September 16, 2026

MSHA Sends Final Silica Dust Standard Revisions For White House Review


January 16, 2024 at 06:26 PM
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has sent its final rule updating the 50-year-old standards for respirable crystalline silica (RCS) to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for interagency review, advancing a long-delayed rulemaking process and teeing up a last round of debate on the policy.

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