Wednesday, December 09, 2009
MSHA Steps-Up Timeline
KENTUCKY....
Earlier this year, the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration said it would not have a proposed coal-dust rule ready until April 2011, a timeline that brought criticism from mine safety advocates. According to the Department of Labor, that date has been stepped-up to September 2010. MSHA head, Joseph Main, said Tuesday that his agency was streamlining several different regulatory ideas into a single proposed rule aimed at new rules to better protect miners against excessive amounts of coal dust. The current exposure limit for miners is 2 milligrams per cubic meter of air. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health recommended in 1995 that the limit be reduced to 1 milligram. Main says he's committed to moving through the regulatory process as quickly as possible.
Earlier this year, the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration said it would not have a proposed coal-dust rule ready until April 2011, a timeline that brought criticism from mine safety advocates. According to the Department of Labor, that date has been stepped-up to September 2010. MSHA head, Joseph Main, said Tuesday that his agency was streamlining several different regulatory ideas into a single proposed rule aimed at new rules to better protect miners against excessive amounts of coal dust. The current exposure limit for miners is 2 milligrams per cubic meter of air. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health recommended in 1995 that the limit be reduced to 1 milligram. Main says he's committed to moving through the regulatory process as quickly as possible.
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