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Electronic Detonators; Correction

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identifier: "/us/fr/2020-08859"
source: "fr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "Electronic Detonators; Correction"
title_number: 0
title_name: "Federal Register"
section_number: "2020-08859"
section_name: "Electronic Detonators; Correction"
positive_law: false
currency: "2020-05-20"
last_updated: "2020-05-20"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
agency: "Labor Department"
document_number: "2020-08859"
document_type: "rule"
publication_date: "2020-05-20"
agencies:
  - "Labor Department"
  - "Mine Safety and Health Administration"
cfr_references:
  - "30 CFR Part 56"
  - "30 CFR Part 57"
rin: "1219-AB88"
fr_citation: "85 FR 30627"
fr_volume: 85
docket_ids:
  - "Docket No. MSHA-2019-0007"
effective_date: "2020-05-20"
fr_action: "Direct final rule; correction."
---

#  Electronic Detonators; Correction

**AGENCY:**

Mine Safety and Health Administration, Labor.

**ACTION:**

Direct final rule; correction.

**SUMMARY:**

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is correcting a footnote in the preamble of a direct final rule that appeared in the *Federal Register* on January 14, 2020 and that became effective on March 16, 2020. The direct final rule revised certain safety standards for explosives at metal and nonmetal mines.

**DATES:**

Effective May 20, 2020.

**ADDRESSES:**

*Federal Register Publications:* Access rulemaking documents electronically at *https://www.msha.gov/regulations/rulemaking* or *http://www.regulations.gov* [Docket Number: MSHA-2019-0007].

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**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**

Roslyn B. Fontaine, Acting Director, Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances, MSHA, at *[email protected]* (email), 202-693-9440 (voice), or 202-693-9441 (fax). These are not toll-free numbers.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**

In FR Doc. 2019-28446 appearing on page 2022 in the *Federal Register* of Tuesday, January 14, 2020, the following correction is made: On page 2023, in the third column, under II. Background, A. General Discussion, footnote 1 is corrected to read:

“MSHA considers detonators fired by a shock tube and incorporating a pre-programmed microchip delay rather than a pyrotechnic one to be non-electric detonators, not electronic detonators.”

David G. Zatezalo,

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health Administration.