[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 121 (Thursday, June 26, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27345-27346]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11763]
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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., as
a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL).
DATES: The expansion of the scope of recognition becomes effective on
June 26, 2025.
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 Labor, telephone: (202) 693-1999;
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, phone:
(202) 693-1911 or email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Notice of the Final Decision
OSHA is providing 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 one test 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, as well as for an expansion or renewal of 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 the preliminary finding. In the second notice,
the agency provides the 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 that 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 an application, dated July 19, 2022 (OSHA-2006-0042-
0049), to expand recognition as a NRTL to include one additional test
site located at: 41 Science Park Road #02-04, The Gemini, Singapore
Science Park II, Singapore 117610. OSHA staff performed an on-site
review of CSA's testing facility at CSA Singapore on March 4-5, 2024,
in which assessors found some nonconformances with the requirements of
29 CFR 1910.7. CSA has addressed these issues sufficiently, and OSHA
staff preliminarily determined that OSHA should grant the application
to include this additional testing site.
OSHA published the preliminary notice announcing CSA's expansion
application in the Federal Register on April 25, 2025 (90 FR 17464).
The agency requested comments by May 12,
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2025, however no comments were received in response to this notice.
OSHA is now proceeding with this notice to grant expansion of CSA's
scope of recognition.
To obtain or review copies of all public documents pertaining to
the CSA expansion application, go to www.regulations.gov or contact the
Docket Office (202) 693-2350 (TTY (877) 889-5627). Docket No. OSHA-
2006-0042 contains all materials in the record containing CSA's NRTL
recognition.
II. Final Decision and Order
OSHA staff examined CSA's expansion application, conducted a
detailed on-site assessment, and examined other pertinent information.
Based on review of this evidence, OSHA finds that CSA meets the
requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for expansion of recognition, subject to
the specified limitations and conditions. OSHA, therefore, is
proceeding with this final notice to grant CSA's scope of recognition.
OSHA limits the expansion of CSA's recognition to include the located
at: 41 Science Park Road #02-04. The Gemini, Singapore Science Park II,
Singapore 117610. OSHA's recognition of the site limits CSA to
performing product testing and certifications only to the test
standards for which the site has the proper capability and programs,
and for test standards in CSA's scope of recognition. This limitation
is consistent with the recognition that OSHA grants to other NRTLs that
operate multiple sites.
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
Amanda Laihow, Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210,
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 June 17, 2025.
Amanda Laihow,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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