[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]



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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.

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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]
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