# Refuge Alternatives for Underground Coal Mines
> **Mine Safety and Health Administration** · Final action. · Published 2020-07-10 · 85 FR 41364
## Document
- **Document number:** 2020-13753
- **Category:** mine-safety
- **Sub-agency:** Mine Safety and Health Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 85 FR 41364
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 75
- **Publication date:** 2020-07-10
- **DOL docket:** Docket No. MSHA-2013-0032
## Abstract

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is notifying the mining community and other interested parties of the Agency's determination that the existing standards addressing the frequency of miners' training on refuge alternatives for underground coal mines effectively protect miners' safety and will remain in effect without change. This determination responds to a decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/07/10/2020-13753/refuge-alternatives-for-underground-coal-mines)
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