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Black Lung Regulations

Current Regulations

  • 20 C.F.R. Part 718 -Standards for Determining Coal Miners' Total Disabilty or Death Due to Pneumoconsiosis
  • 20 C.F.R. Part 725 -Claims for Benefits under Part C of Title IV of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, as Amended

[Note: The general effective date for the current regulations was January 19, 2001. Section 725.2(c) states the applicability of these regulations to pending claims; Part 727 was deleted from the current CFR publication]

Old Regulations [effective prior to January 19, 2001]

Selected Regulatory History

  • Amendments to elminate procedural requirement that the parties' names be included in a Decision and Order, 72 Fed. Reg. 4202 (Jan. 30, 2007) PDF | HTM
  • Amendments to conform regulations to holdings in National Mining Ass'n v. Dep't of Labor, 292 F.3d 849 (D.C. Cir. 2002), 68 Fed. Reg. 69929 (Dec. 15, 2003) PDF | HTM
  • Final Rule (Dec. 20, 2000), 65 Fed. Reg. 79919 PDF | HTM
  • Revised Proposed Rule, 64 Fed. Reg. 54965 (Oct. 8, 1999) PDF | HTM
  • Proposed Rule, 62 Fed. Reg. 3337 (Jan. 22, 1997) PDF | HTM