[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 28600]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14108]



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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 fourth 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) Date and Time

    a. June 20, 1996, in Salt Lake City, Utah. The meeting will begin 
at 8:00 a.m. and end at 9:00 p.m.
    b. June 21, 1996, in Salt Lake City, Utah. The meeting will begin 
at 8:00 a.m. and end at 3:30 p.m.

(2) Location

    The meeting will be held on both days at the Ramada Inn Downtown 
(Beehive North & South Room), 230 West, 600 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 
84101. Phone: 801-364-5200.
    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 fourth meeting will include discussions on:
    (1) Ventilation plans.
    (2) Permissible exposure limits.
    (3) The application of the Respirable Dust Program to surface mines 
and surface miners.
    (4) Medical surveillance, including the use of medical records.
    (5) Role of miners.
    A presentation will be made regarding the University of Utah's 
study on air-stream helmets.
    The public is invited to attend. The chairperson will provide one 
hour during the afternoon of the meeting on June 20, 1996, to allow 
interested persons to make comments. Official records of the meeting 
will be available for public inspection at the above MSHA address.

    Dated: May 31, 1996.
J. Davitt McAteer,
Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 96-14108 Filed 5-31-96; 3:53 pm]
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