Nationally recognized testing laboratories, etc.: Canadian Standards Association,

[Federal Register: March 16, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 52)]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. NRTL-2-92]

Canadian Standards Association, Applications for Renewal and Expansion of Recognition

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

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces: (1) The application of Canadian Standards Association for renewal of its recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory under 29 CFR 1910.7, and (2) the application of Canadian Standards Association for expansion of its recognition to use additional standards and presents the Agency's preliminary finding. This preliminary finding does not constitute an interim or temporary approval of these applications.

DATES: Comments submitted by interested parties, or any request for extension of the time to comment, must be received no later than April 2, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments concerning this notice to: Docket Office, Docket NRTL-2-92, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Room N2625, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693-2350. Commenters may transmit written comments of 10 pages or less in length by facsimile to (202) 693-1648. Submit request for extensions concerning this notice to: Office of Technical Programs and Coordination Activities, NRTL Program, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N3653, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bernard Pasquet, Office of Technical Programs and Coordination Activities, NRTL Program, Room N3653 at the above address, or phone (202) 693-2110.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice of Application

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) hereby gives notice that the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) has applied for renewal and for expansion of its current recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL). CSA's expansion request covers the use of additional test standards.

OSHA recognition of an NRTL signifies that the organization has met the legal requirements in Sec. 1910.7 of Title 29, Code of Federal Regulations (29 CFR 1910.7). Recognition is an acknowledgment that the organization can perform independent safety testing and certification of the specific products covered within its scope of recognition and is not a delegation or grant of government authority. As a result of recognition, OSHA can accept products ``properly certified'' by the NRTL. OSHA processes applications related to an NRTL's recognition following requirements in Appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.7. This appendix requires that the Agency publish this public notice of the preliminary finding on an application.

The most recent notices published by OSHA for CSA's recognition covered an expansion for additional standards, which OSHA announced on July 20, 1999 (64 FR 38926) and granted on November 4, 1999 (64 FR 60240). The following is a chronology of the other Federal Register notices published by OSHA concerning CSA's recognition, all of which involved an expansion of recognition for additional sites, standards, or programs: a request announced on December 10, 1993 (58 FR 64973) and granted on February 4, 1994 (59 FR 5446); a request announced on March 3, 1994 (59 FR 10173) and granted on August 9, 1994 (59 FR 40602) ; a request announced on December 8, 1994 (59 FR 63383) and granted on March 24, 1995 (60 FR 15595); and a request announced on July 12, 1996 (61 FR 36763) and granted on November 20, 1996 (61 FR 59110). The renewal will incorporate all recognitions granted to CSA through the date of publication of this preliminary finding.

The current address of the CSA testing facilities already recognized by OSHA are:

Canadian Standards Association, Etobicoke (Toronto), 178 Rexdale Boulevard, Etobicoke, Ontario, M9W 1R3 CSA International, Pointe-Claire (Montreal), 865 Ellingham Street, Pointe-Claire, Quebec H9R 5E8 CSA International, Richmond (Vancouver), 13799 Commerce Parkway, Richmond, British Columbia V6V 2N9 CSA International, Edmonton, 1707-94th Street, Edmonton, Alberta T6N 1E6 CSA International, Cleveland, 8501 East Pleasant Valley Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44131 (formerly part of the American Gas Association) CSA International, Irvine, 2805 Barranca Parkway, Irvine, California 92606 (formerly part of the American Gas Association)

General Background on the Applicant and Applications

CSA originated in 1919 as the Canadian Engineering Standards Association (CESA), which was changed in 1944 to the present name. In 1940, CSA began to test and certify products. CSA received its recognition as an NRTL on December 24, 1992 (see 57 FR 61452), for a period of five years ending December 24, 1997. Appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.7 stipulates that the period of recognition of an NRTL is five years and that an NRTL may renew its recognition by applying not less than nine months, nor more than one year, before the expiration date of its current recognition. CSA submitted its renewal request on March 20, 1997 (see Exhibit 26A), within the time allotted, and CSA retains its recognition pending OSHA's final decision in this renewal process.

In July 1997, CSA acquired testing facilities that OSHA had recognized for the American Gas Association on June 7, 1990 (55 FR 23312). Although OSHA was generally aware that CSA had made the acquisition, CSA did not officially inform OSHA until March 1999 as to how it wanted to treat these sites within its NRTL operations. The NRTL Program staff had withheld action on CSA's renewal request until it received this information.

CSA has submitted a request, dated June 16, 1999 (see Exhibit 26B), to

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expand its recognition as an NRTL to include 195 additional test standards. The NRTL Program staff has determined that 51 of the 195 standards are not ``appropriate test standards,'' within the meaning of 29 CFR 1910.7(c). The staff makes such determinations in processing expansion requests from any NRTL. Therefore, OSHA would approve 144 test standards for the expansion, which are listed below in the section on expansion.

Renewal of NRTL Recognition

CSA seeks renewal of its recognition for the six sites that OSHA has previously recognized. The renewal of each of these sites is limited to performing testing to the test standards for which OSHA has recognized CSA, and for which the site has the proper capability and control programs. The renewal will allow CSA to maintain its current operation as an NRTL.

