[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 225 (Friday, November 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62359-62362]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30683]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. NRTL-4-93]


Underwriters Laboratories Inc.; Request for Expansion of 
Recognition

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of request for expansion of recognition as a Nationally 
Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL), and preliminary finding.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the application of Underwriters 
Laboratory for expansion of its recognition as a NRTL under 29 CFR 
1910.7, for test standards, and presents the Agency's preliminary 
finding.

DATES: The last date for interested parties to submit comments is 
January 20, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments concerning this notice to: NRTL Recognition 
Program, Office of Variance Determination, Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 
Avenue, N.W., Room N3653 Washington, D.C. 20210.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bernard Pasquet, Office of Variance 
Determination, NRTL Recognition Program at the above address, or phone 
(202) 219-7056.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice of Application

    Notice is hereby given that Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL), 
has made application pursuant to 29 CFR 1910.7, for expansion of its 
recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory for the 
equipment or materials listed below. UL previously made application 
pursuant to 29 CFR 1910.7, for renewal of its recognition as a 
Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (see 60 FR 16171, 3/29/95), 
and was so recognized (see 60 FR 33852, 6/29/95).
    The addresses of the UL laboratories covered by this application 
are:

333 Pfinsten Road, Northbrook, Illinois 60062
1285 Walt Whitman Road, Melville, Long Island, New York 11747
1655 Scott Boulevard, Santa Clara, California 95050
12 Laboratory Drive, P.O. Box 13995, Research Triangle Park, North 
Carolina 27709
2600 N.W. Lake Road, Camas, Washington 98607
UL International Limited, Veristrong Industrial Centre, Block B, 14th 
Floor

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34 Au Pui Wan Street, Fo Tan Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong
UL International Services, Ltd., 3rd Floor, No. 35 Chung Yang South 
Road, Section 2, Pei Tou 11237, Taipei, Taiwan

Background

    This Federal Register notice announces UL's application for 
expansion of recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory 
for additional test standards, dated 2/5/96, and amended on 4/1/97 (see 
Exhibits 13A and 13B).
    UL has stated that it believes that the following standards pertain 
to equipment or materials that will be used in environments under 
OSHA's jurisdiction. UL desires recognition for testing and 
certification of products when tested for compliance with these test 
standards, which are appropriate within the meaning of 29 CFR 
1910.7(c):

