[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 67 (Tuesday, April 7, 2020)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 19391-19392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06649]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Mine Safety and Health Administration

30 CFR Parts 56 and 57

[Docket No. MSHA-2019-0007]
RIN 1219-AB88


Electronic Detonators

AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Direct final rule; confirmation of effective date.

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SUMMARY: The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) confirms the 
effective date for the direct final rule, Electronic Detonators, which 
was published on January 14, 2020, to revise certain safety standards 
for explosives at metal and nonmetal mines.

DATES: The effective date of the final rule published in the Federal 
Register

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of January 14, 2020 (85 FR 2022) is confirmed: March 16, 2020.

ADDRESSES: 
    Federal Register Publications: Access rulemaking documents 
electronically at https://www.msha.gov/regulations/rulemaking or http://www.regulations.gov [Docket Number: MSHA-2019-0007].
    Email Notification: To subscribe to receive email notification when 
MSHA publishes rulemaking documents in the Federal Register, go to 
https://www.msha.gov/subscriptions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sheila A. McConnell, Director, Office 
of Standards, Regulations, and Variances, MSHA, at 
[email protected] (email), 202-693-9440 (voice), or 202-693-
9441 (fax). These are not toll-free numbers.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Effective Date

    On January 14, 2020, MSHA published in the Federal Register a 
direct final rule to revise certain safety standards for explosives at 
metal and nonmetal mines (85 FR 2022). In the same issue of the Federal 
Register, MSHA published a companion proposed rule (85 FR 2064) for 
notice and comment rulemaking to provide a procedural framework to 
finalize the rule in the event that the Agency received significant 
adverse comments and had to withdraw the direct final rule. After 
reviewing all the comments received during the public comment period, 
MSHA has determined that these comments are not adverse to the direct 
final rule. Therefore, the direct final rule took effect on March 16, 
2020.

    Authority:  30 U.S.C. 811

David G. Zatezalo,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020-06649 Filed 4-6-20; 8:45 am]
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