90 FR 121 pgs. 27345-27346 - CSA Group Testing & Certification Inc.: Grant of Expansion of Recognition
Type: NOTICEVolume: 90Number: 121Pages: 27345 - 27346
Pages: 27345, 27346Docket number: [Docket No. OSHA-2006-0042]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2025-11763 Filed 6-25-25; 8:45 am]
Agency: Labor Department
Sub Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2006-0042]
CSA Group Testing & Certification Inc.: Grant of Expansion of Recognition
AGENCY:
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
In this notice, OSHA announces the final decision to expand the scope of recognition for CSA Group Testing & Certification Inc., as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL).
DATES:
The expansion of the scope of recognition becomes effective on June 26, 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: meilinger.francis2@dol.gov.
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: robinson.kevin@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Notice of the Final Decision
OSHA is providing notice of the expansion of the scope of recognition of CSA Group Testing & Certification Inc. (CSA), as a NRTL. CSA'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 CSA, which details that NRTL's scope of recognition. These pages are available from the OSHA website at http://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/index.html.
CSA submitted an application, dated July 19, 2022 (OSHA-2006-0042-0049), to expand recognition as a NRTL to include one additional test site located at: 41 Science Park Road #02-04, The Gemini, Singapore Science Park II, Singapore 117610. OSHA staff performed an on-site review of CSA's testing facility at CSA Singapore on March 4-5, 2024, in which assessors found some nonconformances with the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7. CSA has addressed these issues sufficiently, and OSHA staff preliminarily determined that OSHA should grant the application to include this additional testing site.
[top] OSHA published the preliminary notice announcing CSA's expansion application in the Federal Register on April 25, 2025 (90 FR 17464). The agency requested comments by May 12,
To obtain or review copies of all public documents pertaining to the CSA expansion application, go to www.regulations.gov or contact the Docket Office (202) 693-2350 (TTY (877) 889-5627). Docket No. OSHA-2006-0042 contains all materials in the record containing CSA's NRTL recognition.
II. Final Decision and Order
OSHA staff examined CSA's expansion application, conducted a detailed on-site assessment, and examined other pertinent information. Based on review of this evidence, OSHA finds that CSA 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 CSA's scope of recognition. OSHA limits the expansion of CSA's recognition to include the located at: 41 Science Park Road #02-04. The Gemini, Singapore Science Park II, Singapore 117610. OSHA's recognition of the site limits CSA 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 CSA'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, CSA must abide by the following conditions of the recognition:
1. CSA 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. CSA must meet all the terms of its recognition and comply with all OSHA policies pertaining to this recognition; and
3. CSA must continue to meet the requirements for recognition, including all previously published conditions on CSA'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 CSA 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, 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 June 17, 2025.
Amanda Laihow,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2025-11763 Filed 6-25-25; 8:45 am]
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