TheMine Safety and Health Administrationand theOccupational Safety and Health Administrationwill discuss their upcoming regulatory agendas live and online on Wednesday, January 5. The MSHA will do it in the form of a conference call that starts at 10:30 a.m. EST. The call-in number is 800-619-3527 and the passcode is 49374.

OSHA will hold a web chat, which is also open to the public, from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EST. To participate in the web chat, go to: http://www.dol.gov/regulations.

The regulatory agenda lists all of the regulations the department expects to have under active consideration during the coming six-to-12-month period. It is available online atwww.dol.gov/asp/regs/agenda.htm.