osha-workplace-safety · Occupational Safety and Health Administration · Published 2003-04-21 · Effective 2003-06-20 · 68 FR 19347
Document
Document number
03-9655
Federal Register citation
68 FR 19347
CFR reference
30 CFR 71
Type
Rule
Action
Direct final rule; request for comments.
Category
osha-workplace-safety
Sub-agency
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Publication date
2003-04-21
Effective date
2003-06-20
Abstract
MSHA is removing an application and approval requirement from existing mandatory standards. Currently, MSHA must approve sanitary toilets for use in underground coal mines, and MSHA and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) must jointly approve sanitary toilets for use in surface coal mines. MSHA and NIOSH base their approval on criteria drawn from the American National Standard Institute's (ANSI's) American National Standard for Sanitation--Nonsewered Waste-Disposal Systems--Minimum Requirements. MSHA is amending its regulations to state which sanitary toilets meet the standard in order to eliminate the need for an application for approval and its associated paperwork burden. This action also directly informs manufacturers, mine operators, miners, and miners' representatives about which sanitary toilets meet the standard. Removing the application requirements has no substantive effect on the sanitation standards.