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DOL/MSHA | RIN: 1219-AA87 | Publication ID: Spring 1998 |
Title: Independent Laboratory Testing | |
Abstract: To ensure that only safe products are used in mines, MSHA sets approval requirements and tests products itself. This rulemaking would allow MSHA to accept testing of certified mine equipment performed by independent laboratories which will improve the health and safety of miners. It also would allow MSHA to approve products which satisfied alternative testing and evaluation requirements, provided that the alternative requirements were equivalent to MSHA's own, or could be enhanced to be equivalent. By reducing its testing activities, MSHA could direct more resources toward verifying that products in use have been manufactured in compliance with the relevant approval. This rulemaking is consistent with a recommendation of the National Performance Review. | |
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 6 30 CFR 18 30 CFR 19 30 CFR 20 30 CFR 22 30 CFR 23 30 CFR 26 30 CFR 27 30 CFR 28 30 CFR 29 30 CFR 33 30 CFR 35 | |
Legal Authority: 30 USC 957 |
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Additional Information: Public hearing was held April 30, 1996. Comment period closed May 31, 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 |