[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 242 (Thursday, December 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69676-69683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33406]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. NRTL-1-89]


Intertek Testing Services, NA, Inc., Applications for Renewal and 
Expansion of Recognition

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces: (1) the application of Intertek Testing 
Services, NA, Inc., for renewal of its recognition as a Nationally 
Recognized Testing Laboratory under 29 CFR 1910.7, and (2) the 
applications of Intertek Testing Services, NA, Inc., for expansion of 
its recognition to use additional standards, sites, and programs, and 
presents the Agency's preliminary finding. This preliminary finding 
does not constitute an interim or temporary approval of these 
applications.

DATES: Comments submitted by interested parties must be received no 
later than February 16, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Send comments concerning this notice to: Office of Technical 
Programs and Coordination Activities, NRTL Program, Occupational Safety 
and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 
Avenue, NW, Room N3653, Washington, D.C. 20210.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bernard Pasquet, Office of Technical 
Programs and Coordination Activities at the above address, or phone 
(202) 219-7056.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice of Application

    The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) hereby 
gives notice that Intertek Testing Services, NA, Inc. (ITSNA) has 
applied for renewal and for expansion of its current recognition as a 
Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL). ITSNA's expansion 
request covers the use of additional test standards, sites, and 
programs. OSHA recognizes an organization as an NRTL, and processes 
applications related to such recognitions, following requirements in 
Section 1910.7 of Title 29, Code of Federal Regulations (29 CFR 
1910.7). Appendix A to this section requires that OSHA publish this 
public notice of the preliminary finding on an application.
    The renewal and expansion of recognition covered by this notice 
apply only to the administrative, testing, and certification facilities 
that are part of the ITSNA organization and operations as an NRTL. No 
part of the recognition will apply to any other part of ITSNA, or to 
any other legal entity, subsidiary, facility, operation, unit, 
division, or department of Intertek Testing Services Ltd. (ITSLtd), 
which encompasses ITSNA. The term ``ITSNA'' also represents the NRTL's 
predecessors ``ETL'' and/or ``InchcapeNA,'' as appropriate and as 
explained below.
    The most recent notices published by OSHA for ITSNA's recognition 
covered an expansion for additional sites, which OSHA announced on 
August 8, 1997 (62 FR 42829) and granted on December 1, 1997 (62 FR 
63562). The following is a chronology of the other Federal Register 
notices published by OSHA concerning the recognition of ITSNA, all of 
which involved an expansion of recognition for additional test 
standards: a request announced on October 26, 1990 (55 FR 43229) and 
granted on December 18, 1990 (55 FR 51971; see correction, 56 FR 2953 
1/25/91); a request announced on November 18, 1992 (57 FR 54422) and 
granted on July 13, 1993 (58 FR 37749; see correction, 58 FR 47001, 9/
3/93); and a request announced on August 9, 1996 (61 FR 41659) and 
granted on November 20, 1996 (61 FR 59111; see correction, 63 FR 1126, 
1/8/98). The renewal will incorporate all recognitions granted to ITSNA 
through the date of publication of this preliminary finding.
    The current address of the ITSNA testing facilities already 
recognized by OSHA are:

ITSNA Cortland, 3933 U.S. Route 11, Cortland, New York 13045
ITSNA Boxborough, 593 Massachusetts Avenue, Boxborough, Massachusetts 
01719
ITSNA Atlanta, 4317-A Park Drive, Norcross, Georgia 30093
ITSNA San Francisco, 1365 Adams Court, Menlo Park, CA 94025
*ITSNA Pittsburg, 530 Garcia Avenue, Pittsburg, California 94565
*ITSNA Vancouver, 211 Schoolhouse Street, Coquitlam, British Columbia, 
V3K 4X9 Canada
ITSNA Hong Kong, 2/F., Garment Centre, 576 Castle Peak Road, Kowloon, 
Hong Kong
ITSNA Taiwan, 14/F Huei Fung Building, 27, Chung Shan North Road, Sec. 
3, Taipei 10451, Taiwan

    The current address of the ITSNA/ETL ``Certification'' office to be 
recognized as part of the renewal request is:

ITSNA Cortland Certification, 24 Groton Avenue, Cortland, New York 
13045.

    The current address of the additional ITSNA testing sites covered 
by the expansion requests are:

ITSNA Los Angeles, 27611 LaPaz Road, Suite C, Laguna Niguel, California 
92677
ITSNA Minneapolis, 7435 Fourth Street North, Lake Elmo, Minnesota 55042
ITSNA Totowa, 40 Commerce Way, Unit B, Totowa, New Jersey 07512
*ITSNA Madison, 8431 Murphy Drive, Middleton, Wisconsin 53562

    * One of the three sites permitted to authorize the use of the 
``WHI'' certification mark.

General Background on the Applicant and Applications

    ITSNA, as ``ETL,'' has submitted a request for the renewal, dated 
September 29, 1993 (see Exhibit 30A). It later submitted multiple 
requests to expand its recognition: applications for recognition of 
additional sites, dated August 24, 1994 (see Exhibits 30B, 30C, and 
30D), and dated April 3, 1996 (see Exhibit 30E); requests for 
recognition to use additional test standards, dated April 25, 1997 and 
January 2, 1998 (see Exhibits 30F and 30H); and the request for 
recognition to use additional programs and procedures, dated November 
20, 1997 (see Exhibit 30G). ITSNA submitted an application for another 
site that it subsequently withdrew.
    When first recognized as an NRTL in 1989, the organization's name 
was ETL Testing Laboratories, Inc. (ETL). According to the preliminary 
Federal Register notice for the recognition (54 FR 8411), ETL was part 
of Inchcape

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Inspection and Testing Services, U.S.A., Inc. (IITS), based in New 
York. IITS was in turn owned by Inchcape plc, based in the United 
Kingdom.
    In 1996, ``ETL'' informed OSHA (See Exhibit 23E) of a change in 
legal structure and name to ``Inchcape Testing Services NA, Inc.'' 
(InchcapeNA). OSHA published a final notice reflecting this change on 
November 20, 1996 (61 FR 59111). In this notice, OSHA also noted: (1) 
the 1991 acquisition by IITS of Dash, Strauss, and Goodhue, Inc. 
(DS&G), and (2) that it granted the voluntary termination of 
recognition of DS&G as an NRTL, as requested by InchcapeNA. OSHA had 
recognized DS&G as an NRTL on June 16, 1989 (54 FR 25643) for one 
location. This site maintained its recognition as part of IITS.
    More recently, InchcapeNA informed OSHA (see Exhibit 25F) of the 
substantial acquisition of ``Inchcape Testing Services'' by 
Charterhouse Development Capitol Limited (Charterhouse) and 
``affiliated investors.'' Following this, ``InchcapeNA'' informed OSHA 
(see Exhibit 25G) of a name change to ``Intertek Testing Services NA 
Inc.'' in connection with a change in corporate identity by ITSLtd, 
headquartered in London, England.
    ITSNA, as ETL, received its recognition as an NRTL on September 13, 
1989 (see 54 FR 37845), for a period of five years ending September 13, 
1994. Appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.7 stipulates that the period of 
recognition of an NRTL is five years and that an NRTL may renew its 
recognition by applying not less than nine months, nor more than one 
year, before the expiration date of its current recognition. ETL 
submitted its renewal request within the time allotted, and ITSNA 
retains its recognition pending OSHA's final decision in this renewal 
process. However, OSHA temporarily withheld its consideration of the 
renewal and the expansion requests pending resolution by the NRTL of 
discrepancies noted at its facilities during OSHA audits. Staff of the 
OSHA NRTL Program accepted resolution of the discrepancies in December 
1996, permitting OSHA to resume processing all the requests it had 
received from ITSNA.
    Regarding the expansions, ITSNA requests recognition to use 
additional standards, testing facilities (sites), and additional 
programs and procedures. All the ITSNA testing sites listed above will 
be recognized to use the programs and procedures, and to perform 
testing, but not to authorize the ``ETL'' certifications.

