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[FR Doc No: 94-7583]
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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. Southern Ohio Coal Company
[Docket No. M-94-24-C]
American Electric Power Service Corporation, One Memorial Drive,
Box 700, Lancaster, Ohio 43130-0700 has filed a petition for Southern
Ohio Coal Company to modify the application of 30 CFR 75.335
(construction of seals) to its Meigs Mine No. 31 (I.D. No. 33-01172)
located in Meigs County, Ohio. The petitioner proposes to construct a
dam with pipes eight inches in diameter, extending through the dam
approximately fifty feet from the seal on the active workings side of
the seal. The water level at the seal would be above the bottom of the
seal with the water passing through the three pipes at a rate
comparable to that at which it is produced in the abandoned Raccoon
Mine No. 3. The water flows into a sump and is pumped from the Meigs
Mine No. 31. The petitioner proposes to examine the seal at least every
three days instead of every seven days and to install an atmospheric
monitoring system in the area immediately outby the seal to monitor for
methane and carbon monoxide. The petitioner asserts that the proposed
alternate method would provide at least the same measure of protection
as would the mandatory standard.
2. Bear Coal Company, Inc.
[Docket No. M-94-25-C]
Bear Coal Company, Inc., P.O. Box 518, Somerset, Colorado 81434 has
filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 75.380(d)(4)
(escapeways; bituminous and lignite mines) to its Bear No. 3 Mine (I.D.
No. 05-03787) located in Gunnison County, Colorado. The petitioner
requests that the standard be modified to allow a 4 foot wide x 5 foot
high escapeway, without the use of supplemental support, through the
beltline slope. The petitioner asserts that the proposed alternate
method would provide at least the same measure of protection as would
the mandatory standard.
3. Kelley Creek Resources, Inc.
[Docket No. M-94-26-C]
Kelley Creek Resources, Inc., Route 4, Box 662, Whitwell, Tennessee
37397 has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR
75.364(a)(1) (weekly examination) to its Mine No. 78 (I.D. No. 40-
02934) located in Sequatchie County, Tennessee. Due to deteriorating
roof conditions, to examine the area would require extensive cleanup.
The petitioner proposes to designate evaluation points at specific
locations, strategically positioned to monitor on a weekly basis the
quantity and quality of air entering, passing through, and exiting the
affected area. The petitioner asserts that the proposed alternative
method would provide at least the same measure of protection as would
the mandatory standard.
4. Kelley Creek Resources, Inc.
[Docket No. M-94-27-C]
Kelley Creek Resources, Inc., Route 4, Box 662, Whitwell, Tennessee
37397 has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR
75.333(g) (ventilation controls) to its Mine No. 78 (I.D. No. 40-02934)
located in Sequatchie County, Tennessee. Due to deteriorating roof
conditions, installing line brattice to make a crosscut in the entries
or rooms inby the rib would require extensive cleanup of the area,
which would expose the examiner and other personnel to unsafe
conditions and would jeopardize the safety and health of the miners.
The petitioner proposes to designate evaluation points at specific
locations, strategically positioned to monitor the quantity and quality
of air entering, passing through and exiting the affected area. The
petitioner asserts that the proposed alternate method would provide at
least the same measure of protection as would the mandatory standard.
5. Kelley Creek Resources, Inc.
[Docket No. M-94-28-C]
Kelley Creek Resources, Inc., Route 4, Box 662, Whitwell, Tennessee
37397 has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR
75.360(b)(6) (preshift examination) to its Mine No. 78 (I.D. No. 40-
02934) located in Sequatchie County, Tennessee. Due to deteriorating
roof conditions, traveling the intake air course to conduct preshift
examinations would be unsafe. The petitioner proposes to designate
evaluation points at specific locations, strategically positioned to
monitor the quantity and quality of air entering, passing through, and
exiting the affected area. The petitioner asserts that the alternate
method would provide at least the same measure of protection as would
the mandatory standard.
6. New Warwick Mining Company
[Docket No. M-94-29-C]
New Warwick Mining Company, R.D. 1, Box 167A, Mount Morris,
Pennsylvania 15349 has filed a petition to modify the application of 30
CFR 75.364(b)(1) (weekly examination) to its Warwick Mine (I.D. No. 36-
02374) located in Greene County, Pennsylvania. Due to deteriorating
roof conditions in the intake air course, traveling the affected area
to make weekly examinations would be unsafe. The petitioner proposes to
establish evaluation points #4 and #5 to monitor the quantity and
quality of air entering and leaving the affected area. The petitioner
asserts that the alternate method would provide at least the same
measure of protection as would the mandatory standard.
