A bill to amend the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969.

Summary

Provides that the provisions of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, except those provisions relating to imminent danger, shall not apply to any coal mine to which a waiver has been granted under this Act. Sets forth the requirements under which the Secretary of the Interior shall approve applications for waivers, including: (1) that the mine has no more than five miners; (2) that the miners shall have knowingly elected to work underground in the mine; (3) that the mine is above the water table; and (4) that a substantial portion of the mined coal is consumed locally for space heating. Authorizes the Secretary to revoke a waiver for noncompliance with the mining requirements set forth in this Act.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 22 March 1973

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