MSHA Accepting Comments on Changes to Pattern of Violations Rule
On January 31, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) proposed a new rule to better protect mine workers from unsafe mines. The new rule addresses…
Read articleMSHA to Hold Prestonsburg Hearing on New Black Lung Regulations
the proposed rule would significantly improve health protections for coal miners by reducing their exposure to respirable coal mine dust and lowering the risk that they will suffer from Black Lung Disease
Read articleCourt Accepting Comments on Cabinet’s Proposed Settlement with ICG and Frasure Creek
After Appalachian Voices, Kentuckians For the Commonwealth, Kentucky Riverkeepers, and Waterkeeper Alliances sent notices of intent to sue ICG and Frasure Creek for numerous instances of…
Read articleACLC and KFTC Prevail in Suit Against Strict Conditions Placed by Kentucky on All Coal Mining Permits in the Wilson Creek Watershed
On September 10, 2010, Judge Thomas D. Wingate dismissed Miller Bros. Coal’s petition to remove the conditions placed on coal mine permitting within the Wilson Creek…
Read articleACLC Submits Comments on the Proposed Mine Safety and Health Act of 2010
Please read our July 12, 2010 comments below to the Honorable George Miller, Chairman of the House Committee on Education and Labor: Letter to Chairman Miller…
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