CSA also seeks renewal of its recognition for testing and certification of products to demonstrate compliance to the following 416 test standards, which OSHA has previously recognized for CSA. All these standards are ``appropriate,'' within the meaning of 29 CFR 1910.7(c). However, some of the test standards for which OSHA currently recognizes CSA were no longer appropriate at the time of preparation of this preliminary notice, primarily because they have been withdrawn by the standards developing organization. As appropriate, OSHA has eliminated or replaced these test standards in the list shown below.

OSHA recognition of any NRTL for a particular test standard is limited to equipment or materials (i.e., products) for which OSHA standards require third party testing and certification before use in the workplace. As a result, the Agency's recognition of an NRTL for a test standard excludes any product(s), falling within the scope of the test standard, for which OSHA has no such requirements.

ANSI A17.5 Elevators and Escalator Electrical Equipment ANSI C37.20.1 Metal-Enclosed Low-Voltage Power Circuit-Breaker Switchgear (1) ANSI C37.20.2 Metal-Clad and Station-Type Cubicle Switchgear (1) ANSI C37.20.3 Metal-Enclosed Interrupter Switchgear (1) ANSI C37.21 Control Switchboards (1) ANSI C37.23 Metal Enclosed Bus and Calculating Losses in Isolated- Place Bus (1) ANSI C37.41 Design Tests for High-Voltage Fuses, Distribution Enclosed Single Pole Air Switches, Fuse Disconnecting Switches and Accessories (1) ANSI C37.46 Specifications for Power Fuses and Fuse Disconnecting Switches (1) ANSI C37.54 Indoor Alternating-Current High Voltage Circuit Breakers Applied as Removable Elements in Metal-Enclosed Switchgear Assemblies-- Conformance Test Procedures (1) ANSI C37.55 Metal-Clad Switchgear Assemblies--Conformance Test Procedures (1) ANSI C37.57 Metal-Enclosed Interrupter Switchgear Assemblies-- Conformance Testing (1) ANSI C37.58 Indoor AC Medium-Voltage Switches for Use in Metal- Enclosed Switchgear--Conformance Testing Procedures (1) ANSI C37.121 Unit Substations--Requirements (1) ANSI C62.11 Metal Oxide Surge Arresters for AC Power Circuits (1) ANSI Z21.1 Household Cooking Gas Appliances ANSI Z21.5.2 Gas Clothes Dryers, Type 2, Volume II ANSI Z21.10.3 Gas Water Heaters, Volume III Storage, With Input Ratings Above 75,000 Btu Per Hour, Circulating and Instantaneous Water Heaters ANSI Z21.12 Draft Hoods ANSI Z21.13 Gas-Fired Low-Pressure Steam and Hot Water Heating Boilers ANSI Z21.15 Manually Operated Gas Valves ANSI Z21.17 Domestic Gas Conversion Burners ANSI Z21.18 Gas Appliance Pressure Regulators ANSI Z21.20 Automatic Gas Ignition Systems and Components ANSI Z21.21 Automatic Valves for Gas Appliances ANSI Z21.22 Relief Valves and Automatic Gas Shutoff Devices for Hot Water Supply Systems ANSI Z21.23 Gas Appliance Thermostats ANSI Z21.35 Gas Filters on Appliances ANSI Z21.40.1 Gas-Fired Absorption Summer Air Conditioning Appliances ANSI Z21.47 Gas-Fired Central Furnaces ANSI Z21.48 Gas-Fired Gravity and Fan Type Floor Furnaces ANSI Z21.49 Gas-Fired Gravity and Fan Type Vented Wall Furnaces ANSI Z21.56 Gas-Fired Pool Heaters ANSI Z21.61 Gas-Fired Toilets ANSI Z21.66 Automatic Vent Damper Devices for Use With Gas-Fired Appliances Electrically Operated ANSI Z21.73 Portable Camp Lanterns for Use With Propane Gas ANSI Z83.3 Gas Utilization Equipment in Large Boilers ANSI Z83.4 Direct Gas-Fired Make-Up Air Heaters ANSI Z83.6 Gas-Fired Infrared Heaters ANSI Z83.7 Gas-Fired Construction Heaters ANSI Z83.8 Gas Unit Heaters ANSI Z83.11 Gas Food Service Equipment--Ranges and Unit broilers UL 1 Flexible Metal Conduit UL 3 Flexible Nonmetallic Tubing for Electric Wiring UL 4 Armored Cable UL 5 Surface Metal Raceways and Fittings UL 6 Rigid Metal Conduit UL 13 Power-Limited Circuit Cables UL 20 General-Use Snap Switches UL 22 Electric Amusement Machines UL 44 Rubber-Insulated Wires and Cables UL 45 Portable Electric Tools UL 48 Electric Signs UL 50 Electrical Cabinets and Boxes UL 51 Power-Operated Pumps for Anhydrous Ammonia and LP-Gas UL 62 Flexible Cord and Fixture Wire UL 65 Electric Wired Cabinets UL 67 Electric Panelboards UL 69 Electric Fence Controllers UL 73 Electric-Motor-Operated Appliances UL 79 Power-Operated Pumps for Petroleum Product Dispensing Systems UL 82 Electric Gardening Appliances UL 83 Thermoplastic-Insulated Wires and Cables UL 87 Power-Operated Dispensing Devices for Petroleum Products UL 94 Tests for Flammability of Plastic Materials for Parts in Devices and Appliances UL 98 Enclosed and Dead-Front Switches UL 104 Elevator Door Locking Devices UL 122 Electric Photographic Equipment UL 125 Valves for Anhydrous Ammonia and LP-Gas (Other Than Safety Relief) UL 130 Electric Heating Pads UL 132 Safety Relief Valves for Anhydrous Ammonia and LP-Gas UL 141 Garment Finishing Appliances UL 144 Pressure Regulating Valves for LP-Gas UL 147 LP- and MPS-Gas Torches UL 150 Antenna Rotators UL 153 Portable Electric Lamps UL 174 Household Electric Storage-Tank Water Heaters UL 183 Manufactures Wiring Systems UL 187 X-Ray Equipment UL 197 Commercial Electric Cooking Appliances UL 198B Class H Fuses UL 198C High-Interrupting-Capacity Fuses, Current Limiting Type

