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TABLE 1—LIST OF APPROPRIATE TEST STANDARDS FOR INCLUSION IN QAI’S NRTL SCOPE OF RECOGNITION—Continued
Test standard
UL
UL
UL
UL
UL
UL
UL

514D ....................
962 * .....................
1574 .....................
1993 .....................
2108 .....................
60950–1 ...............
61010–1 ...............

UL 8750 .....................

Test standard title
Cover Plates for Flush-Mounted Wiring Devices.
Standard for Household and Commercial Furnishings.
Standard for Track Lighting Systems.
Self-Ballasted Lamps and Lamp Adapters.
Standard for Low Voltage Lighting Systems.
Information Technology Equipment—Safety—Part 1: General Requirements.
Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment Measurement, Control, and Laboratory Use—Part 1: General Requirements.
Standard for Light Emitting Diode (LED) Equipment for Use in Lighting Products.

* Represents a new standard that OSHA is adding to the NRTL Program’s List of Appropriate Test Standards—listed in Table 2 below.

TABLE 2—TEST STANDARD OSHA IS ADDING TO THE NRTL PROGRAM’S LIST OF APPROPRIATE TEST STANDARDS
Test standard
UL 962 .......................

Test standard title
Standard for Household and Commercial Furnishings.

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OSHA’s recognition of any NRTL for
a particular test standard is limited to
equipment or materials for which OSHA
standards require third-party testing and
certification before using them in the
workplace. Consequently, if a test
standard also covers any products for
which OSHA does not require such
testing and certification, an NRTL’s
scope of recognition does not include
these products.
The American National Standards
Institute (ANSI) may approve the test
standards listed above as American
National Standards. However, for
convenience, we may use the
designation of the standards-developing
organization for the standard as opposed
to the ANSI designation. Under the
NRTL Program’s policy (see OSHA
Instruction CPL 1–0.3, Appendix C,
paragraph XIV), any NRTL recognized
for a particular test standard may use
either the proprietary version of the test
standard or the ANSI version of that
standard. Contact ANSI to determine
whether a test standard is currently
ANSI-approved.

QAI’s scope of recognition, in all areas
for which it has recognition.
Pursuant to the authority in 29 CFR
1910.7, OSHA hereby expands the scope
of recognition of QAI, subject to the
limitation and conditions specified
above.
Authority and Signature
David Michaels, Ph.D., MPH,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health, 200
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20210, authorized the preparation of
this notice. Accordingly, the Agency is
issuing this notice pursuant to 29 U.S.C.
657(g)(2), Secretary of Labor’s Order No.
1–2012 (77 FR 3912, Jan. 25, 2012), and
29 CFR 1910.7.
Signed at Washington, DC, on February 25,
2016.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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A. Conditions

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

In addition to those conditions
already required by 29 CFR 1910.7, QAI
must abide by the following conditions
of the recognition:
1. QAI must inform OSHA as soon as
possible, in writing, of any change of
ownership, facilities, or key personnel,
and of any major change in its
operations as an NRTL, and provide
details of the change(s);
2. QAI must meet all the terms of its
recognition and comply with all OSHA
policies pertaining to this recognition;
and
3. QAI must continue to meet the
requirements for recognition, including
all previously published conditions on

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[Docket No. OSHA–2009–0028]

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Standard for General Industry;
Extension of the Office of Management
and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of the
Information Collection (Paperwork)
Requirements
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
AGENCY:

OSHA solicits public
comments concerning its proposal to

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extend the Office of Management and
Budget’s (OMB) approval of the
information collection requirements
contained in the Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE) Standard for General
Industry (29 CFR part 1910, subpart I).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by May
2, 2016.
ADDRESSES:
Electronically: You may submit
comments and attachments
electronically at http://
www.regulations.gov, which is the
Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the
instructions online for submitting
comments.
Facsimile: If your comments,
including attachments, are not longer
than 10 pages you may fax them to the
OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693–1648.
Mail, hand delivery, express mail,
messenger, or courier service: When
using this method, you must submit a
copy of your comments and attachments
to the OSHA Docket Office, Docket No.
OSHA–2009–0028, Occupational Safety
and Health Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room N–2625,
200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20210. Deliveries
(hand, express mail, messenger, and
courier service) are accepted during the
Department of Labor’s and Docket
Office’s normal business hours, 8:15
a.m. to 4:45 p.m., e.t.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the Agency name and the OSHA
docket number (OSHA–2009–0028) for
the Information Collection Request
(ICR). All comments, including any
personal information you provide, are
placed in the public docket without
change, and may be made available
online at http://www.regulations.gov.
For further information on submitting
comments, see the ‘‘Public

