black-lung
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Today is the last day to comment on the Labor Department's plan to replace the 2024 rule's 100 percent black lung collateral for self-insured coal companies with seven tiers from 10 to 100 percent, phased in over three years, and five comments had been filed by Monday's count
Written comments on the Labor Department's proposed rewrite of how self-insured coal companies guarantee black lung benefits 'must be received by September 28, 2026', which is today. The proposal (FR Doc. 2026-15325, docket WCPO-2026-0529, RIN 1240-AA16) would replace the 2024 rule's requirement of security equal to 100 percent of estimated liabilities within one year with seven tiers based on financial strength, requiring 10 to 100 percent, phased in over three years. The Department says self-insured operators would still pledge 'over $300 million' more and would save about $7 million to $28 million a year. Its analysis says the change 'reallocates a portion of the bankruptcy-related risk to the taxpayers' while keeping deposits 'appropriately aligned with the associated risk of bankruptcy'. The backdrop: from 2014 to 2016, three self-insured operators went bankrupt with $27.4 million in collateral, and the liabilities that passed to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund were 'eventually estimated to be $865 million'. When the Federal Register checked regulations.gov at 15:55 UTC today, five comments had been filed.
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