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UL 198D High-Interrupting-Capacity Class K Fuses UL 198E Class R Fuses UL 198F Plug Fuses UL 198G Fuse for Supplementary Overcurrent Protection UL 198H Class T Fuses UL 198L DC Fuses for Industrial Use UL 198M Mine-Duty Fuses UL 207 Nonelectrical Refrigerant Containing Components and Accessories UL 209 Cellular Metal Floor Electrical Raceways and Fittings UL 224 Extruded Insulating Tubing UL 228 Door Closers-Holders, and Integral Smoke Detectors UL 231 Electrical Power Outlets UL 244A Solid-State Controls for Appliances UL 250 Household Refrigerators and Freezers UL 291 Automated Teller Systems UL 294 Access Control System Units UL 296 Oil Burners UL 298 Portable Electric Hand Lamps UL 310 Electrical Quick-Connect Terminals UL 325 Door, Drapery, Gate, Louver and Window Operators and Systems UL 343 Pumps of Oil-Burning Appliances UL 347 High-Voltage Industrial Control Equipment UL 351 Electrical Rosettes UL 353 Limit Controls UL 355 Electric Cord Reels UL 360 Liquid Tight Flexible Steel Conduit UL 372 Primary Safety Controls for Gas- and Oil-Fired Appliances UL 378 Draft Equipment UL 391 Solid-Fuel and Combination-Fuel Control and Supplementary Furnaces UL 399 Drinking-Water Coolers UL 412 Refrigeration Unit Coolers UL 414 Electrical Meter Sockets UL 416 Refrigerated Medical Equipment UL 427 Refrigerating Units UL 429 Electrically Operated Valves UL 430 Electric Waste Disposers UL 444 Communications Cables UL 448 Pumps for Fire Protection Service UL 452 Antenna Discharge Units UL 464 Audible Signal Appliances UL 466 Electric Scales UL 467 Electrical Grounding and Bonding Equipment UL 469 Musical Instruments and Accessories UL 471 Commercial Refrigerators and Freezers UL 474 Dehumidifiers UL 482 Portable Sun/Heat Lamps UL 484 Room Air Conditioners UL 486A Wire Connectors and Soldering Lugs for Use With Copper Conductors UL 486B Wire Connectors for Use With Aluminum Conductors UL 486C Splicing Wire Connectors UL 486D Insulated Wire Connectors for Use With Underground Conductors UL 486E Equipment Wiring Terminals for Use With Aluminum and/or Copper Conductors UL 489 Molded-Case Circuit Breakers and Circuit-Breaker Enclosures UL 493 Thermoplastic-Insulated Underground Feeder and Branch-Circuit Cables UL 495 Power-Operated Dispensing Devices for LP-Gas UL 496 Edison-Base Lampholders UL 497 Protectors for Communication Circuits UL 497A Secondary Protectors for Communication Circuits UL 497B Protectors for Data Communication and Fire Alarm Circuits UL 498 Attachment Plugs and Receptacles UL 499 Electric Heating Appliances UL 506 Specialty Transformers UL 507 Electric Fans UL 508 Electric Industrial Control Equipment UL 508C Power Conversion Equipment UL 510 Insulating Tape UL 511 Porcelain Electrical Cleats, Knobs, and Tubes UL 512 Fuseholders UL 514A Metallic Outlet Boxes, Electrical UL 514B Fittings for Conduit and Outlet Boxes UL 514C Nonmetallic Outlet Boxes, Flush-Device Boxes and Covers UL 541 Refrigerated Vending Machines UL 542 Lampholders, Starters, and Starter Holders for Fluorescent Lamps UL 544 Electric Medical and Dental Equipment UL 551 Transformer-Type Arc-Welding Machines UL 561 Floor Finishing Machines UL 563 Ice Makers UL 574 Electric Oil Heater UL 603 Power Supplies for Use With Burglar-Alarm Systems UL 609 Local Burglar-Alarm Units and Systems UL 621 Ice Cream Makers UL 632 Electrically Actuated Transmitters UL 636 Holdup Alarm Units and Systems UL 639 Intrusion-Detection Units UL 651 Schedule 40 and 80 Rigid PVC Conduit UL 651A Type EB and A Rigid PVC Conduit and HDPE Conduit UL 664 Commercial (Class IV) Electric Dry-Cleaning Machines UL 674 Electric Motors and Generators for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations UL 676 Underwater Lighting Fixtures UL 680 Emergency Vault Ventilators and Vault Ventilating Parts UL 696 Electric Toys UL 697 Toy Transformers UL 698 Industrial Control Equipment for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations UL 705 Power Ventilators UL 710 Grease Extractors for Exhaust Ducts UL 719 Nonmetallic Sheathed Cables UL 726 Oil-Fired Boiler Assemblies UL 727 Oil-Fired Central Furnaces UL 729 Oil-Fired Floor Furnaces UL 730 Oil-Fired Wall Furnaces UL 731 Oil-Fired Unit Heaters UL 732 Oil-Fired Water Heaters UL 733 Oil-Fired Air Heaters and Direct-Fired Heaters UL 746A Polymeric Materials--Short Term Property Evaluations UL 746B Polymeric Materials--Long Term Property Evaluations UL 746C Polymeric Materials--Use in Electrical Equipment Evaluations UL 746E Polymeric Materials--Industrial Laminates, Filament Wound Tubing, Vulcanized Fibre and Materials Used in Printed Wiring Boards UL 749 Household Dishwashers UL 751 Vending Machines UL 756 Coin and Currency Changers and Actuators UL 763 Motor-Operated Commercial Food Preparing Machines UL 773 Plug-In Locking-Type Photocontrols for Use With Area Lighting UL 773A Nonindustrial Photoelectric Switches for Lighting Control UL 775 Graphic Arts Equipment UL 778 Motor-Operated Water Pumps UL 781 Portable Electric Lighting Units for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations UL 783 Electric Flashlights and Lanterns for Use in Hazardous Locations, Class I, Groups C and D UL 795 Commercial-Industrial Gas-Heating Equipment UL 796 Printed-Wiring Boards UL 797 Electrical Metallic Tubing UL 810 Capacitors UL 813 Commercial Audio Equipment UL 814 Gas-Tube-Sign and Ignition Cable UL 817 Cord Sets and Power-Supply Cords UL 823 Electric Heaters for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations UL 826 Household Electric Clocks UL 834 Heating, Water Supply, and Power Boilers--Electric UL 842 Valves for Flammable Fluids

