The regional mine safety office in Hempfield remains set to close while three others in the state have received a reprieve.

Mine Safety and Health Administration offices in Marshall, Waynesburg and Frackville in Schuykill County were removed last week from the list of mine safety offices to have leases terminated as part of 34 MSHA offices targeted under Department of Government Efficiency’s cost-cutting measures led by billionaire Elon Musk.

By closing the Hempfield office, DOGE projected the federal government would save $800,000.

MSHA did not say on its website if layoffs of mine safety inspectors would accompany the closing of the offices or whether those workers would be moved to another location. The MSHA website lists five employees at the office.

A Department of Labor spokesman did not provide information on the termination of the lease for the office near New Stanton.

The Labor Department said last week that it is working the General Services Administration — the agency that oversees federal real estate matters — to ensure that the mine safety inspectors are able to do their jobs to prevent injuries and deaths in mine, according to an Associated Press report.

GSA spokesperson Amina Brock could not be reached for comment.

The Labor Department’s May 29 decision to reverse the plans to terminate the leases comes after the United Mine Workers of America and other mine safety advocates raised concerns about negative impact on mine safety, the UMWA said last week. Federal mine safety inspectors work from the mine safety offices, which the UMWA noted are often in remote mining communities.

“We’ve said from day one that cutting these offices would compromise inspectors’ ability to respond quickly to accidents, enforce safety regulations, and protect the lives of our members and their coworkers,” said UMWA International President Cecil E. Roberts.

A MSHA spokesperson could not be reached for comment.

The UMWA said it wants the GSA and the Labor Department to provide full transparency about which offices remain at risk, and to halt any remaining efforts to reduce the government’s mine safety infrastructure.