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RIN: 1219-AA76

Publication ID: Spring 2003

Title: Underground Coal Mine Ventilation -- Safety Standards for the Belt Entry as an Intake Air Course
Abstract: The proposed rule would give a coal mine operator the option of using air from a belt entry (belt air) in mines with three or more entries (parallel tunnels), as an intake air course to ventilate working sections and areas where mechanized mining equipment is being installed or removed. Current regulations require belt air to be separated from intake and return air courses for mines opened after 1970, unless a mine operator is granted a petition for modification of a safety standard (30 CFR 75.350) as set forth in the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act (Mine Act) of 1977 section 101(c), 30 USC 811(c) (1998). For three or more entry mines, regardless of the date they were opened, the proposed rule would supersede the requirements in current petitions for using belt air as an intake air course and standardize these requirements for all mines.
Agency: Department of Labor(DOL)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 30 CFR 12 30 CFR 48 30 CFR 75
Legal Authority: 30 USC 811 30 USC 957 30 USC 961

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	01/27/1988	53 FR 2382
Public Hearing Notice	01/27/2003	68 FR 3936
Second NPRM	01/27/2003	68 FR 3936
Second NPRM Comment Period End	03/28/2003	68 FR 3936
Final Rule	12/00/2003

Additional Information: In 1988, MSHA published a proposed rule, 53 Fed. Reg. 2382, to
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: No
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