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UL 844 Electric Lighting Fixtures for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations UL 845 Electric Motor Control Centers UL 858 Household Electric Ranges UL 858A Safety-Related Solid-State Controls for Electric Ranges UL 864 Service Entrance Cable UL 857 Electric Busways and Associated Fittings UL 858 Household Electric Ranges UL 858A Safety-Related Solid-State Controls for Electric Ranges UL 859 Personal Grooming Appliance UL 863 Electric Time-Indicating and -Recording Appliances UL 867 Electrostatic Air Cleaners UL 869A Reference Standard for Service Equipment UL 870 Wireways, Auxiliary Gutters, and Associated Fittings UL 873 Electrical Temperature-Indicating and -Regulating Equipment UL 875 Electric Dry Bath Heaters UL 877 Circuit Breakers and Circuit-Breaker Enclosure for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations UL 879 Electrode Receptacles for Gas-Tube Signs UL 884 Underfloor Electrical Raceways and Fittings UL 886 Electrical Outlet Boxes and Fittings for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations UL 891 Dead-Front Electrical Switchboards UL 894 Switches for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations UL 896 Oil-Burning Stoves UL 910 Test Method for Fire and Smoke Characteristics of Electrical and Optical-Fiber Cables UL 913 Intrinsically Safe Apparatus and Associated Apparatus for Use in Class I, III and III, Division I, Hazardous (Classified) Locations UL 916 Energy Management Equipment UL 917 Clock-Operated Switches UL 921 Commercial Electric Dishwashers UL 923 Microwave Cooking Appliances UL 924 Emergency Lighting and Power Equipment UL 935 Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts UL 943 Ground-Fault Circuit Interrupters UL 961 Hobby and Sports Equipment UL 964 Electrically Heating Bedding UL 969 Marking and Labeling Systems UL 977 Fused Power-Circuit Devices UL 982 Motor-Operated Food Preparing Machines UL 983 Surveillance Cameras UL 984 Hermetic Refrigerant Motor-Compressors UL 987 Stationary and Fixed Electric Tools UL 991 Tests for Safety-Related Controls Employing Solid-State Devices UL 998 Humidifiers UL 1002 Electrically Operated Valve for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations UL 1004 Electric Motors UL 1005 Electric Flatirons UL 1008 Automatic-Transfer Switches UL 1010 Receptacle-Plug Combinations for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations UL 1012 Power Supplies UL 1017 Electric Vacuum Cleaning Machines and Blower Cleaners UL 1018 Electric Aquarium Equipment UL 1020 Thermal Cutoffs for Use in Electrical Appliances and Components UL 1022 Line Isolated Monitors UL 1026 Electric Household Cooking and Food-Serving Appliances UL 1028 Electric Hair-Clipping and -Shaving Appliances UL 1029 High-Intensity Discharge Lamp Ballasts UL 1030 Sheathed Heater Elements UL 1037 Antitheft Alarms and Devices UL 1042 Electric Baseboard Heating Equipment UL 1047 Isolated Power Systems Equipment UL 1053 Ground-Fault Sensing and Relaying Equipment UL 1054 Special-Use Switches UL 1059 Terminal Blocks UL 1063 Machine-Tool Wires and Cables UL 1066 Low-Voltage AC and DC power Circuit Breakers Used in Enclosures UL 1069 Hospital Signaling and Nurse Call Equipment UL 1072 Medium Voltage Power Cables UL 1076 Proprietary Burglar-Alarm Units and Systems UL 1077 Supplementary Protectors for Use in Electrical Equipment UL 1081 Electric Swimming Pool Pumps, Filters and Chlorinators UL 1082 Household Electric Coffee Makers and Brewing-Type Appliances UL 1083 Household Electric Skillets and Frying-Type Appliances UL 1086 Household Trash Compactors UL 1087 Molded-Case Switches UL 1088 Temporary Lighting Strings UL 1090 Electric Snow Movers UL 1097 Double Insulation Systems for Use in Electrical Equipment UL 1203 Explosion-Proof and Dust-Ignition-Proof Electrical Equipment for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations UL 1206 Electric Commercial Clothes-Washing Equipment UL 1207 Sewage Pumps for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations UL 1230 Amateur Movie Lights UL 1236 Electric Battery Chargers UL 1238 Control Equipment for Use With Flammable Liquid Dispensing Devices UL 1240 Electric Commercial Clothes-Drying Equipment UL 1241 Junction Boxes for Swimming Pool Lighting Fixtures UL 1242 Intermediate Metal Conduit UL 1244 Electrical and Electronic Measuring and Testing Equipment UL 1261 Electric Water Heaters for Pools and Tubs UL 1262 Laboratory Equipment UL 1270 Radio Receivers, Audio Systems, and Accessories UL 1277 Electrical Power and Control Tray Cables With Optional Optical-Fiber Members UL 1278 Movable and Wall--or Ceiling-Hung Electric Room UL 1283 Electromagnetic-Interference Filter UL 1286 Office Furnishings UL 1310 Direct Plug-In Transformer Units UL 1313 Nonmetallic Safety Cans for Petroleum Products UL 1323 Scaffold Hoists UL 1409 Low-Voltage Video Products Without Cathode-Ray-Tube Displays UL 1410 Television Receivers and High-Voltage Video Products UL 1411 Transformers and Motor Transformers for Use In Audio-, Radio-, and Television-Type Appliances UL 1412 Fusing Resistors and Temperature-Limited Resistors for Radio-, and Television-Type Appliances UL 1413 High-Voltage Components for Television-Type Appliances UL 1414 Across-the-Line, Antenna-Coupling, and Line-by-Pass Capacitors for Radio- and Television-Type Appliances UL 1416 Overcurrent and Overtemperature Protectors for Radio-and Television-Type Appliances UL 1417 Special Fuses for Radio- and Television-Type Appliances UL 1418 Implosion-Protected Cathode-Ray Tubes for Television-Type Appliances UL 1419 Professional Video and Audio Equipment UL 1424 Cables for Power-Limited Fire-Protective-Signaling Circuits UL 1429 Pullout Switches UL 1433 Control Centers for Changing Message Type Electric Signs UL 1436 Outlet Circuit Testers and Similar Indicating Devices UL 1437 Electrical Analog Instruments, Panelboard Types UL 1441 Coated Electrical Sleeving UL 1446 Electric Water Bed Heaters

