Lowering Miners' Exposure to Respirable Coal Mine Dust, Including Continuous Personal Dust Monitors:

Federal Register: November 30, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 229)

Proposed Rules

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Mine Safety and Health Administration 30 CFR Parts 70, 71, 72, 75, and 90

RIN 1219-AB64

Lowering Miners' Exposure to Respirable Coal Mine Dust, Including

Continuous Personal Dust Monitors

AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Proposed rule; rescheduling of public hearings; correction.

SUMMARY: The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is rescheduling the dates of two public hearings and announcing the date and location of an additional public hearing on the proposed rule addressing Lowering Miners' Exposure to Respirable Coal Mine Dust,

Including Continuous Personal Dust Monitors. This notice also corrects one error in the preamble to the proposed rule. On November 15, 2010,

MSHA published the dates and locations of six public hearings to be held on the proposed rule.

MSHA published the proposed rule on October 19, 2010; it is available on MSHA's Web site at http://www.msha.gov/REGS/FEDREG/

PROPOSED/2010PROP/2010-25249.pdf. The proposed rule would revise the

Agency's existing standards on miners' occupational exposure to respirable coal mine dust and lower miners' exposure to respirable coal mine dust.

DATES: The public hearing dates and locations are listed in the

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

Post-hearing comments must be received by midnight Eastern Standard

Saving Time on February 28, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be identified with ``RIN 1219-AB64'' and may be sent by any of the following methods:

(1) Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.

(2) Electronic mail: zzMSHA-comments@dol.gov. Include ``RIN 1219-

AB64'' in the subject line of the message.

(3) Facsimile: 202-693-9441. Include ``RIN 1219-AB64'' in the subject line of the message.

(4) Regular Mail: MSHA, Office of Standards, Regulations, and

Variances, 1100 Wilson Boulevard, Room 2350, Arlington, Virginia 22209- 3939.

(5) Hand Delivery or Courier: MSHA, Office of Standards,

Regulations, and Variances, 1100 Wilson Boulevard, Room 2350,

Arlington, Virginia. Sign in at the receptionist's desk on the 21st floor.

MSHA will post all comments on the Internet without change, including any personal information provided. Comments can be accessed electronically at http://www.msha.gov under the ``Rules & Regs'' link.

Comments may also be reviewed in person at the Office of Standards,

Regulations, and Variances, 1100 Wilson Boulevard, Room 2350,

Arlington, Virginia. Sign in at the receptionist's desk on the 21st floor.

MSHA maintains a list that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when the Agency publishes rulemaking documents in the

Federal Register. To subscribe, go to http://www.msha.gov/ subscriptions/subscribe.aspx.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia W. Silvey, Director, Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances, MSHA, at

Silvey.Patricia@dol.gov (E-mail), 202-693-9440 (Voice), or 202-693-9441

(Fax).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

  1. Public Hearings

    On November 15, 2010, MSHA announced that it would hold six public hearings on the proposed rule (75 FR 69617). Due to a scheduling conflict and in response to requests from the public, to provide maximum opportunity for public participation in this rulemaking, MSHA is rescheduling two public hearings and adding an additional public hearing. The dates of public hearings that were scheduled in

    Washington, PA, and Arlington, VA, are changed to February 8, 2011, and

    February 15, 2011, respectively. The locations of these two hearings remain the same. MSHA will hold an additional public hearing on

    February 10, 2011, in Prestonsburg, Kentucky.

    MSHA will accept post-hearing written comments and other appropriate information for the record from any interested party, including those not presenting oral statements. Comments must be received by midnight Eastern Standard Saving Time on February 28, 2011.

    For the convenience of interested parties, the chart below includes the dates and locations of all seven public hearings:

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    Date

    Location

    Contact No.

    December 7, 2010............... National Mine Health

    304-256-3201 and Safety Academy, 1301 Airport Road,

    Beaver, WV 25813.

    January 11, 2011............... Marriott Evansville

    812-867-7999

    Airport, 7101

    Highway, 41 North

    Evansville, IN 47725.

    January 13, 2011............... Sheraton Birmingham,

    205-324-5000 2101 Richard

    Arrington Jr.,

    Blvd., North

    Birmingham, AL 35203.

    January 25, 2011............... Marriott Salt Lake

    801-531-0800

    City, 75 S West

    Temple, Salt Lake

    City, UT 84101.

    February 8, 2011............... The George

    724-225-3200

    Washington Hotel, 60 South Main

    Street, Washington,

    PA 15301.

    February 10, 2011.............. Jenny Wiley State

    606-889-1790

    Resort Park,

    Wilkinson/Stumbo

    Conference Center, 75 Theatre Court,

    Prestonsburg, KY 41653.

    February 15, 2011.............. Mine Safety and

    202-693-9440

    Health

    Administration, 25th Floor

    Conference Room, 1100 Wilson Blvd.,

    Arlington, VA 22209.

  2. Correction

    MSHA published the proposed rule on October 19, 2010 (75 FR 64412); it is available on MSHA's Web site at http://www.msha.gov/REGS/FEDREG/

    PROPOSED/2010PROP/2010-25249.pdf. The following error in the preamble to the proposed rule is corrected to read as follows: 1. On page 64421, third column, first line, ``mg\3\'' should read

    ``m\3\''.

    Dated: November 24, 2010.

    Joseph A. Main,

    Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health.

    FR Doc. 2010-30099 Filed 11-29-10; 8:45 am

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