[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 213 (Thursday, November 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60240-60241]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-28915]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. NRTL-2-92]


Canadian Standards Association, 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 the 
application of the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) for expansion 
of its recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) 
under 29 CFR 1910.7.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This recognition becomes effective on November 4, 1999 
and, unless modified in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.7, continues in 
effect while CSA 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, D.C. 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 the Canadian Standards 
Association (CSA) as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL). 
CSA's expansion request covers the use of an additional test standard. 
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.
    CSA submitted a request, dated December 23, 1998 (see Exhibit 22A), 
to expand its recognition as an NRTL to include one: (1) Additional 
test standard, and provided some additional information relative to its 
request on January 5, 1999 (see Exhibit 22B). OSHA published the 
required notice of preliminary finding in the Federal Register (64 FR 
38926, 7/20/99) to announce the application. The notice included a 
preliminary finding that CSA could meet the requirements for expansion 
of its recognition, and OSHA invited public comment on the application 
by September 20, 1999. OSHA received no comments concerning this 
application.
    In the July 20 notice, OSHA also noted several changes that it 
would make to its records on the CSA recognition. As mentioned in the 
notice, CSA requested these changes and, although it has no 
requirements to give public notice of such changes, OSHA did so because 
some changes related to information that the Agency had previously made 
public. We also mentioned that we would not repeat, and we are not 
repeating, any details of the changes in the notice of our final 
decision, i.e., in this current notice. In the notice of preliminary 
finding, OSHA also announced the voluntary withdrawal of recognition by 
the American Gas Association (AGA) and, in accordance with our 
regulations, this withdrawal became effective on July 20, 1999.
    CSA's previous application as an NRTL covered its expansion of 
recognition for additional programs (60 FR 36763, 7/12/96), which OSHA 
granted on November 20, 1996 (61 FR 59110).
    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, D.C. 20210, telephone: (202) 693-
2350. You should refer to Docket No. NRTL-2-92, the permanent records 
of public information on the CSA recognition.
    The current addresses of the testing facilities (sites) that OSHA 
recognizes for CSA are:

Canadian Standards Association, Etobicoke (Toronto), 178 Rexdale 
Boulevard, Etobicoke, Ontario, M9W 1R3
CSA International, Pointe-Claire (Montreal), 865 Ellingham Street, 
Pointe-Claire, Quebec H9R 5E8
CSA International, Richmond (Vancouver), 13799 Commerce Parkway, 
Richmond, British Columbia V6V 2N9
CSA International, Edmonton, 1707-94th Street, Edmonton, Alberta T6N 
1E6 CSA International, Cleveland, 8501 East Pleasant Valley Road, 
Cleveland, Ohio 44131 (formerly part of the American Gas Association)
CSA International, Irvine, 2805 Barranca Parkway, Irvine, California 
92606 (formerly part of the American Gas Association)

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 February 10, 1999 (see Exhibit 23), expansion of CSA's 
recognition to include the additional test standard listed below. Based 
upon this examination and recommendation, OSHA finds that CSA has met 
the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for expansion of its recognition to 
use the additional test standard, subject to the limitations and 
conditions listed below. Pursuant to the authority in 29 CFR 1910.7, 
OSHA hereby expands the recognition of CSA, subject to these 
limitations and conditions. As is the case for any NRTL, CSA'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 CSA for testing and 
certification of products to demonstrate compliance to the following 
test standard: UL 6500 Audio/Visual and Musical Instrument Apparatus 
for Household, Commercial, and Similar General Use. OSHA has determined 
this standard meets the requirements for an appropriate test standard 
prescribed in 29 CFR 1910.7(c). The designation and title of the test 
standard were current at the time of the preparation of this notice.

Conditions

    The Canadian Standards Association 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 CSA's facilities and records for 
purposes of ascertaining continuing compliance with the terms of its 
recognition and to investigate as OSHA deems necessary;
    If CSA 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;
    CSA 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, CSA 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

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recognition is limited to certain products;
    CSA 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;
    CSA will continue to meet all the terms of its recognition and will 
always comply with all OSHA policies pertaining to this recognition;
    CSA will continue to meet the requirements for recognition in all 
areas where it has been recognized; and
    CSA 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 27th day of October 1999.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary.
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