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United States Code U.S. Code: Title 29 - LABOR U.S. Code: Title 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING U.S. Code: Title 44 - PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
Title 30 published on 06-Jun-2018 04:01
The following are ALL rules, proposed rules, and notices (chronologically) published in the Federal Register relating to 30 CFR Part 56 after this date.
2018-04-19; vol. 83 # 76 - Thursday, April 19, 2018 83 FR 17293 - Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Mine Safety and Health Administration Announcement of public meetings. The meeting dates and locations are listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. 30 CFR Parts 56 and 57 Summary The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is announcing the dates and locations of additional public stakeholder meetings on the Agency's standards for Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines.
2018-04-09; vol. 83 # 68 - Monday, April 9, 2018 83 FR 15055 - Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Mine Safety and Health Administration Announcement of public stakeholder meetings. The meeting dates and locations are listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. 30 CFR Parts 56 and 57 Summary The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is announcing the dates and locations of public stakeholder meetings on the Agency's standards for Examinations Of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines.
83 FR 15055 - Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Mine Safety and Health Administration Final rule. Effective June 2, 2018. 30 CFR Parts 56 and 57 Summary On January 23, 2017, the Mine Safety and Health Administration published a final rule (January 2017 rule) amending provisions regarding examinations of working places in metal and nonmetal mines which were later stayed. MSHA is further amending the affected provisions following expiration of the stay. These additional amendments provide mine operators additional flexibility in managing their safety and health programs and reduces regulatory burdens without reducing the protections afforded miners. A document announcing stakeholder meetings is published concurrently with this rule in the Federal Register .
2017-10-05; vol. 82 # 192 - Thursday, October 5, 2017 82 FR 46412 - Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Mine Safety and Health Administration Final rule; stay of effective date; reinstatement of rules. As of October 5, 2017, 30 CFR 56.18002 and 57.18002 are stayed until June 2, 2018, and 30 CFR 56.18002T and 57.18002T are added until June 2, 2018. 30 CFR Parts 56 and 57 Summary The Mine Safety and Health Administration is staying the effective date of the Agency's January 23, 2017, final rule that amended standards for examination of working places in metal and nonmetal mines to June 2, 2018. MSHA also is reinstating the provisions of the working place examinations standards that were in effect as of October 1, 2017. This stay and reinstatement offers additional time for MSHA to provide stakeholders training and compliance assistance.
2017-09-12; vol. 82 # 175 - Tuesday, September 12, 2017 82 FR 42757 - Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Mine Safety and Health Administration Proposed rule; delay of effective date. Comments must be received or postmarked by midnight Eastern Daylight Saving Time (DST) on September 26, 2017. 30 CFR Parts 56 and 57 Summary On January 23, 2017, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) published a final rule in the Federal Register amending the Agency's standards for the examination of working places in metal and nonmetal mines. MSHA is proposing to delay the effective date of the Agency's final rule to March 2, 2018. This extension would offer additional time for MSHA to provide stakeholders training and compliance assistance.
82 FR 42757 - Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Mine Safety and Health Administration Proposed rule, limited reopening of the rulemaking record; notice of public hearings; close of comment period. MSHA is reopening the comment period to solicit comments on limited changes to the final rule published on January 23, 2017 (82 FR 7695), effective May 23, 2017, and delayed on May 22, 2017 (82 FR 23139), until October 2, 2017 (82 FR 23139). Comment date: Comments must be received or postmarked by midnight Eastern Standard Time (EST) on November 13, 2017. Hearing dates: October 24, 2017, October 26, 2017, October 31, 2017, and November 2, 2017. The locations are listed in the Public Hearings section in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. 30 CFR Parts 56 and 57 Summary The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) proposes to amend the Agency's final rule on examinations of working places in metal and nonmetal mines that was published in January 2017. The proposed changes would require that an examination of the working place be conducted before work begins or as miners begin work in that place, and that the examination record include descriptions of adverse conditions that are not corrected promptly and the dates of corrective action for these conditions. The proposed rule would provide mine operators additional flexibility in managing their safety and health programs and reduce regulatory burdens without reducing the protections afforded miners.
2017-05-22; vol. 82 # 97 - Monday, May 22, 2017 82 FR 23139 - Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Mine Safety and Health Administration Final rule; delay of effective date. The effective date of the rule published January 23, 2017 (82 FR 7680) is delayed to October 2, 2017. 30 CFR Parts 56 and 57 Summary The Mine Safety and Health Administration is delaying the effective date of the Agency's final rule that amends existing standards for examination of working places in metal and nonmetal mines. The effective date of that rule is extended to October 2, 2017. This extension offers additional time for MSHA to provide stakeholders training and compliance assistance.
