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(e) Written instructions for
conservation of water shall be provided
with the refuge chamber supplies.
(f) All miners affected shall receive
training in the operation of the refuge
chambers and shall receive refresher
training annually.
(g) The refuge chambers shall be
inspected regularly, with quarterly
inspections and servicing from
manufacturer approved representatives.
These inspections and servicing shall
continue to be documented and
provided to the Mine Manager or their
designee.
(h)
TABLE 1—REFUGE CHAMBERS AT POGO MINE
[Current status]
Refuge chamber
MRC
MCR
MCR
MCR
MCR
MCR
MCR
MCR
MCR
MCR
MCR
MCR
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in persons
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DEA .........................................................................................
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MineArc ...................................................................................
MineArc ...................................................................................
MineArc ...................................................................................
MineArc ...................................................................................
MineArc ...................................................................................
MineArc ...................................................................................
Bost .........................................................................................
16
16
8
12
20
20
20
16
16
8
8
8
8
20
TABLE 2—ENTRAPMENT CHAMBERS AT POGO MINE
[Current status]
Entrapment chamber
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MCR
MCR
MCR
MCR
MCR
MCR
MCR
MCR
MCR
MCR
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(i) Portable refuge chambers have a
capacity from 8 to 20 persons with 4
that have a 20-person capacity.
Additionally, portable entrapment
chambers have a capacity of 4 to 6
persons and are utilized per Northern
Star (Pogo), LLC, standards to provide
safe refuge for persons potentially
working behind heavy equipment who
may be entrapped in an emergency with
heavy equipment in their path of travel
preventing safe evacuation. All
chambers are equipped with gas
monitoring equipment, packaged
drinking water, oxygen bottles, backup
compressed air, toilet, radio, phone, air
conditioning, back up battery power,
fire blankets, fire extinguishers, and
food rations.
(j) The MineARC refuge chambers are
equipped with and pre-packaged
MARCISORB chemical absorber
cartridges to remove the buildup of
harmful carbon dioxide (CO2) and
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Number capacity
in persons
Manufacturer
MineArc
MineArc
MineArc
MineArc
MineArc
MineArc
MineArc
MineArc
MineArc
MineArc
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carbon monoxide (CO) from the air
inside the refuge chamber. The DEA
refuge chambers have been retrofitted
with a MineARC electrical scrubbing
system and pre-packaged MARCISORB
chemical absorber cartridges as well.
Bost refuge chambers have an electrical
scrubbing system utilizing soda lime
(Drägersorb) to remove the buildup of
CO2 and gold-based oxidation catalyst
(PremioxTM) to remove CO from the air
inside the refuge chamber.
(k) Northern Star (Pogo), LLC, has
reviewed this petition with the miner’s
representatives on June 15, 2024, who
concur with and support all statements
made with this petition. Miners at Pogo
Mine are not represented by any labor
organization.
The petitioner asserts that the
alternative method in the petition will
at all times guarantee no less than the
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same measure of protection afforded to
the miners by the standard.
Song-ae Aromie Noe,
Director, Office of Standards, Regulations,
and Variances.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Petition for Modification of Application
of Existing Mandatory Safety
Standards
Mine Safety and Health
Administration, Labor.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice.
This notice is a summary of
a petition for modification submitted to
the Mine Safety and Health
SUMMARY:
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Administration (MSHA) by Peabody
Gateway North Mining LLC.
DATES: All comments on the petition
must be received by MSHA’s Office of
Standards, Regulations, and Variances
on or before November 4, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Docket No. MSHA–2024–
0049 by any of the following methods:
1. Federal eRulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments
for MSHA–2024–0049.
2. Fax: 202–693–9441.
3. Email: petitioncomments@dol.gov.
4. Regular Mail or Hand Delivery:
MSHA, Office of Standards,
Regulations, and Variances, 201 12th
Street South, Suite 4E401, Arlington,
Virginia 22202–5452.
Attention: S. Aromie Noe, Director,
Office of Standards, Regulations, and
Variances. Persons delivering
documents are required to check in at
the receptionist’s desk, 4th Floor West.
Individuals may inspect copies of the
petition and comments during normal
business hours at the address listed
above. Before visiting MSHA in person,
call 202–693–9455 to make an
appointment, in keeping with the
Department of Labor’s COVID–19
policy. Special health precautions may
be required.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: S.
Aromie Noe, Office of Standards,
Regulations, and Variances at 202–693–
9440 (voice), Petitionsformodification@
dol.gov (email), or 202–693–9441 (fax).
