96-1407. Advisory Committee on the Elimination of Pneumoconiosis Among Coal Mine Workers; Appointment of Advisory Committee Members; Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 18 (Friday, January 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 2543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1407]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration


Advisory Committee on the Elimination of Pneumoconiosis Among 
Coal Mine Workers; Appointment of Advisory Committee Members; Meeting

AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of appointment of members to the Advisory Committee on 
the Elimination of Pneumoconiosis Among Coal Mine Workers; and notice 
of meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the appointment of members to the 
Advisory Committee on the Elimination of Pneumoconiosis Among Coal Mine 
Workers, and announces the date, time, and place for the first meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia W. Silvey, Director, Office 
of Standards, Regulations, and Variances, Mine Safety and Health 
Administration, 4015 Wilson Boulevard, room 631, Arlington, Virginia 
22203; phone [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Appointment of Members

    This notice announces the appointment of members to the Advisory 
Committee on the Elimination of Pneumoconiosis Among Coal Mine Workers, 
established pursuant to sections 101(a) and 102(c) of the Federal Mine 
Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act), and the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act.
    The Secretary of Labor appointed this advisory committee to develop 
recommendations for improved standards or other appropriate actions 
addressing: permissible exposure limits to eliminate black lung disease 
and silicosis; the means to control respirable coal mine dust levels; 
improved monitoring of respirable coal dust levels and the role of the 
miner in that monitoring; and the adequacy of operator sampling 
programs to determine the actual levels of dust concentrations to which 
miners are exposed (60 FR 5947). The Advisory Committee is chartered 
through September 30, 1996 (60 FR 55284).
    The members were selected on the basis of their experience and 
knowledge in mine health and safety and related fields. Consistent with 
the Mine Act, the membership of the committee and the categories of 
interest represented are as follows:

Neutrals

    Dr. David Wegman (Chair of the Advisory Committee), Chairman of the 
Department of Work Environment at the University of Massachusetts 
Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts.
    Dr. John Dement, Associate Professor in the Division of 
Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Duke University Medical 
Center, Durham, North Carolina.
    Dr. Kathleen Kreiss, Director of the Occupational and Environmental 
Medicine Division at the National Jewish Center for Immunology and 
Respiratory Medicine, Denver, Colorado.
    Dr. Raja Ramani, Head of the Department of Mineral Engineering at 
Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania.
    Dr. Carol Rice, Associate Professor of Environmental Health at 
Kettering Laboratory, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Labor

    Joseph Main, Administrator of the Department of Occupational Health 
and Safety at the United Mine Workers of America, Washington, DC.
    Dr. James Weeks, Associate Research Professor in the Division of 
Occupational and Environmental Medicine at the George Washington 
University, Washington, DC.

Industry

    Dr. John Gibbs, Vice-President of Health Management and Corporate 
Medical Director of the Kerr-McGee Corporation, Oklahoma City, 
Oklahoma.
    Joseph Lamonica, Vice-President for Health, Safety, and Training at 
the Bituminous Coal Operators' Association, Inc., Washington, DC.

B. Notification of First Meeting

    Under sections 101(a) and 102(c) of the Mine Act, a public meeting 
of the advisory committee will be held between the hours of 9 a.m. and 
5 p.m. on February 21 and 22, 1996 at the Quality Hotel--Arlington 
(Madison Room) located at 1200 North Courthouse Road, Arlington, 
Virginia 22201; phone [phone].
    The purpose of the meeting is: (1) to give a historical overview on 
the respirable coal mine dust program and the risk to miners of coal 
workers' pneumoconiosis; (2) to allow the committee members to become 
familiar with the issues involved; and (3) to set an agenda for the 
committee to follow during its six-month tenure.
    The public is invited to attend. The chairperson will provide an 
hour at the end of the meeting to allow interested persons to make 
comments. Official records of the meeting will be available for public 
inspection at the above address.

    Dated: January 19, 1996.
J. Davitt McAteer,
Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 96-1407 Filed 1-25-96; 8:45 am]
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