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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 155 / Monday, August 16, 2021 / Notices
Coordination Activities, Directorate of Technical Support and Emergency Management, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, telephone: 202 6932110 or email: robinson.kevin@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Notice of the Application for Expansion The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is providing notice that QPS Evaluation Services, Inc., QPS is applying for expansion of its current recognition as a NRTL. QPS requests the addition of eleven test standards to its 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 its scope of recognition.
Each NRTLs 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 sites that has/have the technical capability to perform the product-testing and productcertification activities for test standards within the NRTLs 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 an application 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 its preliminary finding. In the second notice, the agency provides its final decision on the application. These notices set forth the NRTLs scope of recognition or modifications of that scope. OSHA
maintains an informational web page for each NRTL, including QPS, which details the NRTLs scope of recognition.
These pages are available from the
OSHA website at: https
www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/qps.html.
QPS currently has one facility site recognized by OSHA for product testing and certification, with its headquarters located at: QPS Evaluation Services, Inc., 81 Kelfield Street, Unit 8, Toronto, Ontario M9W 5A3 Canada. The scope of QPS NRTL recognition is available at https www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/
qps.html.
II. General Background on the Application QPS submitted an application dated January 30, 2020 OSHA20100046
0013, to expand its recognition to include eleven additional test standards.
OSHA staff performed a detailed analysis of the application packet and other pertinent information. OSHA did not perform any on-site reviews in relation to this application.
Table 1, below, lists the appropriate test standards found in QPSs application for expansion for testing and certification of products under the NRTL Program.

TABLE 1PROPOSED LIST OF APPROPRIATE TEST STANDARDS FOR INCLUSION IN QPSS NRTL SCOPE OF RECOGNITION
Test standard
Test standard title
UL600790
UL600791
UL600792
UL600797
UL6007911
UL6007915
UL6007918
UL6007925
UL6007926
UL6007928

Explosive AtmospheresPart 0: EquipmentGeneral Requirements.
Explosive AtmospheresPart 1: Equipment Protection by Flameproof Enclosures d.
Explosive atmospheresPart 2: Equipment protection by pressurized enclosure p.
Explosive AtmospheresPart 7: Equipment Protection by Increased Safety e.
Explosive AtmospheresPart 11: Equipment Protection by Intrinsic Safety i.
Explosive atmospheresPart 15: Equipment protection by type of protection n.
Explosive AtmospheresPart 18: Equipment Protection by Encapsulation m.
Explosive AtmospheresPart 25: Intrinsically Safe Electrical Systems.
Explosive AtmospheresPart 26: Equipment for Use in Class I, Zone 0 Hazardous Classified Locations.
Standard for Explosive AtmospheresPart 28: Protection of Equipment and Transmission Systems Using Optical Radiation.
Explosive AtmospheresPart 31: Equipment Dust Ignition Protection by Enclosure t.

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III. Preliminary Findings on the Application QPS submitted an acceptable application for expansion of its scope of recognition. OSHAs review of the application file and related material indicates preliminarily that QPS can meet the requirements prescribed by 29
CFR 1910.7 for expanding its recognition to include the addition of these eleven test standards for NRTL
testing and certification listed above.
This preliminary finding does not constitute an interim or temporary approval of QPSs application.
OSHA welcomes public comment as to whether QPS meets the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for expansion of its recognition as a NRTL. Comments should consist of pertinent written documents and exhibits. Commenters
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needing more time to comment must submit a request in writing, stating the reasons for the request by the due date for comments. OSHA will limit any extension to 10 days unless the requester justifies a longer time period.
OSHA may deny a request for an extension if it is not adequately justified. To obtain or review copies of the exhibits identified in this notice, as well as comments submitted to the docket, contact the Docket Office, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, listed in ADDRESSES. These materials also are available online at https www.regulations.gov under Docket No. OSHA20100046.
OSHA staff will review all comments to the docket submitted in a timely manner and, after addressing the issues raised by these comments, make a
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recommendation to the Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health on whether to grant QPSs application for expansion of its scope of recognition. The Assistant Secretary will make the final decision on granting the application. In making this decision, the Assistant Secretary may undertake other proceedings prescribed in Appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.7.
OSHA will publish a public notice of this final decision in the Federal Register.
Authority and Signature James S. Frederick, 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. 657g2, Secretary of Labors Order No. 82020

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