[These are not toll-free numbers.]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
101(c) of the Federal Mine Safety and
Health Act of 1977 and Title 30 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part
44 govern the application, processing,
and disposition of petitions for
modification.
I. Background
Section 101(c) of the Federal Mine
Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine
Act) allows the mine operator or
representative of miners to file a
petition to modify the application of any
mandatory safety standard to a coal or
other mine if the Secretary of Labor
determines that:
1. An alternative method of achieving
the result of such standard exists which
will at all times guarantee no less than
the same measure of protection afforded
the miners of such mine by such
standard; or
2. The application of such standard to
such mine will result in a diminution of
safety to the miners in such mine.
In addition, sections 44.10 and 44.11
of 30 CFR establish the requirements for
filing petitions for modification.
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II. Petition for Modification
Docket Number: M–2024–026–C.
Petitioner: Peabody Gateway North
LLC, 12968 State 13, Coulterville,
Illinois 62237.
Mine: Gateway North Mine, MSHA ID
No. 11–03235, located in Randolph
County, Illinois.
Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.507–
1(a), Permissible electric equipment.
Modification Request: The petitioner
requests a modification of 30 CFR
75.507–1(a) to permit an alternative
method of compliance to permit the use
of battery-powered non-permissible
radios used in the return airways.
The petitioner states that:
(a) Peabody previously filed a petition
for modification of 30 CFR 75.507–1(a)
on July 12, 2023 (Docket Number M–
2023–020–C), but the Proposed Decision
and Order (PDO) was denied by MSHA
on June 4, 2024.
(b) Peabody currently uses Motorola
and Kenwood permissible radios in its
underground mine to communicate
between miners. Such communication
facilitates movement of equipment,
assignment of necessary work as well as
communication with the surface control
room.
(c) The mines also use wired
communication systems and the
communication and tracking systems
required in the mine’s Emergency
Response Plan. Such communication
facilitates efficiency and safety. It occurs
along the face areas and in other areas
covered by this standard. It facilitates
communication in case of emergencies
such as injuries both on the section and
to the surface.
(d) Motorola and Kenwood have
discontinued the manufacture and sale
of MSHA-approved permissible radios.
Such radios were the only permissible
radios available for the underground
coal mine industry. The notices
indicated that for a period of time the
radios were sold out of stock but that
ceased as indicated in the notes.
Peabody is not aware of any other radio
which is economically feasible.
(e) Peabody seeks modification of 30
CFR 75.507–1(a) as it applies to use of
low voltage battery-powered nonpermissible radios. It intends to use the
following equipment:
(1) Motorola R–7 Portable Two-Way
Radio. Other safe portable radios may
subsequently be used if approved in
advance by the MSHA District Manager.
(f) Peabody mines utilize the
continuous miner method of mining.
Some sections utilize two continuous
miners and use of the radios permits
coordination of the coal haulers and
between the two continuous miners as
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well as communication near pillar and
sealed area workings.
(g) Effective communication is critical
to the safety of the miners at the mine.
It reduces the potential for collisions
and pedestrian accidents and facilitates
communication in an emergency.
(h) The alternative method proposed
in the petition will at all times
guarantee no less than the same measure
of protection afforded by the standard.
The petitioner proposes the following
alternative method:
(a) Non-permissible intrinsically safe
radios to be used include the Motorola
R7 Portable Two-Way Radio.
(b) All such radios shall be rated IP 66
or higher.
(c) All non-permissible radios used in
the return airways will be examined by
a qualified person as defined in 30 CFR
75.153 prior to use to ensure the
equipment is being maintained in a safe
operating condition. These
examinations results shall be recorded
in the weekly examination book and
will be made available to MSHA and the
miners at the mine.
(d) A qualified person as defined in
30 CFR 75.151 shall continuously
monitor for methane immediately before
and during the use of non-permissible
radios used in the return airways.
(e) Non-permissible radios shall not
be used if methane is detected in
concentrations at or above one percent.
When one percent or more methane is
detected while the non-permissible
radios are being used, the radios shall be
de-energized immediately by turning
them off and withdrawn from the area.
(f) All hand-held methane detectors
shall be MSHA approved and
maintained in permissible and proper
operating condition as defined in 30
CFR 75.320. Each miner using a radio
shall be trained in the use of handheld
methane details.
(g) All radios shall be used in
accordance with the safe use procedures
recommended by the manufacturer.
