[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 189 (Friday, September 30, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-24281]
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[Federal Register: September 30, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Coal Mine Respirable Dust Standard; Single-Shift and
Noncompliance Determinations
AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Extension of comment period; close of record.
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SUMMARY: The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) recently
supplemented the record concerning the notices addressing changes to
the Federal respirable dust program for coal mines. The mining
community has requested additional time to review this information and
to prepare their comments. MSHA is extending the period for the public
to submit post-hearing comments on the February 18, 1994, notices which
address: (1) The use of single, full-shift respirable dust measurements
to determine noncompliance under the MSHA coal mine respirable dust
program; and (2) the joint finding by the Secretary of Labor and the
Secretary of Health and Human Services that the average concentration
of respirable dust to which each miner in the active workings of a coal
mine is exposed can be measured accurately over a single shift.
DATES: All comments and information must be submitted on or before
November 30, 1994. Commenters are encouraged to send comments on a
computer disk with their original comments in hard copy.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to MSHA, Office of Standards, Regulations, and
Variances, Room 631, 4015 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22203.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia W. Silvey, Director, Office
of Standards, Regulations and Variances, MSHA, (703) 235-1910.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 1, 1994, (59 FR 38988), MSHA
published a notice in the Federal Register extending the time for post-
hearing comments on the February 18, 1994, notices (59 FR 8356 and
8357), from August 5, 1994 to September 30, 1994.
In that notice, MSHA also stated that based on comments received at
the public hearings held in July 1994, (59 FR 29348 and 59 FR 34868),
and in response to specific requests, the Agency would supplement the
record with additional information. On September 9, 1994, the Agency
added several documents to the record. This additional information does
not in any way change the proposed findings. Commenters have requested
additional time to review this information.
Therefore, the Agency is extending the post-hearing comment period
until November 30, 1994. Interested parties are encouraged to submit
their comments on or before that date.
Dated: September 27, 1994.
J. Davitt McAteer,
Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 94-24281 Filed 9-29-94; 8:45 am]
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