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DOL/MSHA

RIN: 1219-AB61

Publication ID: Fall 2009

Title: Coal Mine Dust Personal Monitors
Abstract: Existing 30 CFR part 74, specifies requirements for approval of coal mine dust personal sampler units designed to determine the concentrations of respirable coal dust in coal mine atmospheres; procedures for applying for such approval; tests procedures; and labeling. This rulemaking established new requirements that both the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) would use to approve coal mine dust personal samplers. The requirements would permit the approval of a new type of device, the "continuous personal dust monitor." It would also update design specifications for the coal mine dust personal sampler units to include improvements made to this device in the past 15 years. This rulemaking does not address the requirements in 30 CFR parts 70, 71, and 90 on the use of dust samplers.
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 74
Legal Authority: 30 USC 957 30 USC 961

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	01/16/2009	74 FR 2915
NPRM Comment Period End	03/17/2009
Notice of Hearing; Reopening of Comment Period	06/09/2009	74 FR 27263
NPRM Comment Period Extended	08/14/2009
Final Action	04/00/2010

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Patricia W. Silvey Director, Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration 1100 Wilson Boulevard, Room 2350, Arlington, VA 22209-3939 Phone:202 693-9440 Fax:202 693-9441 Email: silvey.patricia@dol.gov