Safety Standards for Reporting Daily Inspections of Surface Coal Mines; Technical Amendment
mine-safety · Mine Safety and Health Administration · Published 1998-10-30 · Effective 1998-12-29 · 63 FR 58612
Document
Document number
98-29089
Federal Register citation
63 FR 58612
CFR reference
30 CFR 77
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule; technical amendment.
Category
mine-safety
Sub-agency
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Publication date
1998-10-30
Effective date
1998-12-29
Abstract
MSHA is making a nonsubstantive technical amendment to its safety standard which requires reports of daily inspection for surface coal mines. This technical amendment updates the standard to allow a mine official with authority and responsibility equivalent to the mine officials specified in the existing standard to sign or countersign the daily inspection reports. MSHA is amending the language of the standard to reflect changes in the management structure of the mining industry because traditional management structures, including job titles, have changed at many mines.