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DOL/MSHA

RIN: 1219-AA82

Publication ID: Spring 1996

Title: Single-Shift Sampling Notice
Abstract: The Secretaries of Labor and Health and Human Services have issued a joint proposed finding that the average concentration of respirable dust to which each miner is exposed can be measured accurately over a single shift. This joint finding would also rescind their earlier joint finding published in July 1971 and affirmed in February 1972. MSHA believes that enforcement based on single, full-shift samples will enhance mine operators' compliance with the requirement to maintain the average concentration of respirable dust in the mine atmosphere during each shift where miners work or travel at or below the applicable standard.
Agency: Department of Labor(DOL)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
CFR Citation: Not yet determined (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: 30 USC 811 30 USC 842(f)

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
Notice of Coal Mine Respirable Dust Standard Noncompliance Determinations	02/18/1994	59 FR 8356
Notice of Extension of Comment Period to 5/20/94	04/08/1994	59 FR 16958
Notice of Public Hearing	06/06/1994	59 FR 29348
Notice of Public Hearing	07/07/1994	59 FR 34868
Notice of Extension of Comment Period; Close of Record 9/30/94	08/01/1994	59 FR 38988
Notice Re-opening Record	03/12/1996	61 FR 10012
Final Action	06/00/1996

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes	Government Levels Affected: Federal
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
Agency Contact: Patricia W. Silvey Director, Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration Room 631, 1100 Wilson Boulevard, Room 2350, Arlington, VA 22209-3939 Phone:202 693-9440 Fax:202 693-9441 Email: silvey.patricia@dol.gov