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Respirable Dust Sampling Requirements under the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969.

PB193981

Publication Date	1970
Personal Author	Schlick, D. P.; Peluso, R. G.
Page Count	40
Abstract	Respirable dust provisions of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 are designed to protect the most important resource of the coal mining industry--its workers. The Act imposes two respirable dust standards of 3.0 milligrams per cubic meter of air after June 30, 1970; and 2.0 milligrams per cubic meter of air after December 30, 1972. Under Federal regulations, each operator is required to carry out a dust sampling program established by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. This program features the sampling of 'high risk' face workers to establish that the exposure of each miner is below the dust standard. Mining sections, continuously in compliance with the regulations, may sample at less frequent intervals. In addition to requiring the mining company to take respirable dust samples, the Bureau of Mines will perform in-depth dust inspections twice a year, as well as frequent 'spot inspections.' The Bureau has established a semiautomatic computerized operation capable of processing over 1 million samples per year. This facility will be linked to various Bureau offices by a telecommunications system to provide automatic data printouts within hours after samples have been weighed. (Author)
Keywords	Atmosphere contamination control Mines(Excavations) Dust Air pollution Coal dust Law(Jurisprudence) Coal mines Regulations Respiratory diseases Pneumoconiosis Sampling Occupational diseases Samplers Coal Mine Health and Safety Act 1969 Mine safety
NTIS Subject Category	68A - Air Pollution & Control
Corporate Authors	BUREAU OF Mines, Washington, D.C.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Information circular.
NTIS Issue Number	197021

Respirable Dust Sampling Requirements under the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969.

Respirable Dust Sampling Requirements under the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969.
PB193981

Publication Date	1970
Personal Author	Schlick, D. P.; Peluso, R. G.
Page Count	40
Abstract	Respirable dust provisions of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 are designed to protect the most important resource of the coal mining industry--its workers. The Act imposes two respirable dust standards of 3.0 milligrams per cubic meter of air after June 30, 1970; and 2.0 milligrams per cubic meter of air after December 30, 1972. Under Federal regulations, each operator is required to carry out a dust sampling program established by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. This program features the sampling of 'high risk' face workers to establish that the exposure of each miner is below the dust standard. Mining sections, continuously in compliance with the regulations, may sample at less frequent intervals. In addition to requiring the mining company to take respirable dust samples, the Bureau of Mines will perform in-depth dust inspections twice a year, as well as frequent 'spot inspections.' The Bureau has established a semiautomatic computerized operation capable of processing over 1 million samples per year. This facility will be linked to various Bureau offices by a telecommunications system to provide automatic data printouts within hours after samples have been weighed. (Author)
Keywords	Atmosphere contamination control Mines(Excavations) Dust Air pollution Coal dust Law(Jurisprudence) Coal mines Regulations Respiratory diseases Pneumoconiosis Sampling Occupational diseases Samplers Coal Mine Health and Safety Act 1969 Mine safety
NTIS Subject Category	68A - Air Pollution & Control
Corporate Authors	BUREAU OF Mines, Washington, D.C.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Information circular.
NTIS Issue Number	197021