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Mine Health and Safety Counseling and Technical Assistance

Program Information

Popular name

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Program Number

17.601

Program objective

To improve conditions of health and safety in and around coal, metal and nonmetallic mines and mineral processing facilities through technical advice, special studies, investigations, and development of mine health and safety programs.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2016

    Technical Support will continue initiatives that prevent and further reduce mine accidents and disasters by providing engineering and scientific expertise to mine inspectors, state agencies, and industry stakeholders. Activities include equipment testing and approvals, engineering and scientific evaluation of health and safety hazards, laboratory support, environmental sampling, accident investigations, mine rescue team training, air and dust sampling. Technical Support will continue initiatives that prevent and further reduce mine accidents and disasters by providing engineering and scientific expertise to mine inspectors, state agencies, and industry stakeholders. Activities include equipment testing and approvals, engineering and scientific evaluation of health and safety hazards, laboratory support, environmental sampling, accident investigations, mine rescue team training, air and dust sampling.

  2. 2018

    Technical Support continued initiatives that help prevent and further reduce mine accidents and disasters by providing engineering and scientific expertise to mine inspectors, state agencies, and industry stakeholders. Activities include equipment testing and approvals, engineering and scientific evaluation of health and safety hazards, laboratory support, environmental sampling, accident investigations, mine rescue team training, air and dust sampling.

  3. 2019

    Technical Support will continue initiatives that prevent and further reduce mine accidents and disasters by providing engineering and scientific expertise to mine inspectors, state agencies, and industry stakeholders. Activities include equipment testing and approvals, engineering and scientific evaluation of health and safety hazards, laboratory support, environmental sampling, accident investigations, mine rescue team training, air and dust sampling

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

Title 30, Mineral Resources (Code of Federal Regulations); Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977; 2006 Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response (MINER) Act; Bureau of Mines/NIOSH Information Circulars; Bureau of Mines/NIOSH Reports of Investigations; MSHA Informational Reports.

Program details

Program types

Eligible applicants

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Individual/Family
  • Native American Organizations
  • Other private institution/organization
  • Other public institution/organization
  • Private nonprofit institution/organization
  • Profit organization
  • Public nonprofit institution/organization
  • Quasi-public nonprofit organization
  • State

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