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But the Obama administration has repeatedly refused to comment on whether it's making progress toward finalizing an October 2010 rule aimed at tightening coal-dust limits and eliminating blacklung. The rule is scheduled to be finalized... Published: Saturday, May 18, 2013 Words: 865
update its decades-old rule on exposure to silica dust to help protect coal miners from the rising threat of deadly blacklung disease. Fine. As long as MSHA officials are ready to get rid of two other rules - like maybe the one that... Published: Sunday, February 05, 2017 Words: 913
rules because the industry has already done "a pretty good job" of dealing with blacklung. UMW President Cecil Roberts said Paul is wrong about the blacklung rules, but that he wasn't surprised to hear his statements about the matter.... Published: Sunday, April 10, 2011 Words: 610
Their son’s post-mortem indicated he had blacklung, a puzzling diagnosis since he was only 33. Photo by DAVID DEAL for NPR Reach KenWard Jr. at kward@wvgazette.com or 304-348-1702.... Published: Sunday, July 08, 2012 Words: 560
plants altogether. Labor Department plans for key miner safety and health improvements, including a centerpiece rule to prevent deadly blacklung disease, continue to be delayed. Efforts to crack down on mountaintop removal avoided... Published: Sunday, October 21, 2012 Words: 1749
members expect to file the final rule with the secretary of state on April 23, and board members set the effective date as July 1. Reach KenWard Jr. at kward@wvgazette.com or 304-348-1702.... Published: Thursday, April 10, 2014 Words: 969
by Miller, though, the new bill would not mandate that MSHA tighten the legal limit for coal dust in underground mines to help try to end blacklung disease. During a committee meeting Wednesday, Republican lawmakers failed in their... Published: Thursday, July 22, 2010 Words: 361
but that falsification of the dust sampling used to enforce federal blacklung protections was common at the Raleigh County mine. Reach KenWard Jr. at kward@wvgazette.com, 304-348-1702 or follow @kenwardjr on Twitter.... Published: Wednesday, March 11, 2015 Words: 539
charge of MSHA. After his confirmation in October 2009, Main announced an ambitious agenda that included a long-stalled effort to end deadly blacklung disease. A little more than five months later, though, the Upper Big Branch Mine... Published: Sunday, October 28, 2012 Words: 1523
be a factor in an explosion tomorrow," Blankenship said of MSHA's moves to limit scrubber use. "It could be a factor in someone getting blacklung." MSHA has said the dispute is more about Massey's desire to resume taking large cuts... Published: Saturday, November 20, 2010 Words: 1103
