Friday, August 20, 2010
Federal Regulators Hope To Reduce Citations Backlog
KENTUCKY....
MSHA announced a pilot program Friday that will be tested in three of its agency's districts. The agency chose offices that cover coal companies in Pennsylvania and Kentucky and metal and non-metal mines in Alabama to test an approach aimed at trying to reduce a backlog of 89,000 citations. MSHA plans to meet with mine operators accused of breaking health and safety rules earlier in the appeals process before they've been fined and contested citations. The program starts August 31st and runs through November. Congress recently appropriated $22 million to address the backlog.
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