[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 52 (Friday, March 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15281-15288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6564]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. NRTL-2-92]


Canadian Standards Association, 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 Canadian 
Standards Association for renewal of its recognition as a Nationally 
Recognized Testing Laboratory under 29 CFR 1910.7, and (2) the 
application of Canadian Standards Association for expansion of its 
recognition to use additional standards 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, or any request for 
extension of the time to comment, must be received no later than April 
2, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments concerning this notice to: Docket 
Office, Docket NRTL-2-92, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety 
and Health Administration, Room N2625, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693-2350. Commenters may 
transmit written comments of 10 pages or less in length by facsimile to 
(202) 693-1648. Submit request for extensions concerning this notice 
to: Office of Technical Programs and Coordination Activities, NRTL 
Program, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department 
of Labor, Room N3653, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20210.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bernard Pasquet, Office of Technical 
Programs and Coordination Activities, NRTL Program, Room N3653 at the 
above address, or phone (202) 693-2110.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice of Application

    The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) hereby 
gives notice that the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) has applied 
for renewal and for expansion of its current recognition as a 
Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL). CSA's expansion 
request covers the use of additional test standards.
    OSHA recognition of an NRTL signifies that the organization has met 
the legal requirements in Sec. 1910.7 of Title 29, Code of Federal 
Regulations (29 CFR 1910.7). Recognition is an acknowledgment that the 
organization can perform independent safety testing and certification 
of the specific products covered within its scope of recognition and is 
not a delegation or grant of government authority. As a result of 
recognition, OSHA can accept products ``properly certified'' by the 
NRTL. OSHA processes applications related to an NRTL's recognition 
following requirements in Appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.7. This appendix 
requires that the Agency publish this public notice of the preliminary 
finding on an application.
    The most recent notices published by OSHA for CSA's recognition 
covered an expansion for additional standards, which OSHA announced on 
July 20, 1999 (64 FR 38926) and granted on November 4, 1999 (64 FR 
60240). The following is a chronology of the other Federal Register 
notices published by OSHA concerning CSA's recognition, all of which 
involved an expansion of recognition for additional sites, standards, 
or programs: a request announced on December 10, 1993 (58 FR 64973) and 
granted on February 4, 1994 (59 FR 5446); a request announced on March 
3, 1994 (59 FR 10173) and granted on August 9, 1994 (59 FR 40602) ; a 
request announced on December 8, 1994 (59 FR 63383) and granted on 
March 24, 1995 (60 FR 15595); and a request announced on July 12, 1996 
(61 FR 36763) and granted on November 20, 1996 (61 FR 59110). The 
renewal will incorporate all recognitions granted to CSA through the 
date of publication of this preliminary finding.
    The current address of the CSA testing facilities already 
recognized by OSHA 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)

General Background on the Applicant and Applications

    CSA originated in 1919 as the Canadian Engineering Standards 
Association (CESA), which was changed in 1944 to the present name. In 
1940, CSA began to test and certify products. CSA received its 
recognition as an NRTL on December 24, 1992 (see 57 FR 61452), for a 
period of five years ending December 24, 1997. 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. CSA submitted its renewal request on March 20, 
1997 (see Exhibit 26A), within the time allotted, and CSA retains its 
recognition pending OSHA's final decision in this renewal process.
    In July 1997, CSA acquired testing facilities that OSHA had 
recognized for the American Gas Association on June 7, 1990 (55 FR 
23312). Although OSHA was generally aware that CSA had made the 
acquisition, CSA did not officially inform OSHA until March 1999 as to 
how it wanted to treat these sites within its NRTL operations. The NRTL 
Program staff had withheld action on CSA's renewal request until it 
received this information.
    CSA has submitted a request, dated June 16, 1999 (see Exhibit 26B), 
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expand its recognition as an NRTL to include 195 additional test 
standards. The NRTL Program staff has determined that 51 of the 195 
standards are not ``appropriate test standards,'' within the meaning of 
29 CFR 1910.7(c). The staff makes such determinations in processing 
expansion requests from any NRTL. Therefore, OSHA would approve 144 
test standards for the expansion, which are listed below in the section 
on expansion.

Renewal of NRTL Recognition

    CSA seeks renewal of its recognition for the six 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 CSA, and for which the site has the proper capability and 
control programs. The renewal will allow CSA to maintain its current 
operation as an NRTL.
    CSA also seeks renewal of its recognition for testing and 
certification of products to demonstrate compliance to the following 
416 test standards, which OSHA has previously recognized for CSA. All 
these standards are ``appropriate,'' within the meaning of 29 CFR 
1910.7(c). However, some of the test standards for which OSHA currently 
recognizes CSA were no longer appropriate at the time of preparation of 
this preliminary notice, primarily because they have been withdrawn by 
the standards developing organization. As appropriate, OSHA has 
eliminated or replaced these test standards in the list shown below.
    OSHA recognition of any NRTL for a particular test standard is 
limited to equipment or materials (i.e., products) for which OSHA 
standards require third party testing and certification before use in 
the workplace. As a result, the Agency's recognition of an NRTL for a 
test standard excludes any product(s), falling within the scope of the 
test standard, for which OSHA has no such requirements.

