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Testing, Evaluation, and Approval of Electric Motor-Driven Mine Equipment and Accessories

FR Abstract

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is revising its regulations that set out the testing, evaluation, and approval requirements for electric motor-driven mine equipment and accessories intended for use in gassy mines. Under this final rule, MSHA incorporates by reference eight ANSI-approved voluntary consensus standards that are suitable for gassy mining environments to protect against fire or explosion hazards, and accepts them as alternatives to the existing testing, evaluation, and approval requirements for electric motor-driven mine equipment and accessories. This final rule offers more flexibility in the testing, evaluation, and approval requirements that product designers and manufacturers must meet in seeking MSHA approvals. This final rule will promote the use of innovative and advanced technologies that lead to improvements in mine safety and health.

Incorporation

FR Document Number

2024-28315

Federal Register Volume

Federal Register Year

2024-12-10

Federal Register Start Page

99085

Federal Register End Page

99105

Federal Agency

Labor Department

Federal Register Link

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-10/pdf/2024-28315.pdf

CFR Citation

30 CFR 74

FR Citation

89 FR 99085

CFR title

CFR Part

Document Number

UL 60079–25

Document Edition

2020

Standard Title

Standard for Safety for Explosive Atmospheres—Part 25: Intrinsically Safe Electrical Systems, Second Edition, Dated December 2, 2011, including revisions through June 12, 2020

SDO

Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.

Standard Number Link

https://www.ulstandards.com/IBR/logon.aspx

Excerpts

(E.O.) 12866, as amended by E.O. 14094, and E.O. 13563. Regarding public access to the VCS, MSHA notes that the VCS being incorporated by reference in the final rule will be available to the public for review at MSHA headquarters and at MSHA's Approval and Certification Center. More information on the availability of the VCS incorporated by reference in the final rule is presented in section XI.L, Incorporation by Reference. UL opposed MSHA's proposal to accept non-ANSI standards, such as the IEC 60079 series (Document ID 0021). This commenter

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