[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 3, 2014)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 31895]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-12749]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
30 CFR Parts 7 and 75
RIN 1219-AB79
Refuge Alternatives for Underground Coal Mines
AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Request for information; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: In response to requests from interested parties, the Mine
Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is extending the comment period
on the Agency's Request for Information (RFI) on Refuge Alternatives
for Underground Coal Mines. This extension gives interested parties
additional time to review research reports and other relevant
information.
DATES: Comments must be received by midnight Eastern Daylight Saving
Time on October 2, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments and supporting documentation by any of the
following methods:
Federal E-Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments for Docket
Number MSHA-2013-0033.
Electronic mail: [email protected]. Include ``RIN
1219-AB79'' in the subject line of the message.
Mail: Send comments to MSHA, Office of Standards,
Regulations, and Variances, 1100 Wilson Boulevard, Room 2350,
Arlington, Virginia 22209-3939.
Hand Delivery or Courier: MSHA, Office of Standards,
Regulations, and Variances, 1100 Wilson Boulevard, Room 2350,
Arlington, Virginia, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays. Sign in at the receptionist's desk on
the 21st floor.
Instructions: Clearly identify all submissions with ``RIN 1219-
AB79''. Because comments will not be edited to remove any identifying
or contact information, MSHA cautions the commenter against including
information in the submission that should not be publicly disclosed.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sheila A. McConnell, Deputy Director,
Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances, MSHA, at
[email protected] (email); 202-693-9440 (voice); or 202-693-
9441 (facsimile).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 8, 2013 (78 FR 48593), MSHA
published a Request for Information on Refuge Alternatives for
Underground Coal Mines. The RFI comment period was originally scheduled
to close on October 7, 2013. In response to requests from the public,
MSHA extended the comment period to December 6, 2013 (78 FR 58264) and
again to June 2, 2014 (78 FR 73471) to allow interested parties time to
review National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
studies that bear on certain issues raised in the RFI.
MSHA received a request for an additional 120-day extension of the
comment period to allow the public to consider NIOSH research reports
on refuge alternatives. In response, MSHA is extending the comment
period to October 2, 2014.
MSHA also reminds the mining community that after April 9, 2015, in
accordance with 42 CFR 84.301, previously NIOSH-approved self-contained
self-rescue devices (SCSRs) will no longer be manufactured and sold as
NIOSH approved. MSHA encourages the mining community to submit
information on how NIOSH's revised requirements for approval of closed-
circuit escape respirators (CCER) under 42 CFR Part 84 would affect
their responses to the In-Place Shelter and Escape Methodology sections
in the RFI on refuge alternatives. This extension provides the mining
community additional time to submit comments on CCERs.
Dated: May 28, 2014.
Joseph A. Main,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2014-12749 Filed 6-2-14; 8:45 am]
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