8th Circuit Grants Expedited Briefing on Silica Rule for Miners

A mineral mining trade group’s bid to pause a federal rule that would require mines to cut the amount of breathable silica that miners are exposed to in half will move forward in the Eighth Circuit.

The US Mine Safety and Health Administration must respond by April 9 to the motion, while a reply is due from the mine trade groups on April 10, the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit said in granting the National Stone, Sand, and Gravel Association’s request for an expedited briefing of it’s emergency administrative stay for the finalized silica rule.

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