[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47505-47508]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22828]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket Nos. NRTL1-88, NRTL1-89, NRTL2-90, NRTL3-90, NRTL2-92, NRTL3-
92, NRTL1-93, NRTL2-93, NRTL3-93, NRTL4-93, NRTL1-97, NRTL1-98]
Modify Scope of Recognition of NRTLs
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice modifies the scope of recognition of certain
Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories (NRTLs).
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 12, 2001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bernard Pasquet, Office of Technical
Programs and Coordination Activities, NRTL Program, Occupational Safety
and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Room N3653, Washington, DC 20210, or phone (202) 693-2110.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) hereby gives notice of changes to the scope of
recognition of the Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories (NRTLs)
listed below. Specifically, some of the test standards for which OSHA
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previously recognized each NRTL are no longer ``appropriate test
standards'' primarily because they have been withdrawn or superseded.
As a result, we will remove them from the listing of test standards in
our informational web page for each NRTL, which detail OSHA's official
scope of recognition for the NRTL. These web pages can be accessed at
http://www.osha-slc.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/index.html. In this notice, we
list the test standards to be removed for each NRTL below under the
heading ``Withdrawn or Superseded Standards.'' We provide the following
information for those who may be unfamiliar with OSHA requirements
concerning NRTLs.
OSHA recognition of an NRTL signifies that the organization has met
the legal requirements in Section 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, employers may use products ``properly certified'' by the
NRTL to meet OSHA standards that require testing and certification.
In testing and certifying (i.e., approving) such products, NRTLs
must demonstrate that the products conform to ``appropriate test
standards.'' This term is defined under 29 CFR 1910.7(c) and
essentially means consensus-based product safety test standards
developed and maintained current by U.S.-based standards developing
organizations (SDOs). Such test standards are not OSHA standards, which
are general requirements that employers must meet, but, individually,
specify the safety technical requirements that a particular type of
product must meet.
OSHA recognizes each NRTL for a particular scope of recognition,
which includes a list of those product safety test standards that the
NRTL may use in approving products. As a normal part of its operations,
an SDO occasionally withdraws existing test standards or adopts
superseding test standards. In such cases, OSHA can no longer consider
the withdrawn or superseded standards as ``appropriate,'' and as a
result, the Agency can no longer recognize NRTLs for the standard.
To replace the test standards we are removing, under our policy,
the NRTL may request or OSHA can provide recognition for comparable
test standards, i.e., other appropriate test standards covering
comparable product testing. We list these test standards below for each
NRTL under the headings ``Comparable Replacement Standards.'' In some
cases (noted by a double asterisk in the particular heading), OSHA may
already recognize the NRTL for the comparable test standard. In such
cases, we do not list the replacement test standards below. In other
cases, there is no replacement standard or the NRTL did not request one
prior to publication of this notice. However, if we receive such a
request after publication of this notice and determine the test
standard is ``comparable,'' as described above, OSHA will add it to the
NRTL's scope of recognition and therefore to OSHA's informational web
page for the NRTL.
