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[FR Doc No: 94-2543]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. NRTL-2-92]
Canadian Standards Association
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of
Labor.
ACTION: Notice of expansion of current recognition as a Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratory.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Agency's final decision on the
Canadian Standards Association, Rexdale (Toronto) facility, application
for expansion of its recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing
Laboratory (NRTL) under 29 CFR 1910.7.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Office of Variance Determination, NRTL Recognition Program,
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room N3653, Washington, DC 20210.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Notice of Final Decision
The Canadian Standards Association previously made application
pursuant to section 6(b) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970, (84 Stat. 1593, 29 U.S.C. 655), Secretary of Labor's Order No. 1-
90 (55 FR 9033), and 29 CFR 1910.7, for recognition of its Rexdale
(Toronto) facility as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (see
57 FR 23429, 6/3/92; amended 57 FR 48804, 10/28/92), and was so
recognized (see 57 FR 61452, 12/24/92).
CSA applied for expansion of its current recognition as a
Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory for five test standards
pursuant to 29 CFR 1910.7 which was published in the Federal Register
on December 10, 1993 (58 FR 64973). (See Exhibit 7.).
Notice is hereby given that CSA's recognition as a Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratory for its Rexdale (Toronto) facility has
been expanded to include the five test standards (product categories)
listed below.
Copies of all pertinent documents (Docket No. NRTL-2-92), are
available for inspection and duplication at the Docket Office, Room N-
2634, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.
The address of the laboratory covered by this application is:
Canadian Standards Association, Toronto Facility, 178 Rexdale
Boulevard, Rexdale (Toronto), Ontario M9W1R3, Canada.
Final Decision and Order
Based upon the facts found as part of the Canadian Standards
Association Rexdale (Toronto) facility original recognition, including
details of necessary test equipment, procedures, and special apparatus
or facilities needed, adequacy of the staff, the application,
amendments, and documentation submitted by the applicant (see Exhibit
8. A.-D.), the OSHA staff finding including the original On-Site Review
Report, as well as the evaluation of the current request (see Exhibit
8. E.), OSHA finds that the Canadian Standards Association's Rexdale
(Toronto) facility has met the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for
expansion of its present recognition to test and certify certain
equipment or materials.
Pursuant to the authority in 29 CFR 1910.7, the CSA Toronto
(Rexdale) facility's recognition is hereby expanded to include the five
additional test standards (product categories) cited below, subject to
the conditions listed below. This recognition is limited to equipment
or materials which, under 29 CFR Part 1910, require testing, listing,
labeling, approval, acceptance, or certification by a Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratory. This recognition is limited to the use
of the following five additional test standards for the testing and
certification of equipment or materials included within the scope of
these standards.
CSA has stated that these standards are used to test equipment or
materials which can be used in environments under OSHA's jurisdiction,
and OSHA has determined that they are appropriate within the meaning of
29 CFR 1910.7(c).
UL 1278--Movable and Wall- or Ceiling-Hung Electric Room Heaters
UL 1419--Professional Video and Audio Equipment
UL 1492--Audio and Video Equipment
UL 1963--Refrigerant Recovery/Recycling Equipment
ANSI/ASME B17.5--Elevators and Escalator Electrical Equipment
The Canadian Standards Association Rexdale (Toronto) facility must
also abide by the following conditions of this expansion of its
recognition, in addition to those already required by 29 CFR 1910.7:
This recognition does not apply to any aspect of any Canadian
Standards Association program which is available only to qualified
manufacturers and is based upon the NRTL's evaluation and accreditation
of the manufacturer's quality assurance program;
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration shall be allowed
access to CSA's facilities and records for purposes of ascertaining
continuing compliance with the terms of its recognition and to
investigate as OSHA deems necessary;
If CSA has reason to doubt the efficacy of any test standard it is
using under this program, it shall promptly inform the test standard
developing organization of this fact and provide that organization with
appropriate relevant information upon which its concerns are based;
CSA shall not engage in or permit others to engage in any
misrepresentation of the scope or conditions of its recognition. As
part of this condition, CSA 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;
All products certified within this program shall be tested and
certified only at the Rexdale facility. Products which may have been
previously evaluated at any of CSA's other facilities must be re-
evaluated at the Rexdale facility in order to be considered to have
been approved under the NRTL program.
In order to distinguish between products tested and certified by
CSA under the OSHA/NRTL program at the Rexdale facility from all other
CSA facilities or from non-NRTL programs, the following procedures
shall be followed for all products tested and certified at the Rexdale
facility under the OSHA/NRTL program:
Where the CSA registered certification mark is utilized on a
label on the product, the label will also bear the acronym ``NRTL'';
The product shall also be clearly identified in the Directory of
CSA Certified Products by using the ``NRTL'' acronym.
CSA shall inform OSHA as soon as possible, in writing, of any
change of ownership or key personnel, including details;
CSA will continue to meet the requirements for recognition in all
areas where it has been recognized; and
CSA will always cooperate with OSHA to assure compliance with the
letter as well as the spirit of its recognition and 29 CFR 1910.7.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This recognition will become effective on February 4,
1994, and will be valid until December 24, 1997, (a period of five
years from the date of the original recognition, December 24, 1992),
unless terminated prior to that date, in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.7.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 28th day of January, 1994.
Joseph A. Dear,
Assistant Secretary.
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