WASHINGTON - On Tuesday, June 3, 2014, MSHA published a notice in the Federal Register extending the comment period on the Agency’s Request for Information (RFI) on Refuge Alternatives for Underground Coal Mines.
The original RFI was published in the Federal Register on August 8, 2013 (78 FR 48593) and was extended twice. In response to a subsequent request to further extend the comment period, MSHA is extending the comment period to October 2, 2014.
MSHA encourages interested parties to provide data and information in response to the questions in the RFI by the close of the comment period. This extension gives interested parties additional time to review research reports and other relevant information that bears on certain issues raised in the RFI. The RFI and extension notices are available on MSHA’s website at http://www.msha.gov/REGSRFI.asp.