Renewal of NRTL Recognition

    ITSNA seeks renewal of its recognition for the eight sites that 
OSHA has previously recognized. The renewal of each of these sites is 
limited to performing testing to the test standards for which OSHA has 
recognized ITSNA, and for which the site has the proper capability and 
control programs. However, OSHA intends to impose certain limitations 
on the testing that can be performed at ITSNA's sites, and in general, 
to the testing permitted under some of the test standards.
    The renewal will allow ITSNA to maintain its current operation as 
an NRTL. Specifically, only the ITSNA ``Cortland Certification'' 
office, currently at the address identified above, may authorize the 
use of the ``ETL'' certification mark or certifications for the NRTL 
Program. Only the Vancouver, Pittsburg, and proposed Madison sites 
identified above may authorize the use of the ``WHI'' (Warnock Hersey) 
certification mark or certifications.
    ITSNA also seeks renewal of its recognition for testing and 
certification of products to demonstrate compliance to the following 
405 test standards, which OSHA has previously recognized for ITSNA. 
OSHA recognition of any NRTL for a particular test standard is limited 
to products for which OSHA standards require third party testing and 
certification before use in the workplace.

ANSI/ASME A90.1 Safety Standard for Belt Manlifts
ANSI/IEEE C37.13 Low Voltage AC Power Circuit Breakers Used in 
Enclosures
ANSI/IEEE C37.14 Low Voltage DC Power Circuit Breakers Used in 
Enclosures
ANSI/IEEE C37.20.1 Metal-Enclosed Low Voltage Power Circuit Breaker 
Switchgear
ANSI/IEEE C37.20.2 Metal-Clad and Station-Type Cubicle Switchgear
ANSI/IEEE C37.20.3 Metal-Enclosed Interrupter Switchgear
\1\ ANSI/ISA S12.12 Nonincendive Electrical Equipment for Use in 
Class I and II, Division 2, and Class III, Divisions 1 and 2, 
Hazardous (Classified) Locations
ANSI/ISA S12.13.1 Performance Requirements for Combustible Gas 
Detectors
ANSI Z21.1 Household Cooking Gas Appliances
ANSI Z21.5.1 Gas Clothes Dryers--Volume I--Type 1 Clothes Dryers
ANSI Z21.5.2 Gas Clothes Dryers--Volume II--Type 2 Clothes Dryers
ANSI Z21.10.1 Gas Water Heaters--Volume I--Storage Water Heaters 
with Input Ratings of 75,000 Btu per Hour or less
ANSI Z21.10.3 Gas Water Heaters--Volume III--Storage, with Input 
Ratings above 75,000 Btu per Hour, Circulating and Instantaneous 
Water Heaters
ANSI Z21.11.1 Gas-Fired Room Heaters--Volume I--Vented Room Heaters
ANSI Z21.11.2 Gas-Fired Room Heaters--Volume II, Unvented Room 
Heaters
ANSI Z21.12 Draft Hoods
ANSI Z21.13 Gas-Fired Low-Pressure Steam and Hot Water Boilers
ANSI Z21.15 Manually Operated Gas Valves
ANSI Z21.17 Domestic Gas Conversion Burners
ANSI Z21.18 Gas Appliance Pressure Regulators
ANSI Z21.20 Automatic Gas Ignition Systems and Components
ANSI Z21.21 Automatic Valves for Gas Appliances
ANSI Z21.23 Gas Appliance Thermostats
ANSI Z21.35 Pilot Gas Filters
ANSI Z21.40.1 Gas-Fired, Heat Activated Air Conditioning and Heat 
Pump Appliances
ANSI Z21.40.2 Gas-Fired, Work Activated Air-Conditioning and Heat 
Pump Appliances (Internal Combustion)
ANSI Z21.47 Gas-Fired Central Furnaces
ANSI Z21.48 Gas-Fired Gravity and Fan Type Floor Furnaces
ANSI Z21.49 Gas-Type Gravity and Fan Type Vented Wall Furnaces
ANSI Z21.56 Gas-Fired Pool Heaters
ANSI Z83.4 Direct Gas-Fired Make-Up Air Heaters
ANSI Z83.8 Gas Unit Heaters and Gas-Fired Duct Furnaces
ANSI Z83.11 Gas Food Service Equipment--Range and Unit Broilers
ANSI Z83.16 Gas-Fired Unvented Commercial and Industrial Heaters
ANSI Z83.18 Direct Gas-Fired Industrial Air Heaters
ANSI/UL 1 Flexible Metal Conduit
ANSI/UL 3 Flexible Nonmetallic Tubing for Electric Wiring
ANSI/UL 4 Armored Cable
ANSI/UL 5 Surface Metal Raceways and Fittings
UL 6 Rigid Metal Conduit
UL 9 Fire Tests of Window Assemblies
UL 10B Fire Tests of Door Assemblies
UL 10C Positive Pressure Fire Tests of Door Assemblies
UL 13 Power-Limited Circuit Cables
ANSI/UL 17 Vent or Chimney Connector Dampers for Oil-Fired 
Appliances
ANSI/UL 20 General-Use Snap Switches
ANSI/UL 21 LP-Gas Hose
ANSI/UL 22 Amusement and Gaming Machines
ANSI/UL 25 Meters for Flammable and Combustible Liquids and LP Gas
ANSI/UL 44 Rubber-Insulated Wires and Cables
ANSI/UL 45 Portable Electric Tools
ANSI/UL 48 Electric Signs
ANSI/UL 50 Electrical Cabinets and Boxes
ANSI/UL 62 Flexible Cord and Fixture Wire
ANSI/UL 65 [Electric] Wired Cabinets
ANSI/UL 67 [Electric] Panelboards
ANSI/UL 69 Electric-Fence Controllers
ANSI/UL 73 [Electric] Motor-Operated Appliances
ANSI/UL 79 Power-Operated Pumps for Petroleum Product Dispensing 
Systems
ANSI/UL 82 Electric Gardening Appliances
ANSI/UL 83 Thermoplastic-Insulated Wires and Cables
ANSI/UL 87 Power-Operated Dispensing Devices for Petroleum Products

