82 FR 16856 - Bay Area Compliance Laboratories Corp.: Grant of Recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 65 (April 6, 2017)
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 65 (April 6, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-06870 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 65 (Thursday, April 6, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 16856-16858] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-06870] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Occupational Safety and Health Administration [Docket No. OSHA-2016-0022] Bay Area Compliance Laboratories Corp.: Grant of Recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA announces its final decision to grant recognition to Bay Area Compliance Laboratories Corp. as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) . DATES: Recognition as a NRTL becomes effective on April 6, 2017. 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 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:// [[Page 16857]] www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/index.html). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background Many of OSHA's workplace standards require that a NRTL test and certify certain types of equipment as safe for use in the workplace. NRTLs are independent laboratories that meet OSHA's requirements for performing safety testing and certification of products used in the workplace. To obtain and retain OSHA recognition, the NRTLs must meet the requirements in the NRTL Program regulations at 29 CFR 1910.7. More specifically, to be recognized by OSHA, an organization must: (1) Have the appropriate capability to test, evaluate, and approve products to assure their safe use in the workplace; (2) be completely independent of employers subject to the tested equipment requirements, and manufacturers and vendors of products for which OSHA requires certification; (3) have internal programs that ensure proper control of the testing and certification process; and (4) have effective reporting and complaint handling procedures. Recognition is an acknowledgement by OSHA that the NRTL has the capability to perform independent safety testing and certification of the specific products covered within the NRTL's scope of recognition, and is not a delegation or grant of government authority. Recognition of a NRTL by OSHA also allows employers to use products certified by that NRTL to meet those OSHA standards that require product testing and certification. The Agency processes applications for initial recognition following requirements in Appendix A of 29 CFR 1910.7. This appendix requires OSHA to publish two notices in the Federal Register in processing an application. In the first notice, OSHA announces the application, provides its preliminary finding, and solicits comments on its preliminary findings. In the second notice, the Agency provides its final decision on the application. These notices set forth the NRTL's scope of recognition. II. Notice of Final Decision OSHA hereby gives notice of the Agency's decision to grant recognition to Bay Area Compliance Laboratories Corp. (BACL), as a NRTL. According to its application, BACL was incorporated in 1996 to provide product compliance testing services to customers in the areas of Product Safety, Electromagnetic Compatibility and Telecommunications, testing for Emissions, Immunity, Radio, Radio Frequency (RF) Exposure and Telecommunications. The non-profit, third- party, non-governmental accreditation body A2LA accredited BACL for UL 60950-1, the standard for which BACL requests NRTL recognition. In its application, BACL lists the current address of its headquarters as: Bay Area Compliance Laboratories Corp., 1274 Anvilwood Avenue, Sunnyvale, California 94089. Each NRTL's scope of recognition includes: (1) The type of products the NRTL may test, with each type specified by its applicable test standard; and (2) the recognized site(s) that have the technical capability to perform the product-testing and product-certification activities for the applicable test standards within the NRTL's scope of recognition. BACL applied for initial recognition as a NRTL on April 30, 2015, and revised its application on May 12, 2016. In its application, BACL requested recognition for one test standard and one site (OSHA-2016-0022-0003 and 0004). OSHA published the preliminary notice announcing BACL's application for recognition in the Federal Register on December 16, 2016 (81 FR 91201). The Agency requested comments by January 17, 2017, but it received no comments in response to this notice. OSHA now is proceeding with this final notice to grant recognition to BACL as a NRTL. To obtain or review copies of all public documents pertaining to BACL'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-2016-0022 contains all materials in the record concerning BACL's recognition. III. Final Decision and Order OSHA staff performed a detailed analysis of BACL's application packet and reviewed other pertinent information. OSHA staff also performed a comprehensive on-site assessment of BACL's testing facilities on May 9-11, 2016. Based on its review of this evidence, OSHA finds that BACL