Clinton Administration Approves More Benefits for Miners with Black-Lung.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News | Date: December 7, 2000| Author: Ward, Ken, Jr. | Copyright information

Dec. 6--Coal miners will find it easier to qualify for black-lung benefits under new rules approved in the final weeks of the Clinton administration.

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On Friday, the White House Office of Management and Budget approved the rules, according to OMB records.

On Monday, the U.S. Department of Labor sent its final version of the rules to be publish...

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