National Mining Association v. Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. Background.........................................................848

A. Summary of the New Dust Rule...................................848

B. Positions of the Parties...........................................850

II. Legislative and Regulatory Context....................................852

A. Early Regulation of the Mining Industry and the Coal Act............852

B. The Mine Act...................................................855

C. Regulatory History Following the Mine Act.........................858

III. MSHA’s Authority to…