Notice2024-31020
UL LLC: Grant of Expansion of Recognition
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Published
December 27, 2024
Effective
December 27, 2024
Issuing agencies
Labor DepartmentOccupational Safety and Health Administration
Abstract
In this notice, OSHA announces the final decision to expand the scope of recognition for UL LLC as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL).
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 248 (Friday, December 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 105634-105635]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-31020]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2009-0025]
UL LLC: Grant of Expansion of Recognition
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA announces the final decision to expand
the scope of recognition for UL LLC as a Nationally Recognized Testing
Laboratory (NRTL).
DATES: The expansion of the scope of recognition becomes effective on
December 27, 2024.
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, telephone: (202) 693-1999;
email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#83eee6eaefeaede4e6f1ade5f1e2ede0eaf0c3e7ecefade4ecf5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="523f373b3e3b3c3537207c3420333c313b2112363d3e7c353d24">[email protected]</span></a>.
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, phone:
(202) 693-2300 or email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#473528252e29342829692c22312e290723282b69202831"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="14667b767d7a677b7a3a7f71627d7a54707b783a737b62">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Notice of Final Decision
OSHA hereby gives notice of the expansion of the scope of
recognition of UL LLC (UL), as a NRTL. UL's expansion covers the
addition of one test site to the NRTL scope of recognition.
OSHA recognition of a NRTL signifies that the organization meets
the requirements specified in 29 CFR 1910.7. Recognition is an
acknowledgment that the organization can perform independent safety
testing and certification of the specific products covered within the
scope of recognition. Each NRTL's scope of recognition includes (1) the
type of products the NRTL may test, with each type specified by the
applicable test standard and (2) the recognized site(s) that has/have
the technical capability to perform the product-testing and product-
certification activities for test standards within the NRTL's scope.
Recognition is not a delegation or grant of government authority;
however, recognition enables employers to use products approved by the
NRTL to meet OSHA standards that require product testing and
certification.
The agency processes applications by a NRTL for initial
recognition, as well as for an expansion or renewal of 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 the preliminary finding. In the second notice,
the agency provides the 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,
including UL, which details that NRTL's scope of recognition. These
pages are available from the OSHA website at <a href="https://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/index.html">https://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/index.html</a>.
UL submitted an application, dated November 29, 2022 (OSHA-2009-
0025-0066), to expand recognition as a NRTL to include one additional
test site located at: Uiwang (LAB), Obongsandan 1-Ro, 42, Uiwang-Si,
Gyeonggi-Do Uiwang 16079, South Korea. OSHA staff performed an on-site
review of UL's testing facilities at UL Uiwang on May 8-9, 2024, in
which assessors found some nonconformances with the requirements of 29
CFR 1910.7. UL has addressed these issues sufficiently, and OSHA staff
has preliminarily determined that OSHA should grant the application.
OSHA published the preliminary notice announcing UL's expansion
application in the Federal Register on October 25, 2024 (89 FR 85249).
The agency requested comments by November 12, 2024, but it received no
comments in response to this notice. OSHA is now proceeding with this
notice to grant expansion to UL's scope of recognition.
To obtain or review copies of all public documents pertaining to
the UL expansion application, go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> or contact the
Docket Office (202) 693-2350 (TTY (877) 889-5627. Docket No. OSHA-2009-
0025 contains all materials in the record containing UL's recognition.
II. Final Decision and Order
OSHA staff examined UL's expansion application, conducted a
detailed on-site assessment, and examined other pertinent information.
Based on review of this evidence, OSHA finds that UL meets the
requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for expansion of recognition, subject to
the specified limitations and conditions. OSHA, therefore, is
proceeding with this final notice to grant UL's scope of recognition.
OSHA limits the expansion of UL's recognition to include the site at
Uiwang, Korea as listed above. OSHA's recognition of the site limits UL
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 UL's scope of recognition. This limitation is
consistent with the recognition that OSHA grants to other NRTLs that
operate multiple sites.
A. Conditions
In addition to those conditions already required by 29 CFR 1910.7,
UL
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also must abide by the following conditions of the recognition:
1. UL 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. UL must meet all the terms of its recognition and comply with
all OSHA policies pertaining to this recognition; and
3. UL must continue to meet the requirements for recognition,
including all previously published conditions on UL's scope of
recognition, in all areas for which it has recognition.
OSHA hereby expands the NRTL scope of recognition for UL to include
one additional test site in Uiwang, Korea.
III. 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 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.
Signed at Washington, DC, on December 19, 2024.
James S. Frederick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2024-31020 Filed 12-26-24; 8:45 am]
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