Federal Register, Volume 64 Issue 121 (Thursday, June 24, 1999)

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 121 (Thursday, June 24, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33913-33916]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16070]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. NRTL-4-93]


Underwriters Laboratories Inc., Expansion of Recognition

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Agency's final decision on the 
application of Underwriters Laboratory Inc. (UL), for expansion of its 
recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) under 
29 CFR 1910.7.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This recognition becomes effective on June 24, 1999 
and, unless modified in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.7, continues in 
effect while UL 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 Underwriters 
Laboratories Inc. (UL) as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory 
(NRTL). UL's expansion covers the use of additional test standards. 
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 its final 
decision on an application.

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    UL submitted a request, dated February 5, 1996 (see Exhibit 13A), 
to expand its recognition to use additional test standards. UL then 
supplemented its request on April 1, 1997 (see Exhibit 13B), for 
additional test standards. OSHA published the required notice in the 
Federal Register (62 FR 62359, 11/21/97). The notice included a 
preliminary finding that UL could meet the requirements for expansion 
of its recognition, and OSHA invited public comment on the application 
by January 20, 1998. One comment was received, within the time 
provided, in response to the notice (see Exhibit 15-1). UL responded to 
this comment in its letter dated December 22, 1998 (see Exhibit 16).
    The submitter of the comment expressed five ``concerns,'' and posed 
a number of questions related to them. Most of the concerns relate to 
an alleged deficiency in the UL 2161 (Neon Transformers and Power 
Supplies) test standard. The NRTL Program staff has carefully 
considered these concerns but has concluded that the comment provides 
no basis for withholding approval of this test standard for UL or for 
any other NRTL that has the necessary capabilities.
    UL's previous application as an NRTL covered its renewal of 
recognition (60 FR 16171, 3/29/95), which OSHA granted on 6/29/95 (60 
FR 33852).
    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, telephone: (202) 693-
2350. You should refer to Docket No. NRTL-4-93, the permanent record of 
public information on the UL recognition.
    The current addresses of the testing facilities (sites) that OSHA 
recognizes for UL are:

Underwriters Laboratories Inc., 333 Pfingsten Road, Northbrook, 
Illinois 60062
Underwriters Laboratories Inc., 1285 Walt Whitman Road, Melville, Long 
Island, New York 11747
Underwriters Laboratories Inc., 1655 Scott Boulevard, Santa Clara, 
California 95050
Underwriters Laboratories Inc., 12 Laboratory Drive, P.O. Box 13995, 
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709
Underwriters Laboratories Inc., 2600 NW Lake Road, Camas, Washington 
98607
UL International Limited, Veristrong Industrial Centre, Block B, 14th 
Floor, 34 Au Pui Wan Street, Fo Tan Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong
UL International Services, Ltd., Taiwan Branch, 4th Floor, 260 Da-Yeh 
Road, Pei Tou District, Taipei, Taiwan

Final Decision and Order

    The NRTL Program staff has examined the application and other 
pertinent information, and the assessment staff recommended, in a memo 
dated August 19, 1997 (see Exhibit 14), expansion of UL's recognition 
to include the additional test standards. Based upon this examination 
and recommendation, OSHA finds that UL has met the requirements of 29 
CFR 1910.7 for expansion of its recognition to use an additional 174 
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 UL, subject to these limitations and conditions. As is 
the case for any NRTL, UL'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 UL for testing and 
certification of products to demonstrate compliance to the following 
174 standards. OSHA has determined that each standard meets the 
requirements for an appropriate test standard prescribed in 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 ANSI/IEEE C37.20.1  Metal-Enclosed Low-Voltage Power 
Circuit Breaker Switchgear
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

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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
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

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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'').

    \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(a)(2).

    The designations and titles of the above standards were current at 
the time of the preparation of the notice of the preliminary finding.

Conditions

    Underwriters Laboratories Inc. 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 UL's facilities and records for 
purposes of ascertaining continuing compliance with the terms of its 
recognition and to investigate as OSHA deems necessary;
    If UL has reason to doubt the efficacy of any test standard it is 
using under this program, it must promptly inform the organization that 
developed the test standard of this fact and provide that organization 
with appropriate relevant information upon which its concerns are 
based;
    UL 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, UL 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;
    UL must inform OSHA as soon as possible, in writing, of any change 
of ownership, facilities, or key personnel, and of any major changes in 
its operations as an NRTL, including details;
    UL will continue to meet all the terms of its recognition and will 
always comply with all OSHA policies pertaining to this recognition;
    UL will continue to meet the requirements for recognition in all 
areas where it has been recognized; and
    UL 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 11th day of June, 1999.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary.
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