[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),
to
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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.
[FR Doc. 01-6564 Filed 3-15-01; 8:45 am]
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