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	<title>Minnesota Mine Safety Association - A State Chapter of the J.A. Holmes Safety Association</title>
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	<description>Safety and Health in the Contruction Materials Industry</description>
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		<title>MSHA Clarifies Position On Truck Scales And Advance Notice Of Inspections</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MSHA today released both a Program information Bulletin (PIB), regarding the advance notice of inspection prohibition and a Program Policy Letter (PPL), clarifying the agency&#8217;s stance on truck scales at Metal/Nonmetal mine sites.  While the advance notice PIB is a reiteration of existing policy, the truck scale PPL outlines specific criteria operators can use to determine their compliance [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://minnesotaminesafety.org/?p=133</link>
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		<title>MSHA Addresses 89,000 Contested Citations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MSHA announced on August 20th a 90 day pilot program to address the backlog of contested citations. This announcement came via a press release accompanied by a  memo outlining the particulars of the program.
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		<link>http://minnesotaminesafety.org/?p=114</link>
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		<title>Letter from Assistant Secretary Joe Main</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The above mentioned letter from MSHA Assistant Secretary Joe Main underscores MSHA&#8217;s increased inspection focus for the upcoming season. Starting March 15 MSHA will begin enhanced inspections in nine different categories encompassing 24 standards. Thirteen of these standards are specific to metal/nonmetal with the remaining 11 coming from coal. The complete text of the letter [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://minnesotaminesafety.org/?p=77</link>
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