[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11502-11503]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5791]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. NRTL-1-88]
MET Laboratories, Inc., Expansion of Recognition
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Agency's final decision on
application of MET Laboratories, Inc. (MET), for expansion of its
recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) under
29 CFR 1910.7.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This recognition becomes effective on March 9, 1999
and, unless modified in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.7, continues in
effect while MET remains recognized by OSHA as an NRTL.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bernard Pasquet, 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, DC 20210, or phone (202) 693-2110.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Notice of Final Decision
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) hereby
gives notice of the expansion of recognition of MET Laboratories, Inc.
(MET), as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) to include
the use of the additional test standards listed below. 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
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publish this public notice of its final decision on an application.
MET submitted a request, dated June 3, 1998 (see Exhibit 20A), to
expand its recognition to use additional test standards. MET provided
some additional information related to this request on August 21, 1998
(see Exhibit 20B). MET will notify OSHA, as stated in this letter,
regarding a change in its existing capability to perform explosion
tests. Relatedly, OSHA is imposing limitations on the testing permitted
under certain test standards.
OSHA published the required notice in the Federal Register (63 FR
63085, 11/10/98) to announce the application. The notice included a
preliminary finding that MET could meet the requirements in 29 CFR
1910.7 for expansion of its recognition, and invited public comment on
the applications by January 11, 1999. OSHA received no comments
concerning this application. MET's previous application as an NRTL
covered the renewal and an expansion of its recognition (61 FR 41661,
8/6/96), which OSHA granted on November 20, 1996 (61 FR 225).
You may obtain or review copies of all public documents pertaining
to the application by contacting the Docket Office, Occupational Safety
and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Room N2625, Washington, DC 20210. You should refer to
Docket No. NRTL-1-88, the permanent record of public information on the
MET recognition.
The current address of the testing facility (site) that OSHA
recognizes for MET is: MET Laboratories, Inc., 914 West Patapsco
Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21230.
Final Decision and Order
The NRTL Program staff has examined the application, additional
information submitted, other pertinent information, and the
recommendation by the audit staff, in a memo dated September 9, 1998
(see Exhibit 21), to expand MET's recognition to include the additional
test standards. Based upon this examination, OSHA finds that MET has
met the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for expansion of its recognition
to use an additional 17 test standards, subject to the limitations and
conditions listed below. Pursuant to the authority in 29 CFR 1910.7,
OSHA hereby expands the recognition of MET, subject to these
limitations and conditions. As is the case for any NRTL, MET's
recognition is further limited to equipment or materials (products) for
which OSHA standards require third party testing and certification
before use in the workplace.
Limitations
OSHA hereby expands the recognition of MET for testing and
certification of products to demonstrate compliance to the following 17
standards. OSHA has determined that each standard meets the
requirements for an appropriate test standard prescribed in 29 CFR
1910.7(c).
ANSI/UL 5 Surface Metal Raceways and Fittings
ANSI/UL 50 Enclosures for Electrical Equipment
ANSI/UL 65 Electric Wired Cabinets
ANSI/UL 201 Garage Equipment
ANSI/UL 482 Portable Sun/Heat Lamps
ANSI/UL 514A Metallic Outlet Boxes, Electrical
UL 664 Commercial Dry-Cleaning Machines (Type IV)
ANSI/UL 698 Industrial Control Equipment for Use in Hazardous
(Classified) Locations
UL 775 Graphic Arts Equipment
ANSI/UL 886 Outlet Boxes and Fittings for Use in Hazardous
(Classified) Locations \1\
ANSI/UL 1017 Vacuum Cleaning Machines and Blower Cleaners
ANSI/UL 1018 Electric Aquarium Equipment
ANSI/UL 1054 Special-Use Switches
ANSI/UL 1203 Explosion-Proof and Dust-Ignition-Proof Electrical
Equipment for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations \1\
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\1\ Testing and certification of products under this test
standard is limited to Class I locations. Explosion testing is also
limited to current test chamber capabilities.
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ANSI/UL 1310 Direct Plug-In Transformer Units
ANSI/UL 1573 Stage and Studio Lighting Units
UL 6500 Audio/Visual and Musical Instrument Apparatus for Household,
Commercial, and Similar General Use
Conditions
MET must also abide by the following conditions of the recognition,
in addition to those already required by 29 CFR 1910.7:
OSHA must be allowed access to MET's facility and records for
purposes of ascertaining continuing compliance with the terms of its
recognition and to investigate as OSHA deems necessary;
If MET has reason to doubt the efficacy of any test standard it is
using under this program, it must promptly inform the test standard
developing organization of this fact and provide that organization with
appropriate relevant information upon which its concerns are based;
MET must not engage in or permit others to engage in any
misrepresentation of the scope or conditions of its recognition. As
part of this condition, MET 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;
MET must inform OSHA as soon as possible, in writing, of any change
of ownership or key personnel, and of any major changes in its
operations as an NRTL, including details;
MET will meet all the terms of its recognition and will always
comply with all OSHA policies pertaining to this recognition;
MET will continue to meet the requirements for recognition in all
areas where it has been recognized; and
MET 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, DC, this 24th day of February, 1999.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-5791 Filed 3-8-99; 8:45 am]
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