\1\ ANSI/IEEE-C37.013  AC High-Voltage Generator Circuit Breakers 
Rated on a Symmetrical Current Basis
\1\ ANSI/IEEE-C37.13  Low Voltage AC Power Circuit Breakers Used in 
Enclosures
\1\ ANSI/IEEE-C37.14  Low Voltage DC Power Circuit Breakers Used in 
Enclosures
\1\ ANSI-C37.17  Trip Devices for AC and General Purpose DC Low-
Voltage Power Circuit Breakers
\1\ ANSI/IEEE-C37.18  Enclosed Field Discharge Circuit Breakers for 
Rotating Electric Machinery
\1\ NSI/IEEE-C37.20.1  Metal-Enclosed Low-Voltage Power Circuit 
Breaker Switchgear
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    \1\ These standards are approved for equipment or materials 
intended for use in commercial and industrial power system 
applications. These standards are not approved for equipment or 
materials intended for use in installations that are excluded by the 
provisions of Subpart S in 29 CFR 1910, in particular Section 
1910.302(2). This statement is intended as a clarification for any 
party reviewing this notice.
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\1\ ANSI/IEEE C37.20.2  Metal-Clad and Station-Type Cubicle 
Switchgear
\1\ ANSI/IEEE C37.20.3  Metal-Enclosed Interrupter Switchgear
\1\ ANSI/IEEE C37.21  Control Switchboards
\1\ ANSI/IEEE C37.29  Low-Voltage AC Power Circuit Protectors Used 
in Enclosures
\1\ ANSI/IEEE C37.38  Gas-Insulated, Metal-Enclosed Disconnecting, 
Interrupter and Grounding Switches
\1\ ANSI C37.42  Distribution Cutouts and Fuse Links
\1\ ANSI C37.44  Distribution Oil Cutouts and Fuse Links
\1\ ANSI C37.45  Distribution Enclosed Single-Pole Air Switches
\1\ ANSI C37.46  Power Fuses and Fuse Disconnecting Switches
\1\ ANSI C37.47  Distribution Fuse Disconnecting Switches, Fuse 
Supports, and Current-Limiting Fuses
\1\ ANSI C37.50  Low-Voltage AC Power Circuit Breakers Used in 
Enclosures--Test Procedures
\1\ ANSI C37.51  Metal-Enclosed Low-Voltage AC Power Circuit-Breaker 
Switchgear Assemblies--Conformance Test Procedures
\1\ ANSI C37.52  Low-Voltage AC Power Circuit Protectors Used in 
Enclosures--Test Procedures
\1\ ANSI C37.53.1  High-Voltage Current Motor-Starter Fuses--
Conformance Test Procedures
\1\ ANSI C37.54  Indoor Alternating-Current High Voltage Circuit 
Breakers Applied as Removable Elements in Metal-Enclosed Switchgear 
Assemblies--Conformance Test Procedures
\1\ ANSI C37.55  Metal-Clad Switchgear Assemblies--Conformance Test 
Procedures
\1\ ANSI C37.57  Metal-Enclosed Interrupter Switchgear Assemblies--
Conformance Testing
\1\ ANSI C37.58  Indoor AC Medium-Voltage Switches for Use in Metal-
Enclosed Switchgear--Conformance Test Procedures
\1\ ANSI/IEEE C37.60  Overhead, Pad-Mounted, Dry-Vault, and 
Submersible Automatic Circuit Reclosers and Fault Interrupters for 
AC Systems
\1\ ANSI/IEEE C37.66  Oil-Filled Capacitor Switches for Alternating-
Current Systems--Requirements
\1\ ANSI/IEEE C37.71  Three Phase, Manually Operated Subsurface Load 
Interrupting Switches for Alternating-Current Systems
\1\ ANSI C37.72  Manually-Operated Dead-Front, Pad-Mounted 
Switchgear with Load-Interrupting Switches and Separable Connectors 
for Alternating-Current System
\1\ ANSI/IEEE C37.90  Relays and Relay Systems Associated with 
Electric Power Apparatus
\1\ ANSI C37.121  Unit Substations--Requirements
