[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 187 (Wednesday, September 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49211-49213]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24026]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. NRTL1-88]


MET Laboratories, Inc., Expansion of Recognition

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Agency's final decision on the 
application of MET Laboratories, Inc., for expansion of its recognition 
as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL). MET's expansion 
covers the use of additional standards.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The expansion becomes effective on September 26, 2001 
and continues in effect while OSHA recognizes MET as an NRTL under 29 
CFR 1910.7.

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,

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NW., Room N3653, Washington, DC 20210, or phone (202) 693-2110.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice of Final Decision

    The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) hereby 
gives notice of the expansion of recognition of MET Laboratories, Inc., 
(MET) as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL). MET's 
expansion covers the use of additional test standards. The NRTL's 
current scope of recognition may be found in OSHA's informational web 
page for the NRTL (http://www.osha-slc.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/met.html).
    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, employers may use products ``properly certified'' by the 
NRTL to meet OSHA standards that require testing and certification.
    The Agency processes applications by an NRTL for initial 
recognition or for expansion or renewal of this recognition following 
requirements in Appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.7. This appendix requires 
that the Agency publish two notices in the Federal Register in 
processing an application. In the first notice, OSHA announces the 
application and provides its preliminary finding and, in the second 
notice, the Agency provides its final decision on the application. 
These notices set forth the NRTL's scope of recognition or 
modifications of that scope.
    MET submitted a request, dated January 16, 2001 (see Exhibit 24), 
to expand its recognition as an NRTL to include 32 additional test 
standards. OSHA published the required notice in the Federal Register 
on July 11, 2001 (66 FR 36333), to announce MET's expansion request. 
This notice included a preliminary finding that MET could meet the 
requirements in 29 CFR 1910.7 for expansion of its recognition and 
invited public comment by July 26, 2001. OSHA received no comments 
concerning this notice.
    In processing this request, OSHA did not perform an on-site review 
of MET's NRTL testing facilities. However, NRTL Program assessment 
staff reviewed information pertinent to the request and, in a memo 
dated February 28, 2001 (see Exhibit 25), recommended the expansion of 
MET's recognition to include the additional test standards listed 
below.
    The most recent notices published by OSHA for MET's recognition, 
prior to the July 11 preliminary notice, covered an expansion of 
recognition, which OSHA announced on November 10, 1998 (63 FR 63085), 
and granted on March 9, 1999 (64 FR 11502).
    You may obtain or review copies of all public documents pertaining 
to the MET application by contacting the Docket Office, Occupational 
Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Room N2625, Washington, DC 20210. You should 
refer to Docket No. NRTL1-88, the permanent record of public 
information on the MET recognition.
    The current address of the MET testing facilities already 
recognized by OSHA is: MET Laboratories, Inc., 914 West Patapsco 
Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21230.

Final Decision and Order

    The NRTL Program staff has examined the application, the assessor's 
memo, and other pertinent information. Based upon this examination and 
the assessor's recommendation, OSHA finds that MET Laboratories, Inc., 
has met the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for expansion of its NRTL 
recognition. The expansion covers the test standards listed below, and 
it is subject to the limitations and conditions, also listed below. 
Pursuant to the authority in 29 CFR 1910.7, OSHA hereby expands the 
recognition of MET, subject to these limitations and conditions.

Limitations

    OSHA limits the expansion of recognition of MET to testing and 
certification of products for demonstration of conformance to the 
following 32 additional test standards. OSHA has determined that each 
standard meets the requirements for an appropriate test standard, 
within the meaning of 29 CFR 1910.7(c). The NRTL Program staff makes 
such determinations in processing applications from any NRTL.

UL 45  Portable Electric Tools
UL 506  Specialty Transformers
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
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 935  Fluorescent-Lamp Ballasts
UL 1026  Electric Household Cooking and Food Serving Appliances
UL 1028  Hair Clipping and Shaving Appliances
UL 1083  Household Electric Skillets and Frying-Type Appliances
UL 1236  Battery Chargers for Charging Engine-Starter Batteries
UL 1431  Personal Hygiene and Health Care Appliances
UL 1585  Class 2 and Class 3 Transformers
UL 1786  Nightlights
UL 1993  Self-Ballasted Lamps and Lamp Adapters

    The designations and titles of the above test standards were 
current at the time of the preparation of the notice of the preliminary 
finding.
    Many of the test standards listed above are approved as American 
National Standards by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). 
However, for convenience in compiling the list, we show the designation 
of the standards developing organization (e.g., UL 1028) for the 
standard, as opposed to the ANSI designation (e.g., ANSI/
UL 1028). 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 which version appears in the 
list of test

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standards found in OSHA's informational web page for the NRTL. Contact 
ANSI or the ANSI web site (www.ansi.org) and click ``NSSN'' to find out 
whether or not a standard is currently ANSI-approved.

Conditions

    MET Laboratories, Inc., must also abide by the following conditions 
of the recognition, in addition to those already required by 29 CFR 
1910.7:
    OSHA must be allowed access to the MET facility and records for 
purposes of ascertaining continuing compliance with the terms of its 
recognition and to investigate as OSHA deems necessary;
    If MET has reason to doubt the efficacy of any test standard it is 
using under this program, it must promptly inform the organization that 
developed the test standard of this fact and provide that organization 
with appropriate relevant information upon which its concerns are 
based;
    MET must not engage in or permit others to engage in any 
misrepresentation of the scope or conditions of its recognition. As 
part of this condition, MET agrees that it will allow no representation 
that it is either a recognized or an accredited Nationally Recognized 
Testing Laboratory (NRTL) without clearly indicating the specific 
equipment or material to which this recognition is tied, or that its 
recognition is limited to certain products;
    MET must inform OSHA as soon as possible, in writing, of any change 
of ownership, facilities, or key personnel, and of any major changes in 
its operations as an NRTL, including details;
    MET will continue to meet all the terms of its recognition and will 
always comply with all OSHA policies pertaining to this recognition; 
and
    MET will continue to meet the requirements for recognition in all 
areas where it has been recognized.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 18th day of September, 2001.
John L. Henshaw,
Assistant Secretary.
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