[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 209 (Monday, October 30, 1995)] [Notices] [Page 55284] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 95-26816] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Mine Safety and Health Administration Renewal of Advisory Committee Charter AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health Administration, Labor. ACTION: Notice of renewal of advisory committee charter. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: After consultation with the General Services Administration, the Department of Labor is renewing the charter for the Mine Safety and Health Administration's Advisory Committee on the Elimination of Pneumoconiosis Among Coal Miners for a period of one year. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia W. Silvey, Director; Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances; Mine Safety and Health Administration; 4015 Wilson Boulevard, Room 631, Arlington, VA 22203; 703-235-1910. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By this notice and after consultation with the General Services Administration, the Department of Labor is renewing the charter of the Advisory Committee on the Elimination of Pneumoconiosis Among Coal Miners for a period of one year, until September 30, 1996. The charter was to expire on September 30, 1995. This action is necessary and in the public interest. The committee will develop recommendations for improved standards, or other appropriate actions, addressing: permissible exposure limits to eliminate black lung disease and silicosis; the means to control respirable coal mine dust levels; improved monitoring of respirable coal dust levels and the role of the miner in that monitoring; and the adequacy of operator sampling programs to determine the actual levels of dust concentrations to which miners are exposed. The Committee will consist of nine members and includes two representatives from labor, and two representatives of the coal mining industry. The Committee's statutorily mandated majority will be composed of five individuals who have no economic interests in the coal or other mining industry and who are not operators, miners, or officers or employees of the Federal government or any State or local government. The Committee's charter will be filed under the Federal Advisory Committee Act 15 days from the date of publication of this notice. Dated: October 24, 1995. Robert B. Reich, Secretary of Labor. [FR Doc. 95-26816 Filed 10-27-95; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510-43-M