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Improving and Eliminating Regulations; Permissible Lamps in Underground Coal Mines

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), part of the Labor Department, is removing a provision on electric cap lamps and other electric lamps in underground coal mines from its regulations. MSHA says the provision is duplicative and that removing it will not reduce miner protections. The change is part of a broader Federal Register effort to improve and eliminate regulations.