Notice2025-16093
QPS Evaluation Services, Inc.: Grant of Expansion of Recognition
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Published
August 22, 2025
Effective
August 22, 2025
Issuing agencies
Labor DepartmentOccupational Safety and Health Administration
Abstract
In this notice, OSHA announces the final decision to expand the scope of recognition for QPS Evaluation Services, Inc. as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL).
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 161 (Friday, August 22, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41135-41136]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16093]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2010-0046]
QPS Evaluation Services, Inc.: 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 QPS Evaluation Services, Inc. as a
Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL).
DATES: The expansion of the scope of recognition becomes effective on
August 22, 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
or email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#38555d515451565f5d4a165e4a59565b514b0a785c5754165f574e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="19747c707570777e7c6b377f6b78777a706a2b597d7675377e766f">[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; telephone
(202) 693-1911 or email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#592b363b30372a363777323c2f3037193d3635773e362f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="addfc2cfc4c3dec2c383c6c8dbc4c3edc9c2c183cac2db">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Notice of Final Decision
OSHA hereby gives notice of the expansion of the scope of
recognition of QPS Evaluation Services, Inc. (QPS) as a NRTL. QPS's
expansion covers the
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addition of one test standard to the NRTL scope of recognition.
OSHA's 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
and for an 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 a preliminary finding. In the second notice,
the agency provides a 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 QPS which details the 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>.
QPS submitted an application to OSHA for expansion of the NRTL
scope of recognition on February 2, 2024 (OSHA-2010-0046-0024),
requesting the addition of one standard to the NRTL scope of
recognition. OSHA staff performed a detailed analysis of the
application packet and reviewed other pertinent information. OSHA did
not perform an on-site review related to this application.
OSHA published the preliminary notice announcing QPS's expansion
application in the Federal Register on June 26, 2025 (90 FR 27346). The
agency requested comments by July 11, 2025, and one anonymous comment
was received in response to this notice. In the comment located in the
docket at (OSHA-2010-0046-0025), the commenter stated that ``[t]he QPS
should not be considered as part of an OSHA action plan for a potential
conflict of interest. This would be a violation of OSHA regulations for
the purposes of the contract in question. OSHA does not participate in
rule enforcement and does not have the authority to justify the
recognition requested.'' NRTL Program staff reviewed this comment and
determined that it lacks the detail and clarity that would allow OSHA
to provide a meaningful response.
To obtain or review copies of all public documents pertaining to
the QPS's application, go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> or contact the
Docket Office, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor. Docket No. OSHA-2010-0046 contains all materials
in the record concerning QPS's recognition. Contact the OSHA Docket
Office at (202) 693-2350 (TTY (877) 889-5627) for assistance in
locating docket submissions.
II. Final Decision and Order
OSHA staff examined QPS's expansion application, its capability to
meet the requirements of the test standard, and other pertinent
information. Based on its review of this evidence, OSHA finds that QPS
meets the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for expansion of its
recognition, subject to the limitations and conditions listed in this
notice. OSHA, therefore, is proceeding with this final notice to grant
QPS's application for an expansion of the scope of recognition. OSHA
limits the expansion of QPS's recognition to testing and certification
of products for demonstration of conformance to the test standard
listed below in Table 1.
Table 1--Appropriate Test Standard for Inclusion in QPS's NRTL Scope of
Recognition
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Test standard Test standard title
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UL 347A.............................. Medium Voltage Power Conversion
Equipment.
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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, a
NRTL's scope of recognition does not include these products.
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) may approve the
test standard listed above as an American National Standard. 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 01-00-004, Chapter
2, Section VIII), 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.
A. Conditions
In addition to those conditions already required by 29 CFR 1910.7,
QPS must abide by the following conditions of the recognition:
1. QPS 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. QPS must meet all the terms of its recognition and comply with
all OSHA policies pertaining to this recognition; and
3. QPS must continue to meet the requirements for recognition,
including all previously published conditions on QPS'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 QPS as a NRTL, subject to the limitations and
conditions specified above.
III. 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. 7-2027 (90 FR 27878; June 30,
2025), and 29 CFR 1910.7.
Signed at Washington, DC, on August 18, 2025.
Amanda Laihow,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2025-16093 Filed 8-21-25; 8:45 am]
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