[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 164 (Wednesday, August 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 52355]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-21187]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Docket Number NIOSH-210]


A Review of Information Published Since 1995 on Coal Mine Dust 
Exposures and Associated Health Outcomes

AGENCY: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice of draft document available for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announces the 
availability of a draft Current Intelligence Bulletin entitled ``A 
Review of Information Published Since 1995 on Coal Mine Dust Exposures 
and Associated Health Outcomes'' now available for public comment. The 
draft document and instructions for submitting comments can be found 
at: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docket/review/docket210/default.html. This 
document updates and supports the coal mine dust Recommended Exposure 
Limit (REL) of 1 mg/m\3\ that was recommended in the 1995 document, 
``Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Occupational Exposure to 
Respirable Coal Mine Dust, (1995-106)'' which can be viewed at: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/95-106.html.
    This guidance does not have the force and effect of the law.
    Public Comment Period: Comments must be received by September 24, 
2010.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted to the NIOSH Docket 
Office, identified by Docket Number NIOSH-210, by any of the following 
methods:
     Mail: NIOSH Docket Office, Robert A. Taft Laboratories, 
MS-C34, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226.
     Facsimile: (513) 533-8285.
     E-mail: nioshdocket@cdc.gov.
    All information received in response to this notice will be 
available for public examination and copying at the NIOSH Docket 
Office, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Room 111, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226. A 
complete electronic docket containing all comments submitted will be 
available on the NIOSH Web page at http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docket, and 
comments will be available in writing by request. NIOSH includes all 
comments received without change in the docket, including any personal 
information provided. All electronic comments should be formatted as 
Microsoft Word. Please make reference to Docket Number NIOSH- 210.

FOR FUTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael D. Attfield, Ph.D., telephone 
(304) 285-5737, e-mail mda1@cdc.gov or Eileen Storey, M.D., telephone 
(304) 285-6382, e-mail eps4@cdc.gov, NIOSH, 1095 Willowdale Road, 
Morgantown, WV 26505.

    Dated: August 17, 2010.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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