[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 209 (Thursday, October 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58070-58071]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29026]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Petitions for Modification
The following parties have filed petitions to modify the
application of mandatory safety standards under section 101(c) of the
Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977.
1. Headache Coal Company, Inc.
[Docket No. M-98-87-C]
Headache Coal Company, Inc., Route 1, Box 419-A1, Gray, Kentucky
40734 has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR
75.380(f)(4)(i)(escapeways; bituminous and lignite mines) to its Roses
Creek Mine (I.D. No. 15-17074) located in Whitley County, Kentucky. The
petitioner proposes to install two 10 pound portable chemical fire
extinguishers in the operators deck or in the scoop of each Mescher
Tractor at the mine and have the extinguishers readily accessible to
the operator; to have the equipment operator inspect each fire
extinguisher daily before entering the escapeway; to have the equipment
operator maintain at the mine a record of daily inspections; and to
have a sufficient number of spare fire extinguishers maintained at the
mine in case a defective fire extinguisher is detected. The petitioner
asserts that the proposed alternative method would provide at least the
same measure of protection as would the mandatory standard.
2. Headache Coal Company, Inc.
[Docket No. M-98-88-C]
Headache Coal Company, Inc., Route 1, Box 419-A1, Gray, Kentucky
40734 has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 75.342
(methane monitors) to its Roses Creek Mine (I.D. No. 15-17074) located
in Whitley County, Kentucky. The petitioner proposes to use hand-held
continuous-duty methane and oxygen indicators instead of machine-
mounted methane monitors on three-wheel tractors with drag bottom
buckets. The petitioner asserts that the proposed alternative method
would provide at least the same measure of protection as would the
mandatory standard.
Request for Comments
Persons interested in these petitions are encouraged to submit
comments via e-mail to comments@msha.gov'', or on a computer disk
along with an original hard copy to the Office of Standards,
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Regulations, and Variances, Mine Safety and Health Administration, 4015
Wilson Boulevard, Room 627, Arlington, Virginia 22203. All comments
must be postmarked or received in that office on or before November 30,
1998. Copies of these petitions are available for inspection at that
address.
Dated: October 21, 1998.
Carol J. Jones,
Acting Director, Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances.
[FR Doc. 98-29026 Filed 10-28-98; 8:45 am]
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