[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 130 (Friday, July 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 35269]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17101]


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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 fifth and final 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. July 22, 1996, beginning at 1:00 p.m. and ending at 7:00 p.m.
    b. July 23-24, 1996, beginning at 8:00 a.m. and ending at 7:00 p.m. 
each day.
    c. July 25, 1996, beginning at 8:00 a.m. and ending at 5:00 p.m.
    (2) Location: 
    The meeting will be held the Hyatt Regency-Lexington, At Lexington 
Center, 400 West Vine Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40507; phone: 606-
235-1234.
    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).
    The agenda for the fifth meeting will include discussions on:
    (1) Draft recommendations on permissible exposure limits for 
respirable coal mine dust and respirable silica developed by the 
committee during the fourth meeting;
    (2) Implementation of dust controls at surface coal mines;
    (3) Sampling to assure representative samples;
    (4) Application of personal and area sampling strategies;
    (5) Compliance sampling by MSHA and by the operator;
    (6) The miner's role in respirable dust sampling;
    (7) Dust sampling for surface mines;
    (8) Utilization of medical data obtained as part of the medical 
surveillance program; and
    (9) Research needs.
    The committee will also take final votes on all previously drafted 
recommendations.
    The public is invited to attend. The chairperson will provide one 
hour on July 23 and 24, 1996 for interested persons to make comments. 
Official records of the meeting will be available for public inspection 
at the above MSHA address.

    Dated: June 28, 1996.
J. Davitt McAteer,
Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 96-17101 Filed 7-1-96; 11:57 am]
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