Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 91.djvu/1354

 91 STAT. 1320

Office locations. 30 USC 823a.

PUBLIC LAW 95-164—NOV. 9, 1977 (c)(1) Section 5314 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(66) Chairman, Federal Mine Safety and Health Keview Commission.". (d) The principal office of the Commission shall be in the District of Columbia. Whenever the Commission deems that convenience of the public or the parties may be promoted, or delay or expense may be minimized, it may hold hearings or conduct other proceedings at any other place. AMENDMENTS W I T H RESPECT TO M I N E SAFETY AND H E A L T H ADMINISTRATION

Studies and research.

30 USC 951.

Duties.

Appropriation authorization.

30 USC 952. Assistance to States.

30 USC 953. Appropriation authorization.

30 USC 954.

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SEC. 303. (a)(1) Section 501 of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 is amended by inserting "or other" after "coal" wherever it appears therein, and by striking coal-mining" and inserting in lieu thereof "coal or other mining" wherever it appears therein. (2) Section 501(a) of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 is further amended by striking "and" after the semicolon in paragraph (10), by redesignating paragraph (11) as paragraph (12), and by inserting immediately after paragraph "(10)", the following new paragraph: " (11) to determine, upon the written request by any operator or authorized representative of miners, specifying with reasonable particularity the grounds upon which such request is made, whether any substance normally found in a coal or other mine has potentially toxic effects in the concentrations normally found in the coal or other mine or whether any physical agents or equipment found or used in a coal or other mine has potentially hazardous effects, and shall submit such determinations to both the operators and miners as soon as possible; and". (3) Section 501(b) of such Act is amended by adding after "Welfare" the following: "through the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health established under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970"; and by striking out the period at the end thereof and substituting "of the Interior in coordination with the Secretary". (4) Section 501(c) is amended by inserting "of the Interior" after "the Secretary" each place it occurs; and by inserting "in coordination with the Secretary" after "and Welfare" each place it occurs. (5) Section 501(e) of such Act is amended by inserting after "Secretary" the first time it occurs therein, "of the Interior" and by striking "$30,000,000" and by inserting, in lieu therof "$60,000,000". (6) Section 501(a) of such Act is amended by striking out "The Secretary and" and inserting in lieu thereof "The Secretary of the Interior and". (b) Section 502 of such Act is amended by inserting "or other" immediately after "coal" each time it appears therein. (c)(1) Section 503 of such Act is amended by inserting "or other" immediately after "coal" each time it appears therein, and by striking "Labor" and inserting in lieu thereof, "the Interior". (2)(A) The first sentence of section 503(h) of such Act is amended by deleting "$5,000,000" and by inserting in lieu thereof, "$10,000,000". (B) The second sentence of section 503(h) of such Act is amended by inserting before the period the following: ", except that no less than one-half of such sum shall be allocated to coal-producing States". (d)(1) Section 505 of such Act is amended by striking out "the mining of coal" and inserting in lieu thereof "in mining".

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