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Arlington, Virginia 22209. For further
information contact Barbara Barron at
202–693–9447.
Dated: February 23, 2006.
Sue Blumenthal,
Acting Chief, Branch of Management Review
and Internal Control, Division of Financial
Management, Office of Management,
Administration and Planning, Employment
Standards Administration.
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Dated at Arlington, Virginia this 22nd day
of February 2006.
Robert F. Stone,
Acting Director, Office of Standards,
Regulations, and Variances.
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Docket No.: M–2005–004–C.
FR Notice: 70 FR 7760.
Petitioner: Lone Mountain Processing,
Inc.
Regulation Affected: 30 CFR
75.901(a).
Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s
proposal is to use a 480-volt, threephase, 300KW/375kVA diesel-powered
generator (DPG) set to supply power to
a three-phase wye connected 300 KVA
autotransformer and three-phase, 480volt and 995-volt power circuits. This is
considered an acceptable alternative
method for the Clover Fork Mine No. 1.
The petition for modification is granted
for the use of the 300 Kilowatt (kW)/375
Kilovolt Amperes (KVA), 480-volt,
diesel-powered generator (DPG) set to
supply power to three-phase 480- and
995-volt power circuits to move mobile
equipment around the mine at the
Clover Fork Mine No. 1 with conditions.
Docket No.: M–2005–034–C.
FR Notice: 70 FR 32379.
Petitioner: Hopkins County Coal, LLC.
Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.1103–
4(a).
Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s
proposal is to install a low-level carbon
monoxide detection system as an early
warning fire detection system in all belt
entries where a monitoring system
identifies a sensor location in lieu of
identifying each belt flight. This is
considered an acceptable alternative
method for the Elk Creek Mine. The
petition for modification is granted for
the use of a carbon monoxide
monitoring system that identifies the
location of sensors in lieu of identifying
belt flights at the Elk Creek Mine with
conditions.
Docket No.: M–2005–041–C.
FR Notice: 70 FR 35710.
Petitioner: McElroy Coal Company.
Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.507.
Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s
proposal is to use non-permissible
submersible pumps installed in bleeder
and return entries and sealed areas of
the McElroy Mine. This is considered an
acceptable alternative method for the
McElroy Mine. The petition for
modification is granted for the use of
low- and medium-voltage, three phase,
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Summary of Decisions Granting in
Whole or in Part Petitions for
Modification
Mine Safety and Health
Administration (MSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice of affirmative decisions
issued by the Administrators for Coal
Mine Safety and Health and Metal and
Nonmetal Mine Safety and Health on
petitions for modification of the
application of mandatory safety
standards.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Under section 101 of the
Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of
1977, the Secretary of Labor (Secretary)
may allow the modification of the
application of a mandatory safety
standard to a mine if the Secretary
determines either that an alternate
method exists at a specific mine that
will guarantee no less protection for the
miners affected than that provided by
the standard, or that the application of
the standard at a specific mine will
result in a diminution of safety to the
affected miners.
Final decisions on these petitions are
based on the petitioner’s statements,
comments and information submitted
by interested persons, and a field
investigation of the conditions at the
mine. As designee of the Secretary, we
have granted or partially granted the
requests for modification listed below.
In some instances, the decisions are
conditioned upon compliance with
stipulations stated in the decision. The
term FR Notice appears in the list of
affirmative decisions below. The term
refers to the Federal Register volume
and page where we published a notice
of the filing of the petition for
modification.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Petitions and copies of the final
decisions are available for examination
by the public in the Office of Standards,
Regulations, and Variances, MSHA,
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alternating-current submersible
pumps(s) installed in return and bleeder
entries and sealed areas in the McElroy
Mine with conditions.
Docket No.: M–2005–042–C.
FR Notice: 70 FR 35710.
Petitioner: Consolidation Coal
Company.
Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.507.
Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s
proposal is to use non-permissible
submersible pumps installed in bleeder
and return entries and sealed areas of
the Shoemaker Mine. This is considered
an acceptable alternative method for the
Shoemaker Mine. MSHA is requiring,
for this petition only, that the surface
pump control and power circuits be
examined in accordance with 30 CFR
77.502 requirements, since the control
and power circuits that enter the
underground portions of the mine
cannot be examined in their entirety to
satisfy the requirements of 30 CFR
75.512 or the 30 CFR 75.364(b)(7)
weekly examination requirement. The
petition for modification is granted for
the use of low- and medium-voltage,
three-phase, alternating-current
submersible pump(s) installed in return
and bleeder entries and in sealed areas
in the Shoemaker Mine with conditions.
Docket No.: M–2005–050–C.
FR Notice: 70 FR 42102.