(h) Personnel who use nonpermissible radios shall be properly
trained to recognize the hazards and
limitations associated with use of the
equipment.
(i) The radio battery is designed to last
more than the length of a shift. The
radio shall not be charged underground
and shall be charged on the surface in
accordance with the procedure for other
battery-operated devices such as
methane detectors.
(j) The operator shall post the PDO
granted by MSHA in unobstructed
locations on the bulletin boards and/or
in other conspicuous places where
notices to miners are ordinarily posted,
at all the mines for which the PDO
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granted by MSHA applies, for a period
of not less than 60 consecutive days and
a copy shall be made available to all
miners’ representatives.
(k) The proposed radios will be
available for inspection and testing
during MSHA’s investigation. As other
radios are acquired, if the petition is
granted, such radios shall be made
available for MSHA inspection. The
radios shall be made available for
MSHA testing during the investigation.
(l) The Motorola radio is rated IP 66
and IP 68. It is powered by a lithium
cell. Two such radios have been
purchased by Peabody and are available
at Gateway North for examination and
testing by MSHA. Peabody has not,
itself, tested such radios because it is
presumed that MSHA will intend to
conduct tests at the mine and would be
unlikely to accept Peabody’s results.
(m) The miners at Gateway North
Mine are not currently represented by a
labor organization and this petition is
posted at the mine.
In support of the proposed alternative
method, the petitioner has also
submitted manufacturer product
specification sheets for MSHA-approved
permissible radios indicating they are
no longer available and manufacturer
product specification sheets for the
proposed Motorola R–7 Portable TwoWay Radio.
The petitioner asserts that the
alternative method in the petition will
at all times guarantee no less than the
same measure of protection afforded to
the miners by the standard.
Song-ae Aromie Noe,
Director, Office of Standards, Regulations,
and Variances.
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MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE
CORPORATION
[MCC FR 24–09]
Notice of Entering Into a Compact With
the Republic of Sierra Leone
Millennium Challenge
Corporation.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
provisions of the Millennium Challenge
Act of 2003, as amended, the
Millennium Challenge Corporation
(MCC) is publishing a summary of the
Millennium Challenge Compact
(Compact) between the United States of
America and the Republic of Sierra
Leone. Representatives of the United
States of America and the Republic of
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Sierra Leone executed the Compact on
September 27, 2024. The complete text
of the Compact has been posted at:
https://www.mcc.gov/resources/doc/
compact-sierra-leone/.
(Authority: 22 U.S.C. 7709 (b)(3))
Dated: September 30, 2024.
Peter E. Jaffe,
Vice President, General Counsel, and
Corporate Secretary.
Summary of Sierra Leone Compact
Overview of MCC Sierra Leone
Compact
The Millennium Challenge
Corporation (MCC), on behalf of the
United States of America, has signed a
five-year Compact with the Republic of
Sierra Leone aimed at reducing poverty
through economic growth. MCC funding
of $480,669,000, together with a
voluntary contribution of $14,200,000
from the Government of Sierra Leone,
will support economic growth in Sierra
Leone through investments in the
energy sector to address the constraints
of insufficient availability of affordable
and reliable electricity. The Compact
will address these constraints through
three projects: (1) the Transmission
Backbone Project; (2) the Distribution
and Access Project; and (3) the Power
Sector Reform Project.
Background and Context
Sierra Leone’s economy suffers from a
power sector that cannot serve its
existing customer base or keep up with
future business and household demand.
This is due to limited and high-cost
supply, low capacity and poor
reliability of the transmission and
distribution networks, and the
ineffectiveness of sector policies and
institutions. These bottlenecks
negatively impact current customers,
most of whom are in the capital city,
and prevent Sierra Leone from
expanding electricity service to the 70%
of the population without electricity. As
the economy grows and the grid
expands, load forecasts suggest demand
will more than double by the end of the
compact term.
Meeting this demand will require
large investments in foundational
infrastructure and institutional
capabilities. The need to simultaneously
address multiple sector constraints,
combined with the long lead times
required to plan, finance, and construct
large scale infrastructure, poses a major
coordination challenge for public and
private investment in the sector. This
coordination challenge is magnified by
the lack of capacity at sector institutions
to reassess, update, and execute against
sector planning documents—as well as
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sector wide issues with transparency
and governance. As a result, much
needed public and private investment is
all too often delayed, withdrawn, or
exceedingly costly due to the risks and
uncertainties involved.