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Theda Kenney or Todd Owen,
Directorate of Standards and Guidance,
OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room
N–3609, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202)
693–2222.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

make the use of PPE necessary. Where
such hazards are present, employers
must communicate PPE selection
decisions to each affected employee
(paragraph (d)(1)(ii)).
Paragraph (d)(2) requires employers to
certify in writing that they have
performed the hazard assessment. The
certification must include the date and
the person certifying that the hazard
assessment was conducted, and the
identification of the workplace
evaluated (area or location).
The hazard assessment assures that
potential workplace hazards
necessitating PPE use have been
identified and that the PPE selected is
appropriate for those hazards and the
affected employees. The required
certification of the hazard assessment
verifies that the required hazard
assessment was conducted.
The standards on PPE protection for
the eyes and face (29 CFR 1910.133),
head (29 CFR 1910.135), feet (29 CFR
1910.136), and hands (29 CFR 1910.138)
do not contain any separate information
collection requirements.

I. Background

II. Special Issues for Comment

The Department of Labor, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent (i.e., employer) burden,
conducts a preclearance consultation
program to provide the public with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and continuing information collection
requirements in accord with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA–95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
This program ensures that
information is in the desired format,
reporting burden (time and costs) is
minimal, collection instruments are
clearly understood, and OSHA’s
estimate of the information collection
burden is accurate. The Occupational
Safety and Health Act of 1970 (the OSH
Act) (29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) authorizes
information collection by employers as
necessary or appropriate for
enforcement of the OSH Act or for
developing information regarding the
causes and prevention of occupational
injuries, illnesses, and accidents (29
U.S.C. 657).
Subpart I specifies several paperwork
requirements. The following describes
the information collection requirements
in subpart I and addresses who will use
the information.

OSHA has a particular interest in
comments on the following issues:
• Whether the proposed information
collection requirements are necessary
for the proper performance of the
Agency’s functions, including whether
the information is useful;
• The accuracy of OSHA’s estimate of
the burden (time and costs) of the
information collection requirements,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
• The quality, utility, and clarity of
the information collected; and
• Ways to minimize the burden on
employers who must comply; for
example, by using automated or other
technological information collection
and transmission techniques.

Participation’’ heading in the section of
this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
Docket: To read or download
comments or other material in the
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov
or the OSHA Docket Office at the
address above. All documents in the
docket (including this Federal Register
notice) are listed in the http://
www.regulations.gov index; however,
some information (e.g., copyrighted
material) is not publicly available to
read or download from the Web site. All
submissions, including copyrighted
material, are available for inspection
and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
You may contact Theda Kenney at the
address below to obtain a copy of the
ICR.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Hazard Assessment and Verification
(§ 1910.132(d))
Paragraph (d)(1) requires employers to
perform a hazard assessment of the
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III. Proposed Actions
OSHA is requesting that OMB extend
its approval of the information
collection requirements contained in the
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Standard for General Industry (29 CFR
part 1910, subpart I). OSHA is
proposing to decrease the burden hours
in the currently approved information
collection request from 1,696,991 hours
to 1,366,521 hours, a difference of
330,470 hours. The Agency will
summarize the comments submitted in
response to this notice and will include
this summary in the request to OMB.
Type of Review: Extension of a
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Title: Personal Protective Equipment
(PPE) for General Industry (29 CFR part
1910, subpart I).
OMB Control Number: 1218–0205.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; Federal Government; State,
Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 3,500,000.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Varies
from one hour to generate and maintain
records to 29 hours to perform a hazard
assessment.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
1,366,521.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $0.
IV. Public Participation—Submission of
Comments on This Notice and Internet
Access to Comments and Submissions
You may submit comments in
response to this document as follows:
(1) Electronically at http://
www.regulations.gov, which is the
Federal eRulemaking Portal; (2) by
facsimile (fax); or (3) by hard copy. All
comments, attachments, and other
material must identify the Agency name
and the OSHA docket number for the
ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2009–0028).
You may supplement electronic
submissions by uploading document
files electronically. If you wish to mail
additional materials in reference to an
electronic or facsimile submission, you
must submit them to the OSHA Docket
Office (see the section of this notice
titled ADDRESSES). The additional
materials must clearly identify your
electronic comments by your name,
date, and the docket number so the
Agency can attach them to your
comments.
Because of security procedures, the
use of regular mail may cause a
significant delay in the receipt of
comments. For information about
security procedures concerning the
delivery of materials by hand, express
delivery, messenger, or courier service,
please contact the OSHA Docket Office
at (202) 693–2350, (TTY (877) 889–
5627).
Comments and submissions are
posted without change at http://
www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA
cautions commenters about submitting
personal information such as social
security numbers and dates of birth.
Although all submissions are listed in
the http://www.regulations.gov index,
some information (e.g., copyrighted
material) is not publicly available to
read or download from this Web site.
All submissions, including
copyrighted material, are available for
inspection and copying at the OSHA
Docket Office. Information on using the

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http://www.regulations.gov Web site to
submit comments and access the docket
is available at the Web site’s ‘‘User
Tips’’ link. Contact the OSHA Docket
Office for information about materials
not available from the Web site, and for
assistance in using the Internet to locate
docket submissions.

of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Room N–3655, Washington, DC 20210;
telephone: (202) 693–2110; email:
[email protected]. OSHA’s Web
page includes information about the
NRTL Program (see http://
www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/
index.html).