ANSI A17.5  Elevators and Escalator Electrical Equipment
ANSI C37.20.1  Metal-Enclosed Low-Voltage Power Circuit-Breaker 
Switchgear (1)
ANSI C37.20.2  Metal-Clad and Station-Type Cubicle Switchgear 
(1)
ANSI C37.20.3  Metal-Enclosed Interrupter Switchgear (1)
ANSI C37.21  Control Switchboards (1)
ANSI C37.23  Metal Enclosed Bus and Calculating Losses in Isolated-
Place Bus (1)
ANSI C37.41  Design Tests for High-Voltage Fuses, Distribution Enclosed 
Single Pole Air Switches, Fuse Disconnecting Switches and Accessories 
(1)
ANSI C37.46  Specifications for Power Fuses and Fuse Disconnecting 
Switches (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 Testing Procedures (1)
ANSI C37.121  Unit Substations--Requirements (1)
ANSI C62.11  Metal Oxide Surge Arresters for AC Power Circuits 
(1)
ANSI Z21.1  Household Cooking Gas Appliances
ANSI Z21.5.2  Gas Clothes Dryers, Type 2, Volume II
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 Z21.12  Draft Hoods
ANSI Z21.13  Gas-Fired Low-Pressure Steam and Hot Water Heating 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 Z21.22  Relief Valves and Automatic Gas Shutoff Devices for Hot 
Water Supply Systems
ANSI Z21.23  Gas Appliance Thermostats
ANSI Z21.35  Gas Filters on Appliances
ANSI Z21.40.1  Gas-Fired Absorption Summer Air Conditioning Appliances
ANSI Z21.47  Gas-Fired Central Furnaces
ANSI Z21.48  Gas-Fired Gravity and Fan Type Floor Furnaces
ANSI Z21.49  Gas-Fired Gravity and Fan Type Vented Wall Furnaces
ANSI Z21.56  Gas-Fired Pool Heaters
ANSI Z21.61  Gas-Fired Toilets
ANSI Z21.66  Automatic Vent Damper Devices for Use With Gas-Fired 
Appliances Electrically Operated
ANSI Z21.73  Portable Camp Lanterns for Use With Propane Gas
ANSI Z83.3  Gas Utilization Equipment in Large Boilers
ANSI Z83.4  Direct Gas-Fired Make-Up Air Heaters
ANSI Z83.6  Gas-Fired Infrared Heaters
ANSI Z83.7  Gas-Fired Construction Heaters
ANSI Z83.8  Gas Unit Heaters
ANSI Z83.11  Gas Food Service Equipment--Ranges and Unit broilers
UL 1  Flexible Metal Conduit
UL 3  Flexible Nonmetallic Tubing for Electric Wiring
UL 4  Armored Cable
UL 5  Surface Metal Raceways and Fittings
UL 6  Rigid Metal Conduit
UL 13  Power-Limited Circuit Cables
UL 20  General-Use Snap Switches
UL 22  Electric Amusement Machines
UL 44  Rubber-Insulated Wires and Cables
UL 45  Portable Electric Tools
UL 48  Electric Signs
UL 50  Electrical Cabinets and Boxes
UL 51  Power-Operated Pumps for Anhydrous Ammonia and LP-Gas
UL 62  Flexible Cord and Fixture Wire
UL 65  Electric Wired Cabinets
UL 67  Electric Panelboards
UL 69  Electric Fence Controllers
UL 73  Electric-Motor-Operated Appliances
UL 79  Power-Operated Pumps for Petroleum Product Dispensing Systems
UL 82  Electric Gardening Appliances
UL 83  Thermoplastic-Insulated Wires and Cables
UL 87  Power-Operated Dispensing Devices for Petroleum Products
UL 94  Tests for Flammability of Plastic Materials for Parts in Devices 
and Appliances
UL 98  Enclosed and Dead-Front Switches
UL 104  Elevator Door Locking Devices
UL 122  Electric Photographic Equipment
UL 125  Valves for Anhydrous Ammonia and LP-Gas (Other Than Safety 
Relief)
UL 130  Electric Heating Pads
UL 132  Safety Relief Valves for Anhydrous Ammonia and LP-Gas
UL 141  Garment Finishing Appliances
UL 144  Pressure Regulating Valves for LP-Gas
UL 147  LP- and MPS-Gas Torches
UL 150  Antenna Rotators
UL 153  Portable Electric Lamps
UL 174  Household Electric Storage-Tank Water Heaters
UL 183  Manufactures Wiring Systems
UL 187  X-Ray Equipment
UL 197  Commercial Electric Cooking Appliances
UL 198B  Class H Fuses
UL 198C  High-Interrupting-Capacity Fuses, Current Limiting Type

