Rules protecting coal miners' dust exposure up for review
Source: Associated Press
Updated 2:34 am, Saturday, December 16, 2017
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Three years after the Obama administration lowered the allowable limits for miners' exposure to coal dust, the Trump administration has brought the standards up for review.
Federal mining regulators indicated Thursday that they are reconsidering rules meant to protect underground miners from breathing coal and rock dust — the cause of black lung — and diesel exhaust, which can cause cancer.
An advocate for coal miners said that's "a very bad signal."
The Mine Safety and Health Administration has asked for public comment on whether standards "could be improved or made more effective or less burdensome by accommodating advances in technology, innovative techniques, or less costly methods."
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