Applied Research Laboratories, Inc. (ARL)
[Docket No. NRTL1-97]
Withdrawn or Superseded Standards
ASTM E152 Standard Methods of Fire Tests of Door Assemblies
ANSI Z83.12 Gas Food Service Equipment--Baking and Roasting Ovens
Comparable Replacement Standards (if applicable)
ASTM E2074 Standard Method for Fire Tests of Door Assemblies
ANSI Z83.11 Gas Food Service Equipment--Ranges and Unit Broilers
UL 10A Tin-Clad Fire Doors
UL 10B Fire Tests of Door Assemblies
UL 1598 Luminaries (see Note on UL 1598 below; currently, ARL is
recognized for UL 1570, UL 1571, and UL 1572)
Canadian Standards Association (CSA)
[Docket No. NRTL2-92]
Withdrawn or Superseded Standards
ANSI Z21.5 Gas Clothes Dryers
ANSI Z21.10 Gas Water Heaters
ANSI Z21.11 Gas-Fired Room Heaters
ANSI Z21.44 Gas-Fired Gravity and Fan Type Direct Vent Wall Furnaces
ANSI Z21.64 Direct Vent Central Furnaces
ANSI Z83.9 Gas-Fired Duct Furnaces
ANSI Z83.12 Gas Food Service Equipment--Baking and Roasting Ovens
ANSI Z83.13 Gas Food Service Equipment--Deep Fat Fryers
ANSI Z83.14 Gas Food Service Equipment--Counter Appliances
ANSIZ83.15 Gas Food Service Equipment--Kettles, Steam Cookers, and
Steam Generators
ANSI Z83.16 Gas-Fired Unvented Commercial and Industrial Heaters
ANSI/UL 114 Electric Office Appliances and Business Equipment
ANSI/UL 133 Wires and Cables With Varnished Cloth Insulation
ANSI/UL 303 Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Condensing and
Compressor Units
ANSI/UL 465 Central Cooling Air Conditioners
ANSI/UL 478 Information-Processing and Business Equipment
ANSI/UL 519 Impedance-Protected Motors
ANSI/UL 543 Electrical Conduit
ANSI/UL 547 Thermal Protectors for Electric Motors
ANSI/UL 559 Heat Pumps
ANSI/UL 560 Electric Home-Laundry Equipment
ANSI/UL 611 Central-Station Burglar-Alarm Systems
ANSI/UL 869 Electrical Service Equipment
ANSI/UL 883 Fan-Coil Units and Room-Fan Heater Units
ANSI/UL 1025 Electric Air Heaters
UL 1092 Process Control Equipment
ANSI/UL 1096 Electric Central Air-Heating Equipment
ANSI/UL 1438 Household Electric Drip-Type Coffee Makers
ANSI/UL 1555 Electric Coin-Operated Clothes-Washing Equipment
ANSI/UL 1556 Electric Coin-Operated Clothes-Drying Equipment
ANSI/UL 1624 Light Industrial and Fixed Electric Tools
ANSI/UL 1663 Electric Hot Tubs, Spas, and Associated Equipment
Comparable Replacement Standards (if applicable)**
ANSI Z21.10.2 Water Heaters--Sidearm Type Water Heaters
ANSI Z21.11.1 Gas-Fired Room Heaters--Volume I--Vented Room Heaters
ANSI Z21.11.2 Gas-Fired Room Heaters--Volume II--Unvented Room Heaters
UL 1598 Luminaries (see Note on UL 1598 below; currently, CSA is
recognized for UL 1570, UL 1571, and UL 1572)
Entela, Inc. (ENT)
[Docket No. NRTL2-93]
Withdrawn or Superseded Standards
ANSI/UL 559 Heat Pumps
ANSI/UL 560 Electric Home-Laundry Equipment
ANSI/UL 869 Electrical Service Equipment
ANSI/UL 883 Fan-Coil Units and Room-Fan Heater Units
UL 962 Household and Commercial Furnishing
ANSI/UL 1096 Electric Central Air-Heating Equipment
ANSI/UL 1438 Household Electric Drip-Type Coffee Makers
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ANSI/UL 1555 Electric Coin Operated Clothes Washing Equipment
ANSI/UL 1556 Electric Coin Operated Clothes Drying Equipment
Comparable Replacement Standards (if applicable)
UL 1082 Household Electric Coffee Makers and Brewing-Type Appliances
UL 1598 Luminaries (see Note on UL 1598 below; currently, Entela is
recognized for UL 1570, UL 1571, and UL 1572)
UL 1995 Heating and Cooling Equipment
UL 2157 Electric Clothes Washing Machines and Extractors
UL 2158 Electric Clothes Dryers
Factory Mutual Research Corporation (FMRC)
[Docket No. NRTL3-93]
Withdrawn or Superseded Standards