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UL 198D  High-Interrupting-Capacity Class K Fuses
UL 198E  Class R Fuses
UL 198F   Plug Fuses
UL 198G  Fuse for Supplementary Overcurrent Protection
UL 198H  Class T Fuses
UL 198L  DC Fuses for Industrial Use
UL 198M  Mine-Duty Fuses
UL 207  Nonelectrical Refrigerant Containing Components and Accessories
UL 209  Cellular Metal Floor Electrical Raceways and Fittings
UL 224  Extruded Insulating Tubing
UL 228  Door Closers-Holders, and Integral Smoke Detectors
UL 231  Electrical Power Outlets
UL 244A  Solid-State Controls for Appliances
UL 250  Household Refrigerators and Freezers
UL 291  Automated Teller Systems
UL 294  Access Control System Units
UL 296  Oil Burners
UL 298  Portable Electric Hand Lamps
UL 310  Electrical Quick-Connect Terminals
UL 325  Door, Drapery, Gate, Louver and Window Operators and Systems
UL 343  Pumps of Oil-Burning Appliances
UL 347  High-Voltage Industrial Control Equipment
UL 351  Electrical Rosettes
UL 353  Limit Controls
UL 355  Electric Cord Reels
UL 360  Liquid Tight Flexible Steel Conduit
UL 372  Primary Safety Controls for Gas- and Oil-Fired Appliances
UL 378  Draft Equipment
UL 391  Solid-Fuel and Combination-Fuel Control and Supplementary 
Furnaces
UL 399  Drinking-Water Coolers
UL 412  Refrigeration Unit Coolers
UL 414  Electrical Meter Sockets
UL 416  Refrigerated Medical Equipment
UL 427  Refrigerating Units
UL 429  Electrically Operated Valves
UL 430  Electric Waste Disposers
UL 444  Communications Cables
UL 448  Pumps for Fire Protection Service
UL 452  Antenna Discharge Units
UL 464  Audible Signal Appliances
UL 466  Electric Scales
UL 467  Electrical Grounding and Bonding Equipment
UL 469  Musical Instruments and Accessories
UL 471  Commercial Refrigerators and Freezers
UL 474  Dehumidifiers
UL 482  Portable Sun/Heat Lamps
UL 484  Room Air Conditioners
UL 486A  Wire Connectors and Soldering Lugs for Use With Copper 
Conductors
UL 486B  Wire Connectors for Use With Aluminum Conductors
UL 486C  Splicing Wire Connectors
UL 486D  Insulated Wire Connectors for Use With Underground Conductors
UL 486E  Equipment Wiring Terminals for Use With Aluminum and/or Copper 
Conductors
UL 489  Molded-Case Circuit Breakers and Circuit-Breaker Enclosures
UL 493  Thermoplastic-Insulated Underground Feeder and Branch-Circuit 
Cables
UL 495  Power-Operated Dispensing Devices for LP-Gas
UL 496  Edison-Base Lampholders
UL 497  Protectors for Communication Circuits
UL 497A  Secondary Protectors for Communication Circuits
UL 497B  Protectors for Data Communication and Fire Alarm Circuits
UL 498  Attachment Plugs and Receptacles
UL 499  Electric Heating Appliances
UL 506  Specialty Transformers
UL 507  Electric Fans
UL 508  Electric Industrial Control Equipment
UL 508C  Power Conversion Equipment
UL 510  Insulating Tape
UL 511  Porcelain Electrical Cleats, Knobs, and Tubes
UL 512  Fuseholders
UL 514A  Metallic Outlet Boxes, Electrical
UL 514B  Fittings for Conduit and Outlet Boxes
UL 514C  Nonmetallic Outlet Boxes, Flush-Device Boxes and Covers
UL 541  Refrigerated Vending Machines
UL 542  Lampholders, Starters, and Starter Holders for Fluorescent 
Lamps
UL 544  Electric Medical and Dental Equipment
UL 551  Transformer-Type Arc-Welding Machines
UL 561  Floor Finishing Machines
UL 563  Ice Makers
UL 574  Electric Oil Heater
UL 603  Power Supplies for Use With Burglar-Alarm Systems
UL 609  Local Burglar-Alarm Units and Systems
UL 621  Ice Cream Makers
UL 632  Electrically Actuated Transmitters
UL 636  Holdup Alarm Units and Systems
UL 639  Intrusion-Detection Units
UL 651  Schedule 40 and 80 Rigid PVC Conduit
UL 651A  Type EB and A Rigid PVC Conduit and HDPE Conduit
UL 664  Commercial (Class IV) Electric Dry-Cleaning Machines
UL 674  Electric Motors and Generators for Use in Hazardous 
(Classified) Locations
UL 676  Underwater Lighting Fixtures
UL 680  Emergency Vault Ventilators and Vault Ventilating Parts
UL 696  Electric Toys
UL 697  Toy Transformers
UL 698  Industrial Control Equipment for Use in Hazardous (Classified) 
Locations
UL 705  Power Ventilators
UL 710  Grease Extractors for Exhaust Ducts
UL 719  Nonmetallic Sheathed Cables
UL 726  Oil-Fired Boiler Assemblies
UL 727  Oil-Fired Central Furnaces
UL 729  Oil-Fired Floor Furnaces
UL 730  Oil-Fired Wall Furnaces
UL 731  Oil-Fired Unit Heaters
UL 732  Oil-Fired Water Heaters
UL 733  Oil-Fired Air Heaters and Direct-Fired Heaters
UL 746A  Polymeric Materials--Short Term Property Evaluations
UL 746B  Polymeric Materials--Long Term Property Evaluations
UL 746C  Polymeric Materials--Use in Electrical Equipment Evaluations
UL 746E  Polymeric Materials--Industrial Laminates, Filament Wound 
Tubing, Vulcanized Fibre and Materials Used in Printed Wiring Boards
UL 749  Household Dishwashers
UL 751  Vending Machines
UL 756  Coin and Currency Changers and Actuators
UL 763  Motor-Operated Commercial Food Preparing Machines
UL 773  Plug-In Locking-Type Photocontrols for Use With Area Lighting
UL 773A  Nonindustrial Photoelectric Switches for Lighting Control
UL 775  Graphic Arts Equipment
UL 778  Motor-Operated Water Pumps
UL 781  Portable Electric Lighting Units for Use in Hazardous 
(Classified) Locations
UL 783  Electric Flashlights and Lanterns for Use in Hazardous 
Locations, Class I, Groups C and D
UL 795  Commercial-Industrial Gas-Heating Equipment
UL 796  Printed-Wiring Boards
UL 797  Electrical Metallic Tubing
UL 810  Capacitors
UL 813  Commercial Audio Equipment
UL 814  Gas-Tube-Sign and Ignition Cable
UL 817  Cord Sets and Power-Supply Cords
UL 823  Electric Heaters for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations
UL 826  Household Electric Clocks
UL 834   Heating, Water Supply, and Power Boilers--Electric
UL 842  Valves for Flammable Fluids

