[Federal Register: March 9, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 45)]
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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 (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Agency's final decision on the 
application of Entela, Inc. (ENT), for expansion of its recognition as 
a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) under 29 CFR 1910.7.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This recognition becomes effective on March 9, 1999 
and, unless modified in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.7, continues in 
effect while ENT 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 Entela, Inc. (ENT), as 
a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) to include the use of 
the additional test standards listed below. OSHA recognizes an 
organization as an NRTL and processes application 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.
    ENT submitted a request, dated August 10, 1998 (see Exhibit 15), to 
expand its recognition to use additional test standards. ENT's request 
for expansion also includes its timely request for renewal of its 
recognition. However, ENT'S recognition as an NRTL does not expire 
until July 26, 1999. As part of renewing the recognition, staff for the 
NRTL Program plans to perform an on-site review of one or both of the 
ENT testing sites. These reviews are part of the normal process for 
granting an NRTL a renewal of its recognition. OSHA's recognition of 
ENT's site in Taipei, Taiwan, currently includes certain limitations 
that are applicable to the testing and evaluation of products under the 
test standards listed below. These limitations are repeated in this 
notice.
    OSHA published the required notice in the Federal Register (63 FR 
63084, 11/10/98) to announce the application. The notice included a 
preliminary finding that ENT could meet the requirements in 29 CFR 
1910.7 for expansion of its recognition, and invited public comment on 
the applications by January 11, 1999. OSHA received no

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comments concerning this application. ENT's previous application as an 
NRTL also covered an expansion for use of additional test standards (63 
FR 19275, 4/17/98), which OSHA granted on July 10, 1998 (63 FR 37416).
    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. You should refer to 
Docket No. NRTL-2-93, the permanent record of public information on the 
ENT recognition.
    The current addresses of the testing facilities (sites) that OSHA 
recognizes for ENT are: Entela, Inc., 3033 Madison, S.E., Grand Rapids, 
Michigan 49548; and Entela Taiwan Laboratories, 3F No. 260 262 Wen, Lin 
North Road, Pei Tou, Taipei, Taiwan.

Final Decision and Order

    The NRTL Program staff has examined the application, other 
pertinent information, and the recommendation by the audit staff, in a 
memo dated September 9, 1998 (see Exhibit 16), to expand ENT's 
recognition to include the additional test standards. Based upon this 
examination, OSHA finds that ENT has met the requirements of 29 CFR 
1910.7 for expansion of its recognition to use an additional 18 test 
standards, subject to the limitations and conditions listed below. 
Pursuant to the authority in 29 CFR 1919.7, OSHA hereby expands the 
recognition of ENT, subject to these limitations and conditions. As is 
the case for any NRTL, ENT'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 ENT for testing and 
certification of products to demonstrate compliance to the following 18 
standards. OSHA has determined that each standard meets the 
requirements for an appropriate test standards prescribed in 29 CFR 
1910.7(c).

ANSI/UL 187 X-Ray Equipment
ANSI/UL 563 Ice Makers
ANSI/UL 867 Electrostatic Air Cleaners
ANSI/UL 916 Energy Management Equipment
ANSI/UL 924 Emergency lighting and Power Equipment
UL 962 Household and Commercial Furnishing
ANSI/UL 1069 Hospital Signaling and Nurse-Call System
ANSI/UL 1088 Temporary Lighting Strings
ANSI/UL 1236 Battery Chargers
ANSI/UL 1418 Implosion-Protected Cathode-Ray Tubes for Television-Type 
Appliances
ANSI/UL 1472 Solid-State Dimming Controls
ANSI/UL 1492 Audio and Video Equipment
ANSI/UL 1564 Industrial Battery Chargers
ANSI/UL 1573 Stage and Studio Lighting Units
ANSI/UL 1638 Visual Signaling Appliances
UL 1993 Self-Ballasted Lamps and Lamp Adapters
ANSI/UL 2044 Commercial Closed Circuit Television Equipment
UL 3044 Surveillance Closed Circuit Telvision Equipment

    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

    ENT 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 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 must 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 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, 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 must inform OSHA as soon as possible, in writing, of any change 
of ownership or key personnel, and of any major changes in its 
operations as an NRTL, including details;
    ENT will meet all the terms of its recognition and will always 
comply with all OSHA policies pertaining to this recognition;
    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 24th day of February, 1999.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-5788 Filed 3-8-99; 8:45 am]
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