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ANSI/UL 94 Tests for Flammability of Plastic Materials for Parts in 
Devices and Appliances
ANSI/UL 96 Lightning Protection Components
ANSI/UL 98 Enclosed and Dead-Front Switches
UL 104 Elevator Door Locking Devices and Contacts
ANSI/UL 114 Electric Office Appliances and Business Equipment
ANSI/UL 122 Photographic Equipment
ANSI/UL 130 Electric Heating Pads
UL 136 Pressure Cookers
ANSI/UL 141 Garment Finishing Appliances
ANSI/UL 150 Antenna Rotators
ANSI/UL 153 Portable Electric Lamps
ANSI/UL 154 Carbon-Dioxide Fire Extinguisher
ANSI/UL 174 Household Electric Storage Tank Water Heaters
UL 181 Factory Made Air Ducts and Connectors
ANSI/UL 183 Manufactured Wiring Systems
ANSI/UL 187 X-Ray Equipment
ANSI/UL 197 Commercial Electric Cooking Appliances
ANSI/UL 198B Class H Fuses
ANSI/UL Class K Fuses
ANSI/UL 198E Class R Fuses
ANSI/UL 198F Plug Fuses
ANSI/UL 198G Fuses for Supplementary Overcurrent Protection
ANSI/UL 198H Class T Fuses
ANSI/UL 198L DC Fuses for Industrial Uses
ANSI/UL 198M Mine-Duty Fuses
ANSI/UL 201 Standard for Garage Equipment
ANSI/UL 207 Refrigerant Containing Components and Accessories, 
Nonelectrical
UL 209 Cellular Metal Floor Raceways and Fittings
ANSI/UL 224 Extruded Insulating Tubing
ANSI/UL 231 [Electrical] Power Outlets
ANSI/UL 244A Solid-State Controls for Appliances
ANSI/UL 250 Household Refrigerators and Freezers
ANSI/UL 291 Automated Teller Systems
ANSI/UL 294 Access Control System Units
ANSI/UL 296 Oil Burners
ANSI/UL 296A Waste Oil-Burning Air-Heating Appliances
ANSI/UL 298 Portable Electric Hand Lamps
ANSI/UL 299 Dry Chemical Fire Extinguisher
ANSI/UL 303 Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Condensing and 
Compressor Units
ANSI/UL 307A Liquid Fuel-Burning Heating Appliances for Manufactured 
Homes and Recreational Vehicles
ANSI/UL 310 Electrical Quick-Connect Terminals
ANSI/UL 325 Door, Drapery, Gate, Louver, and Window Operators and 
Systems
UL 330 Hose and Hose Assemblies for Dispensing Gasoline
ANSI/UL 343 Pumps for Oil-Burning Appliances
ANSI/UL 347 High-Voltage Industrial Control Equipment
ANSI/UL 353 Limit Controls
ANSI/UL 355 Cord Reels
ANSI/UL 360 Liquid-Tight Flexible Steel Conduit
ANSI/UL 363 Knife Switches
ANSI/UL 365 Police Station Connected Burglar Alarm Units and Systems
ANSI/UL 372 Primary Safety Controls for Gas-and Oil-Fired Appliances
UL 378 Draft Equipment
ANSI/UL 399 Drinking-Water Coolers
ANSI/UL 407 Manifolds for Compressed Gases
ANSI/UL 412 Refrigeration Unit Coolers
ANSI/UL 414 Meter Sockets
ANSI/UL 416 Refrigerated Medical Equipment
ANSI/UL 427 Refrigerating Units
ANSI/UL 429 Electrically Operated Valves
ANSI/UL 430 [Electric] Waste Disposers
ANSI/UL 443 Steel Auxiliary Tanks for Oil-Burner Fuel
UL 444 Communications Cables
ANSI/UL 448 Pumps for Fire-Protection Service
ANSI/UL 464 Audible Signal Appliances
ANSI/UL 465 Central Cooling Air Conditioners
ANSI/UL 466 Electric Scales
ANSI/UL 467 [Electrical] Grounding and Bonding Equipment
ANSI/UL 469 Musical Instruments and Accessories
ANSI/UL 471 Commercial Refrigerators and Freezers
ANSI/UL 474 Dehumidifiers
ANSI/UL 482 Portable Sun/Heat Lamps
ANSI/UL 484 Room Air Conditioners
ANSI/UL 486A Wire Connectors and Soldering Lugs for Use With Copper 
Conductors
ANSI/UL 486B Wire Connectors for Use with Aluminum Conductors
ANSI/UL 486C Splicing Wire Connectors
ANSI/UL 486E Equipment Wiring Terminals for Use with Aluminum and/or 
Cooper Conductors
ANSI/UL 489 Molded-Case Circuit Breakers and Circuit-Breaker 
Enclosures
ANSI/UL 493 Thermoplastic-Insulated Underground Feeder and Branch-
Circuit Cables
ANSI/UL 496 Edison Base Lampholders
ANSI/UL 497 Protectors for Communication Circuits
UL 497A Secondary Protectors for Communication Circuits
ANSI/UL 497B Protectors for Data Communication and Fire Alarm 
Circuits
ANSI/UL 498 Attachment Plugs and Receptacles
ANSI/UL 499 Electric Heating Appliances
ANSI/UL 506 Specialty Transformers
ANSI/UL 507 Electric Fans
ANSI/UL 508 Electric Industrial Control Equipment
ANSI/UL 508C Power Conversion Equipment
ANSI/UL 510 Insulating Tape
ANSI/UL 512 Fuseholders
ANSI/UL 514A Metallic Outlet Boxes
ANSI/UL 514B Fittings for Conduit and Outlet Boxes
ANSI/UL 514C Nonmetallic Outlet Boxes, Flush-Device Boxes and Covers
ANSI/UL 525 Flame Arresters for Use on Vents of Storage Tanks for 
Petroleum Oil and Gasoline
ANSI/UL 541 Refrigerated Vending Machines
ANSI/UL 542 Lampholders, Starters, and Starter Holders for 
Fluorescent Lamps
UL 544 Electric Medical and Dental Equipment
ANSI/UL 547 Thermal Protectors for Electric Motors
ANSI/UL 551 Transformer-Type Arc-Welding Machines
ANSI/UL 558 Industrial Trucks, Internal Combustion Engineer-Powered
ANSI/UL 559 Heat Pumps
ANSI/UL 561 Floor-Finishing Machines
ANSI/UL 563 Ice Makers
ANSI/UL 567 Pipe Connectors for Flammable and Combustible Liquids 
and LP Gas
ANSI/UL 574 Electric Oil Heaters
ANSI/UL 583 Electric-Battery-Powered Industrial Trucks
ANSI/UL 603 Power Supplies for Use with Burglar-Alarm Systems
ANSI/UL 606 Linings and Screens for Use with Burglar-Alarm Systems
ANSI/UL 609 Local Burglar-Alarm Units and Systems
ANSI/UL 621 Ice Cream Makers
ANSI/UL 626 2 \1/2\ Gallon Stored-Pressure, Water-Type Fire 
Extinguisher
ANSI/UL 632 Electrically Actuated Transmitters
ANSI/UL 634 Connectors and Switches for Use with Burglar-Alarm 
Systems
ANSI/UL 639 Intrusion-Detection Units
ANSI/UL 641 Low-Temperature Venting Systems, Type L
ANSI/UL 644 Container Assemblies for LP-Gas
ANSI/UL 651 Schedule 40 and 80 PVC Conduit
ANSI/UL 651A Type EB and A Rigid PVC Conduit and HDPE Conduit
UL 664 Commercial Dry-Cleaning Machines (Type IV)
(1) ANSI/UL 674 Electric Motors and Generators for Use in 
Hazardous Locations, Class I, Groups C and D, Class II, Groups E, F, 
and G
ANSI/UL 676 Underwater Lighting Fixtures
(1) ANSI/UL 698 Industrial Control Equipment for Use in 
Hazardous (Classified) Locations
ANSI/UL 705 Power Ventilators
UL 710 Exhaust Hoods for Commercial Cooking Equipment
ANSI/UL 711 Rating and Fire Testing of Fire Extinguishers
ANSI/UL 719 Nonmetallic Sheathes Cables
ANSI/UL 726 Oil-Fired Boiler Assemblies
ANSI/UL 727 Oil-Fired Central Furnaces
ANSI/UL 729 Oil-Fired Floor Furnaces
ANSI/UL 730 Oil-Fired Wall Furnaces
ANSI/UL 731 Oil-Fired Unit Heaters
ANSI/UL 732 Oil-Fired Storage Tank Water Heaters
UL 733 Oil-Fired Air Heaters and Direct-Fired Heaters
UL 745-1 Portable Electric Tools
UL 745-2-1 Particular Requirements of Drills
UL 745-2-2 Particular Requirements for Screwdrivers and Impact 
Wrenches
UL 745-2-3 Particular Requirements for Grinders, Polishers, and 
Disk-Type Sanders
UL 745-2-4 Particular Requirements for Sanders
UL 745-2-5 Particular Requirements for Circular Saws and Circular 
Knives
UL 745-2-6 Particular Requirements for Hammers
UL 745-2-8 Particular Requirements for Shears and Nibblers
UL 745-2-9 Particular Requirements for Tappers