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UL 844  Electric Lighting Fixtures for Use in Hazardous (Classified) 
Locations
UL 845  Electric Motor Control Centers
UL 858  Household Electric Ranges
UL 858A  Safety-Related Solid-State Controls for Electric Ranges
UL 864  Service Entrance Cable
UL 857  Electric Busways and Associated Fittings
UL 858  Household Electric Ranges
UL 858A  Safety-Related Solid-State Controls for Electric Ranges
UL 859  Personal Grooming Appliance
UL 863  Electric Time-Indicating and -Recording Appliances
UL 867  Electrostatic Air Cleaners
UL 869A  Reference Standard for Service Equipment
UL 870  Wireways, Auxiliary Gutters, and Associated Fittings
UL 873  Electrical Temperature-Indicating and -Regulating Equipment
UL 875  Electric Dry Bath Heaters
UL 877  Circuit Breakers and Circuit-Breaker Enclosure for Use in 
Hazardous (Classified) Locations
UL 879  Electrode Receptacles for Gas-Tube Signs
UL 884  Underfloor Electrical Raceways and Fittings
UL 886  Electrical Outlet Boxes and Fittings for Use in Hazardous 
(Classified) Locations
UL 891  Dead-Front Electrical Switchboards
UL 894  Switches for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations
UL 896  Oil-Burning Stoves
UL 910  Test Method for Fire and Smoke Characteristics of Electrical 
and Optical-Fiber Cables
UL 913  Intrinsically Safe Apparatus and Associated Apparatus for Use 
in Class I, III and III, Division I, Hazardous (Classified) Locations
UL 916  Energy Management Equipment
UL 917  Clock-Operated Switches
UL 921  Commercial Electric Dishwashers
UL 923  Microwave Cooking Appliances
UL 924  Emergency Lighting and Power Equipment
UL 935  Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts
UL 943  Ground-Fault Circuit Interrupters
UL 961  Hobby and Sports Equipment
UL 964  Electrically Heating Bedding
UL 969  Marking and Labeling Systems
UL 977  Fused Power-Circuit Devices
UL 982  Motor-Operated Food Preparing Machines
UL 983  Surveillance Cameras
UL 984  Hermetic Refrigerant Motor-Compressors
UL 987  Stationary and Fixed Electric Tools
UL 991  Tests for Safety-Related Controls Employing Solid-State Devices
UL 998  Humidifiers
UL 1002  Electrically Operated Valve for Use in Hazardous (Classified) 
Locations
UL 1004  Electric Motors
UL 1005  Electric Flatirons
UL 1008  Automatic-Transfer Switches
UL 1010  Receptacle-Plug Combinations for Use in Hazardous (Classified) 
Locations
UL 1012  Power Supplies
UL 1017  Electric Vacuum Cleaning Machines and Blower Cleaners
UL 1018  Electric Aquarium Equipment
UL 1020  Thermal Cutoffs for Use in Electrical Appliances and 
Components
UL 1022  Line Isolated Monitors
UL 1026  Electric Household Cooking and Food-Serving Appliances
UL 1028  Electric Hair-Clipping and -Shaving Appliances
UL 1029  High-Intensity Discharge Lamp Ballasts
UL 1030  Sheathed Heater Elements
UL 1037  Antitheft Alarms and Devices
UL 1042  Electric Baseboard Heating Equipment
UL 1047  Isolated Power Systems Equipment
UL 1053  Ground-Fault Sensing and Relaying Equipment
UL 1054  Special-Use Switches
UL 1059  Terminal Blocks
UL 1063  Machine-Tool Wires and Cables
UL 1066  Low-Voltage AC and DC power Circuit Breakers Used in 
Enclosures
UL 1069  Hospital Signaling and Nurse Call Equipment
UL 1072  Medium Voltage Power Cables
UL 1076  Proprietary Burglar-Alarm Units and Systems
UL 1077  Supplementary Protectors for Use in Electrical Equipment
UL 1081  Electric Swimming Pool Pumps, Filters and Chlorinators
UL 1082  Household Electric Coffee Makers and Brewing-Type Appliances
UL 1083  Household Electric Skillets and Frying-Type Appliances
UL 1086  Household Trash Compactors
UL 1087  Molded-Case Switches
UL 1088  Temporary Lighting Strings
UL 1090  Electric Snow Movers
UL 1097  Double Insulation Systems for Use in Electrical Equipment
UL 1203  Explosion-Proof and Dust-Ignition-Proof Electrical Equipment 
for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations
UL 1206  Electric Commercial Clothes-Washing Equipment
UL 1207  Sewage Pumps for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations
UL 1230  Amateur Movie Lights
UL 1236  Electric Battery Chargers
UL 1238  Control Equipment for Use With Flammable Liquid Dispensing 
Devices
UL 1240  Electric Commercial Clothes-Drying Equipment
UL 1241  Junction Boxes for Swimming Pool Lighting Fixtures
UL 1242  Intermediate Metal Conduit
UL 1244  Electrical and Electronic Measuring and Testing Equipment
UL 1261  Electric Water Heaters for Pools and Tubs
UL 1262  Laboratory Equipment
UL 1270  Radio Receivers, Audio Systems, and Accessories
UL 1277  Electrical Power and Control Tray Cables With Optional 
Optical-Fiber Members
UL 1278  Movable and Wall--or Ceiling-Hung Electric Room
UL 1283  Electromagnetic-Interference Filter
UL 1286  Office Furnishings
UL 1310  Direct Plug-In Transformer Units
UL 1313  Nonmetallic Safety Cans for Petroleum Products
UL 1323  Scaffold Hoists
UL 1409  Low-Voltage Video Products Without Cathode-Ray-Tube Displays
UL 1410  Television Receivers and High-Voltage Video Products
UL 1411  Transformers and Motor Transformers for Use In Audio-, Radio-, 
and Television-Type Appliances
UL 1412  Fusing Resistors and Temperature-Limited Resistors for Radio-, 
and Television-Type Appliances
UL 1413  High-Voltage Components for Television-Type Appliances
UL 1414  Across-the-Line, Antenna-Coupling, and Line-by-Pass Capacitors 
for Radio- and Television-Type Appliances
UL 1416  Overcurrent and Overtemperature Protectors for Radio-and 
Television-Type Appliances
UL 1417  Special Fuses for Radio- and Television-Type Appliances
UL 1418  Implosion-Protected Cathode-Ray Tubes for Television-Type 
Appliances
UL 1419  Professional Video and Audio Equipment
UL 1424  Cables for Power-Limited Fire-Protective-Signaling Circuits
UL 1429  Pullout Switches
UL 1433  Control Centers for Changing Message Type Electric Signs
UL 1436  Outlet Circuit Testers and Similar Indicating Devices
UL 1437  Electrical Analog Instruments, Panelboard Types
UL 1441  Coated Electrical Sleeving
UL 1446  Electric Water Bed Heaters

