# 2026-12665: Mining Company Seeks Alternative Safety Compliance Method

2026-12665, Petition for Modification of Application of Existing Mandatory Safety Standards, is a Federal Register notice from Labor Department, Mine Safety and Health Administration published 2026-06-24, effective All comments on the petition must be received by MSHA's Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances on or before July 24, 2026.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-01).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2026-12665
- Title: Petition for Modification of Application of Existing Mandatory Safety Standards
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Labor Department; Mine Safety and Health Administration
- Citation: 91 FR 38025
- Published: 2026-06-24
- Effective: All comments on the petition must be received by MSHA's Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances on or before July 24, 2026.
- Comments close: 2026-07-24
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-07-01

## In one line

Mining Company Seeks Alternative Safety Compliance Method

## Summary

Fossil Rock Resources, a mining company, asked to change some safety rules to use a different method that keeps miners just as safe. This change could affect how they work but won’t reduce safety. People have until July 24, 2026, to share their thoughts, and no extra costs are expected.

## Abstract

This notice is a summary of a petition for modification submitted to the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) by Fossil Rock Resources, LLC.

## Effects PRIA read

- Allow modern intrinsically safe PAPRs at Fossil Rock: benefit, medium. Fossil Rock Resources asked MSHA to let miners at the Fossil Rock Mine in Emery County, Utah use intrinsically safe powered air-purifying respirators (PAPRs) and specified full-face respirators inby the last open crosscut instead of MSHA‑permissible PAPRs. The petition names specific devices (Clean…

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## Sources
- [2026-12665 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/24/2026-12665/petition-for-modification-of-application-of-existing-mandatory-safety-standards)
- [2026-12665 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-24/pdf/2026-12665.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-12665 (as of 2026-07-01).