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UL 745-2-11 Particular Requirements for Reciprocating Saws
UL 745-2-12 Particular Requirements for Concrete Vibrators
UL 745-2-14 Particular Requirements for Planers
UL 745-2-17 Particular Requirements for Routers and Trimmers
UL 745-2-30 Particular Requirements for Staplers
UL 745-2-31 Particular Requirements for Diamond Core Drills
UL 745-2-32 Particular Requirements for Magnetic Drill Presses
UL 745-2-33 Particular Requirements for Portable Bandsaws
UL 745-2-34 Particular Requirements for Strapping Tools
UL 745-2-35 Particular Requirements for Drain Cleaners
UL 745-2-36 Particular Requirements for Hand Motor Tools
UL 745-2-37 Particular Requirements for Plate Jointers
ANSI/UL 746C Polymeric Materials--Use in Electrical Equipment 
Evaluations
ANSI/UL 749 Household [Electric] Dishwashers
ANSI/UL 751 Vending Machines
ANSI/UL 756 Coin and Currency Changers and Actuators
UL 763 Motor-Operated Commercial Food Preparing Machines
ANSI/UL 773 Plug-In, Locking Type Photocontrols for Use with Area 
Lighting
ANSI/UL 773A Nonindustrial Photoelectric Switches for Lighting 
Control
UL 775 Graphic Arts Equipment
ANSI/UL 778 Motor-Operated Water Pumps
(1)ANSI/UL 781 Portable Electric Lighting Units for Use 
in Hazardous (Classified) Locations
UL 795 Commercial-Industrial Gas-Heating Equipment
ANSI/UL 796 Electrical Printed-Wiring Boards
ANSI/UL 797 Electrical Metallic Tubing
UL 810 Capacitors
ANSI/UL 813 Commercial Audio Equipment
ANSI/UL 814 Gas-Tube-Sign and Ignition Cable
ANSI/UL 817 Cord Sets and Power-Supply Cords
(1)ANSI/UL 823 Electric Heaters for Use in Hazardous 
(Classified) Locations
ANSI/UL 826 Household Electric Clocks
ANSI/UL 827 Central-Stations for Watchman, Fire-Alarm, and 
Supervisory Services
ANSI/UL 834 Electric Heating, Water Supply, and Power Boilers
ANSI/UL 842 Valves for Flammable Liquids
(1)ANSI/UL 844 Electric Lighting Fixtures for Use in 
Hazardous (Classified) Locations
ANSI/UL 845 Motor Control Centers
ANSI/UL 854 Service-Entrance Cables
ANSI/UL 857 Electric Busways and Associated Fittings
ANSI/UL 858 Household Electric Ranges
UL 858A Safety-Related Solid-State Controls for Household Electric 
Ranges
ANSI/UL 859 Electrical Personal Grooming Appliances
ANSI/UL 863 Time-Indicating and--Recording Appliances
ANSI/UL 864 Control Units for Fire-Protective Signaling Systems
ANSI/UL 867 Electrostatic Air Cleaners
ANSI/UL 873 [Electrical] Temperature-Indicating and Regulating 
Equipment
ANSI/UL 875 Electric Dry Bath Heaters
(1)ANSI/UL 877 Circuit Breakers and Circuit-Breaker 
Enclosures for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations
ANSI/UL 879 Electrode Receptacles for Gas-Tube Signs
ANSI/UL 883 Fan-Coil Units and Room Fan-Heater Units
ANSI/UL 884 Underfloor Raceways and Fittings
(1)ANSI/UL 886 Outlet Boxes and Fittings for Use in 
Hazardous (Classified) Locations
ANSI/UL 891 Dead-Front Electrical Switchboards
(1)ANSI/UL 894 Switches for Use in Hazardous (Classified) 
Locations
ANSI/UL 900 Test Performance of Air-Filter Units
ANSI/UL 910 Test Method for Fire and Smoke Characteristics of 
Electrical and Optical-Fiber Cables Used in Air Handling Spaces
ANSI/UL 913 Intrinsically Safe Apparatus and Associated Apparatus 
for Use in Class I, II, and III, Division 1, Hazardous Locations
ANSI/UL 916 Energy Management Equipment
ANSI/UL 917 Clock-Operated Switches
ANSI/UL 921 Commercial Electric Dishwashers
ANSI/UL 923 Microwave Cooking Appliances
ANSI/UL 924 Emergency Lighting and Power Equipment
ANSI/UL 935 Fluorescent-Lamp Ballasts
ANSI/UL 943 Ground-Fault Circuit Interrupters
ANSI/UL 961 Hobby and Sports Equipment
ANSI/UL 964 Electrically Heated Bedding
ANSI/UL 969 Marking and Labeling Systems
ANSI/UL 977 Fuse Power-Circuit Devices
ANSI/UL 982 Motor-Operated Household Food Preparing Machines
ANSI/UL 983 Surveillance Camera Units
ANSI/UL 984 Hermetic Refrigerant Motor-Compressors
ANSI/UL 987 Stationary and Fixed Electric Tools
UL 991 Safety-Related Controls Employing Solid-State Devices
ANSI/UL 998 Humidifiers
(1)ANSI/UL 1002 Electrically Operated Valves for Use in 
Hazardous (Classified) Locations
ANSI/UL 1004 Electric Motors
ANSI/UL 1005 Electric Flatirons
ANSI/UL 1008 Automatic Transfer Switches
ANSI/UL 1012 Power Supplies
ANSI/UL 1017 Vacuum Cleaner Machines and Blower Cleaners
ANSI/UL 1020 Thermal Cutoffs for Use in Electrical Appliances and 
Components
UL 1022 Line Isolated Monitors
ANSI/UL 1026 Electric Household Cooking and Food Serving Appliances
ANSI/UL 1028 [Electric] Hair-Clipping and Shaving Appliances
ANSI/UL 1029 High-Intensity Discharge Lamp Ballasts
ANSI/UL 1030 Sheathed Heating Elements
ANSI/UL 1037 Antitheft Alarms and Devices
ANSI/UL 1042 Electric Baseboard Heating Equipment
ANSI/UL 1047 Isolated Power Systems Equipment
ANSI/UL 1054 Special-Use Switches
UL 1059 [Electrical] Terminal Blocks
ANSI/UL 1063 Machine-Tool Wires and Cables
ANSI/UL 1066 Low-Voltage AC or DC Power Circuit Breakers Used in 
Enclosures
ANSI/UL 1069 Hospital Signaling and Nurse-Call System
ANSI/UL 1072 Medium-Voltage Power Cables
UL 1075 Gas Fired Cooling Appliances for Recreational Vehicles
ANSI/UL 1076 Proprietary Burglar Alarm Units and Systems
ANSI/UL 1077 Supplementary Protectors for Use in Electrical 
Equipment
ANSI/UL 1081 [Electric] Swimming Pool Pumps, Filters, and 
Chlorinators
ANSI/UL 1082 Household Electric Coffee Makers and Brewing-Type 
Appliances
ANSI/UL 1083 Household Electric Skillets and Frying-Type Appliances
ANSI/UL 1086 Household Trash Compactors
ANSI/UL 1097 Double Insulation Systems for Use in Electrical 
Equipment
(1)ANSI/UL 1203 Explosion-Proof and Dust-Ignition-Proof 
Electrical Equipment for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations
UL 1206 Electrical Commercial Clothes-Washing Equipment
ANSI/UL 1207 Sewage Pumps for Use in Hazardous [Class I only] 
(Classified) Locations
ANSI/UL 1230 Amateur Movie Lights
ANSI/UL 1236 Electric Battery Chargers
ANSI/UL 1238 Control Equipment for Use with Flammable Liquid 
Dispensing Devices
UL 1240 Electric Commercial Clothes-Drying Equipment
UL 1244 Electrical and Electronic Measuring and Testing Equipment
ANSI/UL 1261 Electric Water Heaters for Pools and Tubs
ANSI/UL 1262 Laboratory Equipment
ANSI/UL 1270 Radio Receivers, Audio Systems, and Accessories
ANSI/UL 1277 Electrical Power and Control Tray Cables with Optional 
Optical-Fiber Members
ANSI/UL 1278 Movable and Wall- or Ceiling-Hung Electric Room Heaters
ANSI/UL 1286 Office Furnishings
ANSI/UL 1310 Direct Plug-In Transformer Units
ANSI/UL 1313 Nonmetallic Safety Cans for Petroleum Products
ANSI/UL 1316 Glass-Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Underground Storage 
Tanks for Petroleum Products
UL 1323 Scaffold Hoists
ANSI/UL 1409 Low-Voltage Video Products Without Cathode-Ray-Tube 
Displays
ANSI/UL 1410 Television Receivers and High-Voltage Video Products
ANSI/UL 1411 Transformers and Motor Transformers for Use in Audio-, 
Radio-, and Television-Type Appliances
ANSI/UL 1413 High-Voltage Components for Television-Type Appliances
ANSI/UL 1414 Across-the-Line, Antenna-Coupling, and Line-By-Pass 
Capacitors for Radio- and Television-Type Appliances