\1\ ANSI/IEEE C37.122  Gas-Insulated Substations
\1\ ANSI/IEEE C57.12.00  Distribution, Power and Regulating 
Transformers--General Requirements
\1\ ANSI C57.12.13  Liquid-Filled Transformers Used in Unit 
Installations including Unit Substations--Conformance Requirements
\1\ ANSI C57.12.20  Overhead-Type Distribution Transformers, 500 kVA 
and Smaller
\1\ ANSI C57.12.21  Pad-Mounted Compartmental-Type Self-Cooled 
Single-Phase Distribution Transformers with High Voltage Bushings; 
167 kVA and Smaller
\1\ ANSI C57.12.22  Pad-Mounted Compartmental-Type, Self-Cooled, 
Three-Phase Distribution Transformers with High Voltage Bushings; 
2500 kVA and Smaller
\1\ ANSI C57.12.23  Underground-Type Self-Cooled, Single-Phase 
Distribution Transformers with Separable Insulated High-Voltage 
Connectors; 167 kVA and Smaller
\1\ ANSI C57.12.24  Underground-Type Three-Phase Distribution 
Transformers, 2500 kVA and Smaller
\1\ ANSI C57.12.25  Pad-Mounted Compartmental-Type Self-Cooled 
Single-Phase Distribution Transformers with Separable Insulated 
High-Voltage Connectors; 167 kVA and Smaller
\1\ ANSI C57.12.26  Pad-Mounted Compartmental-Type, Self-Cooled, 
Three-Phase Distribution Transformers for use with Separable 
Insulated High-Voltage Connectors; 2500 kVA and Smaller
\1\ ANSI C57.12.27  Liquid-Filled Distribution Transformers Used in 
Pad-Mounted Installations, Including Unit Substations--Conformance 
Requirements
\1\ ANSI C57.12.28  Switchgear and Transformers--Pad-Mounted 
Equipment--Enclosure Integrity
\1\ ANSI C57.12.40  Three Phase Secondary Network Transformers, 
Subway and Vault Types (Liquid Immersed); 2500 kVA and Smaller
\1\ ANSI C57.12.50  Ventilated Dry-Type Distribution Transformers, 1 
to 500 kVA, Single-Phase; and 15 to 500 kVA, Three Phase
\1\ ANSI C57.12.51  Ventilated Dry-Type Power Transformers, 501 kVA 
and Larger, Three-Phase
\1\ ANSI C57.12.52  Sealed Dry-Type Power Transformers, 501 kVA and 
Larger, Three-Phase
\1\ ANSI C57.12.55  Dry-Type Transformers in Unit Installations, 
Including Unit Substations--Conformance Requirements
\1\ ANSI C57.12.57  Ventilated Dry-Type Network Transformers, 2500 
kVA and Below, Three-Phase
\1\ ANSI/IEEE C57.13  Instrument Transformers--Requirements
\1\ ANSI/IEEE C57.13.2  Instrument Transformers--Conformance Test 
Procedures
\1\ ANSI/IEEE C57.15  Step-Voltage and Induction-Voltage Regulators
\1\ ANSI/IEEE C57.21  Shunt Reactors Over 500 kVA
\1\ ANSI/IEEE C62.1  Gapped Silicon-Carbide Surge Arresters for AC 
Power Circuits
\1\ ANSI/IEEE C62.11  Metal Oxide Surge Arresters for AC Power 
Circuits
ANSI K61.1  Storage and Handling of Anhydrous Ammonia (CGA G-2.1)
ANSI/NEMA 250  Enclosures for Electrical Equipment
ANSI Z21.24  Metal Connectors for Gas Appliances
ANSI Z21.50  Vented Decorative Gas Appliances
ANSI Z21.57  Recreational Vehicle Cooking Gas Appliances
ANSI Z21.60  Decorative Gas Appliances for Installation in Vented 
Fireplaces
ANSI Z21.70  Earthquake Actuated Automatic Gas Shutoff Systems
ANSI Z83.7  Gas-Fired Construction Heater
UL 5A  Nonmetallic Surface Raceways and Fittings
UL 5B  Strut-Type Channel Raceways and Fittings
UL 201  Standard for Garage Equipment
UL 218  Fire Pump Controllers
ANSI/UL 231  Electrical Power Outlets

