[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 174 (Friday, September 8, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46871-46872]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22263]
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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. E & E Fuels
[Docket No. M-95-110-C]
E & E Fuels, P.O. Box 322, Hegins, Pennsylvania 17938 has filed a
petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 75.340 to its Orchard
Slope (I.D. No. 36-08346) located in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
The petitioner proposes to charge batteries on the mine's locomotive
during idle periods when all miners are out of the mine and to have
intake air used to ventilate the charging station to continue through
the normal route to the last open crosscut and into the monkey airway
(return). The petitioner asserts that the proposed alternative method
would provide at least the same measure of protection as would the
mandatory standard.
2. Solar Sources Underground L.L.C.
[Docket No. M-95-111-C]
Solar Sources Underground L.L.C., P.O. Box 325, Monroe City,
Indiana 47557 has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR
75.1700 to its Monroe City Mine (I.D. No. 12-02103) located in Knox
County, Indiana. The petitioner proposes to plug and mine through oil
and gas wells. The petitioner asserts that the proposed alternative
method would provide at least the same measure of protection as would
the mandatory standard.
3. Peabody Coal Company
[Docket No. M-95-112-C]
Peabody Coal Company, 1951 Barrett Court, P.O. Box 1990, Henderson,
Kentucky 42420-1990 has filed a petition to modify the application of
30 CFR 75.342(a)(2) to its Camp No. 11 Mine (I.D. No. 15-08357) located
in Union County, Kentucky. The petitioner proposes to have alternative
locations for two additional methane monitors in the longwall face area
of the longwall shearing machine instead of using a single methane
monitor. The petitioner asserts that the proposed alternative method
would provide at least the same measure of protection as would the
mandatory standard.
4. Continuous Mining, Inc.
[Docket No. M-95-113-C]
Continuous Mining, Inc., P.O. Box 239, Edgarton, West Virginia
25672 has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 75.1710
to its Mine No. 1 (I.D. No. 46-07891) located in Mingo County, West
Virginia. The petitioner operates its bridge haulage equipment
manufactured for use in extremely low-seam mines and built without
operator compartments or canopies. The petitioner proposes to operate
this haulage equipment without canopies due to the frequent tearing out
of roof bolts when tramming through dips and crests of hills in the
coal seam being mined. The petitioner states that the use of canopies
would expose the equipment operator to greater hazards than those
incurred by operating without operator compartments and canopies.
5. Mystic Energy, Inc.
[Docket No. M-95-114-C]
Mystic Energy, Inc., 130 George Street, Suite J, Beckley, West
Virginia 25801 has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR
75.364(b)(1) to its B. L. Mining No. 3 Mine (I.D. No. 46-07139) located
in Boone County, West Virginia. Due to deteriorating roof conditions in
the intake air course, the area cannot be traveled safely. The
petitioner proposes to examine approximately 3,000 feet of the intake
air course in the No. 4 Entry by checking the inby and outby ends of
the affected area and to monitor for methane and the quantity and
quality of air. The petitioner asserts that the proposed alternative
method would provide at least the same measure of protection as would
the mandatory standard.
6. Consolidation Coal Company
[Docket No. M-95-115-C]
Consolidation Coal Company, Consol Plaza, 1800 Washington Road,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15241-1421 has filed a petition to modify the
application of 30 CFR 75.364(b)(1) to its Shoemaker Mine (I.D. No. 46-
01436) located in Marshall County, West Virginia. Due to deteriorating
roof and rib conditions in the intake airway from the Seabright Shaft
to the No. 8 Seal in 4 North, the area cannot be traveled safely. The
petitioner proposes to establish check points J and K to monitor the
affected area and to have a certified person examine the area for
methane and the quantity of air at both check points on a weekly basis;
and to have the certified person initial and record the date, time, and
results of the weekly examinations in a book kept on the surface and
made available for inspection by interested persons. The petitioner
asserts that the proposed alternative method would provide at
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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 October 10, 1995.
Copies of these petitions are available for inspection at that address.
Dated: August 29, 1995.
Patricia W. Silvey,
Director, Office of Standards, Regulations and Variances.
[FR Doc. 95-22263 Filed 9-7-95; 8:45 am]
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