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ANSI/UL 1416 Overcurrent and Overtemperature Protectors for Radio- 
and Television-Type Appliances
ANSI/UL 1417 Special Fuses for Radio- and Television-Type Appliances
ANSI/UL 1418 Implosion-Protected Cathode-Ray Tubes for Television-
Type Appliances
ANSI/UL 1424 Cables for Power-Limited Alarm Circuits
ANSI/UL 1433 Control Centers for Changing Message Type Electric 
Signs
ANSI/UL 1436 Outlet Circuit Testers and Similar Indicating Devices
UL 1437 Electrical Analog Instruments--Panel Board Types
ANSI/UL 1438 Household Electric Drip-Type Coffee Makers
ANSI/UL 1445 Electric Water Bed Heaters
ANSI/UL 1446 Systems of Insulating Materials--General
ANSI/UL 1447 Electric Lawn Mowers
ANSI/UL 1448 Electric Hedge Trimmers
UL 1449 Transient Voltage Surge Suppressors
ANSI/UL 1450 Motor-Operated Air Compressors, Vacuum Pumps and 
Painting Equipment
ANSI/UL 1453 Electric Booster and Commercial Storage Tank Water 
Heaters
UL 1459 Telephone Equipment
ANSI/UL 1480 Speakers for Fire Protective Signaling Systems
ANSI/UL 1481 Power Supplies for Fire Protective Signaling Systems
ANSI/UL 1492 Audio-Video Products and Accessories
ANSI/UL 1557 Electrically Isolated Semiconductor Devices
UL 1558 Metal-Enclosed Low-Voltage Power Circuit Breaker Switchgear
ANSI/UL 1559 Insect-Control Equipment, Electrocution Type
ANSI/UL 1561 Large General Purpose transformers
UL 1562 Transformers, Distribution, Dry-Type--Over 600 Volts
ANSI/UL 1563 Electric Hot Tubs, Spas, and Associated Equipment
ANSI/UL 1564 Industrial Battery Chargers
ANSI/UL 1565 Wire Positioning Devices
UL 1567 Receptacles and Switches for Use With Aluminum Wire
ANSI/UL 1569 Metal-Clad Cables
ANSI/UL 1570 Fluorescent Lighting Fixtures
ANSI/UL 1571 Incandescent Lighting Fixtures
ANSI/UL 1572 High Intensity Discharge Lighting Fixtures
ANSI/UL 1573 Stage and Studio Lighting Units
ANSI/UL 1574 Track Lighting Systems
ANSI/UL 1577 Optical Isolaters
ANSI/UL 1581 Reference Standard for Electrical Wires, Cables, and 
Flexible Cords
ANSI/UL 1585 Class 2 and Class 3 Transformers
ANSI/UL 1594 Sewing and Cutting Machines
\1\ UL 1604 Electrical Equipment for Use in Class I and II, Division 
2, and Class III Hazardous (Classified) Locations
ANSI/UL 1610 Central-Station Burglar-Alarm Units
ANSI/UL 1638 Visual Signaling Appliances
UL 1640 Portable Power Distribution Units
ANSI/UL 1647 Motor-Operated Massage and Exercise Machines
UL 1660 Liquid-Tight Flexible Nonmetallic Conduit
ANSI/UL 1662 Electric Chain Saws
ANSI/UL 1664 Immersion-Detection Circuit-Interrupters
ANSI/UL 1666 Standard Test for Flame Propagation Height of 
Electrical and Optical-Fiber Cables Installed Vertically in Shafts
ANSI/UL 1673 Electric Space Heating Cables
ANSI/UL 1676 Discharge Path Resistors
ANSI/UL 1690 Data-Processing Cables
ANSI/UL 1711 Amplifiers for Fire Protective Signaling Systems
ANSI/UL 1727 Commercial Electric Personal Grooming Appliances
UL 1738 Venting Systems for Gas-Burning Appliances, Categories II, 
III, and IV
ANSI/UL 1778 Uninterruptible Power Supply Equipment
UL 1795 Hydromassage Bathtubs
UL 1812 Ducted Heat Recovery Ventilators
UL 1815 Nonducted Heat Recovery Ventilators
ANSI/UL 1876 Isolating Signal and Feedback Transformers for Use in 
Electronic Equipment
ANSI/UL 1917 Solid-State Fan Speed Controls
ANSI/UL 1950 Information Technology Equipment Including Electrical 
Business Equipment
UL 1993 Self-Ballasted Lamps and Lamp Adapters
UL 1994 Low-Level Path Marking and Lighting Systems
UL 1995 Heating and Cooling Equipment
ANSI/UL 1996 Duct Heaters
UL 2021 Fixed and Location-Dedicated Electric Room Heaters
ANSI/UL 2044 Commercial Closed Circuit Television Equipment
ANSI/UL 2097 Double Insulation Systems for Use in Electronic 
Equipment
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
UL 3111-1 Electrical Measuring and Test Equipment, Part 1: General
ANSI/UL 6500 Audio/Visual and Musical Instrument Apparatus for 
Household, Commercial, and Similar General Use
UL 8730-1 Electrical Controls for Household and Similar Use; Part 1: 
General
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

