[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 213 (Thursday, November 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60240-60241]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-28915]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. NRTL-2-92]
Canadian Standards Association, Expansion of Recognition
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Agency's final decision on the
application of the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) for expansion
of its recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL)
under 29 CFR 1910.7.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This recognition becomes effective on November 4, 1999
and, unless modified in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.7, continues in
effect while CSA remains recognized by OSHA as an NRTL.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bernard Pasquet, 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, or phone (202) 693-
2110.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Notice of Final Decision
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) hereby
gives notice of the expansion of recognition of the Canadian Standards
Association (CSA) as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL).
CSA'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 Section 1910.7
of Title 29, Code of Federal Regulations (29 CFR 1910.7). Appendix A to
this section requires that OSHA publish this public notice of its final
decision on an application.
CSA submitted a request, dated December 23, 1998 (see Exhibit 22A),
to expand its recognition as an NRTL to include one: (1) Additional
test standard, and provided some additional information relative to its
request on January 5, 1999 (see Exhibit 22B). OSHA published the
required notice of preliminary finding in the Federal Register (64 FR
38926, 7/20/99) to announce the application. The notice included a
preliminary finding that CSA could meet the requirements for expansion
of its recognition, and OSHA invited public comment on the application
by September 20, 1999. OSHA received no comments concerning this
application.
In the July 20 notice, OSHA also noted several changes that it
would make to its records on the CSA recognition. As mentioned in the
notice, CSA requested these changes and, although it has no
requirements to give public notice of such changes, OSHA did so because
some changes related to information that the Agency had previously made
public. We also mentioned that we would not repeat, and we are not
repeating, any details of the changes in the notice of our final
decision, i.e., in this current notice. In the notice of preliminary
finding, OSHA also announced the voluntary withdrawal of recognition by
the American Gas Association (AGA) and, in accordance with our
regulations, this withdrawal became effective on July 20, 1999.
CSA's previous application as an NRTL covered its expansion of
recognition for additional programs (60 FR 36763, 7/12/96), which OSHA
granted on November 20, 1996 (61 FR 59110).
You may obtain or review copies of all public documents pertaining
to the application by contacting the Docket Office, Occupational Safety
and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW, Room N2625, Washington, D.C. 20210, telephone: (202) 693-
2350. You should refer to Docket No. NRTL-2-92, the permanent records
of public information on the CSA recognition.
The current addresses of the testing facilities (sites) that OSHA
recognizes for CSA 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)
Final Decision and Order
The NRTL Program staff has examined the application and other
pertinent information, and the assessment staff recommended, in a memo
dated February 10, 1999 (see Exhibit 23), expansion of CSA's
recognition to include the additional test standard listed below. Based
upon this examination and recommendation, OSHA finds that CSA has met
the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for expansion of its recognition to
use the additional test standard, subject to the limitations and
conditions listed below. Pursuant to the authority in 29 CFR 1910.7,
OSHA hereby expands the recognition of CSA, subject to these
limitations and conditions. As is the case for any NRTL, CSA's
recognition is further limited to equipment or materials (products) for
which OSHA standards require third party testing and certification
before use in the workplace.
Limitations
OSHA hereby expands the recognition of CSA for testing and
certification of products to demonstrate compliance to the following
test standard: UL 6500 Audio/Visual and Musical Instrument Apparatus
for Household, Commercial, and Similar General Use. OSHA has determined
this standard meets the requirements for an appropriate test standard
prescribed in 29 CFR 1910.7(c). The designation and title of the test
standard were current at the time of the preparation of this notice.
Conditions
The Canadian Standards Association must also abide by the following
conditions of the recognition, in addition to those already required by
29 CFR 1910.7:
OSHA must 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 must promptly inform the organization that
developed the test standard of this fact and provide that organization
with appropriate relevant information upon which its concerns are
based;
CSA must 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
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recognition is limited to certain products;
CSA must inform OSHA as soon as possible, in writing, of any change
of ownership, facilities, or key personnel, and of any major changes in
its operations as an NRTL, including details;
CSA will continue to meet all the terms of its recognition and will
always comply with all OSHA policies pertaining to this recognition;
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
spirit as well as the letter of its recognition and 29 CFR 1910.7.
Signed at Washington, DC this 27th day of October 1999.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-28915 Filed 11-3-99; 8:45 am]
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