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RIN: 1240-AA07

Publication ID: Spring 2013

Title: Black Lung Benefits Act: Standards for Chest Radiographs
Abstract: Physicians use chest radiographs (X-rays) as a tool in evaluating whether a miner suffers from pneumoconiosis (black lung disease). Accordingly, the Department's regulations implementing the Black Lung Benefits Act allow submission of radiographs and set out quality standards for their performance. These standards, which were last revised in 1983, currently address only film radiographs. Since their promulgation, many medical facilities have phased out film radiography in favor of digital radiography. This rule will update the existing film-radiography standards and provide parallel standards for digital radiographs.
Agency: Department of Labor(DOL)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 20 CFR 718
Legal Authority: 30 USC 902(f) 30 USC 921(b) 30 USC 923(b) 30 USC 936(a)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	06/13/2013	78 FR 35575
Direct Final Rule	06/13/2013	78 FR 35549
NPRM Comment Period End	08/12/2013
Direct Final Rule Effective	09/11/2013

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined	Government Levels Affected: None
Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Steven D. Breeskin Dir. Div. of Coal Mine Workers' Compensation Department of Labor Office of Workers' Compensation Programs 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Suite N-3464, Washington, DC 20210 Phone:202 693-0978 Fax:202 343-5904 Email: breeskin.steven@dol.gov