[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 28600]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14108]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Advisory Committee on the Elimination of Pneumoconiosis Among
Coal Mine Workers; Meeting
AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice of advisory committee meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the date, time, place, and agenda
summary for the fourth meeting of the Mine Safety and Health
Administration's Advisory Committee on the Elimination of
Pneumoconiosis Among Coal Mine Workers.
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 703-235-1910.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A public meeting of the advisory committee
will be held as follows:
(1) Date and Time
a. June 20, 1996, in Salt Lake City, Utah. The meeting will begin
at 8:00 a.m. and end at 9:00 p.m.
b. June 21, 1996, in Salt Lake City, Utah. The meeting will begin
at 8:00 a.m. and end at 3:30 p.m.
(2) Location
The meeting will be held on both days at the Ramada Inn Downtown
(Beehive North & South Room), 230 West, 600 South, Salt Lake City, Utah
84101. Phone: 801-364-5200.
The Secretary of Labor established this advisory committee (60 FR
5947) 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. The advisory
committee is chartered through September 30, 1996 (60 FR 55284), but
must complete its deliberations by August 19, 1996.
The agenda for the fourth meeting will include discussions on:
(1) Ventilation plans.
(2) Permissible exposure limits.
(3) The application of the Respirable Dust Program to surface mines
and surface miners.
(4) Medical surveillance, including the use of medical records.
(5) Role of miners.
A presentation will be made regarding the University of Utah's
study on air-stream helmets.
The public is invited to attend. The chairperson will provide one
hour during the afternoon of the meeting on June 20, 1996, to allow
interested persons to make comments. Official records of the meeting
will be available for public inspection at the above MSHA address.
Dated: May 31, 1996.
J. Davitt McAteer,
Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 96-14108 Filed 5-31-96; 3:53 pm]
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