WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced it is furthering President Trump’s executive order aimed at eliminating unnecessary, outdated, and burdensome regulations by issuing five final rules related to mine safety and health.Today’s final rules do not reduce protections for miners because they remove requirements that are no longer applicable to the underground mining industry. These changes include removing outdated effective dates, requirements for outdated technology that is no longer used, and duplicative requirements.  MSHA issued final rules in the following areas: Permissible lamps – Removes duplicative requirements for electric cap lamps and other electric lamps