[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 13519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7384]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration


Advisory Committee on the Elimination of Pneumoconiosis Among 
Coal Mine Workers; Meeting

AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of advisory committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the date, time, place, and agenda 
summary for the second meeting of the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration's Advisory Committee on the Elimination of 
Pneumoconiosis Among Coal Mine Workers.

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, Virginia 22203; phone 703-235-1910.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A public meeting of the advisory committee 
will be held as follows:
    (1) April 11, 1996, from 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
    (2) April 12, 1996, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The meeting will be 
held on both days at the DoubleTree Hotel--Pittsburgh (Somerset Room) 
located at 1000 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222; phone 412-
281-3700.
    The Secretary of Labor established this advisory committee (60 FR 
5947) to 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 Advisory 
Committee is chartered through September 30, 1996 (60 FR 55284), but 
must complete its deliberations by August 19, 1996.
    The agenda for the second meeting will include discussions on the 
control of the workplace environment (worker exposure). Specific topics 
for discussion will include: (1) The current state of dust control 
technology for underground and surface coal mines and its 
effectiveness; (2) new developments in control technology and mining 
systems; (3) the hierarchy of controls and its application in 
underground and surface coal mines; (4) the design of mine ventilation 
plans for effective dust control and the means for verifying plan 
effectiveness; (5) the monitoring of compliance with plan requirements; 
(6) means of upgrading ventilation plan provisions; (7) the role of the 
miner, operator, and MSHA; and (8) education and training needs 
relative to the control of the workplace environment.
    The public is invited to attend. The chairperson will provide an 
hour near the end of each day's meeting to allow interested persons to 
make comments. Official records of the meeting will be available for 
public inspection at the above address.

    Dated: March 22, 1996.
J. Davitt McAteer,
Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 96-7384 Filed 3-22-96; 12:17 pm]
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