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UL 1447  Electric Lawn Mowers
UL 1448  Electric Hedge Trimmers
UL 1449  Transient Voltage Surge Suppressors
UL 1453  Electric Booster and Commercial Storage Tank Water Heaters
UL 1459  Telephone Equipment
UL 1484  Residential Gas Detectors
UL 1492  Audio and Video Equipment
UL 1557  Electrically Isolated Semiconductor Devices
UL 1558  Metal Enclosed Low-Voltage Power Circuit Breaker Switchgear
UL 1559  Insect-Control Equipment, Electrocution type
UL 1561  Large General Purpose Transformers
UL 1562  Transformers, Distribution, Dry Type--Over 600 Volts
UL 1564  Industrial Battery Chargers
UL 1565  Wire Positioning Devices
UL 1567  Receptacles and Switches Intended for Use With Aluminum Wire
UL 1569  Metal-Clad Cables
UL 1570  Fluorescent Lighting Fixtures
UL 1571  Incandescent Lighting Fixtures
UL 1572  High Intensity Discharge Lighting Fixtures
UL 1573  Stage and Studio Lighting Units
UL 1574  Track Lighting Systems
UL 1577  Optical Isolators
UL 1581  Reference Standard for Electrical Wires, Cables, and Flexible 
Cords
UL 1585  Class 2 and Class 3 Transformers
UL 1594  Sewing and Cutting Machines
UL 1604  Electrical Equipment for Use in Class I and II, Division 2 and 
Class III Hazardous (Classified) Locations
UL 1610  Central-Station Burglar-Alarm Units
UL 1635  Digital Burglar Alarm Communicator System Units
UL 1638  Visual Signaling Appliances
UL 1647  Motor-Operated Massage and Exercise Machines
UL 1651  Optical Fiber Cable
UL 1660  Liquid-Tight Flexible Nonmetallic Conduit
UL 1662  Electric Chain Saws
UL 1666  Standard Test for Flame Propagation Height of Electrical and 
Optical-Fiber Cables Installed Vertically in Shafts
UL 1676  Discharge Path Resistors
UL 1681  Wiring Device Configurations
UL 1690  Data-Processing Cable
UL 1727  Commercial Electric Personal Grooming Appliances
UL 1773  Termination Boxes
UL 1776  High-Pressure Cleaning Machines
UL 1778  Uninterruptible Power Supply Equipment
UL 1786  Nightlights
UL 1795  Hydromassage Bathtubs
UL 1812  Ducted Heat Recovery Ventilators
UL 1815  Nonducted Heat Recovery Ventilators
UL 1863  Communication Circuit Accessories
UL 1876  Isolating Signal and Feedback Transformers for Use in 
Electronic Equipment
UL 1917  Solid-State Fan Speed Controls
UL 1950  Information Technology Equipment Including Electrical Business 
Equipment
UL 1951  Electric Plumbing Accessories
UL 1963  Refrigerant Recovery/Recycling Equipment
UL 1993  Self-Ballasted Lamps and Lamp Adapters
UL 1995  Heating and Cooling Equipment
UL 1996  Duct Heaters
UL 2044  Commercial Closed Circuit Television Equipment
UL 2083  Halon 1301 Recovery/Recycling Equipment
UL 2097  Reference Standard for Double Insulation Systems for Use in 
Electronic Equipment
UL 2601-1  Medical Electrical 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/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 Requirements