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UL 1447 Electric Lawn Mowers UL 1448 Electric Hedge Trimmers UL 1449 Transient Voltage Surge Suppressors UL 1453 Electric Booster and Commercial Storage Tank Water Heaters UL 1459 Telephone Equipment UL 1484 Residential Gas Detectors UL 1492 Audio and Video Equipment UL 1557 Electrically Isolated Semiconductor Devices UL 1558 Metal Enclosed Low-Voltage Power Circuit Breaker Switchgear UL 1559 Insect-Control Equipment, Electrocution type UL 1561 Large General Purpose Transformers UL 1562 Transformers, Distribution, Dry Type--Over 600 Volts UL 1564 Industrial Battery Chargers UL 1565 Wire Positioning Devices UL 1567 Receptacles and Switches Intended for Use With Aluminum Wire UL 1569 Metal-Clad Cables UL 1570 Fluorescent Lighting Fixtures UL 1571 Incandescent Lighting Fixtures UL 1572 High Intensity Discharge Lighting Fixtures UL 1573 Stage and Studio Lighting Units UL 1574 Track Lighting Systems UL 1577 Optical Isolators UL 1581 Reference Standard for Electrical Wires, Cables, and Flexible Cords UL 1585 Class 2 and Class 3 Transformers UL 1594 Sewing and Cutting Machines UL 1604 Electrical Equipment for Use in Class I and II, Division 2 and Class III Hazardous (Classified) Locations UL 1610 Central-Station Burglar-Alarm Units UL 1635 Digital Burglar Alarm Communicator System Units UL 1638 Visual Signaling Appliances UL 1647 Motor-Operated Massage and Exercise Machines UL 1651 Optical Fiber Cable UL 1660 Liquid-Tight Flexible Nonmetallic Conduit UL 1662 Electric Chain Saws UL 1666 Standard Test for Flame Propagation Height of Electrical and Optical-Fiber Cables Installed Vertically in Shafts UL 1676 Discharge Path Resistors UL 1681 Wiring Device Configurations UL 1690 Data-Processing Cable UL 1727 Commercial Electric Personal Grooming Appliances UL 1773 Termination Boxes UL 1776 High-Pressure Cleaning Machines UL 1778 Uninterruptible Power Supply Equipment UL 1786 Nightlights UL 1795 Hydromassage Bathtubs UL 1812 Ducted Heat Recovery Ventilators UL 1815 Nonducted Heat Recovery Ventilators UL 1863 Communication Circuit Accessories UL 1876 Isolating Signal and Feedback Transformers for Use in Electronic Equipment UL 1917 Solid-State Fan Speed Controls UL 1950 Information Technology Equipment Including Electrical Business Equipment UL 1951 Electric Plumbing Accessories UL 1963 Refrigerant Recovery/Recycling Equipment UL 1993 Self-Ballasted Lamps and Lamp Adapters UL 1995 Heating and Cooling Equipment UL 1996 Duct Heaters UL 2044 Commercial Closed Circuit Television Equipment UL 2083 Halon 1301 Recovery/Recycling Equipment UL 2097 Reference Standard for Double Insulation Systems for Use in Electronic Equipment UL 2601-1 Medical Electrical Equipment UL 3101-1 Electrical Equipment for Laboratory Use; Part 1: General Requirements UL 3111-1 Electrical Measuring and Test Equipment; Part 1: General Requirements UL 6500 Audio/Visual 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

