[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 132 (Friday, July 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37416-37417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18426]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

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


Entela, Inc., Expansion of Recognition

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of expansion of recognition as a Nationally Recognized 
Testing Laboratory (NRTL).

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Agency's final decision on the 
application of Entela, Inc., for expansion of its recognition as an 
NRTL under 29 CFR 1910.7.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This recognition will become effective on July 10, 1998 
and will be valid until July 10, 2003, unless terminated or modified 
prior to that date, in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.7.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bernard Pasquet, 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, or phone (202) 219-
7056.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice of Final Decision

    Notice is hereby given that the Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration (OSHA) has expanded the recognition of Entela, Inc. 
(ENT) as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) to include 
the 11 test standards (equipment and materials) listed below, with the 
limitations noted. ENT applied for expansion of its current recognition 
as an NRTL, pursuant to 29 CFR 1910.7, for the additional test 
standards. A notice announcing the application was published in the 
Federal Register on April 17, 1998 (63 FR 19275). The notice included a 
preliminary finding that ENT could meet the requirements for expansion 
of its recognition detailed in 29 CFR 1910.7, and invited public 
comment on the application by June 16, 1998. No comments were received 
concerning the request for expansion. 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).
    Copies of all documents (Docket No. NRTL-2-93) are available for 
inspection and duplication at the Docket Office, Occupational Safety 
and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 
Avenue, N.W., Room N2634, Washington, D.C. 20210.
    The address of the ENT laboratories covered by this recognition 
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

    ENT submitted a request, dated September 29, 1997 (see Exhibit 11), 
to expand its recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory 
for additional test standards. In a recommendation dated February 17, 
1998 (see Exhibit 12), 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

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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.

Final Decision and Order

    Based upon a preponderance of the evidence resulting from an 
examination of the request for expansion, the supporting documentation, 
and the NRTL Program staff recommendation, dated February 17, 1998, 
OSHA finds that ENT has met the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for 
expansion of its present recognition to test and certify certain 
additional equipment or materials. Pursuant to the authority in 29 CFR 
1910.7, ENT's recognition is hereby expanded to include the 11 test 
standards listed below, subject to the limitations and condition. This 
recognition is limited to equipment or materials that, under 29 CFR 
Part 1910, require testing, listing, labeling, approval, acceptance, or 
certification, by a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory. This 
recognition is further limited to the use of the following test 
standards for the testing and certification of equipment or materials 
included within the scope of these standards.
    ENT asserts by its application that the following standards pertain 
to equipment or materials that will be used in environments under 
OSHA's jurisdiction, and OSHA has determined the standards 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
UL 8730-2-8  Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar 
Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Electrically Operated Water 
Valves

Limitations

Taiwan Facility
    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.

Conditions

    Entela, Inc. must also abide by the following conditions of the 
recognition, in addition to those already required by 29 CFR 1910.7:
    OSHA shall be allowed access to ENT's facility and records for 
purposes of ascertaining continuing compliance with the terms of its 
recognition and to investigate as OSHA deems necessary;
    If ENT has reason to doubt the efficacy of any test standard it is 
using under this program, it shall promptly inform the test standard 
developing organization of this fact and provide that organization with 
appropriate relevant information upon which its concerns are based;
    ENT shall not engage in or permit others to engage in any 
misrepresentation of the scope or conditions of its recognition. As 
part of this condition, ENT agrees that it will allow no representation 
that it is either a recognized or an accredited Nationally Recognized 
Testing Laboratory (NRTL) without clearly indicating the specific 
equipment or material to which this recognition is tied, or that its 
recognition is limited to certain products;
    ENT shall inform OSHA as soon as possible, in writing, of any 
change of ownership or key personnel, including details;
    ENT will continue to meet the requirements for recognition in all 
areas where it has been recognized; and
    ENT will always cooperate with OSHA to assure compliance with the 
spirit as well as the letter of its recognition and 29 CFR 1910.7.

    Signed at Washington, D.C. this 1st day of July 1998.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary.
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