Notice2025-13887
Japan Electrical Safety & Environment Technology Laboratories: Grant of Recognition
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Published
July 24, 2025
Effective
July 24, 2025
Issuing agencies
Labor DepartmentOccupational Safety and Health Administration
Abstract
In this notice, OSHA announces the final decision to grant recognition to Japan Electrical Safety & Environment Technology Laboratories (JET), for recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL).
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 140 (Thursday, July 24, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34897-34899]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-13887]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2025-0005]
Japan Electrical Safety & Environment Technology Laboratories:
Grant 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 grant
recognition to Japan Electrical Safety & Environment Technology
Laboratories (JET), for recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing
Laboratory (NRTL).
DATES: Recognition as a NRTL becomes effective on July 24, 2025.
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#6d0008040104030a081f430b1f0c030e041e5f2d090201430a021b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="016c64686d686f6664732f6773606f6268723341656e6d2f666e77">[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) 693-1911 or email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#34465b565d5a475b5a1a5f51425d5a74505b581a535b42"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="daa8b5b8b3b4a9b5b4f4b1bfacb3b49abeb5b6f4bdb5ac">[email protected]</span></a>.
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
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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 capabilities 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 findings, and solicits comments on its
preliminary findings. In the second notice, the agency provides its
final decision on the application and sets 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 Japan Electrical Safety & Environment Technology
Laboratories (JET) as a NRTL. According to public information (see
<a href="https://www.jet.or.jp/en/company/history.html">https://www.jet.or.jp/en/company/history.html</a>) JET states that it is an
internationally accredited testing laboratory. In its application, JET
lists the current address of its headquarters as: Japan Electrical
Safety & Environment Technology Laboratories, 5-14-12, Yoyogi, Shibuya-
ku, Tokyo Japan. OSHA has determined that JET has the capability to
perform as a NRTL as outlined in 29 CFR 1910.7.
Each NRTL's scope of recognition has two elements: (1) the type(s)
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. JET applied on August 7, 2018, for three
recognized sites and one recognized test standard (OSHA-2025-0005-
0002). This application was amended on March 3, 2025, to remove one of
the three sites requested in the original application (OSHA-2025-0005-
0003). OSHA published the preliminary notice announcing JET's
application for recognition in the Federal Register on April 25, 2025
(90 FR 17462). The agency requested comments by May 27, 2025, but it
received no comments in response to this notice. OSHA is now proceeding
with this final notice to grant recognition to JET as a NRTL.
To obtain or review copies of all public documents pertaining to
JET's application, go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> or contact the Docket
Office at (202) 693-2350 (TTY (877) 889-5627). Docket No. OSHA-2025-
0005 contains all materials in the record concerning JET's recognition.
III. Final Decision and Order
OSHA staff performed a detailed analysis of JET's application
packet and reviewed other pertinent information. OSHA staff also
performed a comprehensive on-site assessment of JET's testing
facilities, at JET Tokyo and Fukushima, Japan on May 13-15, 2024. Based
on the review of this evidence, OSHA finds that JET 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 JET as a NRTL. The
following sections set forth the scope of recognition included in JET's
grant of recognition.
A. Standard Approved for Recognition
OSHA limits JET'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 JET's NRTL Scope of
Recognition
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Test standard Test standard title
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UL 1741................................ Inverters, Converters, and
Controllers for Use in
Independent Power Systems
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* OSHA notes that the title to this standard in the table is taken from
OSHA's List of Appropriate Test Standards (see <a href="https://www.osha.gov/nationally-recognized-testing-laboratory-program/list-standards">https://www.osha.gov/nationally-recognized-testing-laboratory-program/list-standards</a>). This
title is not the same as the title currently used by the Standards
Developing Organization that issued the test standard. OSHA intends to
update the List of Appropriate Test Standards to reflect the currently
used title in the near future.
B. Sites Approved for Recognition
OSHA limits JET's scope of recognition to include two sites:
(1) Japan Electrical Safety & Technology Laboratories, 5-14-12,
Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan; and
(2) Japan Electrical Safety & Technology Laboratories, 2-2-9,
Machiikedai, Koriyama-city, Fukushima-prefecture, Japan.
OSHA's recognition of these sites limits JET to performing product
testing and certifications only for the test standard in JET's scope of
recognition.
C. Conditions
In addition to those conditions already required by 29 CFR 1910.7,
JET also must abide by the following conditions of the recognition:
1. JET must inform OSHA as soon as possible, in writing, of any
change of ownership, facilities, or key personnel, and of any major
change in the operations as a NRTL, and provide details of the
change(s);
2. JET must meet all the terms of the recognition and comply with
all OSHA policies pertaining to this recognition; and
3. JET must continue to meet the requirements for recognition,
including all previously published conditions on JET'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 JET as a NRTL, subject to these limitations and
conditions specified above.
IV. Authority and Signature
Amanda Laihow, Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health, 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. 7-2025
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(90 FR 27878, June 30, 2025) and 29 CFR 1910.7.
Signed at Washington, DC, on July 8, 2025.
Amanda Laihow,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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