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RIN: 1219-AB34

Publication ID: Spring 2006

Title: High-Voltage Continuous Mining Machine Standard for Underground Coal Mines
Abstract: Our July 16, 2004 NPRM (69 FR 42812) proposed to establish design requirements for approval of high-voltage continuous mining machines operating where miners work in underground coal mines. The rule also proposed to establish new mandatory electrical safety standards for the installation, use, and maintenance of the high-voltage continuous mining machines. This supplemental NPRM proposes and requests comments on two issues that arose from oral and written comments that MSHA received during the hearing and post-hearing comment period on the NPRM. These issues involve: 1) types of trailing cables that can be used with high-voltage continuous mining machines; and 2) a requirement to use high-voltage insulating gloves or other personal protective equipment when handling energized high-voltage trailing cables.
Agency: Department of Labor(DOL)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 30 CFR 18 30 CFR 75
Legal Authority: 30 USC 811 30 USC 957 30 USC 961

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	07/16/2004	69 FR 42812
NPRM Comment Period End	08/23/2004	69 FR 51784
Second NPRM	03/28/2006	71 FR 15359
Second NPRM Comment Period End	05/30/2006

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Federalism: No
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