Coal Dust Criteria Document

This criteria document reviews available information about the adverse health effects associated with exposure to respirable coal mine dust.

Material Under Consideration

Request for comments and secondary data on occupational exposure to coal dust; 55 FR 47393; 11/13/90 [PDF - 133 KB]

Draft criteria for a recommended standard…occupational exposure to respirable coal mine dust. External review copy, June 14, 1993. [PDF - 9,088 KB]

Notice of meeting; 58 FR 36691; 7/8/93 [PDF - 72 KB]

Criteria for a recommended standard.occupational exposure to respirable coal mine dust. [PDF - 36,248 KB]

Submissions to the Docket

Comments on the draft NIOSH document from Knebel (American Mining Congress) – 12/19/90 [PDF - 1,972 KB]

Submission to the docket from Vitale (Midwest Industrial Supply, Inc) – 1/9/91 [PDF - 647 KB]

Submission to the docket from Frantz (Penn State University) – 1/16/91 Attachments: [PDF - 31 KB]

• The Pennsylvania State University 1990. Generic Mineral Technology Center for Respirable Dust. Status report 1990, September 30, 1990. [PDF - 2,107 KB]
• The Pennsylvania State University 1988. Respirable dust in the mineral industries: health effects, characterization and control, 1988. [PDF - 17,828 KB]
• The Pennsylvania State University 1988. Report to the Committee of Mining and Mineral Resources Research 1987, November 1988. [PDF - 2,387 KB]
• The Pennsylvania State University 1988a. Publications produced in The Generic Mineral Technology Center for Respirable Dust in the year 1984. Submitted to the Office of Mineral Institutes, US Bureau of Mines, Washington, DC, June 30, 1988. [PDF - 2,570 KB]
• The Pennsylvania State University 1988b. Publications produced in The Generic Mineral Technology Center for Respirable Dust in the year 1985. Submitted to the Office of Mineral Institutes, US Bureau of Mines, Washington, DC, June 30, 1988. [PDF - 2,990 KB]
• The Pennsylvania State University 1989. Publications produced in The Generic Mineral Technology Center for Respirable Dust in the year 1986. Submitted to the Office of Mineral Institutes, US Bureau of Mines, Washington, DC, March 1989. [PDF - 9,571 KB]
• The Pennsylvania State University 1989. Publications produced in The Generic Mineral Technology Center for Respirable Dust in the year 1987. Submitted to the Office of Mineral Institutes, US Bureau of Mines, Washington, DC, May 31, 1989. [PDF - 4,784 KB]
• The Pennsylvania State University 1989. Respirable Dust Center Research Program Review. Submitted to the Office of Mineral Institutes, US Bureau of Mines, Washington, DC, August 31, 1989. [PDF - 3,906 KB]
• The Pennsylvania State University 1989. Publications produced in The Generic Mineral Technology Center for Respirable Dust in the year 1988. Submitted to the Office of Mineral Institutes, US Bureau of Mines, Washington, DC, August 31, 1989. [PDF - 6,505 KB]

Review of draft document by external reviewer – undated [PDF - 177 KB]

Additional review comments of draft document by external reviewer - undated [PDF - 73 KB]

Review of draft document by external reviewer – 7/5/93. [PDF - 390 KB]

Letter to Niemeier (NIOSH) from Hurd (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) – 7/8/93 [PDF - 23 KB]

Letter to Niemeier (NIOSH) from Watzman (National Coal Association); request for extension of comment period – 7/8/93 [PDF - 39 KB]

Letter to Niemeier (NIOSH) from Vines (Bituminous Coal Operators’ Association, Inc.); request for extension of comment period – 7/9/93 [PDF - 44 KB]

Review of draft document by external reviewer – 7/26/93 [PDF - 275 KB]

Review of draft document by external reviewer – 7/27/93 [PDF - 391 KB]

Review of draft document by external reviewer – 7/29/93 [PDF - 486 KB]

Review of draft document by Morrow (University of Rochester) – 8/2/93 [PDF - 71 KB]

Additional review of draft document by external reviewer – 8/2/93 [PDF - 478 KB]

Review of draft document by Mutmansky (The Pennsylvania State University) – 8/11/93 [PDF - 96 KB]

Review of draft document by Whittenberger (University of California, Irvine) – 8/16/93 [PDF - 259 KB]

Review of draft document by Emmett (Worksafe Australia) – 8/18/93 [PDF - 126 KB]

Review of draft document by Seixas (University of Washington) – 8/19/93 [PDF - 439 KB]

Letter to Niemeier (NIOSH) from Baxter (The University of Birmingham) – 9/8/93 [PDF - 19 KB]

Review of draft document by Townsend (private person) – 9/9/93 [PDF - 136 KB]

Review of draft document by Kane (Brown University) – 9/10/93 [PDF - 66 KB]

Review of draft document by Haag American Association of Occupational Health Nurses) – 9/10/93 [PDF - 182 KB]

Review of draft document by external reviewer – 9/10/93 [PDF - 1,802 KB]

Review of draft document by Knebel (American Mining Congress) – 9/10/93 [PDF - 1,972 KB]

Review of draft document by Samet (The University of New Mexico) – 9/13/93 [PDF - 119 KB]

Review of draft document by Strickland (Chemical Manufacturers Association) – 9/13/93 [PDF - 356 KB]

Letter to Niemeier (NIOSH) from Hernandez (American Iron and Steel Institute) – 9/13/93 [PDF - 39 KB]

Review of draft document by Zumwalt (ANR Coal Company) – 9/13/93 [PDF - 53 KB]

Review of draft document by Schwerha (U.S. Steel) – 9/13/93 [PDF - 160 KB]

Review of draft document by Burdick (Kerr-McGee Coal Corporation) – 9/13/93 [PDF - 116 KB]

Review of draft document by Watzman (National Coal Association) – 9/13/93 [PDF - 1,762 KB]

Letter to Niemeier (NIOSH) from O’Connor (American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine); request for extension of comment period – 9/13/93 [PDF - 26 KB]

Additional review of draft document by external reviewer – 9/14/93 [PDF - 625 KB]

Review of draft document by Hugler (Mine Safety and Health Administration) – 9/17/93 [PDF - 469 KB]

Review of draft document by Australian Environmental Health Services Pty. Ltd – 9/20/93 [PDF - 83 KB]

Additional review of draft document by external reviewer – 9/22/93 [PDF - 344 KB]

Review of draft document by Johnson (Michigan Technological University) – 10/6/93 [PDF - 253 KB]

Review of draft document by Acting Director, Bureau of Mines – 10/13/93 [PDF - 656 KB]