\1\ Testing and certification of products under this test standard 
is limited to Class I locations. See also general note and condition 
for hazardous location testing.

    Note 1--All safety testing for Class I locations is limited to 
recognized ITSNA sites properly pre-qualified by ITSNA. See 
``Limitations.''
    Note 2--Testing and certification of gas operated equipment is 
limited to equipment for use with ``liquefied petroleum gas.''

    The designations and titles of the above test standards were 
current at the time of the preparation of this notice. They may differ 
from those that OSHA used in the original recognition of the test 
standards published in the Federal Register. In addition, OSHA had 
recognized ITSNA for ASTM E152, ASTM E163, and a few other standards 
that the standards organization has withdrawn or replaced. ITSNA has 
substituted alternative standards where possible, and these are listed 
above.
    In their report on the recognitions, the NRTL Program staff 
recommended certain limitations on intrinsic testing that will apply to 
all hazardous location testing. These limitations are described partly 
in the note above and more fully under Limitations below. These 
limitations will apply to the renewal of recognition of the above test 
standards.

Expansion of NRTL Recognition

Expansion of Recognition--Additional Facilities

    ITSNA requests recognition of the 4 additional sites listed above. 
OSHA's recognition of the Los Angeles, Minneapolis, and Totowa sites 
will be limited to performing testing to the test standards for which 
the site has the proper capability and control programs. In addition, 
OSHA will not recognize these three sites for authorizing 
certifications under the NRTL Program. OSHA intends to recognize the 
Madison site for performing testing to a limited number of test 
standards, but also for authorizing the ``WHI'' certifications under 
the Program. However, as previously noted, OSHA intends to impose 
certain limitations on the testing that can be performed at ITSNA's 
sites, and in general, to the testing permitted under some of the test 
standards. The expansion will also permit ITSNA to conduct activities 
that meet the criteria of the specific programs for which ITSNA seeks 
recognition.

Expansion of Recognition--Additional Test Standards

    ITSNA seeks recognition for testing and certification of products 
to demonstrate compliance with the following 112 test standards, and 
OSHA has determined the standards are appropriate, as prescribed by 29 
CFR 1910.7(c). OSHA recognition of any NRTL for a particular test 
standard is limited to products for which OSHA standards require third 
party testing and

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certification before use in the workplace.