    (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 part 1910, in particular 
Sec. 1910.302(a)(2).


    Note: Testing and certification of gas operated equipment is 
limited to equipment for use with ``liquefied petroleum gas'' 
(``LPG'' or ``LP-Gas'').


    Footnote ``(1)'' has been added for clarification and for 
consistency with similar standards that are included for the expansion 
request.
    The designations and titles of the above test standards were 
current at the time of the preparation of this notice. Many of the 
Underwriters Laboratories (UL) test standards listed in this notice are 
approved as American National Standards by the American National 
Standards Institute (ANSI). However, for convenience in compiling the 
lists, we use the designation of the standard developing organization 
(e.g., UL 22) for the standard, as opposed to the ANSI designation 
(e.g., ANSI/UL 22). Under our procedures, an NRTL recognized for an 
ANSI approved test standard may use either the latest proprietary 
version of the test standard or the latest ANSI version of that 
standard, regardless of whether it is currently recognized for the 
proprietary or ANSI version. Contact ANSI or the ANSI web site to find 
out whether or not a standard is currently ANSI approved.

Programs and Procedures

    CSA seeks continued use of 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. OSHA has already recognized 
CSA for these programs.
    Program 2: Acceptance of testing data from independent 
organizations, other than NRTLs.
    Program 3: Acceptance of product evaluations from independent 
organizations, other than NRTLs.
    Program 4: Acceptance of witnessed testing data.
    Program 5: Acceptance of testing data from non-independent 
organizations.
    Program 6: Acceptance of evaluation data from non-independent 
organizations (requiring NRTL review prior to marketing).
    Program 7: Acceptance of continued certification following minor 
modifications by the client.
    Program 8: Acceptance of product evaluations from organizations 
that function as part of the International Electrotechnical Commission 
Certification Body (IEC-CB) Scheme.
    Program 9: Acceptance of services other than testing or evaluation 
performed by subcontractors or agents.
    OSHA developed the program descriptions to limit how an NRTL may 
perform certain aspects of its work and to permit the activities 
covered under a program only when the NRTL meets certain criteria. In 
this sense, they are special conditions that the Agency

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places on an NRTL's recognition. OSHA does not consider these programs 
in determining whether an NRTL meets the requirements for recognition 
under 29 CFR 1910.7. However, OSHA does treat these programs as one of 
the three elements that defines an NRTL's scope of recognition.

Expansion of NRTL Recognition

    CSA seeks recognition for testing and certification of products to 
demonstrate compliance with the following 144 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 equipment or materials (i.e., products) for which OSHA 
standards require third party testing and certification before use in 
the workplace. As a result, the Agency's recognition of an NRTL for a 
test standard excludes any product(s), falling within the scope of the 
test standard, for which OSHA has no such requirements.

