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HHS/CDC RIN: 0920-AA57 Publication ID: Fall 2015 
Title: Specifications for Medical Examinations of Coal Miners 
Abstract:

This final action, in accordance with a final rule recently published by the Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), finalizes standards for the approval of facilities that conduct spirometry examinations and will require all coal mine operators submit a plan for the provision of spirometry and X-ray examinations to all surface and underground coal miners.

 
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services(HHS)  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: 42 CFR 37   
Legal Authority: 39 U.S.C. 843(a)   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule  08/04/2014  79 FR 45110   
Comment Period End  10/03/2014 
Final Rule  10/00/2016 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Federal 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
A. Scott Laney
Research Epidemiologist
Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, NIOSH, 1095 Willowdale Road, MS HG900.2,
Morgantown, WV 26505-2888
Phone:304 285-5754
Email: alaney@cdc.gov