ANSI/ISA S12.13.1 Performance Requirements for Combustible Gas
Detectors
ANSI S12.15 Hydrogen Sulfide Detection Instruments
ANSI S82.03 Electrical and Electronic Process Measuring and Control
ANSI/UL 1555 Electric Coin-Operated Clothes-Washing Equipment
ANSI/UL 1556 Electric Coin-Operated Clothes-Drying Equipment
Comparable Replacement Standards (if applicable)
UL 2157 Electric Clothes Washing Machines and Extractors
UL 2158 Electric Clothes Dryers
Intertek Testing Services NA, Inc. (ITSNA)
[Docket No. NRTL1-89]
Withdrawn or Superseded Standards
ANSI S12.13 Performance Requirements for Combustible Gas Detectors
ANSI Z21.64 Direct Vent Central Furnaces
ANSI Z83.9 Gas-Fired Duct Furnaces
ANSI Z83.12 Gas Food Service Equipment--Baking and Roasting Ovens
ANSI Z83.13 Gas Food Service Equipment--Deep Fat Fryers
ANSI Z83.14 Gas Food Service Equipment--Counter Appliances
ANSI Z83.15 Gas Food Service Equipment--Kettles, Steam Cookers, and
Steam Generators
ANSI Z83.16 Gas-Fired Unvented Commercial and Industrial Heaters
ANSI/UL 114 Electric Office Appliances and Business Equipment
ANSI/UL 303 Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Condensing and
Compressor Units
ANSI/UL 465 Central Cooling Air Conditioners
ANSI/UL 478 Information-Processing and Business Equipment
ANSI/UL 519 Impedance-Protected Motors
ANSI/UL 543 Impregnated-Fiber Electrical Conduit
ANSI/UL 547 Thermal Protectors for Electric Motors
ANSI/UL 559 Heat Pumps
ANSI/UL 560 Electric Home-Laundry Equipment
ANSI/UL 869 Electric Service Equipment
ANSI/UL 883 Fan-Coil Units and Room Fan-Heater Units
ANSI/UL 1025 Electric Air Heaters
ANSI/UL 1096 Electric Central Air-Heating Equipment
ANSI/UL 1438 Household Electric Drip-Type Coffee Makers
ANSI/UL 1555 Electric Coin-Operated Clothes-Washing Equipment
ANSI/UL 1556 Electric Coin-Operated Clothes-Drying Equipment
ANSI/UL 1624 Light Industrial and Fixed Electric Tools
Comparable Replacement Standards (if applicable)**
ASTM E2010 Standard Test Method for Positive Pressure Fire Tests of
Window Assemblies (OSHA previously recognized ITSNA for ASTM E163,
which was superseded by ASTM E2010)
ASTM E2074 Standard Method for Fire Tests of Door Assemblies (OSHA
previously recognized ITSNA for ASTM E152, which was superseded by ASTM
E2074)
UL 869A Standard for Service Equipment
UL 2111 Overheating Protection for Motors
UL 1598 Luminaries (see Note on UL 1598 below; currently, ITSNA is
recognized for UL 1570, UL 1571, and UL 1572)
MET Laboratories, Inc. (MET)
[Docket No. NRTL1-88]
Withdrawn or Superseded Standards
ANSI/UL 114 Electric Office Appliances and Business Equipment
ANSI/UL 465 Central Cooling Air Conditioners
ANSI/UL 478 Information-Processing and Business Equipment
ANSI/UL 559 Heat Pumps
ANSI/UL 869 Electrical Service Equipment
ANSI/UL 883 Fan-Coil Units and Room Fan-Heater Units
ANSI/UL 1025 Electric Air Heaters
Comparable Replacement Standards (if applicable)
UL 869A Standard for Service Equipment
UL 1248 Engine-Generator Assemblies for Use in Recreational Vehicles
UL 1598 Luminaries (see Note on UL 1598 below; currently, MET is
recognized for UL 1570 and UL 1571)
National Technical Systems, Inc. (NTS)
[Docket No. NRTL1-98]
Withdrawn or Superseded Standards
ANSI/UL 465 Central Cooling Air Conditioners
Comparable Replacement Standards (if applicable)
UL 1995 Heating and Cooling Equipment
Southwest Research Institute (SWRI)
[Docket No. NRTL3-90]
Withdrawn or Superseded Standards
ASTM E152 Standard Methods of Fire Tests of Door Assemblies
Comparable Replacement Standards (if applicable)
ASTM E2074 Standard Method for Fire Tests of Door Assemblies
SGS U.S. Testing Company, Inc. (SGSUS)
[Docket No. NRTL2-90]
Withdrawn or Superseded Standards
None.