Petitioner: Andalex Resources, Inc.
Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.1002.
Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s
proposal is to use low-voltage or battery
powered non-permissible, electronic
testing, diagnostic equipment or other
equipment within 150 feet of pillar
workings, under controlled conditions.
This is considered an acceptable
alternative method for the Aberdeen
Mine. The petition for modification is
granted for the use of low-voltage or
battery-powered non-permissible
electronic testing and diagnostic
equipment in or inby the last open
crosscut or within 150 feet of pillar
workings under controlled conditions,
for testing and diagnosing the mining
equipment for the Aberdeen Mine with
conditions.
Docket No.: M–2005–051–C.
FR Notice: 70 FR 42103.
Petitioner: Bear Gap Coal Company.
Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.1100–
2(a)(2).
Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s
proposal is to use portable fire
extinguishers to replace existing
requirements where rock dust, water
cars, and other water storage equipped
with three 10 quart pails is not practical.
The petitioner proposes to use two
portable fire extinguishers near the
slope bottom and an additional portable
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fire extinguisher within 500 feet of the
working face. This is considered an
acceptable alternative method for the
Bear Gap Coal Company #6 Slope Mine.
The petition for modification is granted
for firefighting equipment in the
working section for the Bear Gap Coal
Company #6 Slope Mine with
conditions.
Docket No.: M–2005–055–C.
FR Notice: 70 FR 48984.
Petitioner: Black Stallion Coal
Company, LLC.
Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.503.
Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s
proposal is to use 900 feet of trailing
cable on Roof Bolters and Mobile Roof
Supports for trailing cables that supply
480-volt, three-phase, alternating
current to roof bolters and mobile roof
supports. This is considered an
acceptable alternative method for the
Black Stallion Mine. The petition for
modification is granted for trailing
cables supplying 480-volt, three-phase
alternating current to roof bolters and
mobile roof supports and 550-volt,
three-phase alternating current to
shuttle cars for the Black Stallion Mine
with conditions.
Docket No.: M–2005–058–C.
FR Notice: 70 FR 48984.
Petitioner: Dodge Hill Mining
Company, LLC.
Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.1101–
1(b).
Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s
proposal is to conduct weekly
examinations and functional testing of
the deluge fire suppression systems as
an alternative method of complying
with the standard. This is considered an
acceptable alternative method for the
Dodge Hill Mine No. 1. The petition for
modification is granted for the delugetype water spray systems installed at
belt-conveyor drives in lieu of blow-off
dust covers for nozzles for the Dodge
Hill Mine No. 1 with conditions.
Docket No.: M–2005–059–C.
FR Notice: 70 FR 48984.
Petitioner: Hopkins County Coal, LLC.
Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.1700.
Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s
proposal is to plug and mine through oil
and gas wells in all mineable coal beds.
This is considered an acceptable
alternative method for the Elk Creek
Mine. The petition for modification is
granted for the Elk Creek Mine with
conditions.
Docket No.: M–2005–060–C.
FR Notice: 70 FR 52449.
Petitioner: Pacific Minerals.
Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.1100–
2(e)(2).
Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s
proposal is to use two portable fire
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extinguishers or one extinguisher
having at least twice the minimum
capacity in 30 CFR 75.1100–1(e) at each
temporary electrical installation at the
Bridger Underground Mine. This is
considered an acceptable alternative
method for the Bridger Underground
Mine. The petition for modification is
granted for the temporary electrical
installations provided the petitioner
maintains two portable fire
extinguishers having at least the
minimum capacity specified for a
portable fire extinguisher in 30 CFR
75.1100–1(e), or one portable fire
extinguisher with twice the minimum
capacity specified in 30 CFR 75.1100–
2(e) at each of the temporary electrical
installations for the Bridger
Underground Mine.
Docket No.: M–2005–061–C.
FR Notice: 70 FR 52449.
Petitioner: Andalex Resources, Inc.
Regulation Affected: 30 CFR
75.500(d).
Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s
proposal is to use low-voltage or batterypowered non-permissible, electronic
testing, diagnostic equipment or other,
in or inby the last open crosscut under
controlled conditions. This is
considered an acceptable alternative
method for the Aberdeen Mine. The
petition for modification is granted for
the use of low-voltage or batterypowered non-permissible electronic
testing and diagnostic equipment in or
inby the last open crosscut or within
150 feet of pillar workings or longwall
face, under controlled conditions, for
testing and diagnosing the mining
equipment at the Aberdeen Mine with
conditions.
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Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
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Commonwealth Dynamics, Inc., MidAtlantic Boiler & Chimney, Inc.,1 and R
and P Industrial Chimney Co., Inc.;
Grant of a Permanent Variance
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Department of
Labor.
