Lewis D. Raymond
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 23
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"Mandatory dust standards for coal mines were established with the enactment of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 and were continued under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977. Regulatory requirements for complying with the Act are published in Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 70, 71 and 90. These standards and sampling requirements, along with a description of the laboratory which was established to process respirable coal mine dust samples, were described in a 1976 publication, MESA Informational Report 1045/ After significant changes to these regulations were made in 1980, another report, MSHA Informational Report 1156 , was issued describing the regulatory changes and describing the updated equipment used to automate the sample processing facility. This paper describes further changes in the equipment and procedures used by MSHA to maintain a state-of-the-art facility for processing respirable coal mine dust samples in accordance with regulatory requirements." - p. 1