(1) These standards are approved for equipment or materials intended for use in commercial and industrial power system applications. These standards are not approved for equipment or materials intended for use in installations that are excluded by the provisions of Subpart S in 29 CFR part 1910, in particular Sec. 1910.302(a)(2).

Note: Testing and certification of gas operated equipment is limited to equipment for use with ``liquefied petroleum gas'' (``LPG'' or ``LP-Gas'').

Footnote ``(1)'' has been added for clarification and for consistency with similar standards that are included for the expansion request.

The designations and titles of the above test standards were current at the time of the preparation of this notice. Many of the Underwriters Laboratories (UL) test standards listed in this notice are approved as American National Standards by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). However, for convenience in compiling the lists, we use the designation of the standard developing organization (e.g., UL 22) for the standard, as opposed to the ANSI designation (e.g., ANSI/UL 22). Under our procedures, an NRTL recognized for an ANSI approved test standard may use either the latest proprietary version of the test standard or the latest ANSI version of that standard, regardless of whether it is currently recognized for the proprietary or ANSI version. Contact ANSI or the ANSI web site to find out whether or not a standard is currently ANSI approved.

Programs and Procedures

CSA seeks continued use of the following supplemental programs and procedures, based upon the criteria detailed in the March 9, 1995 Federal Register notice (60 FR 12980, 3/9/95). This notice lists nine (9) programs and procedures (collectively, programs), eight of which an NRTL may use to control and audit, but not actually to generate, the data relied upon for product certification. An NRTL's initial recognition will always include the first or basic program, which requires that all product testing and evaluation be performed in-house by the NRTL that will certify the product. OSHA has already recognized CSA for these programs.

Program 2: Acceptance of testing data from independent organizations, other than NRTLs.

Program 3: Acceptance of product evaluations from independent organizations, other than NRTLs.

Program 4: Acceptance of witnessed testing data.

Program 5: Acceptance of testing data from non-independent organizations.

Program 6: Acceptance of evaluation data from non-independent organizations (requiring NRTL review prior to marketing).

Program 7: Acceptance of continued certification following minor modifications by the client.

Program 8: Acceptance of product evaluations from organizations that function as part of the International Electrotechnical Commission Certification Body (IEC-CB) Scheme.

Program 9: Acceptance of services other than testing or evaluation performed by subcontractors or agents.

OSHA developed the program descriptions to limit how an NRTL may perform certain aspects of its work and to permit the activities covered under a program only when the NRTL meets certain criteria. In this sense, they are special conditions that the Agency

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places on an NRTL's recognition. OSHA does not consider these programs in determining whether an NRTL meets the requirements for recognition under 29 CFR 1910.7. However, OSHA does treat these programs as one of the three elements that defines an NRTL's scope of recognition.

Expansion of NRTL Recognition

CSA seeks recognition for testing and certification of products to demonstrate compliance with the following 144 test standards, and OSHA has determined the standards are appropriate, as prescribed by 29 CFR 1910.7(c). OSHA recognition of any NRTL for a particular test standard is limited to equipment or materials (i.e., products) for which OSHA standards require third party testing and certification before use in the workplace. As a result, the Agency's recognition of an NRTL for a test standard excludes any product(s), falling within the scope of the test standard, for which OSHA has no such requirements.