Comparable Replacement Standards (if applicable)
UL 1598 Luminaries (see Note on UL 1598 below; currently, SGSUS is
recognized for UL 1571)
TUV Rheinland of North America, Inc. (TUV)
[Docket No. NRTL3-92]
Withdrawn or Superseded Standards
None.
Comparable Replacement Standards (if applicable)
UL 1598 Luminaries (see Note on UL 1598 below; currently, TUV is
recognized for UL 1570 and UL 1571)
Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL)
[Docket No. NRTL4-93]
Withdrawn or Superseded Standards
ANSI/IEEE C57.13.2 Instrument Transformers--Conformance Test
Procedures
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ANSI Z21.44 Gas-Fired Gravity and Fan Type Direct Vent Wall Furnaces
ANSI Z21.64 Direct Vent Central Furnaces
ANSI Z83.9 Gas-Fired Duct Furnaces
ANSI Z83.12 Gas Food Service Equipment--Baking and Roasting Ovens
ANSI Z83.13 Gas Food Service Equipment--Deep Fat Fryers
ANSI Z83.14 Gas Food Service Equipment--Counter Appliances
ANSI Z83.15 Gas Food Service Equipment--Kettles, Steam Cookers, and
Steam Generators
ANSI Z83.16 Gas-Fired Unvented Commercial and Industrial Heaters
ANSI/UL 303 Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Condensing and
Compressor Units
UL 408 Stationary Medium Pressure Acetylene Generators
UL 409 Stationary Low-Pressure Acetylene Generators
ANSI/UL 465 Central Cooling Air Conditioners
ANSI/UL 519 Impedance-Protected Motors
ANSI/UL 543 Impregnated-Fiber Electrical Conduit
ANSI/UL 547 Thermal Protectors for Electric Motors
ANSI/UL 559 Heat Pumps
ANSI/UL 560 Electric Home-Laundry Equipment
ANSI/UL 611 Central-Station Burglar-Alarm Systems
ANSI/UL 869 Electrical Service Equipment
ANSI/UL 883 Fan-Coil Units and Room-Fan Heater Units
UL 962 Household and Commercial Furnishings
ANSI/UL 1025 Electric Air Heaters
ANSI/UL 1096 Electric Central Air-Heating Equipment
ANSI/UL 1438 Household Electric Drip-Type Coffee Makers
ANSI/UL 1555 Electric Coin-Operated Clothes-Washing Equipment
ANSI/UL 1556 Electric Coin-Operated Clothes-Drying Equipment
ANSI/UL 1624 Light Industrial and Fixed Electric Tools
Comparable Replacement Standards (if applicable) * *
UL 1598 Luminaries (see Note on UL 1598 below; currently, UL is
recognized for UL 1570 and UL 1571)
Wyle Laboratories, Inc. (WL)
[Docket No. NRTL1-93]
Withdrawn or Superseded Standards
None.
Comparable Replacement Standards (if applicable)
UL 1598 Luminaries (see Note on UL 1598 below; currently, WL is
recognized for UL 1570 and UL 1571)
* * Note: The NRTL has already received recognition for some of
the replacement standards.
Note on UL 1598: UL 1598 Luminaries is the superseding test
standard for three current UL standards: UL 1570, UL 1571, and UL
1572. Although these three standards have not been withdrawn at the
date of this notice, UL 1598 is now in effect. OSHA has received a
request for recognition of this new standard. In anticipation of the
withdrawal, we are granting this request now for any NRTL recognized
for one of the three superseded standards.
In accordance with OSHA policy pertaining to recognition of
replacement standards, the Agency only publishes one Federal Register
notices to note the changes to the NRTL's scope of recognition. Changes
to each NRTL's recognition are limited to those described in this
notice. All other terms and conditions of each NRTL's recognition
remain the same.
Signed at Washington, D.C. this 27 day of August, 2001.
John L. Henshaw,
Assistant Secretary.
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