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ANSI/UL 234  Low Voltage Lighting Fixtures for Use in Recreational 
Vehicles
ANSI/UL 248-1  Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 1: General Requirements
UL 248-2  Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 2: Class C Fuses
UL 248-3  Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 3: Class CA and CB Fuses
ANSI/UL 248-4  Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 4: Class CC Fuses
UL 248-5  Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 5: Class G Fuses
UL 248-6  Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 6: Class H Non-Renewable Fuses
UL 248-7  Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 7: Class H Renewable Fuses
ANSI/UL 248-8  Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 8: Class J Fuses
UL 248-9  Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 9: Class K Fuses
ANSI/UL 248-10  Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 10: Class L Fuses
UL 248-11  Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 11: Plug Fuses
ANSI/UL 248-12  Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 12: Class R Fuses
UL 248-13  Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 13: Semiconductor Fuses
ANSI/UL 248-14  Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 14: Supplemental Fuses
ANSI/UL 248-15  Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 15: Class T Fuses
UL 248-16  Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 16: Test Limiters
ANSI/UL 252A  Compressed Gas Regulator Accessories
UL 300  Fire Testing of Fire Extinguishing Systems for Protection of 
Restaurant Cooking Areas
UL 307B  Gas Burning Heating Appliances for Manufactured Homes and 
Recreational Vehicles
ANSI/UL 391  Solid-Fuel and Combination-Fuel Control and 
Supplementary Furnaces
UL 508C  Power Conversion Equipment
ANSI/UL 583  Electric-Battery-Powered Industrial Trucks
ANSI/UL 588  Christmas-Tree and Decorative-Lighting Outfits
UL 635  Insulating Bushings
ANSI/UL 668  Hose Valves For Fire Protection Service
ANSI/UL 745-1  Portable Electric Tools
ANSI/UL 745-2-1  Particular Requirements of Drills
ANSI/UL 745-2-2  Particular Requirements for Screwdrivers and Impact 
Wrenches
ANSI/UL 745-2-3  Particular Requirements for Grinders, Polishers, 
and Disk-Type Sanders
ANSI/UL 745-2-4  Particular Requirements for Sanders
ANSI/UL 745-2-5  Particular Requirements for Circular Saws and 
Circular Knives
ANSI/UL 745-2-6  Particular Requirements for Hammers
ANSI/UL 745-2-8  Particular Requirements for Shears and Nibblers
ANSI/UL 745-2-9  Particular Requirements for Tappers
ANSI/UL 745-2-11  Particular Requirements for Reciprocating Saws
ANSI/UL 745-2-12  Particular Requirements for Concrete Vibrators
ANSI/UL 745-2-14  Particular Requirements for Planers
ANSI/UL 745-2-17  Particular Requirements for Routers and Trimmers
ANSI/UL 745-2-30  Particular Requirements for Staplers
ANSI/UL 745-2-31  Particular Requirements for Diamond Core Drills
ANSI/UL 745-2-32  Particular Requirements for Magnetic Drill Presses
ANSI/UL 745-2-33  Particular Requirements for Portable Bandsaws
ANSI/UL 745-2-34  Particular Requirements for Strapping Tools
ANSI/UL 745-2-35  Particular Requirements for Drain Cleaners
ANSI/UL 745-2-36  Particular Requirements for Hand Motor Tools
ANSI/UL 745-2-37  Particular Requirements for Plate Jointers
UL 791  Residential Incinerators
UL 962  Household and Commercial Furnishings
ANSI/UL 985  Household Fire Warning System Units
ANSI/UL 1023  Household Burglar-Alarm System Units
UL 1075  Gas Fired Cooling Appliances for Recreational Vehicles
ANSI/UL 1247  Diesel Engines for Driving Centrifugal Fire Pumps
UL 1248  Engine-Generator Assemblies for Use in Recreational 
Vehicles
UL 1363  Temporary Power Taps
ANSI/UL 1419  Professional Video and Audio Equipment
ANSI/UL 1431  Personal Hygiene and Health Care Appliances
ANSI/UL 1468  Direct-Acting Pressure-Reducing and Pressure-Control 
Valves for Fire Protection Service
UL 1472  Solid-State Dimming Controls
ANSI/UL 1478  Fire Pump Relief Valves
ANSI/UL 1581  Reference Standard for Electrical Wires, Cables, and 
Flexible Cords
ANSI/UL 1637  Home Health Care Signaling Equipment
UL 1651  Optical Fiber Cable
UL 1682  Plugs, Receptacles, and Cable Connectors, of the Pin and 
Sleeve Type
UL 1684  Reinforced Thermosetting Resin Conduit
UL 1690  Data-Processing Cable
ANSI/UL 1692  Polymeric Materials--Coil Forms
UL 1693  Electric Radiant Heating Panels and Heating Panel Sets
UL 1694  Tests for Flammability of Small Polymeric Component
