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What's New for August 2007


POSTED: 08/01/2007
A&CC Newsletter
MSHA's Approval & Certification Center (A&CC) Customer Service Newsletter for July 2007 is now available.


POSTED: 08/01/2007
P07-20
Program Information Bulletin
Change to Respirable Dust Data Card - Addition of Pre-weight Date


POSTED: 08/01/2007
Fedreg. Doc. E7-14899
Technical Study Panel on the Utilization of Belt Air and the Composition and Fire Retardant Properties of Belt Materials in Underground Coal Mining; Notice of meeting.


POSTED: 08/02/2007
Seals Single Source Page
New Materials Added
to inlclude new 50 and 120 PSI Seals and an update for the Template to Assist Manufacturers and Mine Operators Submitting Seal Design Applications to MSHA’s Office of Technical Support.


POSTED: 08/02/2007
P07-16
Program Information Bulletin
Hard Hats - Revised


POSTED: 08/03/2007
New Civil Penalty Provisions
This is an overview of changes to 30 CFR Part 100, Criteria and Procedures for Proposed Assessment of Civil Penalties that became effective on April 23, 2007. The significant changes made to this rule are explained.


POSTED: 08/10/2007
P07-21
Program Information Bulletin
Clarification of Requirements of Conveyor Start-Up Warnings for §§ 56.14201 and 57.14201


POSTED: 08/14/2007
Second Quarter Data Available
Mining Industry Accident, Injuries, Employment, and Production Data Address / Employment Self-Extracting Files


POSTED: 08/14/2007
Fedreg. Doc. 07-3977
Sealing of Abandoned Areas; Extension of comment period.


POSTED: 08/14/2007
P07-22
Program Information Bulletin
Operation of Continuous Haulage Systems


POSTED: 08/14/2007
I07-V-05
Procedure Instruction Letter
Procedures for Implementation of Program Information Bulletin No. P07-03


POSTED: 08/15/2007
Fedreg. Doc. E7-16022
Petitions for Modification


POSTED: 08/22/2007
Fedreg. Doc. E7-16453
Information Collection Request
Record of Individual Exposure to Radon Daughters


POSTED: 08/22/2007
Safety Hazard Alert
Stop the Fall Deaths at Mines
From April to August 2007, 6 miners were fatally injured when they fell from elevated structures and equipment.


POSTED: 08/22/2007
News Release
MSHA fines Tri-Star Mining $180,000 for safety violations
Mine's action found to have contributed to fatalities


POSTED: 08/22/2007
Fedreg. Doc. E7-16454
Information Collection Request
Training Plans and Certificate of Training


POSTED: 08/24/2007
P07-23
Program Information Bulletin
Updated Test Questions for Certifying Individuals to Perform Dust Sampling and Maintenance and Calibration of Approved Sampling Equipment


POSTED: 08/24/2007
JTA's Added
Several new Job Task Analyses have been added to the web. These also include spiders for each.


POSTED: 08/30/2007
News Release
MSHA Appoints Team to Investigate Crandall Canyon Mine Accident


POSTED: 08/29/2007
2nd Quarter Data Added
Mine Injury and Worktime Quarterly Statistics for 2007 2nd Quarter are now available.


POSTED: 08/30/2007
News Release
MSHA Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao announces independent review of MSHA’s actions at Utah’s Crandall Canyon Mine





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