[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 137 (Wednesday, July 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58191-58193]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15648]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. OSHA-2006-0042]


CSA Group Testing & Certification Inc.: Grant of Expansion of 
Recognition

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA announces the final decision to expand 
the scope of recognition for CSA Group Testing & Certification Inc., 
for expansion of the recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing 
Laboratory (NRTL).

DATES: The expansion of the scope of recognition becomes effective on 
July 17, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information regarding this notice is 
available from the following sources:
    Press inquiries: Contact Mr. Frank Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office 
of Communications, U.S. Department of

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Labor; telephone (202) 693-1999 or email [email protected].
    General and technical information: Contact Mr. Kevin Robinson, 
Director, Office of Technical Programs and Coordination Activities, 
Directorate of Technical Support and Emergency Management, Occupational 
Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor; telephone 
(202) 693-1911 or email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Notice of Final Decision

    OSHA hereby gives notice of the expansion of the scope of 
recognition of CSA Group Testing & Certification Inc. (CSA) as a NRTL. 
CSA's expansion covers the addition of ten test standards and one 
testing site to the NRTL scope of recognition.
    OSHA recognition of a NRTL signifies that the organization meets 
the requirements specified in 29 CFR 1910.7. Recognition is an 
acknowledgment that the organization can perform independent safety 
testing and certification of the specific products covered within the 
scope of recognition. Each NRTL's scope of recognition includes: (1) 
the type of products the NRTL may test, with each type specified by the 
applicable test standard; and (2) the recognized site(s) that has/have 
the technical capability to perform the product-testing and product-
certification activities for test standards within the NRTL's scope. 
Recognition is not a delegation or grant of government authority; 
however, recognition enables employers to use products approved by the 
NRTL to meet OSHA standards that require product testing and 
certification.
    The agency processes applications by a NRTL for initial recognition 
and for an 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 a preliminary finding. In the second notice, 
the agency provides a final decision on the application. These notices 
set forth the NRTL's scope of recognition or modifications of that 
scope. OSHA maintains an informational web page for each NRTL, 
including CSA, which details the NRTL's scope of recognition. These 
pages are available from the OSHA website at http://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/index.html.
    CSA submitted two applications to OSHA for expansion of the NRTL 
scope of recognition. The first application, received on January 18, 
2022 (OSHA-2006-0042-0037), requested the addition of four standards to 
the NRTL scope of recognition. The second application, received on July 
28, 2022 (OSHA-2006-0042-0038), requested the addition of six standards 
to the NRTL scope of recognition, as well as the recognition of an 
additional testing site on the CSA Cleveland Ohio campus. The 
additional test facility is located at 8801 East Pleasant Valley Road, 
Cleveland, Ohio 44131. This expansion notice covers the ten standards 
included in both applications as well as the additional recognized 
site. OSHA staff performed a detailed analysis of the application 
packets and reviewed other pertinent information. OSHA performed an on-
site review of the additional Cleveland, Ohio site from May 16-17, 
2023, in which assessors found some nonconformances with the 
requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7. CSA addressed these issues sufficiently, 
and OSHA staff has preliminarily determined that OSHA should grant the 
applications for test standard expansion and recognition of the 
additional testing site.
    OSHA published the preliminary notice announcing CSA's expansion 
applications in the Federal Register on April 30, 2024 (89 FR 34271). 
The agency requested comments by May 15, 2024, but it received no 
comments in response to this notice.
    To obtain or review copies of all public documents pertaining to 
the CSA's applications, go to http://www.regulations.gov or contact the 
Docket Office, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. 
Department of Labor. Docket No. OSHA-2006-0042 contains all materials 
in the record concerning CSA's recognition. Contact the OSHA Docket 
Office at (202) 693-2350 (TTY (877) 889-5627) for assistance in 
locating docket submissions.

