Proposed Rules. Request for information; extension of comment period
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Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration, Labor
Action: Request for information; extension of comment period
Citation: FR Doc. 2014-23301 · RIN 1219-AB79 · Docket No. MSHA-2013-0033 · 30 CFR 7, 75
Summary
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is extending the comment period on the Agency's Request for Information (RFI) on Refuge Alternatives for Underground Coal Mines to give interested parties additional time to review research reports from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and other relevant information and provide substantive comments.
Dates
The comment period for the RFI published on August 8, 2013 (78 FR 48593), last extended on June 3, 2014 (79 FR 31895), has been further extended. Comments must be received or postmarked by midnight Eastern Daylight Saving Time on April 2, 2015.
Supplementary Information
On August 8, 2013 (78 FR 48593), MSHA published an RFI on Refuge Alternatives for Underground Coal Mines. The comment period was scheduled to close on October 2, 2014 (79 FR 31895), after three extensions. In response to requests, MSHA is extending the comment period to April 2, 2015, to allow interested parties additional time to review recent studies from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and other information that bear on issues raised in the RFI. Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811. Dated: September 25, 2014. Joseph A. Main, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health. [FR Doc. 2014-23301 Filed 9-30-14; 8:45 am]