\2\ ANSI/IEEE C37.013 AC High-Voltage Generator Circuit Breakers 
Rated on a Symmetrical Current Basis
\2\ ANSI C37.17 Trip Devices for AC and General Purpose DC Low-
Voltage Power Circuit Breakers
\2\ ANSI/IEEE C37.18 Enclosed Field Discharge Circuit Breakers for 
Rotating Electric Machinery
\2\ ANSI/IEEE C37.21 Control Switchboards
\2\ ANSI/IEEE C37.29 Low-Voltage AC Power Circuit Protectors Used in 
Enclosures
\2\ ANSI/IEEE C37.38 Gas-Insulated, Metal-Enclosed Disconnecting, 
Interrupter and Grounding Switches
\2\ ANSI C37.46 Power Fuses and Fuse Disconnecting Switches
\2\ ANSI C37.50 Low-Voltage AC Power Circuit Breakers Used in 
Enclosures--Test Procedures
\2\ ANSI C37.51 Metal-Enclosed Low-Voltage AC Power Circuit-Breaker 
Switchgear Assemblies--Conformance Test Procedures
\2\ ANSI C37.55 Metal-Clad Switchgear Assemblies--Conformance Test 
Procedures
\2\ ANSI C37.57 Metal-Enclosed Interrupter Switchgear Assemblies--
Conformance Testing
\2\ ANSI/IEEE C37.90 Relays and Relay Systems Associated with 
Electric Power Apparatus
\2\ ANSI C37.121 Unit Substations--Requirements
\2\ ANSI/IEEE C57.12.00 Distribution, Power and Regulating 
Transformers--General Requirements
\2\ ANSI/IEEE C57.13 Instrument Transformers--Requirements
\2\ ANSI/IEEE C57.13.2 Instrument Transformers--Conformance Test 
Procedures
\2\ 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/ISA S82.01 Electrical and Electronic Test, Measuring, Control 
and Related Equipment: General Requirements
ANSI/ISA S82.03 Electrical and Electronic Process Measuring and 
Control Equipment
ANSI Z21.24 Metal Connectors for Gas Appliances
ANSI Z21.44 Gas-Fired Gravity and Fan-Type Direct Vent Wall Furnaces
ANSI Z21.50 Vented Decorative Gas Appliances
ANSI Z21.57 Recreational Vehicle Cooking Gas Appliances
ANSI Z21.58 Outdoor Cooking Gas Appliances
ANSI Z21.60 Decorative Gas Appliances for Installation in Solid-Fuel 
Burning Fireplaces
ANSI Z21.72 Portable Camp Cook Stoves for Use With Propane Gas
ANSI Z83.6 Gas-Fired Infrared Heaters
ANSI Z83.7 Gas-Fired Construction Heater
UL 5A Nonmetallic Surface Raceways and Fittings
ANSI/UL 8 Foam Fire Extinguishers
ANSI/UL 123 Oxy-Fuel Gas Torches
ANSI/UL 180 Liquid-Level Indicating Gauges and Tank-Filling Signals 
for Petroleum Products
ANSI/UL 217 Single and Multiple Station Smoke Detectors
UL 218 Fire Pump Controllers
UL 228 Door Closers-Holders, and Integral Smoke Detectors
ANSI/UL 234 Low Voltage Lighting Fixtures for Use in Recreational 
Vehicles
ANSI/UL 248-1 Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 1: General Requirements
ANSI/UL 248-2 Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 2: Class C Fuses
ANSI/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
ANSI/UL 248-5 Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 5: Class G Fuses
ANSI/UL 248-6 Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 6: Class H Non-Renewable Fuses
ANSI/UL 248-7 Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 7: Class H Renewable Fuses
ANSI/UL 248-8 Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 8: Class J Fuses
ANSI/UL 248-9 Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 9: Class K Fuses
ANSI/UL 248-10 Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 10: Class L Fuses
ANSI/UL 248-11 Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 11: Plug Fuses
ANSI/UL 248-12 Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 12: Class R Fuses
ANSI/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
ANSI/UL 248-16 Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 16: Test Limiters
ANSI/NEMA 250 Enclosures for Electrical Equipment
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
ANSI/UL 588 Christmas-Tree and Decorative-Lighting Outfits
UL 635 Insulating Bushings
ANSI/UL 668 Hose Valves For Fire Protection Service
ANSI/UL 696 Electric Toys
ANSI/UL 697 Toy Transformers
UL762 Power Ventilators for Restaurant Appliances
ANSI/UL 783 Electric Flashlights and Lanterns for Use in Hazardous 
[Class I only] (Classified) Locations
UL 791 Residential Incinerators
ANSI/UL 870 Wireways, Auxiliary Gutters, and Associated Fittings
UL 962 Household and Commercial Furnishings
ANSI/UL 1018 Electric Aquarium Equipment
ANSI/UL 1023 Household Burglar-Alarm System Units
ANSI/UL 1090 Electric Snow Movers
ANSI/UL 1247 Diesel Engines for Driving Centrifugal Fire Pumps
UL 1248 Engine-Generator Assemblies for Use in Recreational Vehicles
ANSI/UL 1283 Electromagnetic-Interference Filter
UL 1363 Relocatable Power Taps
ANSI/UL 1419 Professional Video and Audio Equipment
ANSI/UL 1431 Personal Hygiene and Health Care Appliances
ANSI/UL 1472 Solid-State Dimming Controls
ANSI/UL 1482 Solid Fuel Room Type Heaters
ANSI/UL 1484 Residential Gas Detectors
ANSI/UL 1635 Digital Burglar Alarm Communicator System Units
ANSI/UL 1651 Optical Fiber Cable
UL 1693 Electric Radiant Heating Panels and Heating Panel Sets
UL 1694 Tests for Flammability of Small Polymeric Component
ANSI/UL 1703 Flat Plate Photovoltaic Modules and Panels
ANSI/UL 1740 Industrial Robots and Robotic Equipment
ANSI/UL 1773 Termination Boxes
ANSI/UL 1776 High-Pressure Cleaning Machines
ANSI/UL 1786 Nightlights
UL 1821 Thermoplastic Sprinkler Pipe and Fittings for Fire 
Protection
UL 1838 Low Voltage Landscape Lighting Systems
UL 1863 Communication Circuit Accessories
ANSI/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 2024 Optical Fiber Cable Raceway
UL 2034 Single and Multiple Station Carbon Monoxide Detectors
ANSI/UL 2083 Halon 1301 Recovery/Recycling Equipment
ANSI/UL 2096 Commercial/Industrial Gas and/or Gas Fired Heating 
Assemblies with Emission Reduction Equipment
UL 2106 Field Erected Boiler Assemblies
ANSI/UL 2157 Electric Clothes Washing Machines and Extractors
ANSI/UL 2158 Electric Clothes Dryers
UL 2250 Instrumentation Tray Cable
(\1\) FMRC 3600 Electrical Equipment for Use in Hazardous 
(Classified) Locations, General Requirements
(\1\) FMRC 3610 Intrinsically Safe Apparatus and Associated 
Apparatus for Use in Class I, II and III, Division 1 Hazardous 
(Classified) Locations
(\1\) FMRC 3611 Electrical Equipment for Use in Class I, Division 2; 
Class II, Division 2; and Class III, Division 1 and 2 Hazardous 
Locations
FMRC 3615 Explosionproof Electrical Equipment, 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

    (\1\) Testing and certification of products under this test 
standard is limited to Class I

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locations. See also general note and condition for hazardous 
location testing.
    (\2\) 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(b)(2).

    Note 1--All safety testing for Class I locations is limited to 
recognized ITSNA sites properly pre-qualified by ITSNA. See 
``Limitations.''
    Note 2--Testing and certification of gas operated equipment is 
limited to equipment for use with ``liquefied petroleum gas.''

    As previously noted, in their recommendation on the recognitions, 
the NRTL Program staff recommended certain limitations on intrinsic 
testing, partly described in the note above and more fully under 
Limitations below. These limitations will also apply to the expansion 
of recognition for the above additional test standards.

