[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 217 (Tuesday, November 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63083-63084]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30116]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. NRTL-2-94]
Electro-Test, Inc., Application for Expansion of Recognition
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the application of Electro-Test, Inc.,
for expansion of its recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing
Laboratory under 29 CFR 1910.7, and presents the Agency's preliminary
finding. This preliminary finding does not constitute an interim or
temporary approval of this application.
DATES: Comments submitted by interested parties must be received no
later than January 11, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Send comments concerning this notice to: 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, D.C. 20210.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bernard Pasquet, Office of Technical Programs and Coordination
Activities, NRTL Program at the above address, or phone (202) 219-7056.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Notice of Application
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) hereby
gives notice that Electro-Test, Inc. (ETI) has applied for expansion of
its current recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory
(NRTL). ETI's expansion request covers the use of an additional test
standard. OSHA recognizes an organization as an NRTL, and processes
applications related to such recognitions, following requirements in
Sec. 1910.7 of Title 29, Code of Federal Regulations (29 CFR
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1910.7). Appendix A to this section requires that OSHA publish this
public notice of the preliminary finding on an application.
ETI's previous application as an NRTL covered its initial
recognition (60 FR 30495, June 9, 1995, which OSHA granted on October
6, 1995 (60 FR 52417).
The current addresses of the ETI testing facilities already
recognized by OSHA are:
* Electro-Test, Inc., 1320 El Capitan Drive, 4th Floor, Danville,
California 94526
Electro-Test, Inc., 3150-B E. Birch Street, Brea, California 92821
* Due to city boundary lines, this site is partially located in San
Ramon, California.
General Background on the Application
ETI has submitted a request, dated September 2, 1998 (see Exhibit
11), to expand its recognition as an NRTL for one additional test
standard. ETI seeks recognition for testing and certification of
products to demonstrate compliance to the following test standard, and
OSHA has determined it is appropriate, as prescribed by 29 CFR
1910.7(c): ANSI/UL 508C Power Conversion Equipment. The designation and
title of this test standard were current at the time of the preparation
of this notice. OSHA recognition of any NRTL for a particular test
standard is limited to products for which OSHA standards require third
party testing and certification before use in the workplace.
Preliminary Finding on the Application
ETI has submitted an acceptable request for expansion of its
recognition as an NRTL. In connection with this request, OSHA did not
perform an on-site review of ETI's NRTL testing facilities. However,
NRTL Program audit staff reviewed information pertinent to the request,
and in a memo dated September 9, 1998 (see Exhibit 12), recommended
that ETI's recognition be expanded to include the additional test
standard listed above.
Following a review of the application file, the auditor's
recommendation, and other pertinent documents, the NRTL Program staff
has concluded that OSHA can grant, to the Electro-Test, Inc. facilities
listed above, the expansion of recognition to use the additional test
standard. The staff therefore recommended to the Assistant Secretary
that the application be preliminarily approved.
Based upon the recommendation of the staff, the Assistant Secretary
has made a preliminary finding that the Electro-Test Inc. facilities
listed above can meet the recognition requirements, as prescribed by 29
CFR 1910.7, for the expansion of recognition. This preliminary finding
does not constitute an interim or temporary approval of the
application.
OSHA welcomes public comments, in sufficient detail, as to whether
ETI has met the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for expansion of its
recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory. Your comment
must 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).
You may obtain or review copies of ETI's request, the recommendation on
the expansion, 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-2-94, the permanent record of public
information on ETI'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 ETI's expansion request. The Assistant Secretary will make the
final decision on granting the 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, DC, this 28th day of October, 1998.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary.
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