MSHA Unified Agenda - [Final Rule Stage]

Title: Mine Rescue Team Equipment 

Abstract: MSHA has update its mine rescue team equipment standard for underground coal and metal and nonmetal mine rescue teams. The final rule would update the requirement for self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) from 2-hour to 4-hour apparatus; increase the required oxygen and chemical reserves to maintain mine rescue teams from 6 hours to 8 hours; increase the required number of full charged oxygen bottles from one extra to two extra; and require mine rescue stations to be equipped with four approved, hand-held multi-gas detectors or four gas detectors for each gas which may be at the mine served. The final rule would increase safety and improve effectiveness of mine rescue teams. 

Agency: Department of Labor(DOL) 

Priority: Other Significant 

RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda 

Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 

Major: No 

Unfunded Mandates: No 

CFR Citation: 30 CFR 49 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.) 

Legal Authority: 30 USC 811 

Legal Deadline:  None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	09/06/2007	72 FR 51338
NPRM Comment Period End	11/09/2007
Final Action	06/00/2008

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No 

Government Levels Affected: None 

Small Entities Affected: Businesses 

Federalism: No 

Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 

RIN Information URL: www.msha.gov/regsinfo.htm  

Public Comment URL: www.regulations.gov  

RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 

Related RINs: Related to 1219-AB53 

Agency Contact:
Patricia W. Silvey
Director, Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances
Department of Labor
Mine Safety and Health Administration
1100 Wilson Blvd., Room 2350,
Arlington, VA 22209-3939
Phone:202 693-9640
Fax:202 693-9441
Email: silvey.patricia@dol.gov