Public comments on the Request for Information To Improve the Health and Safety of Miners and To Prevent Accidents in Underground Coal Mines
30 CFR Part 75
RIN 1219-AB85
Docket No. MSHA–2014–29
Request for Information To Improve the Health and Safety of Miners and To Prevent Accidents in Underground Coal Mines
Fedreg. Doc. 2015-03982
Published February 26, 2015
Fedreg. Doc. 2015–09246
Published April 22, 2015
Comment Period Closes June 26, 2015
| File | Commenter | Date Received |
|---|---|---|
| AB85-Comm-1 | Pierre Mousset-Jones | 3/02/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-2 | LB | 3/02/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-3 | Jason P. Ellis, CIH, CSP, CHMM, Director, JM Huber Corporation | 3/11/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-4 | Terence Foreback, New Mexico State Mine Inspector, New Mexico Bureau of Mine Safety | 3/24/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-5 | Dave Blankenship, Pioneer, TN | 3/25/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-6 | Dave Anstine, Senior Technical Leader, IMERYS Carbonates | 4/16/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-7 | R.Karl Zipf, Jr., Ph.D., P.E. Research professor, Department of Mining Engineering, Colorado School of Mines | 4/21/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-8 | David Berg, Market Manager, Carmeuse Lime & Stone-Technology Center | 4/23/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-8-1 | Carmeuse Reply to MSHA RIN 1219-AB85, Section C. Rock Dust, pages 1-5 | 4/23/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-8-2 | PowerPoint Slide from the Office of Mine Safety and Health Research (OMSHR), Rock Dust Partnership Meeting, August 20, 2013 | 4/23/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-8-3 | Protocol: Wicking Experiments, Using a Plexiglass Desiccator Cabinet (12 in by 12 in by 18 in) | 4/23/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-8-4 | PALASCOUNTS, DustView II, Dust measuring device for the comparison of dust formation of powders and bulk materials, and DustViewII Quality in detail | 4/23/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-8-5 | PowerPoint Slide from the Office of Mine Safety and Health Research (OMSHR), Marcia L. Harris, Michael J. Sapko, Eric S. Weiss, Isaac A. Zlochower, Gerrit V.R. Goodman and Inoka E. Perera, Rock Dust Partnership Meeting: Essential Attributes of Rock Dust to Prevent Coal Dust Explosions, November 25, 2014 | 4/23/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-8-6 | Gravimetric Method for Determining Incombustible Content for Dust Samples, March 24, 2003 and Federal Register page 473 with the definition of Rock dust. | 4/23/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-9 | Jurgen Brune, Ph.D., P.E. Research Professor, Interim Director, EMCIS Program DAAD Research Ambassador, Colorado School of Mines, Mining Engineering Department | 5/4/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-9-1 | Brune, J.F. 2013. “Methane-air explosion hazard within coal mine gobs” Transactions of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration”, Vol. 334, pp. 376-390. | 5/4/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-9-2 | Brune, Jurgen F., et al 2015. “A Critical Look at Longwall Bleeder Ventilation” (6 pages). (Preprint) | 5/4/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-10 | David Berg, Carmeuse Lime & Stone | 5/6/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-10-1 | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 2011 “A story of Impact, A | 5/6/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-10-2 | Harris M.L., et al, Mining Engineer 2008, 60(10); 74-78, “Field evaluation of the Coal dust explosibility meter (CDEM)” (5 pages). | 5/6/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-11 | Jeff Sanders | 5/18/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-12 | Emily Coyner, Director, Environmental Issues, National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA) | 6/8/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-13 | Wayne A. Rosenthal, Director, Illinois Department of Natural Resources | 6/19/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-14 | Beth A. Botsis, Deputy Executive Director, Interstate Mining Compact Commission | 6/19/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-14-1 | State Responses, MSHA RFI (Section G) Re. Certificate of Persons Perform Mine Examinations | 6/19/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-15 | Giovanni Tomasi, CEO/Chief Technology Officer, RSL Fiber Systems, LLC | 6/25/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-16 | Edward M. Green, Crowell & Moring LLP | 6/26/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-17 | Paul A. Schulte, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) | 6/26/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-17-1 | Paul A. Schulte, Ph.D. Director, Education and Information Division, Department of Health and Human Resources | 6/26/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-17-2 | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Comments for MSHA | 6/26/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-17-3 | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Comments for MSHA | 6/26/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-17-4 | ASTM International, August 2011, (201) “Standard Test Method for Fineness of Hydraulic Cement by Air-Permeability Apparatus” (1 Page). (Copyrighted material) | 6/26/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-17-5 | National Coal Board, September 1960, “Coal Dust Explosions” (3 pages). (Copyrighted material) | 6/26/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-17-6 | Jurgen Brune, et al, 14th United States/North American Mine Ventilation June, 2012 “A Modeling Study on Longwall Tailgate Ventilation” (1 page). (Copyrighted material) | 6/26/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-17-7 | Cybulski & Dublinski, 2010 Mining Institute, Katowice, Poland, (IV, 324 “Prevention of Methane and Coal Dust Explosions in the Polish Hard Coal Mines” IN - A century of mining research/ edited by Jurgen Brune.p.cm (2 pages). (Copyrighted material) | 6/26/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-17-8 | Christakis N. 2006, “Aggregation and caking processes of granular materials: continuum model and numerical simulation with application to sugar” (1 page). (Copyrighted material) | 6/26/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-17-9 | Lebecki, K.P., et al. September 5, 1995, (73) “Control of Dust Explosions in Multiple-Entry Gate Systems” (2 pages). (Copyrighted material) | 6/26/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-17-10 | Robert B. Krong et al, Int. J. Mining and Mineral Engineering, (328) Vol. 5, No. 4, 2014, “Methane emissions and airflow patterns along longwall faces and through bleeder ventilation systems” (1 page). (Copyrighted material) | 6/26/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-17-11 | Kazimierz L. et al, Central Miming Institutes, Katowice, Poland, (211) “Test result and practical use of the water bags barriers” 29th International Conference of Safety in Mine Research Institutes, (2 pages) 8-11 October 2001. (Copyrighted material) | 6/26/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-17-12 | Jurgen Brune, Extracting the Science, A century Mining Research, (IV, 358), Kazimierz Lebecki, central mining institute, Katowice, Poland “Large Scale Test U.S. BoM and CMI Collaboration, (3 pages) 2010. (Copyrighted material) | 6/26/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-17-13 | Meerbach H. “Investigation of the Efficacy of Water Barriers in Special Conditions Of Application” XVI International Conference on Coal Mine Safety Research,(2pages) September 22-26, 1975. (Copyrighted material) | 6/26/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-17-14 | Amendment No.1 to British Coal Specification 608:1973 “Lime Stone Dust” (2 pages) March 1, 1987. (Copyrighted material) | 6/26/2015 |
| AB85-Comm-17-15 | Powell F. et al, “A test of the waterproofiness of waterproofed limestone dust (426) Engineering Village (2 pages) October, 1964. (Copyrighted material) |
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