ANSI C37.09  Standard Test Procedure for AC High-Voltage Circuit 
Breakers Rated on a Symmetrical Current Basis (1)
ANSI C37.013  AC High-Voltage Generator Circuit Breakers Rated on a 
Symmetrical (1)
ANSI C37.13  Low-Voltage AC Power Circuit Breakers Used In Enclosures 
(1)
ANSI 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 C37.18-1979  Enclosed Field Discharge Circuit Breakers for 
Rotating Electric Machinery (1)
ANSI C37.29-1981  Low-Voltage AC Power Circuit Protectors Used in 
Enclosures (1)
ANSI C37.45  Distribution Enclosed Single-Pole Air Switches 
(1)
ANSI C37.47-1981  Specifications for 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 C37.66  Oil-Filled Capacitor Switches for Alternating-Current 
Systems--Requirements \(1)\
ANSI C37.71  Three Phase, Manually Operated Subsurface Load 
Interrupting Switches for Alternating-Current Systems \(1)\
ANSI C57.13  Requirements for Instrument Transformers \(1)\
ANSI C57.13.2  Instrument Transformers--Conformance Test Procedures 
\(1)\
ANSI S82.02.01  Electric and Electronic Test, Measuring, Controlling, 
and Related Equipment: General Requirement
ANSI/NEMA 250  Enclosures for Electrical Equipment
ANSI Z21.5.1  Gas Clothes Dryers--Type 1
ANSI Z21.10.1  Gas Water Heaters--Automatic Storage Type Water Heaters 
with Inputs of 70,000 Btu Per Hour or Less
ANSI Z21.24  Metal Connectors for Gas Appliances
ANSI Z21.40.2-1996  Gas-Fired, Work Activated Air-Conditioning and Heat 
Pump Appliances (Internal Combustion)
ANSI Z21.41  Quick-Disconnect Devices for Use with Gas Fuel
ANSI Z21.50  Vented Decorative Gas Appliances
ANSI Z21.60  Decorative Gas Appliances for Installation in Vented 
Fireplaces
ANSI Z21.69  Connectors for Movable Gas Appliances
ANSI Z83.17  Direct Gas Fired Door Heaters
ANSI Z83.18  Direct Gas-Fired Industrial Air Heaters
FMRC 3600  Electrical Equipment for Use in Hazardous (Classified) 
Locations, General Requirements
FMRC 3610  Intrinsically Safe Apparatus and Associated Apparatus for 
Use in Class I, II and III, Division 1 Hazardous (Classified) Locations
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  Explosion proof Electrical Equipment, General Requirements
FMRC 3620  Purged and Pressurized Electrical Equipment for Hazardous 
(Classified) Locations
FMRC 6310  Combustible Gas Detectors
UL 5A  Nonmetallic Surface Raceways and Fittings
UL 5B  Strut-Type Channel Raceways and Fittings
UL 96  Lightning Protection Components
UL 201  Garage Equipment
UL 218  Fire Pump Controllers
UL 234  Low Voltage Lighting Fixtures for Use in Recreational Vehicles
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
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
UL 248-8  Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 8: Class J Fuses
UL 248-9  Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 9: Class K Fuses
UL 248-10  Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 10: Class L Fuses
UL 248-11  Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 11: Plug Fuses
UL 248-12  Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 12: Class R Fuses
UL 248-13  Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 13: Semiconductor Fuses
UL 248-14  Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 14: Supplemental Fuses
UL 248-15  Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 15: Class T Fuses
UL 248-16  Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 16: Test Limiters
UL 252  Compressed Gas Regulators
UL 296A  Waste Oil-Burning Air-Heating Appliances
UL 307A  Liquid Fuel-Burning Heating Appliances for Manufactured Homes 
and Recreational Vehicles
UL 331  Strainers for Flammable Fluids and Anhydrous Ammonia
UL 363  Knife Switches
UL 365  Police Station Connected Burglar Alarm Units and Systems
UL 441  Gas Vents
UL 497C  Protectors for Coaxial Communications Circuits
UL 536  Flexible Metallic Hose
UL 567  Pipe Connectors for Flammable and Combustible Liquids and LP-
Gas
UL 569  Pigtails and Flexible Hoses
UL 588  Christmas-Tree and Decorative-Lighting Outfits
UL 634  Connectors and Switches for Use with Burglar-Alarm Systems
UL 651B  Continuous Length High Density Polyethylene Conduit
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