Expansion of Recognition--Programs and Procedures

    ITSNA has applied to use the following supplemental programs and 
procedures, based upon the criteria detailed in the March 9, 1995 
Federal Register notice (60 FR 12980, 3/9/95). This notice lists nine 
(9) programs and procedures (collectively, programs), eight of which an 
NRTL may use to control and audit, but not actually to generate, the 
data relied upon for product certification. An NRTL's initial 
recognition will always include the first or basic program, which 
requires that all product testing and evaluation be performed in-house 
by the NRTL that will certify the product. The on-site review report 
indicates that ITSNA appears to meet the criteria for use of all the 
following supplemental programs and procedures, for which it has 
applied:
    1. Program 2: Acceptance of testing data from independent 
organizations, other than NRTLs.
    2. Program 3: Acceptance of product evaluations from independent 
organizations, other than NRTLs.
    3. Program 4: Acceptance of witnessed testing data.
    4. Program 5: Acceptance of testing data from non-independent 
organizations.
    5. Program 6: Acceptance of evaluation data from non-independent 
organizations (requiring NRTL review prior to marketing).
    6. Program 7: Acceptance of continued certification following minor 
modifications by the client.
    7. Program 8: Acceptance of product evaluations from organizations 
that function as part of the International Electrotechnical Commission 
Certification Body (IEC-CB) Scheme.
    8. Program 9: Acceptance of services other than testing or 
evaluation performed by subcontractors or agents.

Impacts on ITSNA Independence

    Section 1910.7(b)(3) requires that the NRTL be completely 
independent of employers subject to the tested equipment requirements, 
and of any manufacturers or vendors of equipment or materials 
[``products''] being tested for these purposes. In complying with this 
requirement, an NRTL must not be affiliated with manufacturers or 
vendors (``suppliers'') of the products the NRTL may test and certify.
    According to the on-site review report for the Cortland facilities, 
ITSNA currently owns Design Engineering, a manufacturer of laboratory 
test equipment. If ITSNA were to certify the type of products 
manufactured or sold by Design Engineering, then ITSNA would not meet 
the requirement in 29 CFR 1910.7 for complete independence. Also, 
ITSNA's apparent parent company is Intertek Testing Services, Ltd. 
(ITSLtd). If ITSNA were to certify a type of product for an entity 
owned by ITSLtd, and that entity is also a supplier of that type of 
product, then ITSNA would not be ``completely independent.'' The NRTL 
Program staff believes that such situations can occur due to the large 
number of products for which OSHA has recognized ITSNA and the possible 
current or future interests of ITSLtd. Although ITSNA may not directly 
own or be owned by such an entity, both are fully within the same 
organization. Mere legal separation of the entities does not suffice 
for purposes of meeting the requirement for complete independence.

Conditions

    Due to the foregoing, OSHA intends to impose the following 
condition on the renewal and expansion of recognition of ITSNA to 
mitigate or eliminate situations that will cause it to fail to meet the 
independence requirement of 29 CFR 1910.7. This condition applies 
solely to ITSNA's operations as an NRTL, and will be in addition to any 
other condition that OSHA normally imposes in its recognition of an 
organization as an NRTL.
    ITSNA may not test and certify any products for a client that is a 
manufacturer or vendor, and that is either owned in excess of 2% by 
ITSLtd, or affiliated organizationally with ITSNA, including Design 
Engineering.

Limitations

    The following limitations will apply solely to ITSNA's operations 
as an NRTL.
    1. ITSNA may perform safety testing for hazardous location products 
only at the specific ITSNA sites that OSHA has recognized, and that 
have been pre-qualified by the ITSNA Chief Engineer. In addition, all 
safety test reports for hazardous location products must undergo a 
documented review and approval at the Cortland testing facility by a 
test engineer qualified in hazardous location safety testing, prior to 
ITSNA's initial or continued authorization of the certifications 
covered by these reports.
    2. ITSNA may use the Vancouver, Pittsburg, and proposed Madison 
sites to perform testing and certification only of the products 
included within the scope of the following 3 test standards:

UL 9 Fire Tests of Window Assemblies
UL10B Fire Tests of Door Assemblies
UL10C Positive Pressure Fire Tests of Door Assemblies

    In addition, only these three sites may authorize the use of the 
WHI certification mark or certifications.
    3. Only the Cortland certification office may authorize the use of 
the ETL certification mark or certifications.

Preliminary Finding

    ITSNA has submitted acceptable requests for renewal and expansion 
of its recognition as an NRTL. In connection with the renewal and the 
use of the programs, OSHA has performed an on-site review (evaluation) 
of the Cortland, New York, facilities. OSHA also performed an on-site 
review (evaluation) of the four additional facilities for which ITSNA 
seeks recognition. ITSNA has addressed the discrepancies noted by the 
auditors following the review, and the auditors included the resolution 
in the on-site review reports (see Exhibits 31A-31E).
    Following a review of the application file, the on-site review 
report, and other pertinent information, the NRTL Program staff has 
concluded that OSHA can grant, to ITSNA: (1) the renewal for the 8 
sites and the test standards listed above, and (2) the expansion for 
the additional 112 test standards, 4 sites, and 8 programs, with the 
above limitations and conditions to be applied as noted. The staff 
therefore recommended to the Assistant Secretary that the application 
be preliminarily approved.
    Based upon the recommendations of the staff, the Assistant 
Secretary has made a preliminary finding that Intertek Testing 
Services, NA, Inc., can meet the requirements as prescribed by 29 CFR

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1910.7 for the renewal and expansion of recognition, subject to the 
above conditions and limitations. This preliminary finding does not 
constitute an interim or temporary approval of the applications for 
ITSNA.
    OSHA welcomes public comments, in sufficient detail, as to whether 
ITSNA has met the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for the renewal and 
expansion of its recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing 
Laboratory. Your comment should consist of pertinent written documents 
and exhibits. To consider it, OSHA must receive the comment at the 
address provided above (see ADDRESSES), no later than the last date for 
comments (see DATES above). You may obtain or review copies of ITSNA's 
applications, the on-site review reports, and all submitted comments, 
as received, by contacting the Docket Office, Room N2625, Occupational 
Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, at the 
above address. You should refer to Docket No. NRTL-1-89, the permanent 
record of public information on ITSNA's recognition.
    The NRTL Program staff will review all timely comments, and after 
resolution of issues raised by these comments, will recommend whether 
to grant ITSNA's renewal and expansion requests. The Assistant 
Secretary will make the final decision on granting the renewal and 
expansion, and in making this decision, may undertake other proceedings 
that are prescribed in Appendix A to 29 CFR Section 1910.7. OSHA will 
publish a public notice of this final decision in the Federal Register.

    Signed at Washington, D.C. this 17th day of November, 1998.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-33406 Filed 12-16-98; 8:45 am]
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