2023-17370: Lowering Miners' Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica and Improving Respiratory Protection

Summary

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is extending the comment period on the proposed rule entitled Lowering Miners' Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica and Improving Respiratory Protection published in the Federal Register on July 13, 2023, with an established public comment period that is scheduled to end on August 28, 2023. In response to requests for additional time to develop and submit comments on the proposed rule, MSHA is extending the comment period for an additional 15 days--that is, from August 28, 2023, to September 11, 2023.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

What this changes

Amends 8 parts of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

• 30 CFR 56 Safety and Health Standards—Surface Metal and Nonmetal Mines
• 30 CFR 57 Safety and Health Standards—Underground Metal and Nonmetal Mines
• 30 CFR 60 Respirable Crystalline Silica
• 30 CFR 70 Mandatory Health Standards—Underground Coal Mines
• 30 CFR 71 Mandatory Health Standards—Surface Coal Mines and Surface Work Areas of Underground Coal Mines
• 30 CFR 72 Health Standards for Coal Mines
• 30 CFR 75 Mandatory Safety Standards—Underground Coal Mines
• 30 CFR 90 Mandatory Health Standards—Coal Miners Who Have Evidence of the Development of Pneumoconiosis