Diesel Particulate Matter Exposure of Underground Metal and Nonmetal Miners

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We (the Mine Safety and Health Administration) are extending the period for comments on the proposed rule entitled "Diesel Particulate Matter Exposure of Underground Metal and Nonmetal Miners (DPM)," published in the Federal Register on September 7, 2005 (70 FR 53280). We are also rescheduling the public hearings on the proposed rule from September 26, 28, and 30, 2005 to January 5, 9, 11, and 13, 2006. We find these actions necessary to provide sufficient time and an orderly process for affected parties to comment on the proposed rule. By a separate document published in today's Federal Register, we are also temporarily delaying the applicability date for 30 CFR 57.5060(b) published in the Federal Register on January 19, 2001 (66 FR 5706) from January 20, 2006 to May 20, 2006, to provide sufficient time to complete the September 7, 2005 proposal to amend the 2001 DPM rule.