Pay particular attention to Mr. Tarver's point about effectivity for end-use products only.
It is not within states' rights to regulate/accredit labs within the NRTL program. It is within states' rights to establish product safety and/or environmental code for the sale and use of certain goods within the state. Typically, local code in America is based on NFPA requirements, so there is "somewhat" uniform electrical and fire safety code across this diverse experiment... luck, Brian > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Peter L. Tarver > Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 7:26 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: UL Approval in different States > > > David - > > Brian O'Connell is correct that no safety agency > certification requirements exist for importation into any of > the individual states, or for that matter, the US as a > whole. > > Of equal interest is that, where states have regulations > related to the sale of goods and require an NRTL > certification, it applies complete products, rather than > bare boards (btw, UL796 doesn't have an "F" suffix). You > may find that sale of the boards into the market is well > served by UL Recognition. > > I would also note, in relation to Brian O'Connell's e-mail, > that, while OSHA administers the NRTL program, any NRTL > safety certification requirement for products established by > OSHA 1) only applies to the work place and not to consumer > goods not used in the work place, and 2) OSHA can not > dictate the legislation of the individual states, should > they elect to limit acceptable safety certification labs > (for instance, the State of Washington had, at one time, an > independent lab accreditation program). > > That aside, the sates of Washington and Oregon have such > laws, as does the City of Los Angeles (and probably other > large municipalities, like Chicago) > > > Regards, > > Peter L. Tarver, PE > [email protected] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Greig > Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 3:52 AM > > > In the past I believed that only 2 States actually required > UL product approval for import. > > Is this correct, and if so in which 2 States is UL > mandatory? > > My specific interest at the moment is for PCB's, and relates > both to UL746F and UL796F. > > Best Regards > > David Greig > ______________________________ > GigaDyne Ltd > Buchan House > Carnegie Campus > Dunfermline KY11 8PL > United Kingdom > t: +44 (0)1383 624 975 > http://www.gigadyne.co.uk > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society > emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ > > To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] > > Instructions: > http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html > > List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > > Scott Douglas [email protected] > Mike Cantwell [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > > Richard Nute: [email protected] > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > > http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
