Labor Department, Mine Safety and Health Administration
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) will hold three public hearings on the proposed rule, Lowering Miners' Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica and Improving Respiratory Protection. The proposed rule was published on July 13, 2023 and is available at https://www.regulations.gov and MSHA's website at www.MSHA.gov. The proposed rule would amend MSHA's existing standards to better protect miners against occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica, a carcinogenic hazard, and to improve respiratory protection for all airborne hazards.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration 30 CFR Parts 56, 57, 60, 70, 71, 72, 75, and 90 [Docket No. MSHA-2023-0001] RIN 1219-AB36 AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health Administration, Labor. ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of public hearings. SUMMARY: The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) will hold three public hearings on the proposed rule, Lowering Miners' Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica and Improving Respiratory Protection. The proposed rule was published on July 13, 2023 and is available at https://www.regulations.gov and MSHA's website at www.MSHA.gov . The proposed rule would amend MSHA's existing standards to better protect miners against occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica, a carcinogenic hazard, and to improve respiratory protection for all airborne hazards. DATES: Hearings will be held on the following dates: August 3, 2023, August 10, 2023, and August 21, 2023. The locations are listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. Post-hearing comments must be received or postmarked by midnight (Eastern Time) on August 28, 2023. ADDRESSES: All submissions must include RIN 1219-AB36 or Docket No. MSHA-2023-0001. You should not include personal or proprietary information that you do not wish to disclose publicly. If you mark parts of a comment as “business confidential” information, MSHA will not post those parts of the comment. Otherwise, MSHA will post all comments without change, including a…
Other Federal Register documents from the same docket.
Lowering Miners' Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica and Improving Respiratory Protection; Delay of Effective Date of Conforming Amendments
Lowering Miners' Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica and Improving Respiratory Protection; Correction
Lowering Miners' Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica and Improving Respiratory Protection; Correction
Lowering Miners' Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica and Improving Respiratory Protection
Lowering Miners' Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica and Improving Respiratory Protection
Citation: 88 FR 48146
