[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 132 (Friday, July 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37416-37417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18426]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. NRTL-2-93]
Entela, Inc., Expansion of Recognition
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice of expansion of recognition as a Nationally Recognized
Testing Laboratory (NRTL).
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Agency's final decision on the
application of Entela, Inc., for expansion of its recognition as an
NRTL under 29 CFR 1910.7.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This recognition will become effective on July 10, 1998
and will be valid until July 10, 2003, unless terminated or modified
prior to that date, in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.7.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bernard Pasquet, NRTL Program, Office
of Technical Programs and Coordination Activities, Occupational Safety
and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue, N.W., Room N3653, Washington, D.C. 20210, or phone (202) 219-
7056.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Notice of Final Decision
Notice is hereby given that the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) has expanded the recognition of Entela, Inc.
(ENT) as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) to include
the 11 test standards (equipment and materials) listed below, with the
limitations noted. ENT applied for expansion of its current recognition
as an NRTL, pursuant to 29 CFR 1910.7, for the additional test
standards. A notice announcing the application was published in the
Federal Register on April 17, 1998 (63 FR 19275). The notice included a
preliminary finding that ENT could meet the requirements for expansion
of its recognition detailed in 29 CFR 1910.7, and invited public
comment on the application by June 16, 1998. No comments were received
concerning the request for expansion. ENT's previous application
pursuant to 29 CFR 1910.7 was for an expansion of its recognition (62
FR 8041, 2/21/97), which OSHA granted on May 22, 1997 (62 FR 28066).
Copies of all documents (Docket No. NRTL-2-93) are available for
inspection and duplication at the Docket Office, Occupational Safety
and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue, N.W., Room N2634, Washington, D.C. 20210.
The address of the ENT laboratories covered by this recognition
are:
Entela, Inc., 3033 Madison, S.E., Grand Rapids, Michigan 49548
Entela Taiwan Laboratories, 3F No. 260 262 Wen, Lin North Road, Pei
Tou, Taipei, Taiwan.
Background
ENT submitted a request, dated September 29, 1997 (see Exhibit 11),
to expand its recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory
for additional test standards. In a recommendation dated February 17,
1998 (see Exhibit 12), staff for the NRTL Program recommended that
ENT's recognition be expanded to include the additional test standards.
The recommendation also incorporated the limitations on the recognition
of the
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Taipei, Taiwan facilities and personnel, when applicable to the testing
and evaluation of products under the test standards listed below. These
limitations are repeated herein.
In its request for expansion, ENT included a specific reference to
an International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standard for many of
the test standards listed below. Each specific reference is apparently
intended to show the IEC standard equivalent to the U.S. national test
standard requested. While there may be some equivalence, this expansion
of recognition does not apply to or cover any of the IEC standards
referenced in ENT's current request for expansion. This clarification
is provided since it may not be readily apparent to some reviewers of
the public record concerning this notice.
Final Decision and Order
Based upon a preponderance of the evidence resulting from an
examination of the request for expansion, the supporting documentation,
and the NRTL Program staff recommendation, dated February 17, 1998,
OSHA finds that ENT has met the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for
expansion of its present recognition to test and certify certain
additional equipment or materials. Pursuant to the authority in 29 CFR
1910.7, ENT's recognition is hereby expanded to include the 11 test
standards listed below, subject to the limitations and condition. This
recognition is limited to equipment or materials that, under 29 CFR
Part 1910, require testing, listing, labeling, approval, acceptance, or
certification, by a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory. This
recognition is further limited to the use of the following test
standards for the testing and certification of equipment or materials
included within the scope of these standards.
ENT asserts by its application that the following standards pertain
to equipment or materials that will be used in environments under
OSHA's jurisdiction, and OSHA has determined the standards are
appropriate within the meaning of 29 CFR 1910.7(c):
ANSI/UL 130 Electric Heating Pads
ANSI/UL 858 Household Electric Ranges
ANSI/UL 969 Marking and Labeling Systems
ANSI/UL 1431 Personal Hygiene and Health Care Appliances
ANSI/UL 2157 Electric Clothes Washing Machines and Extractors
UL 2601-1 Medical Electrical Equipment, Part 1: General Requirements
for Safety
UL 6500 Audio/Video and Musical Instrument Apparatus for Household,
Commercial, and Similar General Use
UL 8730-1 Electrical Controls for Household and Similar Use; Part 1:
General Requirements
UL 8730-2-3 Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar
Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Thermal Motor Protectors for
Ballasts for Tubular Fluorescent Lamps
UL 8730-2-4 Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar
Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Thermal Motor Protectors for
Motor Compressors or Hermetic and Semi-Hermetic Type
UL 8730-2-8 Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar
Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Electrically Operated Water
Valves
Limitations
Taiwan Facility
The following limitations apply to the recognition of the Taiwan
facility:
a. The Taiwan facility shall be limited to carrying out minor
mechanical and electrical testing of instruments and small appliances.
b. Performance of inspections shall be limited to Entela personnel.
Conditions
Entela, Inc. must also abide by the following conditions of the
recognition, in addition to those already required by 29 CFR 1910.7:
OSHA shall be allowed access to ENT's facility and records for
purposes of ascertaining continuing compliance with the terms of its
recognition and to investigate as OSHA deems necessary;
If ENT 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;
ENT 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, ENT 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;
ENT shall inform OSHA as soon as possible, in writing, of any
change of ownership or key personnel, including details;
ENT will continue to meet the requirements for recognition in all
areas where it has been recognized; and
ENT will always cooperate with OSHA to assure compliance with the
spirit as well as the letter of its recognition and 29 CFR 1910.7.
Signed at Washington, D.C. this 1st day of July 1998.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-18426 Filed 7-9-98; 8:45 am]
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