Given this sector context, the
Compact strengthens the foundations of
a reliable electricity sector through
investments in transmission and
distribution infrastructure, development
of a strong enabling environment for
independent power producers, and
substantial capacity building support for
the utilities and key sector institutions.
Project Summaries
The compact program consists of
three projects:
(1) The Transmission Backbone
Project ($226,702,000) will expand
Sierra Leone’s transmission network to
increase network coverage, increase the
throughput capacity needed to evacuate
increasing electricity supply, and
increase reliability of service. With less
than 500 miles of transmission lines
currently in Sierra Leone, the country’s
extremely limited grid means most
citizens do not have access to power.
This project connects a high-voltage
West African Power Pool transmission
line to the capital city. The project also
builds and operationalizes a main and
back up transmission dispatch center
critical for network reliability and
integration into the regional power
marketplace. Technical assistance
supports critical capacity development
for the transmission utility in
transmission operations and
maintenance.
(2) The Distribution and Access
Project ($123,634,000) is designed to
increase reliability of the grid, improve
the financial viability of the distribution
utility, and make strategic investments
in connecting new customers to the grid
and regularizing existing connections.
This project refurbishes critical
components of the distribution network
in the capital city where 80% of power
is consumed in Sierra Leone and
reduces both technical and commercial
losses through the provision of new
meters and organizational change.
Access investments include distribution
line and substation expansion as well as
direct connections to select end users,
driven by socioeconomic data and
planned transmission expansion. In
addition, this project will involve the
construction and operationalization of a
main and a back-up distribution
dispatch center to improve the
Electricity Distribution and Supply
Authority’s operations and maintenance
performance.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Petition for Modification of Application of Existing Mandatory
Safety Standards
AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice is a summary of a petition for modification
submitted to the Mine Safety and Health
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Administration (MSHA) by Peabody Gateway North Mining LLC.
DATES: All comments on the petition must be received by MSHA's Office
of Standards, Regulations, and Variances on or before November 4, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Docket No. MSHA-2024-
0049 by any of the following methods:
1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow
the instructions for submitting comments for MSHA-2024-0049.
2. Fax: 202-693-9441.
3. Email: [email protected].
4. Regular Mail or Hand Delivery: MSHA, Office of Standards,
Regulations, and Variances, 201 12th Street South, Suite 4E401,
Arlington, Virginia 22202-5452.
Attention: S. Aromie Noe, Director, Office of Standards,
Regulations, and Variances. Persons delivering documents are required
to check in at the receptionist's desk, 4th Floor West. Individuals may
inspect copies of the petition and comments during normal business
hours at the address listed above. Before visiting MSHA in person, call
202-693-9455 to make an appointment, in keeping with the Department of
Labor's COVID-19 policy. Special health precautions may be required.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: S. Aromie Noe, Office of Standards,
Regulations, and Variances at 202-693-9440 (voice),
[email protected] (email), or 202-693-9441 (fax). [These
are not toll-free numbers.]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 101(c) of the Federal Mine Safety
and Health Act of 1977 and Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) part 44 govern the application, processing, and disposition of
petitions for modification.
I. Background
Section 101(c) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977
(Mine Act) allows the mine operator or representative of miners to file
a petition to modify the application of any mandatory safety standard
to a coal or other mine if the Secretary of Labor determines that:
1. An alternative method of achieving the result of such standard
exists which will at all times guarantee no less than the same measure
of protection afforded the miners of such mine by such standard; or
2. The application of such standard to such mine will result in a
diminution of safety to the miners in such mine.
In addition, sections 44.10 and 44.11 of 30 CFR establish the
requirements for filing petitions for modification.
II. Petition for Modification
Docket Number: M-2024-026-C.
Petitioner: Peabody Gateway North LLC, 12968 State 13,
Coulterville, Illinois 62237.
Mine: Gateway North Mine, MSHA ID No. 11-03235, located in Randolph
County, Illinois.
Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.507-1(a), Permissible electric
equipment.
Modification Request: The petitioner requests a modification of 30
CFR 75.507-1(a) to permit an alternative method of compliance to permit
the use of battery-powered non-permissible radios used in the return
airways.
The petitioner states that:
(a) Peabody previously filed a petition for modification of 30 CFR
75.507-1(a) on July 12, 2023 (Docket Number M-2023-020-C), but the
Proposed Decision and Order (PDO) was denied by MSHA on June 4, 2024.