2017-03-27; vol. 82 # 57 - Monday, March 27, 2017 82 FR 15173 - Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Mine Safety and Health Administration Proposed rule; delay of effective date. Comment Deadline: April 26, 2017. 30 CFR Parts 56 and 57 Summary On January 23, 2017, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) published a final rule in the Federal Register amending the Agency's standards for the examination of working places in metal and nonmetal mines. The effective date of this final rule is May 23, 2017. MSHA is proposing to delay the effective date of the final rule on Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines to assure that mine operators and miners affected by the examinations final rule have the training and compliance assistance they need prior to the rule's effective date. This proposed rule would delay the effective date of the final rule to July 24, 2017. MSHA is soliciting comments on the limited issue of whether to extend the effective date to July 24, 2017, and whether this extension offers an appropriate length of time for MSHA to provide stakeholders training and compliance assistance.
2017-01-23; vol. 82 # 13 - Monday, January 23, 2017 82 FR 7680 - Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Mine Safety and Health Administration Final rule. Effective date: May 23, 2017. 30 CFR Parts 56 and 57 Summary The Mine Safety and Health Administration's final rule amends the Agency's standards for the examination of working places in metal and nonmetal mines. This final rule requires that an examination of the working place be conducted before miners begin working in that place, that operators notify miners in the affected areas of any conditions found that may adversely affect their safety or health, that operators promptly initiate corrective action, and that a record be made of the examination. The final rule also requires that the examination record include: The name of the person conducting the examination, the date of the examination, the location of all areas examined, a description of each condition found that may adversely affect the safety or health of miners, and the date of the corrective action. In addition, the final rule requires that mine operators make the examination record available for inspection by authorized representatives of the Secretary and miners' representatives and provide a copy upon request.
2016-08-25; vol. 81 # 165 - Thursday, August 25, 2016 81 FR 58422 - Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Mine Safety and Health Administration Proposed rule; extension of comment period; close of record. The comment period for the proposed rule published on June 8, 2016 (81 FR 36818), is extended. Comments must be received or postmarked by midnight Eastern Daylight Savings Time on September 30, 2016. 30 CFR Parts 56 and 57 Summary In response to stakeholder requests, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is extending the comment period for Agency's proposed rule on Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines. The document also clarifies and seeks additional comments on selected proposed provisions.
2016-06-27; vol. 81 # 123 - Monday, June 27, 2016 81 FR 41485 - Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Mine Safety and Health Administration Proposed rule; notice of change of starting time for public hearings. The public hearing dates and locations are listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. Comments for the proposed rule must be received by midnight Eastern Daylight Savings Time on September 6, 2016. 30 CFR Parts 56 and 57 Summary The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is announcing a change to the starting time for public hearings for the proposed rule addressing Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines, published on June 8, 2016. The start time for the previously announced public hearings for the proposed rule will be changed from 9:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. to accommodate the public meetings on MSHA's request for information on Exposure of Underground Miners to Diesel Exhaust. The hearing dates and locations are unchanged.
2016-06-08; vol. 81 # 110 - Wednesday, June 8, 2016 81 FR 36818 - Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Mine Safety and Health Administration Proposed rule; notice of public hearings. Comments must be received or postmarked by midnight Eastern Time on September 6, 2016. Hearing Dates: July 19, 2016, July 21, 2016, July 26, 2016, and August 4, 2016. The locations are listed in the Public Hearings section in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. Post-hearing comments must be received by midnight Eastern Standard Time on September 6, 2016. 30 CFR Parts 56 and 57 Summary The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is proposing to amend the Agency's standards for the examination of working places in metal and nonmetal (MNM) mines. The purpose of this proposed rule is to ensure that mine operators identify and correct conditions that may adversely affect miners' safety or health. MSHA is proposing to require that an examination of the working place be conducted before miners begin work in an area and that the operator notifies miners in the working place of any conditions found that may adversely affect their safety or health. MSHA is also proposing that the competent person conducting the examination sign and date the examination record before the end of each shift, that the record includes information regarding adverse conditions found and corrective actions taken, and that operators make such records available to miners and their representatives. The proposal would enhance the quality of working place examinations in MNM mines and help assure that violations of mandatory health or safety standards are identified and corrected, thereby improving protections for miners.
2015-09-02; vol. 80 # 170 - Wednesday, September 2, 2015 80 FR 52984 - MSHA Headquarters, Pittsburgh Safety and Health Technology Center, and Respirable Dust Processing Laboratory Address Changes
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Mine Safety and Health Administration Final rule; technical amendment. Effective Date: September 2, 2015. 30 CFR Parts 7, 18, 44, 46, 48, 49, 56, 57, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75, and 90 Summary The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is amending its published regulations that include the Agency's addresses. MSHA relocated its Headquarters offices and also will discontinue renting the Post Office boxes it uses for mail delivery to the Pittsburgh Safety and Health Technology Center and Respirable Dust Processing Laboratory. In addition, MSHA is amending the incorporation by reference language in some of its regulations to include current addresses, telephone numbers, and internet addresses.