AGENCY:
1 Designated as Alberici Mid-Atlantic, LLC
(‘‘Alberici’’) on the notice of an application for a
permanent variance and interim order published at
69 FR 48754. Mid-Atlantic Boiler & Chimney, Inc.
(‘‘MAB&C’’) has acquired Alberici’s chimneyconstruction assets, including equipment, contracts,
and employees. Prior to this acquisition, Alberici
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Summary of Decisions Granting in Whole or in Part Petitions for
Modification
AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice of affirmative decisions issued by the Administrators
for Coal Mine Safety and Health and Metal and Nonmetal Mine Safety and
Health on petitions for modification of the application of mandatory
safety standards.
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SUMMARY: Under section 101 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of
1977, the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) may allow the modification of
the application of a mandatory safety standard to a mine if the
Secretary determines either that an alternate method exists at a
specific mine that will guarantee no less protection for the miners
affected than that provided by the standard, or that the application of
the standard at a specific mine will result in a diminution of safety
to the affected miners.
Final decisions on these petitions are based on the petitioner's
statements, comments and information submitted by interested persons,
and a field investigation of the conditions at the mine. As designee of
the Secretary, we have granted or partially granted the requests for
modification listed below. In some instances, the decisions are
conditioned upon compliance with stipulations stated in the decision.
The term FR Notice appears in the list of affirmative decisions below.
The term refers to the Federal Register volume and page where we
published a notice of the filing of the petition for modification.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Petitions and copies of the final
decisions are available for examination by the public in the Office of
Standards, Regulations, and Variances, MSHA, 1100 Wilson Boulevard,
Room 2350, Arlington, Virginia 22209. For further information contact
Barbara Barron at 202-693-9447.
Dated at Arlington, Virginia this 22nd day of February 2006.
Robert F. Stone,
Acting Director, Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances.
Affirmative Decisions on Petitions for Modification
Docket No.: M-2005-004-C.
FR Notice: 70 FR 7760.
Petitioner: Lone Mountain Processing, Inc.
Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.901(a).
Summary of Findings: Petitioner's proposal is to use a 480-volt,
three-phase, 300KW/375kVA diesel-powered generator (DPG) set to supply
power to a three-phase wye connected 300 KVA autotransformer and three-
phase, 480-volt and 995-volt power circuits. This is considered an
acceptable alternative method for the Clover Fork Mine No. 1. The
petition for modification is granted for the use of the 300 Kilowatt
(kW)/375 Kilovolt Amperes (KVA), 480-volt, diesel-powered generator
(DPG) set to supply power to three-phase 480- and 995-volt power
circuits to move mobile equipment around the mine at the Clover Fork
Mine No. 1 with conditions.
Docket No.: M-2005-034-C.
FR Notice: 70 FR 32379.
Petitioner: Hopkins County Coal, LLC.
Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.1103-4(a).
Summary of Findings: Petitioner's proposal is to install a low-
level carbon monoxide detection system as an early warning fire
detection system in all belt entries where a monitoring system
identifies a sensor location in lieu of identifying each belt flight.
This is considered an acceptable alternative method for the Elk Creek
Mine. The petition for modification is granted for the use of a carbon
monoxide monitoring system that identifies the location of sensors in
lieu of identifying belt flights at the Elk Creek Mine with conditions.
Docket No.: M-2005-041-C.
FR Notice: 70 FR 35710.
Petitioner: McElroy Coal Company.
Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.507.
Summary of Findings: Petitioner's proposal is to use non-
permissible submersible pumps installed in bleeder and return entries
and sealed areas of the McElroy Mine. This is considered an acceptable
alternative method for the McElroy Mine. The petition for modification
is granted for the use of low- and medium-voltage, three phase,
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alternating-current submersible pumps(s) installed in return and
bleeder entries and sealed areas in the McElroy Mine with conditions.
Docket No.: M-2005-042-C.
FR Notice: 70 FR 35710.
Petitioner: Consolidation Coal Company.
Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.507.
Summary of Findings: Petitioner's proposal is to use non-
permissible submersible pumps installed in bleeder and return entries
and sealed areas of the Shoemaker Mine. This is considered an
acceptable alternative method for the Shoemaker Mine. MSHA is
requiring, for this petition only, that the surface pump control and
power circuits be examined in accordance with 30 CFR 77.502
requirements, since the control and power circuits that enter the
underground portions of the mine cannot be examined in their entirety
to satisfy the requirements of 30 CFR 75.512 or the 30 CFR 75.364(b)(7)
weekly examination requirement. The petition for modification is
granted for the use of low- and medium-voltage, three-phase,
alternating-current submersible pump(s) installed in return and bleeder
entries and in sealed areas in the Shoemaker Mine with conditions.