meets the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for recognition as a NRTL, subject to the limitations and conditions listed below. OSHA, therefore, is proceeding with this final notice to grant recognition to BACL as a NRTL. The following sections set forth the scope of recognition included in BACL's grant of recognition. A. Standards Requested for Recognition OSHA limits BACL's scope of recognition to testing and certification of products for demonstration of conformance to the test standard listed in Table 1 below. Table 1--Appropriate Test Standard for Inclusion in BACL's NRTL Scope of Recognition ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Test standard Test standard title ------------------------------------------------------------------------ UL 60950-1................................ Information Technology Equipment-Safety-Part 1: General Requirement. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. B. Sites Requested for Recognition OSHA limits BACL's scope of recognition to include the site at Bay Area Compliance Laboratories Corp., 1274 Anvilwood Avenue, Sunnyvale, California 94089. OSHA's recognition of this site limits BACL to performing product testing and certifications only to the test standards for which the site has the proper capability and programs, and for the test standard in BACL's scope of recognition. This limitation is consistent with the recognition that OSHA grants to other NRTLs that operate multiple sites. C. Conditions In addition to those conditions already required by 29 CFR 1910.7, BACL also must abide by the following conditions of the recognition: [[Page 16858]] 1. BACL 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 a NRTL, and provide details of the change(s); 2. BACL must meet all the terms of its recognition and comply with all OSHA policies pertaining to this recognition; and 3. BACL must continue to meet the requirements for recognition, including all previously published conditions on BACL's scope of recognition, in all areas for which it has recognition. Pursuant to the authority in 29 CFR 1910.7, OSHA hereby grants recognition to BACL as an NRTL, subject to these limitations and conditions specified above. IV. Authority and Signature Dorothy Dougherty, Deputy 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 March 31, 2017. Dorothy Dougherty, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health. [FR Doc. 2017-06870 Filed 4-5-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510-26-P
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ACTION: 30-day notice. Overview of This Information agencies, prosecutors offices, courts,
Collection victim services agencies, etc.
SUMMARY: The Department of Justice, (6) An estimate of the total public
(1) Type of Information Collection: burden (in hours) associated with the
Office on Violence Against Women
Extension of a currently approved collection: The total annual hour burden
(OVW) will be submitting the following collection
information collection request to the to complete the annual progress report
Office of Management and Budget (2) Title of the Form/Collection: is 2,556 hours.
(OMB) for review and approval in Annual Progress Report for the STOP If additional information is required
Formula Grants Program contact: Melody Braswell, Deputy
accordance with the Paperwork
(3) Agency form number, if any, and Clearance Officer, United States
Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed
the applicable component of the Department of Justice, Justice
information collection was previously Management Division, Policy and
published in the Federal Register at 82 Department of Justice sponsoring the
collection: Form Number: 1122–0003. Planning Staff, Two Constitution
FR 9227 on February 3, 2017, allowing Square, 145 N Street NE., 3E, 405B,
for a 60 day comment period. U.S. Department of Justice, Office on
Violence Against Women. Washington, DC 20530.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and (4) Affected public who will be asked Dated: April 3, 2017.
will be accepted for 30 days until May or required to respond, as well as a brief Melody Braswell,
8, 2017. abstract: The affected public includes Department Clearance Officer, PRA, U.S.
the 56 STOP state administrators (from Department of Justice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Written comments and/or suggestion 50 states, the District of Columbia and [FR Doc. 2017–06799 Filed 4–5–17; 8:45 am]
regarding the items contained in this five territories and commonwealths BILLING CODE 4410–FX–P
notice, especially the estimated public (Guam, Puerto Rico, American Samoa,
burden and associated response time, Virgin Islands, Northern Mariana
Islands)) and their subgrantees. The DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
should be directed to Cathy Poston,
STOP Violence Against Women
Office on Violence Against Women, at Occupational Safety and Health
Formula Grants Program was authorized
202–514–5430 or Catherine.poston@ Administration
through the Violence Against Women
usdoj.gov. Written comments and/or Act of 1994 (VAWA) and reauthorized
suggestions can also be sent to the [Docket No. OSHA–2016–0022]
and amended in 2000, 2005, and 2013.
