PROPOSED RULES: Underground mines—; Fire extinguishers; availability,
Published: 2007-12-20
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), is proposing
to amend the current standard for the quantity and location of
firefighting equipment and materials underground to ensure that they
are readily available to quickly extinguish a fire. In lieu of the
current requirements for rock dust and other firefighting materials,
this proposed rule
NOTICES: Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
Published: 2007-12-20
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent burden conducts a preclearance
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA95)
NOTICES: Petitions for safety standards modification; application, processing, disposition, etc.; correction,
Published: 2007-12-20
This is a correction to a petition for modification notice
that was published in the Federal Register on December 3, 2007 (72 FR
67970), for Affirmative Decisions on Petitions for Modification. In the
notice we inadvertently listed the petition for modification, docket
number M2005079C, RS&W Coal Company, RS&W Drift Mine, MSHA I.D. No.
3601818, as
Part II: Labor Department, Occupational Safety and Health Administration,
Published: 2007-12-20
OSHA proposes to revise the standards on general working
conditions in shipyard employment. The proposed revisions would update
existing requirements to reflect advances in industry practices and
technology. The proposal also would cross reference general industry
standards either that are already applicable to shipyard employment or
that OSHA