Docket No.: M-2005-050-C.
FR Notice: 70 FR 42102.
Petitioner: Andalex Resources, Inc.
Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.1002.
Summary of Findings: Petitioner's proposal is to use low-voltage or
battery powered non-permissible, electronic testing, diagnostic
equipment or other equipment within 150 feet of pillar workings, under
controlled conditions. This is considered an acceptable alternative
method for the Aberdeen Mine. The petition for modification is granted
for the use of low-voltage or battery-powered non-permissible
electronic testing and diagnostic equipment in or inby the last open
crosscut or within 150 feet of pillar workings under controlled
conditions, for testing and diagnosing the mining equipment for the
Aberdeen Mine with conditions.
Docket No.: M-2005-051-C.
FR Notice: 70 FR 42103.
Petitioner: Bear Gap Coal Company.
Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.1100-2(a)(2).
Summary of Findings: Petitioner's proposal is to use portable fire
extinguishers to replace existing requirements where rock dust, water
cars, and other water storage equipped with three 10 quart pails is not
practical. The petitioner proposes to use two portable fire
extinguishers near the slope bottom and an additional portable fire
extinguisher within 500 feet of the working face. This is considered an
acceptable alternative method for the Bear Gap Coal Company 6
Slope Mine. The petition for modification is granted for firefighting
equipment in the working section for the Bear Gap Coal Company
6 Slope Mine with conditions.
Docket No.: M-2005-055-C.
FR Notice: 70 FR 48984.
Petitioner: Black Stallion Coal Company, LLC.
Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.503.
Summary of Findings: Petitioner's proposal is to use 900 feet of
trailing cable on Roof Bolters and Mobile Roof Supports for trailing
cables that supply 480-volt, three-phase, alternating current to roof
bolters and mobile roof supports. This is considered an acceptable
alternative method for the Black Stallion Mine. The petition for
modification is granted for trailing cables supplying 480-volt, three-
phase alternating current to roof bolters and mobile roof supports and
550-volt, three-phase alternating current to shuttle cars for the Black
Stallion Mine with conditions.
Docket No.: M-2005-058-C.
FR Notice: 70 FR 48984.
Petitioner: Dodge Hill Mining Company, LLC.
Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.1101-1(b).
Summary of Findings: Petitioner's proposal is to conduct weekly
examinations and functional testing of the deluge fire suppression
systems as an alternative method of complying with the standard. This
is considered an acceptable alternative method for the Dodge Hill Mine
No. 1. The petition for modification is granted for the deluge-type
water spray systems installed at belt-conveyor drives in lieu of blow-
off dust covers for nozzles for the Dodge Hill Mine No. 1 with
conditions.
Docket No.: M-2005-059-C.
FR Notice: 70 FR 48984.
Petitioner: Hopkins County Coal, LLC.
Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.1700.
Summary of Findings: Petitioner's proposal is to plug and mine
through oil and gas wells in all mineable coal beds. This is considered
an acceptable alternative method for the Elk Creek Mine. The petition
for modification is granted for the Elk Creek Mine with conditions.
Docket No.: M-2005-060-C.
FR Notice: 70 FR 52449.
Petitioner: Pacific Minerals.
Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.1100-2(e)(2).
Summary of Findings: Petitioner's proposal is to use two portable
fire extinguishers or one extinguisher having at least twice the
minimum capacity in 30 CFR 75.1100-1(e) at each temporary electrical
installation at the Bridger Underground Mine. This is considered an
acceptable alternative method for the Bridger Underground Mine. The
petition for modification is granted for the temporary electrical
installations provided the petitioner maintains two portable fire
extinguishers having at least the minimum capacity specified for a
portable fire extinguisher in 30 CFR 75.1100-1(e), or one portable fire
extinguisher with twice the minimum capacity specified in 30 CFR
75.1100-2(e) at each of the temporary electrical installations for the
Bridger Underground Mine.
Docket No.: M-2005-061-C.
FR Notice: 70 FR 52449.
Petitioner: Andalex Resources, Inc.
Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.500(d).
Summary of Findings: Petitioner's proposal is to use low-voltage or
battery-powered non-permissible, electronic testing, diagnostic
equipment or other, in or inby the last open crosscut under controlled
conditions. This is considered an acceptable alternative method for the
Aberdeen Mine. The petition for modification is granted for the use of
low-voltage or battery-powered non-permissible electronic testing and
diagnostic equipment in or inby the last open crosscut or within 150
feet of pillar workings or longwall face, under controlled conditions,
for testing and diagnosing the mining equipment at the Aberdeen Mine
with conditions.
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