services other than testing or evaluation 
performed by subcontractors or agents.
    The NRTL Recognition Program staff made an in-depth study of the 
details of CSA's original application for recognition, as well as its 
requests for expansion, the original and renewal on-site assessments, 
and of all of the programs that it has utilized for many years in 
testing and certifying products in its Product Certification Program 
(under its Canadian accreditation), and determined that CSA had the 
staff capability and that the controls for the various programs had 
already been

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established to enable it to test and certify products under the 
programs and procedures which it had requested. The NRTL staff 
determined that additional on-site reviews were not necessary at this 
time and that at the next regularly scheduled audits the auditors will 
assure that the controls are adequate for the scope of the activities 
involved in the NRTL program.

Preliminary Finding

    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 Canadian Standards Association can meet 
the requirements as prescribed by 29 CFR 1910.7 for the programs and 
procedures for which it has requested recognition.
    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 expansion of its 
recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory, as required 
by 29 CFR 1910.7 and Appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.7. Submission of 
pertinent written documents and exhibits shall be made no later than 
September 10, 1996, 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, D.C. 20210. Copies of the CSA 
application, the laboratory survey reports, the NRTL staff review and 
recommendation on this request, and all submitted comments, as 
received, (Docket No. NRTL-2-92), 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.
    The Assistant Secretary's final decision on whether the applicant 
(the Canadian Standards Association) satisfies the requirements for 
expansion of its 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 to Section 1910.7.

    Signed at Washington, D.C. this 8th day of July, 1996.
Joseph A. Dear,
Assistant Secretary.
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