II. Final Decision and Order

    OSHA staff examined CSA's expansion applications, its capability to 
meet the requirements of the test standards, and other pertinent 
information. Based on its review of this evidence, OSHA finds that CSA 
meets the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for expansion of its 
recognition, subject to the limitations and conditions listed in this 
notice. OSHA, therefore, is proceeding with this final notice to grant 
CSA's expanded scope of recognition. OSHA limits the expansion of CSA's 
recognition to testing and certification of products for demonstration 
of conformance to the test standards listed below in Table 1.

Table 1--List of Appropriate Tests Standards for Inclusion in CSA's NRTL
                          Scope of Recognition
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           Test standard                     Test standard title
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UL 6A.............................  Electrical Rigid Metal Conduit-
                                     Aluminum, Bronze, and Stainless
                                     Steel.
UL 60079-25.......................  Explosive Atmospheres--Part 25:
                                     Intrinsically Safe Electrical
                                     Systems.
UL 60079-30-1.....................  Explosive Atmospheres--Part 30-1:
                                     Electrical Resistance Trace
                                     Heating--General and Testing
                                     Requirements.
UL 60947-4-1......................  Safety Low-Voltage Switchgear and
                                     Controlgear--Part 4-1: Contactors
                                     and Motor-Starters--
                                     Electromechanical Contactors and
                                     Motor-Starters.
UL 60947-5-1......................  Low-Voltage Switchgear and
                                     Controlgear--Part 5-1: Control
                                     Circuit Devices and Switching
                                     Elements--Electromechanical Control
                                     Circuit Devices.
UL 60947-5-2......................  Low-Voltage Switchgear and
                                     Controlgear--Part 5-2: Control
                                     Circuit Devices and Switching
                                     Elements--Proximity Switches.
UL 61730-1........................  Photovoltaic (PV) Module Safety
                                     Qualification--Part 1: Requirements
                                     for Construction.
UL 61730-2........................  Photovoltaic (PV) Module Safety
                                     Qualification--Part 2: Requirements
                                     for Testing.
UL 5085-2.........................  Low Voltage Transformers--Part 2:
                                     General Purpose Transformers.
UL 60335-2-8......................  Household and Similar Electrical
                                     Appliances, Part 2: Particular
                                     Requirements for Electric Shavers,
                                     Hair Clippers and Similar
                                     Appliances.
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    OSHA's recognition of any NRTL for a particular test standard is 
limited to equipment or materials for which OSHA standards require 
third-party testing and certification before using them in the 
workplace. Consequently, if a test standard also covers any products 
for which OSHA does not require such testing and certification, a 
NRTL's scope

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of recognition does not include these products.
    The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) may approve the 
test standards listed above as American National Standards. However, 
for convenience, we may use the designation of the standards-developing 
organization for the standard as opposed to the ANSI designation. Under 
the NRTL Program's policy (see OSHA Instruction CPL 1-0.3, Appendix C, 
paragraph XIV), any NRTL recognized for a particular test standard may 
use either the proprietary version of the test standard or the ANSI 
version of that standard. Contact ANSI to determine whether a test 
standard is currently ANSI-approved.

A. Conditions

    In addition to those conditions already required by 29 CFR 1910.7, 
CSA must abide by the following conditions of the recognition:
    1. CSA must inform OSHA as soon as possible, in writing, of any 
change of ownership, facilities, or key personnel, and of any major 
change in its operations as a NRTL, and provide details of the 
change(s);
    2. CSA must meet all the terms of its recognition and comply with 
all OSHA policies pertaining to this recognition; and
    3. CSA must continue to meet the requirements for recognition, 
including all previously published conditions on CSA's scope of 
recognition, in all areas for which it has recognition.
    Pursuant to the authority in 29 CFR 1910.7, OSHA hereby expands the 
scope of recognition of CSA as a NRTL, subject to the limitations and 
conditions specified above.

III. Authority and Signature

    James S. Frederick, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for 
Occupational Safety and Health, authorized the preparation of this 
notice. Accordingly, the agency is issuing this notice pursuant to 29 
U.S.C. 657(g)(2), Secretary of Labor's Order No. 8-2020 (85 FR 58393, 
Sept. 18, 2020), and 29 CFR 1910.7.

    Signed at Washington, DC, on July 10, 2024.
James S. Frederick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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