[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 74 (Friday, April 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19275-19276]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10219]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. NRTL-2-93]


Entela, 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 Entela, Inc. 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 June 
16, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments concerning this notice to: NRTL Program, 
Office of Technical Programs and Coordination Activities, 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, NRTL Recognition 
Program at the above address, or phone (202) 219-7056.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice of Application

    Notice is hereby given that Entela, Inc. (ENT) has applied to the 
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), pursuant to 29 
CFR 1910.7, for an expansion of its current recognition as a Nationally 
Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL). ENT requests recognition for 
additional test standards. ENT's previous application pursuant to 29 
CFR 1910.7 was for an expansion of its recognition (62 FR 8041, 2/21/
97), which OSHA granted on May 22, 1997 (62 FR 28066).
    The address of the ENT laboratories covered by this application 
are:

Entela, Inc., 3033 Madison, S.E., Grand Rapids, Michigan 49548
Entela Taiwan Laboratories, 3F No. 260 262 Wen, Lin North Road, Pei 
Tou, Taipei, Taiwan

Background

    This Federal Register notice announces ENT's request for expansion 
of recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory for 
additional test standards, dated September 29, 1997 (see Exhibit 11). 
In a recommendation dated February 17, 1998, staff for the NRTL Program 
recommended that ENT's recognition be expanded to include the 
additional test standards. The recommendation also incorporated the 
limitations on the recognition of the Taipei, Taiwan facilities and 
personnel, when applicable to the testing and evaluation of products 
under the test standards listed below. These limitations are repeated 
herein.
    In its request for expansion, ENT included a specific reference to 
an International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standard for many of 
the test standards listed below. Each specific reference is apparently 
intended to show the IEC standard equivalent to the U.S. national test 
standard requested. While there may be some equivalence, this expansion 
of recognition does not apply to or cover any of the IEC standards 
referenced in ENT's current request for expansion. This clarification 
is provided since it may not be readily apparent to some reviewers of 
the public record concerning this notice.
    ENT requests recognition for the following standards when 
applicable to equipment or materials that will be used in environments 
under OSHA's jurisdiction. ENT desires recognition for testing and 
certification of products tested for compliance with these test 
standards, which are appropriate within the meaning of 29 CFR 
1910.7(c):

ANSI/UL 130 Electric Heating Pads
ANSI/UL 858 Household Electric Ranges
ANSI/UL 969 Marking and Labeling Systems
ANSI/UL 1431 Personal Hygiene and Health Care Appliances
ANSI/UL 2157 Electric Clothes Washing Machines and Extractors
UL 2601-1 Medical Electrical Equipment, Part 1: General Requirements 
for Safety
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

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UL 8730-2-8 Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar 
Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Electrically Operated Water 
Valves

Limitation

    The following limitations apply to the recognition of the Taiwan 
facility:
    a. The Taiwan facility shall be limited to carrying out minor 
mechanical and electrical testing of instruments and small appliances.
    b. Performance of inspections shall be limited to Entela personnel.

Preliminary Finding

    Based upon a review of the complete application, and the 
recommendations of the staff, including the recommendation dated 
February 17, 1998, the Assistant Secretary has made a preliminary 
finding that Entela, Inc. can meet the requirements as prescribed by 29 
CFR 1910.7 for the expansion of its recognition to include the eleven 
(11) 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 
the last date for comments (see ``DATES'' above), and submitted to the 
address provided above (see ``ADDRESS''). Copies of the ENT application 
letters and supporting documentation, the recommendation on the 
programs and procedures, and all submitted comments, as received, are 
available for inspection and duplication (under Docket No. NRTL-2-93) 
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 
(Entela, 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 to be appropriate in accordance with 
Appendix A to Section 1910.7.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 13th day of April, 1998.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-10219 Filed 4-16-98; 8:45 am]
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