ANSI C37.09 Standard Test Procedure for AC High-Voltage Circuit Breakers Rated on a Symmetrical Current Basis (1) ANSI C37.013 AC High-Voltage Generator Circuit Breakers Rated on a Symmetrical (1) ANSI C37.13 Low-Voltage AC Power Circuit Breakers Used In Enclosures (1) ANSI C37.14 Low-Voltage DC Power Circuit Breakers Used in Enclosures (1) ANSI C37.17 Trip Devices for AC and General Purpose DC Low-Voltage Power Circuit Breakers (1) ANSI C37.18-1979 Enclosed Field Discharge Circuit Breakers for Rotating Electric Machinery (1) ANSI C37.29-1981 Low-Voltage AC Power Circuit Protectors Used in Enclosures (1) ANSI C37.45 Distribution Enclosed Single-Pole Air Switches (1) ANSI C37.47-1981 Specifications for Distribution Fuse Disconnecting Switches, Fuse Supports, and Current-Limiting Fuses (1) ANSI C37.50 Low-Voltage AC Power Circuit Breakers Used in Enclosures-- Test Procedures (1) ANSI C37.51 Metal-Enclosed Low-Voltage AC Power Circuit-Breaker Switchgear Assemblies--Conformance Test Procedures (1) ANSI C37.52 Low-Voltage AC Power Circuit Protectors Used in Enclosures--Test Procedures \(1)\ ANSI C37.53.1 High-Voltage Current Motor-Starter Fuses--Conformance Test Procedures \(1)\ ANSI C37.66 Oil-Filled Capacitor Switches for Alternating-Current Systems--Requirements \(1)\ ANSI C37.71 Three Phase, Manually Operated Subsurface Load Interrupting Switches for Alternating-Current Systems \(1)\ ANSI C57.13 Requirements for Instrument Transformers \(1)\ ANSI C57.13.2 Instrument Transformers--Conformance Test Procedures \(1)\ ANSI S82.02.01Electric and Electronic Test, Measuring, Controlling, and Related Equipment: General Requirement ANSI/NEMA 250 Enclosures for Electrical Equipment ANSI Z21.5.1 Gas Clothes Dryers--Type 1 ANSI Z21.10.1 Gas Water Heaters--Automatic Storage Type Water Heaters with Inputs of 70,000 Btu Per Hour or Less ANSI Z21.24 Metal Connectors for Gas Appliances ANSI Z21.40.2-1996 Gas-Fired, Work Activated Air-Conditioning and Heat Pump Appliances (Internal Combustion) ANSI Z21.41 Quick-Disconnect Devices for Use with Gas Fuel ANSI Z21.50 Vented Decorative Gas Appliances ANSI Z21.60 Decorative Gas Appliances for Installation in Vented Fireplaces ANSI Z21.69 Connectors for Movable Gas Appliances ANSI Z83.17 Direct Gas Fired Door Heaters ANSI Z83.18 Direct Gas-Fired Industrial Air Heaters FMRC 3600 Electrical Equipment for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations, General Requirements FMRC 3610 Intrinsically Safe Apparatus and Associated Apparatus for Use in Class I, II and III, Division 1 Hazardous (Classified) Locations FMRC 3611 Electrical Equipment for Use in Class I, Division 2; Class II, Division 2; and Class III, Division 1 and 2 Hazardous Locations FMRC 3615 Explosion proof Electrical Equipment, General Requirements FMRC 3620 Purged and Pressurized Electrical Equipment for Hazardous (Classified) Locations FMRC 6310 Combustible Gas Detectors UL 5A Nonmetallic Surface Raceways and Fittings UL 5B Strut-Type Channel Raceways and Fittings UL 96 Lightning Protection Components UL 201 Garage Equipment UL 218 Fire Pump Controllers UL 234 Low Voltage Lighting Fixtures for Use in Recreational Vehicles UL 248-1 Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 1: General Requirements UL 248-2 Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 2: Class C Fuses UL 248-3 Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 3: Class CA and CB Fuses UL 248-4 Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 4: Class CC Fuses UL 248-5 Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 5: Class G Fuses UL 248-6 Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 6: Class H Non-Renewable Fuses UL 248-7 Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 7: Class H Renewable Fuses UL 248-8 Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 8: Class J Fuses UL 248-9 Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 9: Class K Fuses UL 248-10 Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 10: Class L Fuses UL 248-11 Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 11: Plug Fuses UL 248-12 Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 12: Class R Fuses UL 248-13 Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 13: Semiconductor Fuses UL 248-14 Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 14: Supplemental Fuses UL 248-15 Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 15: Class T Fuses UL 248-16 Low-Voltage Fuses--Part 16: Test Limiters UL 252 Compressed Gas Regulators UL 296A Waste Oil-Burning Air-Heating Appliances UL 307A Liquid Fuel-Burning Heating Appliances for Manufactured Homes and Recreational Vehicles UL 331 Strainers for Flammable Fluids and Anhydrous Ammonia UL 363 Knife Switches UL 365 Police Station Connected Burglar Alarm Units and Systems UL 441 Gas Vents UL 497C Protectors for Coaxial Communications Circuits UL 536 Flexible Metallic Hose UL 567 Pipe Connectors for Flammable and Combustible Liquids and LP- Gas UL 569 Pigtails and Flexible Hoses UL 588 Christmas-Tree and Decorative-Lighting Outfits UL 634 Connectors and Switches for Use with Burglar-Alarm Systems UL 651B Continuous Length High Density Polyethylene Conduit UL 745-1 Portable Electric Tools UL 745-2-1 Particular Requirements of Drills UL 745-2-2 Particular Requirements for Screwdrivers and Impact Wrenches UL 745-2-3 Particular Requirements for Grinders, Polishers, and Disk- Type Sanders UL 745-2-4 Particular Requirements for Sanders UL 745-2-5 Particular Requirements for Circular Saws and Circular Knives UL 745-2-6 Particular Requirements for Hammers