7. Mon River Mining Corporation
[Docket No. M-94-30-C]
Mon River Mining Corporation, P.O. Box 2429, Westover, West
Virginia 26505 has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR
75.364(b)(2) (weekly examination) to its No. 1 Deep Mine (I.D. No. 46-
06647) located in Monongalia County, West Virginia. Due to
deteriorating roof conditions in the right return in the crosscut outby
the belt overcast and the adjacent heading at survey Station No. 45,
the area cannot be traveled safely. The petitioner proposes to
establish check point No. 3 outby and check point No. 4 inby the
crosscut; to post danger signs and block off the affected area to
travel; to check each side of the crosscut for proper air movement and
for methane and oxygen deficiency; to record date, time and initials on
a date board on each side of the crosscut; and to make weekly
examinations and record the results in a book kept on the surface. The
petitioner asserts that the alternate method would provide at least the
same measure of protection as would the mandatory standard.
8. New Warwick Mining Company
[Docket No. M-94-31-C]
New Warwick Mining Company, R.D. 1, Box 167A, Mount Morris,
Pennsylvania 15349 has filed a petition to modify the application of 30
CFR 75.335 (a)(2), (c) (1) and (2) (construction of seals) to its
Warwick Mine (I.D. No. 36-02374) located in Greene County,
Pennsylvania. The petitioner proposes to construct a concrete block
water trap wet seal at number 23 seal in the 2 North section of the
mine. The petitioner asserts that the proposed alternate method would
provide at least the same measure of protection as would the mandatory
standard.
9. Bear Coal Company, Inc.
[Docket No. M-94-32-C]
Bear Coal Company, Inc., P.O. Box 518, Somerset, Colorado 81434 has
filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 75.380(d)(4)
(escapeways; bituminous and lignite mine) to its Bear No. 3 Mine (I.D.
No. 05-03787) located in Gunnison County, Colorado. The petitioner
requests that the standard be modified to allow the existing 4 foot
stairway between the ``B'' and ``C'' seam to be used as an alternate
escapeway. The petitioner asserts that the proposed alternate method
would provide at least the same measure of protection as would the
mandatory standard.
10. El Dorado Chemical Company
[Docket No. M-94-01-M]
On January 28, 1994, a petition for modification for the El Dorado
Chemical Company was published in the Federal Register (59 FR 4114).
The petition was incorrectly docketed as applying to mandatory standard
30 CFR 56.6309 which applies to surface metal/nonmetal mines; the
petitioner was requesting modification of a surface coal mine standard.
However, El Dorado Chemical Company is a contractor having no standing
to submit a petition for modification for the mine operator; thus,
further processing of the petition has ceased.
11. Santa Fe Pacific Gold
[Docket No. M-94-18-M]
Santa Fe Pacific Gold, P.O. Box 69, Golconda, Nevada 89414 has
filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 56.6309(b) (fuel
oil requirements for ANFO) to its Twin Creeks Mine (I.D. No. 26-01942)
located in Humboldt County, Nevada. The petitioner proposes to recycle
used, petroleum-based, and lubrication oil from equipment and blend it
with fuel oil to create a blasting agent (ANFO).
12. FMC Wyoming Corporation
[Docket No. M-94-19-M]
FMC Wyoming Corporation, P.O. Box 873, Green River, Wyoming 82935
has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 57.22234
(actions at 1.0 percent methane 1-A, 1-B, III, V-A and V-B mines) to
its Trona Mine (I.D. No. 48-00152) located in Sweetwater County,
Wyoming. The petitioner proposes to provide additional training to
miners; to conduct additional methane checks; and to maintain levels in
bleeders at or below applicable standards. The petitioner states that
application of the standard would subject mine personnel to ground
control hazards. The petitioner asserts that the proposed alternate
method would provide at least the same measure of protection as would
the mandatory standard.
Request for Comments
Persons interested in these petitions may furnish written comments.
These comments must be filed with the Office of Standards, Regulations
and Variances, Mine Safety and Health Administration, room 627, 4015
Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22203. All comments must be
postmarked or received in that office on or before May 2, 1994. Copies
of these petitions are available for inspection at that address.
Dated: March 23, 1994.
Patricia W. Silvey,
Director, Office of Standards, Regulations and Variances.
[FR Doc. 94-7583 Filed 3-30-94; 8:45 am]
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