V. Authority and Signature

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

David Michaels, Ph.D., MPH,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health,
directed the preparation of this notice.
The authority for this notice is the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3506 et seq.) and Secretary of
Labor’s Order No. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912).

I. Notice of Final Decision

Signed at Washington, DC, on February 25,
2016.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2016–04523 Filed 3–1–16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2007–0043]

TUV SUD America Inc.: Grant of
Expansion of Recognition
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In this notice, OSHA
announces its final decision to expand
the scope of recognition for TUV SUD
America, Inc. as a Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL).
DATES: The expansion of the scope of
recognition becomes effective on March
2, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Information regarding this notice is
available from the following sources:
Press inquiries: Contact Mr. Frank
Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of
Communications, U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Room N–3647, Washington, DC 20210;
telephone: (202) 693–1999; email:
[email protected].
General and technical information:
Contact Mr. Kevin Robinson, Director,
Office of Technical Programs and
Coordination Activities, Directorate of
Technical Support and Emergency
Management, Occupational Safety and
Health Administration, U.S. Department

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OSHA hereby gives notice of the
expansion of the scope of recognition of
TUV SUD America, Inc. (TUVAM) as an
NRTL. TUVAM’s expansion covers the
addition of fifteen test standards and
one recognized testing and certification
site to its scope of recognition.
OSHA recognition of an NRTL
signifies that the organization meets the
requirements specified by 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, employers may use
products properly approved by the
NRTL to meet OSHA standards that
require testing and certification of the
products.
The Agency processes applications by
an NRTL for initial recognition, or for
expansion or renewal of this
recognition, following requirements in
Appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.7. This
appendix requires that the Agency
publish two notices in the Federal
Register in processing an application. In
the first notice, OSHA announces the
application and provides its preliminary
finding and, in the second notice, the
Agency provides its final decision on
the application. These notices set forth
the NRTL’s scope of recognition or
modifications of that scope. OSHA
maintains an informational Web page
for each NRTL that details its scope of
recognition. These pages are available
from the Agency’s Web site at http://
www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/
index.html.
TUVAM submitted an application,
dated October 16, 2014, (OSHA–2007–
0043–0014) to expand its recognition to
include fifteen additional test standards
and one additional recognized testing
and certification site located at: TUV
SUD, 1229 Ringwell Drive, Newmarket,
ON, L3Y 8T8, Canada. OSHA staff
performed a detailed analysis of the
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information. OSHA performed an onsite review of TUVAM’s testing and
certification facility in Newmarket, ON
Canada on July 14–15, 2015, in which
assessors found nonconformances with
the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7.
TUVAM addressed these issues
sufficiently, and OSHA staff
recommended expansion of TUVAM’s
recognition to include these standards
and this site.
OSHA published the preliminary
notice announcing TUVAM’s expansion
application in the Federal Register on
December 7, 2015 (80 FR 76045). The
Agency requested comments by
December 22, 2015, but it received no
comments in response to this notice.
OSHA now is proceeding with this final
notice to grant expansion of TUVAM’s
scope of recognition.
To obtain or review copies of all
public documents pertaining to
TUVAM’s application, go to
www.regulations.gov or contact the
Docket Office, Occupational Safety and
Health Administration, U.S. Department
of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Room N–2625, Washington, DC 20210.
Docket No. OSHA–2007–0043 contains
all materials in the record concerning
TUVAM’s recognition.
II. Final Decision and Order
OSHA staff examined TUVAM’s
expansion application, its capability to
meet the requirements of the test
standards, conducted a detailed on-site
assessment, and reviewed other
pertinent information. Based on its
review of this evidence, OSHA finds
that TUVAM meets the requirements of
29 CFR 1910.7 for expansion of its
recognition, subject to the limitation
and conditions listed below. OSHA,
therefore, is proceeding with this final
notice to grant TUVAM’s scope of
recognition. OSHA limits the expansion
of TUVAM’s recognition to testing and
certification of products for
demonstration of conformance to the
test standards listed in Table 1 below.
Further, OSHA limits the expansion of
TUVAM’s recognition to include the site
at TUV SUD, Newmarket, ON Canada as
listed above. OSHA’s recognition of this
site limits TUVAM to performing
product testing and certifications only
to the test standards for which the site
has the proper capability and programs,
and for test standards in TUVAM’s
scope of recognition. These limitations
are consistent with the recognition that
OSHA grants to other NRTLs that
operate multiple sites.

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