(b) Peabody currently uses Motorola and Kenwood permissible radios
in its underground mine to communicate between miners. Such
communication facilitates movement of equipment, assignment of
necessary work as well as communication with the surface control room.
(c) The mines also use wired communication systems and the
communication and tracking systems required in the mine's Emergency
Response Plan. Such communication facilitates efficiency and safety. It
occurs along the face areas and in other areas covered by this
standard. It facilitates communication in case of emergencies such as
injuries both on the section and to the surface.
(d) Motorola and Kenwood have discontinued the manufacture and sale
of MSHA-approved permissible radios. Such radios were the only
permissible radios available for the underground coal mine industry.
The notices indicated that for a period of time the radios were sold
out of stock but that ceased as indicated in the notes. Peabody is not
aware of any other radio which is economically feasible.
(e) Peabody seeks modification of 30 CFR 75.507-1(a) as it applies
to use of low voltage battery-powered non-permissible radios. It
intends to use the following equipment:
(1) Motorola R-7 Portable Two-Way Radio. Other safe portable radios
may subsequently be used if approved in advance by the MSHA District
Manager.
(f) Peabody mines utilize the continuous miner method of mining.
Some sections utilize two continuous miners and use of the radios
permits coordination of the coal haulers and between the two continuous
miners as well as communication near pillar and sealed area workings.
(g) Effective communication is critical to the safety of the miners
at the mine. It reduces the potential for collisions and pedestrian
accidents and facilitates communication in an emergency.
(h) The alternative method proposed in the petition will at all
times guarantee no less than the same measure of protection afforded by
the standard.
The petitioner proposes the following alternative method:
(a) Non-permissible intrinsically safe radios to be used include
the Motorola R7 Portable Two-Way Radio.
(b) All such radios shall be rated IP 66 or higher.
(c) All non-permissible radios used in the return airways will be
examined by a qualified person as defined in 30 CFR 75.153 prior to use
to ensure the equipment is being maintained in a safe operating
condition. These examinations results shall be recorded in the weekly
examination book and will be made available to MSHA and the miners at
the mine.
(d) A qualified person as defined in 30 CFR 75.151 shall
continuously monitor for methane immediately before and during the use
of non-permissible radios used in the return airways.
(e) Non-permissible radios shall not be used if methane is detected
in concentrations at or above one percent. When one percent or more
methane is detected while the non-permissible radios are being used,
the radios shall be de-energized immediately by turning them off and
withdrawn from the area.
(f) All hand-held methane detectors shall be MSHA approved and
maintained in permissible and proper operating condition as defined in
30 CFR 75.320. Each miner using a radio shall be trained in the use of
handheld methane details.
(g) All radios shall be used in accordance with the safe use
procedures recommended by the manufacturer.
(h) Personnel who use non-permissible radios shall be properly
trained to recognize the hazards and limitations associated with use of
the equipment.
(i) The radio battery is designed to last more than the length of a
shift. The radio shall not be charged underground and shall be charged
on the surface in accordance with the procedure for other battery-
operated devices such as methane detectors.
(j) The operator shall post the PDO granted by MSHA in unobstructed
locations on the bulletin boards and/or in other conspicuous places
where notices to miners are ordinarily posted, at all the mines for
which the PDO
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granted by MSHA applies, for a period of not less than 60 consecutive
days and a copy shall be made available to all miners' representatives.
(k) The proposed radios will be available for inspection and
testing during MSHA's investigation. As other radios are acquired, if
the petition is granted, such radios shall be made available for MSHA
inspection. The radios shall be made available for MSHA testing during
the investigation.
(l) The Motorola radio is rated IP 66 and IP 68. It is powered by a
lithium cell. Two such radios have been purchased by Peabody and are
available at Gateway North for examination and testing by MSHA. Peabody
has not, itself, tested such radios because it is presumed that MSHA
will intend to conduct tests at the mine and would be unlikely to
accept Peabody's results.
(m) The miners at Gateway North Mine are not currently represented
by a labor organization and this petition is posted at the mine.
In support of the proposed alternative method, the petitioner has
also submitted manufacturer product specification sheets for MSHA-
approved permissible radios indicating they are no longer available and
manufacturer product specification sheets for the proposed Motorola R-7
Portable Two-Way Radio.
The petitioner asserts that the alternative method in the petition
will at all times guarantee no less than the same measure of protection
afforded to the miners by the standard.
Song-ae Aromie Noe,
Director, Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances.
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