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For Immediate Release
January 8, 2008
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Comprehensive Update of Mine Safety Laws Goes Before Senate
Environmental Resources and Energy Committee
First major rewrite of
mine safety laws in more than 45 years.
Harrisburg – The Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, chaired
by Sen. Mary Jo White (R-21), will meet next week to consider the first
comprehensive rewrite of Pennsylvania's mine safety laws in more than 45 years.
The meeting will be held Tuesday, January 15 at 9:30 a.m. in Room 8 E-B of
the Capitol's East Wing.
Among its provisions, Senate Bill 949 would create a new Board of Coal Mine
Safety to keep Pennsylvania's mine safety standards regularly updated, provide
for greater responsibility for operators to ensure the safety, and enable the
state to establish a central database of maps of mines throughout the
Commonwealth.
Senator White, Democratic Committee Chairman Raphael Musto and the bill's
sponsor, Sen. Richard Kasunic, worked closely with Department of Environmental
Protection Secretary Kathleen McGinty, DEP officials, coal mine operators and
mine union officials in preparing the legislation.
CONTACT:
Patrick Henderson – Sen. White
(717) 787-9684
Richard Fox – Sen. Musto
(717) 787-7105
Will Dando – Sen. Kasunic
(717) 787-7175
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