Thursday, November 25, 2010
MSHA Holds Hearings On Black Lung
KENTUCKY...
Federal regulators have rescheduled two public hearings on proposed stricter limits on coal dust exposure in the nation's mines.
The Mine Safety and Health Administration says it's also added a seventh hearing on the proposal.
MSHA says the final hearing will now be Feb. 15 at its headquarters in Arlington. The agency also reset a Pennsylania hearing for Feb. 8 in Washington, Pa., and added a hearing Feb. 10 in Prestonsburg, Ky.
The meetings will be held to take testimony on a proposal to cut existing limits for breathable dust in coal mines in half, among other things. The disease has plagued miners for generations and is blamed for the deaths of more than 10,000 coal miners in the past decade.
Federal regulators have rescheduled two public hearings on proposed stricter limits on coal dust exposure in the nation's mines.
The Mine Safety and Health Administration says it's also added a seventh hearing on the proposal.
The meetings will be held to take testimony on a proposal to cut existing limits for breathable dust in coal mines in half, among other things. The disease has plagued miners for generations and is blamed for the deaths of more than 10,000 coal miners in the past decade.
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