# Refuge Alternatives for Underground Coal Mines
> **Mine Safety and Health Administration** · Final rule; correction. · Published 2009-11-25 · Effective 2009-11-25 · 74 FR 61531
## Document
- **Document number:** E9-28214
- **Category:** mine-safety
- **Sub-agency:** Mine Safety and Health Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 74 FR 61531
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 7
- **Publication date:** 2009-11-25
- **Effective date:** 2009-11-25
## Abstract

This rule informs the mining community that MSHA rescinds the Agency's intent stated in the preamble to the final rule on Refuge Alternatives for Underground Coal Mines, concerning preemption of private tort litigation with respect to the Agency's approval of specifications for a refuge alternative.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2009/11/25/E9-28214/refuge-alternatives-for-underground-coal-mines)
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