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RIN: 1219-AA87

Publication ID: Fall 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

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	11/30/1994	59 FR 61376
NPRM Comment Period End	02/21/1995	59 FR 61376
Public Hearing Notice	10/10/1995	60 FR 52640
Public Hearing	04/30/1996	61 FR 15743
Comment Period End	05/31/1996	61 FR 15743
Final Action	12/00/1998

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes	Government Levels Affected: Federal
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
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