SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Notice of Voluntary Termination of Recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory

On April 25, 2018, OSHA granted Applied Research Laboratories of South Florida, LLC (ARL) recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL). The NRTL Program regulation, 29 CFR 1910.7 App. A, provides that, “[a]t any time, a recognized NRTL may voluntarily terminate its recognition, either in its entirety or with respect to any area covered in its recognition, by giving written notice to OSHA,” that “[t]he written notice shall state the date as of which the termination is to take effect, and that [t]he Assistant Secretary shall inform the public of any voluntary termination by Federal Register notice.”

ARL notified OSHA by a letter dated April 19, 2023 (OSHA-2007-0083-0057), that it would be closing its business effective July 31, 2023. In a subsequent email, dated May 25, 2023 (OSHA-2007-0038-0058), ARL confirmed that this letter constituted a voluntary and complete termination of ARL's recognition as a NRTL, effective August 1, 2023, as well as a voluntary withdrawal of any open NRTL scope expansions and NRTL renewal applications previously submitted to OSHA, also effective August 1, 2023.

Therefore, pursuant to the NRTL Program regulation, OSHA is informing the public that ARL has voluntary terminated its recognition.

II. Authority and Signature

James S. Frederick, 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 Section 29 U.S.C. 657(g)(2), Secretary of Labor's Order No. 8-2020 (85 FR 58393, Sept. 18, 2020), and 29 CFR 1910.7.

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