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DOL/MSHA RIN: 1219-AA98 Publication ID: Spring 2003 
Title: Improving and Eliminating Regulations 
Abstract: This rulemaking will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or duplication, and to streamline requirements. We have reviewed our current regulations and identified provisions that are outdated, redundant, unnecessary, or otherwise require change. We will be making these changes through notice and comment rulemaking where necessary. We will also consider new regulations that reflect "best practices" in the mining industry. We view this effort to be evolving and ongoing and will continue to accept recommendations from the public. We are considering the following issues for direct final and/or proposed rulemaking: updating the 1985 SAE seat belt standard to the current 1997 standard; addressing compliance burdens for small mines; reducing paperwork approval burden for sanitary toilet facilities; and allowing the use of spring-loaded locking devices on battery-powered machines, rather than padlocks. 
Agency: Department of Labor(DOL)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 30 CFR 1 to 199   
Legal Authority: 30 USC 811    30 USC 957   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM: Phase 5 Methane Testing  09/26/2002  67 FR 60611   
NPRM Comment Period End  11/25/2002  67 FR 60611   
NPRM  01/22/2003  68 FR 2941   
Direct Final Rule: Phase 10-Spring  01/22/2003  68 FR 2879   
Notice of Withdrawal Direct Final Rule: Phase 10  03/07/2003  68 FR 10965   
NPRM: Phase 6 - Seatbelts  04/21/2003  68 FR 19474   
NPRM: Phase 9 - Sanitary  04/21/2003  68 FR 19477   
Direct Final Rule: Phase 6-Seat  04/21/2003  68 FR 19344   
Direct Final Rule: Phase 9-Sanitary  04/21/2003  68 FR 19347   
Final Rule: Phase 5 - Methane Testing  06/00/2003    
Final Rule: Phase 10 - Spring-Loaded Locks  07/00/2003    
Direct Final Rule: Phase 8-Small  09/00/2003    
Additional Information: The following information should be added in the Timetable for
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Agency Contact:
Marvin W. Nichols Jr.
Director, Office of Standards
Department of Labor
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Room 2352, 1100 Wilson Boulevard, Room 2350,
Arlington, VA 22209
Phone:202 693-9440
Fax:202 693-9441
Email: nichols-marvin@dol.gov