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The Technical Study Panel
on the Utilization of Belt Air
and the Composition and Fire Retardant Properties
of Belt Materials in Underground Coal Mining
Single Source Page

These are the materials related to the June 2007 meeting.

The Technical Study Panel on the Utilization of Belt Air and the Composition and Fire Retardant Properties of Belt Materials in Underground Coal Mining held its first meeting on January 9, 2007 and January 10, 2007 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, DC 20004. The Panel's second meeting took place at the Holiday Inn, Coraopolis, Pa. on March 28 - March 30th, 2007. The third meeting was held at the Salt Lake Plaza Hotel at Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah on May 16-17, 2007. The fourth meeting took place at the Best Western Birmingham Airport Hotel in Birmingham, Alabama on June 20-21, 2007.

The Technical Study Panel was created under Section 11 of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006 (MINER Act)(Public Law 109-236). The Technical Study Panel is established in accordance with the requirements of the MINER Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The purpose of the Technical Study Panel is to "provide independent scientific and engineering review and recommendations with respect to the utilization of belt air and the composition and fire retardant properties of belt materials in underground coal mining." (MINER Act, Sec. 11)

The Technical Study Panel's report is to be submitted by December 20, 2007 to the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Committee on Health Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate, and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives.

Dr. Jan M. Mutmansky, Professor Emeritus of Mining Engineering, the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania is the Technical Study Panel's elected chairman.

Other Panel members are: Dr. Jurgen F. Brune, Director, Spokane Research Laboratory, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Pittsburgh Research Laboratory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Dr. Felipe Calizaya, Associate Professor, University of Utah, Mining Engineering, Salt Lake City, Utah; Dr. Jerry C. Tien, Associate Professor, Department of Mining Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, Missouri; Mr. Thomas P. Mucho, Thomas P. Mucho & Associates, Inc., Mining Consultancy, Washington, Pennsylvania; and Dr. James L. Weeks, Director, Evergreen Consulting, LLC, Silver Spring, Maryland.

Resources

Below are links to materials submitted for the June 2007 meeting. Items, including transcripts, will be posted as they become available.

June 2007 TSP Meeting Materials Received to Date
Part 1: Atmospheric Monitoring System (AMS) manufacturer presentations: American Mining Research Conspec Controls Pyott-Boone AMS System_Pyott Boone oral presentation AMS System_Pyott Boone slides Rel-Tek Corporation NIOSH presentations: Litton - sensors Mallett - training LMallett_NIOSH_Training.pdf LMallett_Emergency Comm Triangle.pdf Mallett - references LMallett_IC9450.pdf; LMallett_IC9463.pdf; LMallett IC9471.pdf NMA/Alabama Coal Association presentations: Brooks Run Mining Co.pdf Mountain Coal Company.pdf UMWA presentations: UMWA Submission_Citation.pdf Other presentations: Goodyear		Part 2: Panel Information Requests: 1967 Fire Hazard of Conveyor Belt 1974 Suppression of Fires 2 Entry Longwall Mining Systems Research to Develop a Schedule for Testing Conveyor Belts for Fire Resistance Schedule 28 - Approved 11-09-1955 Schedule 28 - Amended 12-09-1957 Presentations/References during the Meeting in Birmingham: NMA/Alabama Coal Association: ANR Belt Air Belt Air for Face Ventilation in Underground Coal Belt Air PaneI Illustration 01 Hartsog-CommentsOnBeltAir-Birmingham LMPI Belt Air Presentation NIOSH References (Litton’s presentation): Edwards et al. 2006 IC9311 RI9622 Stratification _Conti and Litton 1993 Other Presentations: CRE public comment Submission to the Panel Received Prior to the Meeting: Standard Comparison 2007 _ FennerDunlop Submission to the Panel Received After the Meeting: Booskar comment to the Technical Study Panel

Transcripts of the Public Meeting Held June 20 -21, 2007

Prior Meeting Submissions

Materials submitted for the January 2007 meeting, including transcripts.

Materials submitted for the March 2007 meeting, including transcripts.

Materials submitted for the May 2007 meeting, including transcripts.

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