Labor Department, Mine Safety and Health Administration
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is amending its existing standards to better protect miners against occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica, a significant health hazard, and to improve respiratory protection for miners from exposure to airborne contaminants. MSHA's final rule also includes other requirements to protect miner health, such as exposure sampling, corrective actions to be taken when a miner's exposure exceeds the permissible exposure limit, and medical surveillance for metal and nonmetal mines.
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 (MSHA), Department of Labor. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is amending its existing standards to better protect miners against occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica, a significant health hazard, and to improve respiratory protection for miners from exposure to airborne contaminants. MSHA's final rule also includes other requirements to protect miner health, such as exposure sampling, corrective actions to be taken when a miner's exposure exceeds the permissible exposure limit, and medical surveillance for metal and nonmetal mines. DATES: Effective date: The final rule is effective June 17, 2024, except for amendments 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 42, 43, 46, 47, 50, 51, 54, 55, 59, 60, 63, 64, 68, 69, 73, 74, 77, 78, 81, 82, 83, 86, 87, 90, 91, 94, 95, 98, 99, 102, 103, 106, 107, 110, and 111, which are effective April 14, 2025, and amendments 4, 5, 8, 9, 13, 14, 17, and 18, which are effective April 8, 2026. Incorporation by reference date: The incorporation by reference of certain materials listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register beginning June 17, 2024, except for the material in amendment 60, which is approved beginning April 14, 2025, and the material in amendments 9 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: 89 FR 28218
