MSHA Issues Rule Reforms To Narrow District Managers’ Authority

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is seeking to eliminate a number of regulatory provisions that allow district managers to require additional safety measures beyond those specified in regulation as part of a group of proposals to remove outdated or duplicative provisions. Among the targeted provisions are those allowing a district manager to require additional measures in roof control plans, changes in or additions to miner training programs and additions to mine ventilation plans. They are three of 18...