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MSHA gives mining industry more time to mull mine safety rule
AP
POSTED: December 19, 2007

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) _ The mining industry is getting more time to have its say about final federal rules requiring stronger seals for abandoned sections in underground coal mines.

The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration said Tuesday it plans to take additional public comment on the rules, including a fifth public hearing next month in Virginia. The hearing is set for Jan. 15 and the comment period is scheduled to close three days later.

MSHA said the extra time will allow more review and comment on a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers draft report on the forces unleashed by a methane-gas explosion at the Sago Mine in Upshur County in January 2006. The accident killed 12 miners and helped prompt Congress and several mining states to adopt sweeping changes to coal mine safety laws. MSHA has disputed the accuracy of the report, but also said it would reopen public comment....

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