[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
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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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