See Supplementary Information section for meeting dates. See Supplementary Information section for meeting addresses. Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22203-1984. I. Public Meetings MSHA will be conducting seven public meetings throughout the country to receive comments from interested parties on the development of a proposed rule governing miner training. We will conduct the meetings in an informal manner, and a court reporter will make a verbatim transcript of the proceedings.
All meetings are open to the public.
In addition to making an oral statement, any member of the public may also submit written statements, charts, and other data to MSHA representatives at the meeting, which will be included as part of the record when a proposed rule is developed. You also may request to speak as you sign in at the meeting. In 1978 MSHA published regulations at 30 CFR part 48 that implemented the miner training provisions of Sec. 115 of the Mine Act. In 1979, Congress inserted language in the Department of Labor's appropriations bill for fiscal year 1980 that prohibited the expenditure of appropriated funds to enforce any training requirements at approximately 10,200 surface nonmetal work sites.