Office of Management and Budget, Its purpose is to promote a coordinated, Bay Area Compliance Laboratories
Office of Information and Regulatory multi-disciplinary approach to Corp.: Grant of Recognition as a
Affairs, Attention Department of Justice improving the criminal justice system’s Nationally Recognized Testing
Desk Officer, Washington, DC 20530 or response to violence against women. Laboratory
sent to OIRA_submissions@ The STOP Formula Grants Program
omb.eop.gov. envisions a partnership among law AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health
enforcement, prosecution, courts, and Administration (OSHA), Labor.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written ACTION: Notice.
victim advocacy organizations to
comments and suggestions from the enhance victim safety and hold
public and affected agencies concerning offenders accountable for their crimes of SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA
the proposed collection of information violence against women. OVW announces its final decision to grant
are encouraged. Your comments should administers the STOP Formula Grants recognition to Bay Area Compliance
address one or more of the following Program. The grant funds must be Laboratories Corp. as a Nationally
four points: distributed by STOP state Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) .
administrators to subgrantees according DATES: Recognition as a NRTL becomes
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed
to a statutory formula (as amended). effective on April 6, 2017.
collection of information is necessary
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
for the proper performance of the (5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time Information regarding this notice is
functions of the agency, including
estimated for an average respondent to available from the following sources:
whether the information will have
respond/reply: It is estimated that it will Press inquiries: Contact Mr. Frank
practical utility; Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of
take the 56 respondents (STOP
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the Communications, U.S. Department of
administrators) approximately one hour
agency’s estimate of the burden of the Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
to complete an annual progress report.
proposed collection of information, Room N–3647, Washington, DC 20210;
It is estimated that it will take
including the validity of the telephone: (202) 693–1999; email:
approximately one hour for roughly
methodology and assumptions used; 2500 subgrantees 1 to complete the meilinger.francis2@dol.gov.
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and General and technical information:
relevant portion of the annual progress
clarity of the information to be Contact Mr. Kevin Robinson, Director,
report. The Annual Progress Report for
collected; and Office of Technical Programs and
the STOP Formula Grants Program is
Coordination Activities, Directorate of
(4) Minimize the burden of the divided into sections that pertain to the
Technical Support and Emergency
collection of information on those who different types of activities that
Management, Occupational Safety and
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are to respond, including through the subgrantees may engage in and the
Health Administration, U.S. Department
use of appropriate automated, different types of subgrantees that
of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
electronic, mechanical, or other receive funds, i.e. law enforcement
Room N–3655, Washington, DC 20210;
technological collection techniques or telephone: (202) 693–2110; email:
1 Each year the number of STOP subgrantees
other forms of information technology, robinson.kevin@dol.gov. OSHA’s Web
changes. The number 2,500 is based on the number
e.g., permitting electronic submission of of reports that OVW has received in the past from page includes information about the
responses. STOP subgrantees. NRTL Program (see http://
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1. BACL must inform OSHA as soon collection instruments are clearly money collected from a liable third
as possible, in writing, of any change of understood, and the impact of collection party found responsible for the injury
ownership, facilities, or key personnel, requirements on respondents can be for which compensation has been paid
and of any major change in its properly assessed. Currently, the Office is applied to benefits paid or payable.
operations as a NRTL, and provide of Workers’ Compensation Programs is This information collection is currently
details of the change(s); is soliciting comments concerning the approved for use through January 31,
2. BACL must meet all the terms of its proposed collection: Claim for 2018. This ICR has been classified as a
recognition and comply with all OSHA Compensation (CA–7); Authorization for revision, because of a change to the CA–
policies pertaining to this recognition; Examination and/or Treatment (CA–16); 1332, which will include additional
and Duty Status Report (CA–17); Attending questions for the physician to respond
3. BACL must continue to meet the Physician’s Report (CA–20); Request for to as whether a condition of tinnitus has
requirements for recognition, including the Services of an Attendant (CA–1090); been diagnosed, has impacted a
all previously published conditions on Referral to a Medical Specialist (CA– claimant’s daily living and whether
BACL’s scope of recognition, in all areas 1305); OWCP Requirements for such diagnosis is or isn’t due to federal
for which it has recognition. Audiological Examination (CA–1087); employment.
