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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 121 / Monday, June 24, 2024 / Rules and Regulations
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
30 CFR Parts 56, 57, 60, 70, 71, 72, 75,
and 90
[Docket No. MSHA–2023–0001]
RIN 1219–AB36
Lowering Miners’ Exposure to
Respirable Crystalline Silica and
Improving Respiratory Protection;
Correction
Mine Safety and Health
Administration (MSHA), Department of
Labor.
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
AGENCY:
The Mine Safety and Health
Administration (MSHA) is correcting
typographical and printing errors in the
‘‘Lowering Miners’ Exposure to
Respirable Crystalline Silica and
Improving Respiratory’’ final rule that
was published in the Federal Register
on April 18, 2024. The April 2024 final
rule amended the Agency’s existing
standards to better protect miners
against occupational exposure to
respirable crystalline silica, a significant
health hazard, and to improve
respiratory protection for miners from
exposure to airborne contaminants.
DATES: These corrections are effective
June 24, 2024, and applicable beginning
June 17, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: S.
Aromie Noe, Director, Office of
SUMMARY:
Standards, Regulations, and Variances,
MSHA, at: silicaquestions@dol.gov
(email); 202–693–9440 (voice); or 202–
693–9441 (facsimile). These are not tollfree numbers.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a final
rule published April 18, 2024, at 89 FR
28218, MSHA amended the Agency’s
existing standards to better protect
miners against occupational exposure to
respirable crystalline silica, a significant
health hazard, and to improve
respiratory protection for miners from
exposure to airborne contaminants. This
document corrects parts of the rule’s
preamble. Some general typographical
errors occurred in publication, which
the Office of the Federal Register was
able to correct without publishing a
correcting amendment, including
misrepresenting a reserved paragraph (c)
in § 70.208T, which was correctly
incorporated into the CFR on June 17,
2024, the April rule’s effective date.
Corrections
In (FR Doc. 2024–06920) appearing on
page 28218 in the Federal Register of
Thursday, April 18, 2024), the following
corrections are made:
1. On page 28218, in the first column,
the SUMMARY is corrected to read ‘‘The
Mine Safety and Health Administration
(MSHA) is amending its existing
standards to better protect miners
against occupational exposure to
respirable crystalline silica, a significant
health hazard, and to improve
respiratory protection for miners from
exposure to airborne contaminants.
MSHA is establishing a uniform
permissible exposure limit for respirable
crystalline silica at 50 micrograms per
cubic meter of air (mg/m3) for a full-shift
exposure, calculated as an 8-hour timeweighted average, for all miners.
MSHA’s final rule also includes other
requirements to protect miner health,
such as exposure sampling, corrective
actions to be taken when a miner’s
exposure exceeds the permissible
exposure limit, and medical
surveillance for metal and nonmetal
mines.’’
2. On page 28264, in the first column,
in the first complete paragraph, the
sentence, ‘‘In general form, the relative
rate model was: Rate = exp(a0) × ƒ(E),
where exp(a0) is the background rate
and E is the cumulative respirable
crystalline silica exposure.’’ is corrected
to read, ‘‘In general form, the relative
rate model was: Rate = exp(a0) × ƒ(E),
where exp (a0) is the background rate
and E is the cumulative respirable
crystalline silica exposure.’’
3. On page 28299, ‘‘Table VII–4:
Percentage Distribution of Respirable
Crystalline Silica Exposures as ISO 8hour TWA in the Coal Industry from
2016 to 2021, by Location’’ is removed
and ‘‘Table VII–10: Estimated
Annualized Compliance Costs as
Percent of Mine Revenues (in millions
of 2022 dollars), by Sector’’ is added in
its place to read as follows:
TABLE VII–10—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COMPLIANCE COSTS AS PERCENT OF MINE REVENUES (IN MILLIONS OF 2022
DOLLARS), BY SECTOR
2019
revenues
inflated
to 2022
dollars
Mine sector
Annualized costs
0 percent
discount rate
Compliance
costs
Annualized costs
3 percent
discount rate
Cost as
% of
revenues
Compliance
costs
Annualized costs
7 percent
discount rate
Cost as
% of
revenues
Compliance
costs
Cost as
% of
revenues
30 CFR Part 60 Costs
Total .........................................................
Metal/Nonmetal ........................................
Coal ..........................................................
$124,169
95,070
29,099
$87.59
80.12
7.46
0.07
0.08
0.03
$89.05
81.41
7.64
0.07
0.09
0.03
$91.07
83.14
7.93
0.07
0.09
0.03
0.07
0.09
0.03
92.39
83.84
8.55
0.07
0.09
0.03
30 CFR Part 60 + 2019 ASTM Upgrade Costs
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Total .........................................................
