03-5942. Underground Coal Mine Ventilation-Safety Standards for the Use of a Belt Entry as an Intake Air Course To Ventilate Working Sections and Areas Where Mechanized Mining Equipment Is Being Installed or Removed

AGENCY:

Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Labor.

ACTION:

Change of hearing dates.

SUMMARY:

MSHA published hearing dates in the January 27, 2003 proposed rule on Safety Standards for the Use of a Belt Entry as an Intake Air Course to Ventilate Working Sections and Areas Where Mechanized Mining Equipment Is Being Installed or Removed (68 FR 3936). Three of the hearing dates published with the proposed rule conflict with other Agency hearings and are being changed. The hearing in Grand Junction, Colorado is changed from May 29, 2003 to April 3, 2003. The hearing in Charleston, West Virginia is changed from May 13, 2003 to April 8, 2003. The hearing in Washington, Pennsylvania is changed from May 15, 2003 to April 10, 2003. All of the hearing locations are printed under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for the convenience of the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marvin W. Nichols, Jr., Director; Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances, MSHA; phone: [phone]; facsimile: [phone]; E-mail: [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Public Hearings

The table contains information on the hearing dates, locations, and phone numbers for all of the hearings on “Safety Standards for the Use of a Belt Entry as an Intake Air Course to Ventilate Working Sections and Areas Where Mechanized Mining Equipment is Being Installed or Removed.”

Date	Location	Phone
April 3, 2003	Holiday Inn Grand Junction, 755 Horizon Drive, Grand Junction, CO 81506	[phone]
April 8, 2003	Marriott Town Center, 200 Lee Street, Charleston, WV 25301	[phone]
April 10, 2003	Holiday Inn at the Meadows, 340 Racetrack Road, Washington, PA 15301	[phone]
April 29, 2003	Holiday Inn—Birmingham Airport, 5000 10th Avenue North, Birmingham, AL 35212	[phone]
May 1, 2003	Holiday Inn Lexington—North, 1950 Newton Pike, Lexington, KY 40305	[phone]

Dated: March 7, 2003.

Dave D. Lauriski,

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health.