Notice 15 Jul 2025 regulation, workplace safety, mine safety, msha, health standards, respirable dust protection, patton mining

⛏️Modification Petition for Mine Safety Standards by Patton Mining

This notice is a summary of a petition for modification submitted to the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) by Patton Mining, LLC.

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Notice 15 Jul 2025 regulatory compliance, health regulations, coal mining, mine safety, msha, illinois

⛏️Petition for Modification of Mine Safety Standards by Mach Mining, LLC

This notice is a summary of a petition for modification submitted to the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) by Mach Mining, LLC.

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Notice 3 Jul 2025 regulation compliance, permits, department of labor, coal mining, mine safety, msha, water operations

💧Proposed Extension for Mining Operations Under Water Information Collection

The Department of Labor (DOL), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre- clearance consultation program for all information collections, to provide the public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed collections of information, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This program helps to ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is soliciting comments on the information collection titled "Operations Mining Under a Body of Water."

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Notice 3 Jul 2025 regulatory compliance, information collection, permits, explosives, mine safety, msha

⚒️Proposed Extension of Information Collection for Mining Safety Regulations

The Department of Labor (DOL), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre- clearance consultation program for all information collections, to provide the public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed collections of information, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This program helps to ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is soliciting comments on the information collection titled "Applications for Permits to Fire More than 20 Boreholes and For Use of Nonpermissible Blasting Units, Explosives, and Shot-firing Units; and Posting Notices of Misfires".

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Notice 3 Jul 2025 regulatory requirements, mine safety, msha, electrical training, workforce compliance

⚡MSHA Proposes Information Collection for Electrical Training Compliance

The Department of Labor (DOL), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre- clearance consultation program for all information collections to provide the public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed collections of information, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This program helps to ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is soliciting comments on the information collection titled "Certificate of Electrical Training and Applications for MSHA Approved Tests and State Tests Administered as Part of an MSHA-Approved State Program."

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Notice 3 Jul 2025 compliance, labor regulations, mining industry, mine safety, msha, emergency evacuation

⛏️Proposed Extension of Emergency Mine Evacuation Information Collection

The Department of Labor (DOL), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre- clearance consultation program for all information collections, to provide the public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed collections of information, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This program helps to ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is soliciting comments on the information collection titled "Emergency Mine Evacuation."

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Proposed Rule 1 Jul 2025 compliance, mining, regulations, safety, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, labor, communications equipment, mine safety and health, electric power, explosives, msha, emergency medical services, fire prevention, photometers

💡Proposed Rule to Remove Photometer Requirement in Mining Safety Regulations

MSHA proposes to revise title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations (30 CFR) part 75 by removing requirements for methods in measuring luminous intensity with a photometer. Removing this provision would provide greater flexibility in measurement procedures while maintaining protection for miners.

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Proposed Rule 1 Jul 2025 compliance, regulations, chemicals, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, incorporation by reference, business impact, hazardous substances, mine safety and health, surface mining, electric power, explosives, mine safety, msha, fire prevention, aerial tramways, noise control

🚧Proposed Rule on Aerial Tramways

MSHA proposes to revise title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations (30 CFR) part 56 by removing duplicative requirements for aerial tramways. Removing these provisions would not reduce protections afforded to miners because they are unnecessary and duplicative of information elsewhere in 30 CFR part 56.

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Proposed Rule 1 Jul 2025 compliance, regulation, chemicals, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, radiation protection, hazardous substances, mining industry, mine safety and health, underground mining, electric power, explosives, mine safety, msha, diesel particulate matter, fire prevention, noise control, gases

⛏️MSHA Proposes Revision of Diesel Particulate Matter Regulations

MSHA is proposing to revise 30 CFR part 57 by removing outdated requirements for miners' exposures to diesel particulate matter (DPM) in underground metal and nonmetal mines (MNM). These revisions would streamline the requirements for DPM for underground MNM mine operators while maintaining the same level of protection for miners.

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Proposed Rule 1 Jul 2025 regulatory compliance, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, labor regulations, communications equipment, mine safety and health, electric power, explosives, coal mining, mine safety, msha, emergency medical services, fire prevention

⚒️Proposed Rule to Rescind Outdated Coal Mine Safety Regulations

MSHA proposes to rescind requirements for the final mining of pillars. This practice is outdated and no longer used due to safety concerns.

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