Metal/Nonmetal ........................................
Coal ..........................................................
124,169
95,070
29,099
88.77
80.75
8.02
0.07
0.08
0.03
90.28
82.06
8.22
Christopher J. Williamson,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety
and Health.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 121 (Monday, June 24, 2024)]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
30 CFR Parts 56, 57, 60, 70, 71, 72, 75, and 90
[Docket No. MSHA-2023-0001]
RIN 1219-AB36
Lowering Miners' Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica and
Improving Respiratory Protection; Correction
AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Department of
Labor.
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is correcting
typographical and printing errors in the ``Lowering Miners' Exposure to
Respirable Crystalline Silica and Improving Respiratory'' final rule
that was published in the Federal Register on April 18, 2024. The April
2024 final rule amended the Agency's existing standards to better
protect miners against occupational exposure to respirable crystalline
silica, a significant health hazard, and to improve respiratory
protection for miners from exposure to airborne contaminants.
DATES: These corrections are effective June 24, 2024, and applicable
beginning June 17, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: S. Aromie Noe, Director, Office of
Standards, Regulations, and Variances, MSHA, at:
[email protected] (email); 202-693-9440 (voice); or 202-693-9441
(facsimile). These are not toll-free numbers.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a final rule published April 18, 2024, at
89 FR 28218, MSHA amended the Agency's existing standards to better
protect miners against occupational exposure to respirable crystalline
silica, a significant health hazard, and to improve respiratory
protection for miners from exposure to airborne contaminants. This
document corrects parts of the rule's preamble. Some general
typographical errors occurred in publication, which the Office of the
Federal Register was able to correct without publishing a correcting
amendment, including misrepresenting a reserved paragraph (c) in Sec.
70.208T, which was correctly incorporated into the CFR on June 17,
2024, the April rule's effective date.
Corrections
In (FR Doc. 2024-06920) appearing on page 28218 in the Federal
Register of Thursday, April 18, 2024), the following corrections are
made:
1. On page 28218, in the first column, the SUMMARY is corrected to
read ``The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is amending its
existing standards to better protect miners against occupational
exposure to respirable crystalline silica, a significant health hazard,
and to improve respiratory protection for miners from exposure to
airborne contaminants. MSHA is establishing a uniform permissible
exposure limit for respirable crystalline silica at 50 micrograms per
cubic meter of air ([micro]g/m\3\) for a full-shift exposure,
calculated as an 8-hour time-weighted average, for all miners. MSHA's
final rule also includes other requirements to protect miner health,
such as exposure sampling, corrective actions to be taken when a
miner's exposure exceeds the permissible exposure limit, and medical
surveillance for metal and nonmetal mines.''
2. On page 28264, in the first column, in the first complete
paragraph, the sentence, ``In general form, the relative rate model
was: Rate = exp([alpha]0) x [fnof](E), where
exp(a0) is the background rate and E is the cumulative
respirable crystalline silica exposure.'' is corrected to read, ``In
general form, the relative rate model was: Rate =
exp([alpha]0) x [fnof](E), where exp ([alpha]0)
is the background rate and E is the cumulative respirable crystalline
silica exposure.''
3. On page 28299, ``Table VII-4: Percentage Distribution of
Respirable Crystalline Silica Exposures as ISO 8-hour TWA in the Coal
Industry from 2016 to 2021, by Location'' is removed and ``Table VII-
10: Estimated Annualized Compliance Costs as Percent of Mine Revenues
(in millions of 2022 dollars), by Sector'' is added in its place to
read as follows:
Table VII-10--Estimated Annualized Compliance Costs as Percent of Mine Revenues (in Millions of 2022 Dollars), by Sector
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2019 Annualized costs 0 Annualized costs 3 Annualized costs 7
revenues percent discount rate percent discount rate percent discount rate
Mine sector inflated to -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2022 Compliance Cost as % Compliance Cost as % Compliance Cost as %
dollars costs of revenues costs of revenues costs of revenues
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30 CFR Part 60 Costs
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Total........................................................ $124,169 $87.59 0.07 $89.05 0.07 $91.07 0.07
Metal/Nonmetal............................................... 95,070 80.12 0.08 81.41 0.09 83.14 0.09
Coal......................................................... 29,099 7.46 0.03 7.64 0.03 7.93 0.03
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30 CFR Part 60 + 2019 ASTM Upgrade Costs
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Total........................................................ 124,169 88.77 0.07 90.28 0.07 92.39 0.07
Metal/Nonmetal............................................... 95,070 80.75 0.08 82.06 0.09 83.84 0.09
Coal......................................................... 29,099 8.02 0.03 8.22 0.03 8.55 0.03
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Christopher J. Williamson,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2024-13510 Filed 6-21-24; 8:45 am]
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