March 23, 2018 - The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is reopening the rulemaking record for public comment and extending the comment period for the Agency’s Request for Information on Exposure of Underground Miners to Diesel Exhaust published on June 8, 2016 (81 FR 36826).  The comment period on the RFI closed on November 30, 2016.  

During the comment period, MSHA received requests from stakeholders for MSHA and NIOSH to convene a Diesel Exhaust Health Effects Partnership (Partnership) with the mining industry, including coal and metal and nonmetal mines, diesel engine manufacturers, and representatives of organized labor.  In response, MSHA reopened the rulemaking record until January 9, 2018 (82 FR 2284). 

Since the close of the comment period, MSHA received additional stakeholder requests to reopen the record and further extend the comment period on the RFI.  This notice reopens the rulemaking record and extends the comment period for one year, until March 26, 2019.  

The notice will be published in the Federal Register on March 26, 2018.  The notice is available for viewing at the Office of the Federal Register, Public Inspection Desk, here. 

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