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UL 745-2-8  Particular Requirements for Shears and Nibblers
UL 745-2-9  Particular Requirements for Tappers
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
UL 854  Service Entrance Cable
UL 963  Sealing, Wrapping, and Marking Equipment
UL 1248  Engine-Generator Assemblies for Use in Recreational Vehicles
UL 1363  Temporary Power Taps
UL 1425  Cables for Non-Power-Limited Fire-Alarm Circuits
UL 1431  Personal Hygiene and Health Care Appliances
UL 1434  Thermistor-Type Devices
UL 1472  Solid-State Dimming Controls
UL 1482  Solid-Fuel Room Type Heaters
UL 1637  Home Health Care Signaling Equipment
UL 1640  Portable Power Distribution Units
UL 1653  Electrical Nonmetallic Tubing
UL 1664  Immersion-Detection Circuit-Interrupters
UL 1682  Plugs, Receptacles, and Cable Connectors, of the Pin and 
Sleeve Type
UL1684  Reinforced Thermosetting Resin Conduit
UL 1699  Arc-Fault Circuit-Interrupters
UL 1703  Flat Plate Photo Voltaic Modules and Panels
UL 1711  Amplifiers for Fire Protective Signaling Systems
UL 1740  Industrial Robots and Robotic Equipment
UL 1741  Static Inverters and Charge Controllers for use in 
Photovoltaic Power Systems
UL 1838  Low Voltage Landscape Lighting Systems
UL 1889  Commercial Filters for Cooking Oil
UL 1994  Low-Level Path Marking and Lighting Systems
UL 2021  Fixed and Location-Dedicated Electric Room Heaters
UL 2024  Optical Fiber Cable Raceway
UL 2034  Single and Multiple Station Carbon Monoxide Detectors
UL 2089  Vehicle Battery Adapters
UL 2111  Overheating Protection for Motors
UL 2125  Vehicle Battery Adapters
UL 2157  Electric Clothes Washing Machines and Extractors
UL 2158  Electric Clothes Dryers
UL 2161  Neon Transformers and Power Supplies
UL 2200  Stationary Engine Generator Assemblies
UL 2225  Metal-Clad Cables and Cable-Sealing Fittings for Use in 
Hazardous (Classified) Locations
UL 2250  Instrumentation Tray Cable
UL 3101-2-20  Electrical Equipment for Laboratory Use; Part 2: 
Laboratory Centrifuges Electrical Equipment for Laboratory Use; Part 1: 
General Requirements
UL 3121-1  Process Control Equipment
UL 60335-1  Safety of Household and Similar Electrical Appliances, Part 
1; General Requirements
UL 60335-2-34  Household and Similar Electrical Appliances, Part 2; 
Particular Requirements for Motor-Compressors
UL 60730-2-10   Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar 
Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Electrically-Operated Motor 
Starting Relays
UL 60730-2-11  Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar 
Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Energy Regulators
UL 60730-2-12  Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar 
Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Electrically-Operated Doors
UL 60730-2-13  Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar 
Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Humidity Sensing Controls
UL 60730-2-16  Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar 
Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Automatic Electrical Water 
Level-Operating Controls of the Float Type for Household and Similar 
Applications
UL 61058-1  Switch for Appliances
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 8730-2-6  Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar 
Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Automatic Electrical Pressure 
Sensing Controls Including Mechanical Requirements
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
UL 8730-2-9  Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar 
Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Temperature Sensing Controls
UL 8730-2-14  Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar 
Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Electric Actuators

    (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 part 1910, in particular Section 
1910.302(a)(2).

    Note: Testing and certification of gas operated equipment is 
limited to equipment for use with ``liquefied petroleum gas'' 
(``LPG'' or ``LP-Gas'').

Preliminary Finding

    CSA has submitted acceptable requests for renewal and expansion of 
its recognition as an NRTL. In processing these requests, OSHA has 
performed an on-site review (evaluation) of CSA's facilities. CSA has 
addressed the discrepancies noted by the assessor following the review, 
and the assessor has included the resolution in the on-site review 
report (see Exhibit 27).
    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 CSA: (1) The renewal for the 6 sites 
and the test standards and programs listed above, and (2) the expansion 
for the additional 144 test standards. The staff therefore recommended 
to the Assistant Secretary that the applications be preliminarily 
approved.
    Based upon the recommendation of the staff, the Assistant Secretary 
has made a preliminary finding that the Canadian Standards Association 
can meet the requirements as prescribed by 29 CFR 1910.7 for the 
renewal and

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expansion of recognition. This preliminary finding does not constitute 
an interim or temporary approval of the applications for CSA.
    OSHA welcomes public comments, in sufficient detail, as to whether 
CSA 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). Should you need more time to comment, OSHA 
must receive your written request for extension at the address provided 
above (also see ADDRESSES) no later than the last date for comments 
(also see DATES above). You must include your reason(s) for any request 
for extension. OSHA will limit an extension to 30 days, unless the 
requester justifies a longer period. We may deny a request for 
extension if it is frivolous or otherwise unwarranted You may obtain or 
review copies of CSA's requests, the on-site review report, 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-2-
92, the permanent record of public information on CSA'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 CSA'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 1910.7. OSHA will publish a public 
notice of this final decision in the Federal Register.

    Signed at Washington, D.C. this 2d day of March, 2001.
R. Davis Layne,
Acting Assistant Secretary.
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