[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 30, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 30CFR44.12]

[Page 187-188]
 
                       TITLE 30--MINERAL RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 44--RULES OF PRACTICE FOR PETITIONS FOR MODIFICATION OF MANDATORY SAFETY STANDARDS--Table of Contents
 
       Subpart B--Initial Procedure for Petitions for Modification
 
Sec. 44.12  Procedure for public notice of petition received.

    (a) Within 15 days from the filing of a petition for modification, 
the Mine Safety and Health Administration will

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give notice of the petition to each known representative of miners or 
the operator of the affected mine, as appropriate, and shall publish 
notice of the petition in the Federal Register.
    (b) The Federal Register notice shall contain a statement that the 
petition has been filed, identify the petitioner and the mine or mines 
to which the petition relates, cite the mandatory safety standard for 
which modification is sought, and describe the requested relief.
    (c) All such notices shall advise interested parties that they may, 
within 30 days from the date of publication in the Federal Register, in 
writing, comment upon or provide information relative to the proposed 
modification.

[43 FR 29518, July 7, 1978, as amended at 55 FR 53440, Dec. 28, 1990]