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UL 745-2-8 Particular Requirements for Shears and Nibblers UL 745-2-9 Particular Requirements for Tappers UL 745-2-11 Particular Requirements for Reciprocating Saws UL 745-2-12 Particular Requirements for Concrete Vibrators UL 745-2-14 Particular Requirements for Planers UL 745-2-17 Particular Requirements for Routers and Trimmers UL 745-2-30 Particular Requirements for Staplers UL 745-2-31 Particular Requirements for Diamond Core Drills UL 745-2-32 Particular Requirements for Magnetic Drill Presses UL 745-2-33 Particular Requirements for Portable Bandsaws UL 745-2-34 Particular Requirements for Strapping Tools UL 745-2-35 Particular Requirements for Drain Cleaners UL 745-2-36 Particular Requirements for Hand Motor Tools UL 745-2-37 Particular Requirements for Plate Jointers UL 854 Service Entrance Cable UL 963 Sealing, Wrapping, and Marking Equipment UL 1248 Engine-Generator Assemblies for Use in Recreational Vehicles UL 1363 Temporary Power Taps UL 1425 Cables for Non-Power-Limited Fire-Alarm Circuits UL 1431 Personal Hygiene and Health Care Appliances UL 1434 Thermistor-Type Devices UL 1472 Solid-State Dimming Controls UL 1482 Solid-Fuel Room Type Heaters UL 1637 Home Health Care Signaling Equipment UL 1640 Portable Power Distribution Units UL 1653 Electrical Nonmetallic Tubing UL 1664 Immersion-Detection Circuit-Interrupters UL 1682 Plugs, Receptacles, and Cable Connectors, of the Pin and Sleeve Type UL1684 Reinforced Thermosetting Resin Conduit UL 1699 Arc-Fault Circuit-Interrupters UL 1703 Flat Plate Photo Voltaic Modules and Panels UL 1711 Amplifiers for Fire Protective Signaling Systems UL 1740 Industrial Robots and Robotic Equipment UL 1741 Static Inverters and Charge Controllers for use in Photovoltaic Power Systems UL 1838 Low Voltage Landscape Lighting Systems UL 1889 Commercial Filters for Cooking Oil UL 1994 Low-Level Path Marking and Lighting Systems UL 2021 Fixed and Location-Dedicated Electric Room Heaters UL 2024 Optical Fiber Cable Raceway UL 2034 Single and Multiple Station Carbon Monoxide Detectors UL 2089 Vehicle Battery Adapters UL 2111 Overheating Protection for Motors UL 2125 Vehicle Battery Adapters UL 2157 Electric Clothes Washing Machines and Extractors UL 2158 Electric Clothes Dryers UL 2161 Neon Transformers and Power Supplies UL 2200 Stationary Engine Generator Assemblies UL 2225 Metal-Clad Cables and Cable-Sealing Fittings for Use in Hazardous (Classified) Locations UL 2250 Instrumentation Tray Cable UL 3101-2-20 Electrical Equipment for Laboratory Use; Part 2: Laboratory Centrifuges Electrical Equipment for Laboratory Use; Part 1: General Requirements UL 3121-1 Process Control Equipment UL 60335-1 Safety of Household and Similar Electrical Appliances, Part 1; General Requirements UL 60335-2-34 Household and Similar Electrical Appliances, Part 2; Particular Requirements for Motor-Compressors UL 60730-2-10 Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Electrically-Operated Motor Starting Relays UL 60730-2-11 Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Energy Regulators UL 60730-2-12 Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Electrically-Operated Doors UL 60730-2-13 Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Humidity Sensing Controls UL 60730-2-16 Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Automatic Electrical Water Level-Operating Controls of the Float Type for Household and Similar Applications UL 61058-1 Switch for Appliances 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 8730-2-6 Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Automatic Electrical Pressure Sensing Controls Including Mechanical Requirements UL 8730-2-7 Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Timers and Time Switches UL 8730-2-8 Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Electrically Operated Water Valves UL 8730-2-9 Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Temperature Sensing Controls UL 8730-2-14 Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements for Electric Actuators

(1)These standards are approved for equipment or materials intended for use in commercial and industrial power system applications. These standards are not approved for equipment or materials intended for use in installations that are excluded by the provisions of Subpart S in 29 CFR part 1910, in particular Section 1910.302(a)(2).

Note: Testing and certification of gas operated equipment is limited to equipment for use with ``liquefied petroleum gas'' (``LPG'' or ``LP-Gas'').

Preliminary Finding

CSA has submitted acceptable requests for renewal and expansion of its recognition as an NRTL. In processing these requests, OSHA has performed an on-site review (evaluation) of CSA's facilities. CSA has addressed the discrepancies noted by the assessor following the review, and the assessor has included the resolution in the on-site review report (see Exhibit 27).

Following a review of the application file, the on-site review report, and other pertinent information, the NRTL Program staff has concluded that OSHA can grant to CSA: (1) The renewal for the 6 sites and the test standards and programs listed above, and (2) the expansion for the additional 144 test standards. The staff therefore recommended to the Assistant Secretary that the applications be preliminarily approved.

Based upon the recommendation of the staff, the Assistant Secretary has made a preliminary finding that the Canadian Standards Association can meet the requirements as prescribed by 29 CFR 1910.7 for the renewal and

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expansion of recognition. This preliminary finding does not constitute an interim or temporary approval of the applications for CSA.

OSHA welcomes public comments, in sufficient detail, as to whether CSA has met the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for the renewal and expansion of its recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory. Your comment should 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). Should you need more time to comment, OSHA must receive your written request for extension at the address provided above (also see ADDRESSES) no later than the last date for comments (also see DATES above). You must include your reason(s) for any request for extension. OSHA will limit an extension to 30 days, unless the requester justifies a longer period. We may deny a request for extension if it is frivolous or otherwise unwarranted You may obtain or review copies of CSA's requests, the on-site review report, 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- 92, the permanent record of public information on CSA'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 CSA's renewal and expansion requests. The Assistant Secretary will make the final decision on granting the renewal and 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, D.C. this 2d day of March, 2001. R. Davis Layne, Acting Assistant Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01-6564Filed3-15-01; 8:45 am]

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