UL 1730  Smoke Detector Monitors and Accessories for Individual 
Living Units of Multifamily Residences and Hotel/Motel Rooms
ANSI/UL 1740  Industrial Robots and Robotic Equipment
UL 1821  Thermoplastic Sprinkler Pipe and Fittings for Fire 
Protection
UL 1838  Low Voltage Landscape Lighting Systems
UL 1889  Commercial Filters for Cooking Oil
UL 1951  Electric Plumbing Accessories
ANSI/UL 1963  Refrigerant Recovery/Recycling Equipment
ANSI/UL 1971  Signaling Devices for the Hearing Impaired
UL 1977  Component Connectors for Use in Data, Signal, Control and 
Power Applications
ANSI/UL 1981  Central Station Automation Systems
UL 1993  Self-Ballasted Lamps and Lamp Adapters
UL 1994  Low-Level Path Marking and Lighting Systems
UL 1995  Heating and Cooling Equipment
UL 1996  Duct Heaters
UL 2021  Fixed and Location-Dedicated Electric Room Heaters
UL 2024  Optical Fiber Cable Raceway
UL 2034  Single and Multiple Station Carbon Monoxide Detectors
ANSI/UL 2044  Commercial Closed Circuit Television Equipment
UL 2061  Adapters and Cylinder Connection Devices for Portable LP-
Gas Cylinder Assemblies
ANSI/UL 2083  Halon 1301 Recovery/Recycling Equipment
UL 2085  Insulated Aboveground Tanks for Flammable and Combustible 
Liquids
ANSI/UL 2096  Commercial/Industrial Gas and/or Gas Fired Heating 
Assemblies with Emission Reduction Equipment
UL 2106  Field Erected Boiler Assemblies
UL 2111  Overheating Protection for Motors
ANSI/UL 2157  Electric Clothes Washing Machines and Extractors
ANSI/UL 2158  Electric Clothes Dryers
UL 2161  Neon Transformers and Power Supplies
UL 2250  Instrumentation Tray Cable
UL 2601-1  Medical Electrical Equipment, Part 1: General 
Requirements for Safety
UL 3044  Surveillance Closed Circuit Television Equipment
UL 3101-1  Electrical Equipment for Laboratory Use; Part 1: General 
Requirements
UL 3111-1  Electrical Measuring and Test Equipment; Part 1: General 
Requirements
UL 6500  Audio/Video and Musical Instrument Apparatus for Household, 
Commercial, and Similar General Use
UL 8730-1  Electrical Controls for Household and Similar Use; Part 
1: General Requirements
UL 8730-2-3  Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar 
Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Thermal Motor Protectors 
for Ballasts for Tubular Fluorescent Lamps
UL 8730-2-4  Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar 
Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Thermal Motor Protectors 
for Motor Compressors or Hermetic and Semi-Hermetic Type
UL 8730-2-7  Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar 
Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Timers and Time Switches
UL 8730-2-8  Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar 
Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Electrically Operated Water 
Valves

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

    The NRTL staff reviewed the details of UL's on-site evaluation 
(review)

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reports, and determined that UL has the staff capability and the 
necessary equipment to conduct testing of products covered by these 
additional test standards.

Preliminary Finding

    Based upon a review of the complete application, the on-site 
evaluation (review) reports, and the recommendations of the staff, 
including the recommendation from the Lead Assessor dated August 19, 
1997 (see Exhibit 14), the Assistant Secretary has made a preliminary 
finding that Underwriters Laboratory Inc., can meet the requirements as 
prescribed by 29 CFR 1910.7 for the expansion of its recognition to 
include the 174 test standards previously listed.
    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 
January 20, 1998, and must be addressed to the NRTL Recognition 
Program, Office of Variance Determination, Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 
Avenue, N.W., Room N3653, Washington, D.C. 20210. Copies of the UL 
application, the recommendation of the Lead Assessor, and all submitted 
comments, as received, (Docket No. NRTL-4-93), are available for 
inspection and duplication at the Docket Office, Room N2634, 
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of 
Labor, at the above address.
    The Assistant Secretary's final decision on whether the applicant 
(Underwriters Laboratory Inc.) 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.

    Authority: 29 CFR 1910.7.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 14th day of November, 1997.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary.
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