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 PUBLIC LAW 95-164—NOV. 9, 1977

91 STAT. 1291

equipment, shafts, slopes, tunnels, excavations, and other property, real or personal, placed upon, under, or above the surface of such land by any person, used in, or to be used in, or resulting from, the work of extracting in such area bituminous coal, lignite, or anthracite from its natural deposits in the earth by any means or method, and the work of preparing the coal so extracted, and includes custom coal preparation facilities;". (4) Sections 3(d), (e), (g), and (j) of such Act are each amended 30 USC 802. by inserting "or other" immediately after "coal" wherever it appears. (5) Section 3 of such Act is amended by striking out "and" at the end of paragraph (1). by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (m) and inserting in lieu thereof "; and", and by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraphs: " (n) 'Administration' means the Mine Safety and Health Administration in the Department of Labor. "(o) 'Commission' means the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission.". (c) Section 4 of such Act is amended by inserting "or other" imme- 30 USC 803. diately after "coal". (d) Section 5(c) of such Act is amended by striking out "Labor" 30 USC 804. and inserting in lieu thereof "the Interior". TITLE II—MINE SAFETY AND H E A L T H STANDARDS AMENDMENTS AMENDMENT To

TITLE I

SEC. 201. Title I of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 is amended to read as follows: "TITLE I—GENERAL = -

"MANDATORY SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS

"SEC. 101. (a) The Secretary shall by rule in accordance with proce- Rules. dures set forth in this section and in accordance with section 553 of 30 USC 811. title 5, United States Code (without regard to any reference in such section to sections 556 and 557 of such title), develop, promulgate, 5 USC 556, 557. and revise as may be appropriate, improved mandatory health or safety standards for the protection of life and prevention of injuries in coal or other mines. "(1) Whenever the Secretary, upon the basis of information sub- Advisory mitted to him in writing by an interested person, a representative of committee any organization of employers or employees, a nationally recognized recommendation, standards-producing organization, the Secretary of Health, Educa- request. tion, and Welfare, the National Institute for Occupational Safetj and Health, or a State or political subdivision, or on the basis of information developed by the Secretary or otherwise available to him, determines that a rule should be promulgated in order to serve the objectives of this Act, the Secretary may request the recommendation of an advisory committee appointed under section 102(c). The Secre- Information to tary shall provide such an advisory committee with any proposals of advisory his own or of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, committee. together with all pertinent factual information developed by the Secretary or the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare,' or otherwise available, including the results of research, demonstrations, and experiments. An advisory committee shall submit to the Secretary its Recommendations, submittil to Secretary.

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