Pursuant to the authority in 29 CFR Referral for a Complete Audiologic and
1910.7, OSHA hereby grants recognition II. Review Focus
Otologic Examination (CA–1331);
to BACL as an NRTL, subject to these Outline for Audiologic Examination The Department of Labor is
limitations and conditions specified (CA–1332); Work Capacity Evaluation, particularly interested in comments
above. Psychiatric/Psychological Conditions which:
IV. Authority and Signature (OWCP–5a); Work Capacity Evaluation, * Evaluate whether the proposed
Cardiovascular/Pulmonary Conditions collection of information is necessary
Dorothy Dougherty, Deputy Assistant
(OWCP–5b); and Work Capacity for the proper performance of the
Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Evaluation, Musculoskeletal Conditions functions of the agency, including
Safety and Health, 200 Constitution
(OWCP–5c). A copy of the proposed whether the information will have
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210,
information collection request can be practical utility;
authorized the preparation of this
obtained by contacting the office listed * evaluate the accuracy of the
notice. Accordingly, the Agency is
below in the addresses section of this agency’s estimate of the burden of the
issuing this notice pursuant to 29 U.S.C.
Notice. proposed collection of information,
657(g)(2), Secretary of Labor’s Order No.
1–2012 (77 FR 3912, Jan. 25, 2012), and DATES: Written comments must be including the validity of the
29 CFR 1910.7. submitted to the office listed in the methodology and assumptions used;
addresses section below on or before * enhance the quality, utility and
Signed at Washington, DC, on March 31, clarity of the information to be
2017. June 5, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Ms Yoon Ferguson, U.S.
collected; and
Dorothy Dougherty,
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution * minimize the burden of the
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Ave. NW., Room S–3201, Washington, collection of information on those who
Occupational Safety and Health.
DC 20210, telephone/fax (202) 354– are to respond, including through the
[FR Doc. 2017–06870 Filed 4–5–17; 8:45 am]
9647, Email Ferguson.Yoon@dol.gov. use of appropriate automated,
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Please use only one method of electronic, mechanical, or other
transmission for comments (mail, fax, or technological collection techniques or
Email). other forms of information technology,
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Office of Workers’ Compensation of responses.
Programs I. Background
III. Current Actions
The Office of Workers’ Compensation
Division of Federal Employees’ Programs (OWCP) administers the The Department of Labor seeks a
Compensation; Proposed Revision to Federal Employees’ Compensation Act revision in order to carry out its
Existing Approved Collection; (FECA), 5 U.S.C. 8101 et seq. The statute statutory responsibility to compensate
Comment Request provides for the payment of benefits for injured employees under the provisions
wage loss and/or for permanent of the Act.
ACTION: Notice. Type of Review: Revision.
impairment to a scheduled member,
SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as arising out of a work related injury or Agency: Office of Workers’
part of its continuing effort to reduce disease. The Act outlines the elements Compensation Programs.
paperwork and respondent burden, of pay which are to be included in an Title: FECA medical Reports, Claim
conducts a preclearance consultation individual’s pay rate, and sets forth for Compensation.
program to provide the general public various other criteria for determining OMB Number: 1240–0046.
and Federal agencies with an eligibility to and the amount of benefits, Agency Number: CA–7; CA–16; CA–
opportunity to comment on proposed including: Augmentation of basic 17; CA–20; CA–1090; CA–1305; CA–
and/or continuing collections of compensation for individuals with 1087; CA–1331; CA–1332; OWCP–5a;
information in accordance with the qualifying dependents; a requirement to OWCP–5b; and OWCP–5c.
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Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This report any earnings during a period that Affected Public: Individuals or
program helps to ensure that requested compensation is claimed; a prohibition households; Business or other for-profit;
data can be provided in the desired against concurrent receipt of FECA Federal Government previously
format, reporting burden (time and benefits and benefits from OPM or approved.
financial resources) is minimized, certain VA benefits; a mandate that Total Respondents: 282,353.
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