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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 

Petitions for Modification

    This notice amends the document published in the Federal Register 
on October 19, 1994 (59 FR 52839), to correct the standard section 
number in the following petition.

The Pittsburg and Midway Coal Mining Company (Amendment)

[Docket No. M-94-145-C]

    The Pittsburg and Midway Coal Mining Company, P.O. Box 6518, 
Englewood, Colorado 80155-6518 has filed a petition to modify the 
application of 30 CFR 75.1002 (location of trolley wires; trolley 
feeder wires, high-voltage cables and transformers) to its North River 
No. 1 Mine (I.D. No. 01-00759) located in Fayette County, Alabama. The 
petitioner proposes to use high-voltage (2,400 volts) cable to power 
longwall equipment in by the last open crosscut and at least 150 feet 
from pillar workings. The petitioner states that all electrical 
personnel required to perform maintenance on the longwall will receive 
training in high-voltage safety and maintenance procedures before the 
proposed alternate method is implemented.
    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. OLAF Coal Company, Inc.

[Docket No. M-94-150-C]

    OLAF Coal Company, Inc., 1475 Scott Street, Kulpmont, Pennsylvania 
17834 has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 75.335 
(construction of seals) to its No. 1 Slope (I.D. No. 36-07469) located 
in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. The petitioner requests a 
modification of the standard to permit alternative methods of seal 
construction using wooden materials of moderate size and weight due to 
the difficulty in accessing previously driven headings and breasts 
containing inaccessible abandoned workings; to accept a design criteria 
in the 10 psi range; and to permit the water trap to be installed in 
the gangway seal and sampling tube in the monkey seal for seals 
installed in pairs. The petitioner asserts that the proposed 
alternative method would provide at least the same measure of 
protection as would the mandatory standard.

2. Webster County Coal Corporation

[Docket No. M-94-151-C]

    Webster County Coal Corporation, 1758 State Rt. 874, Clay, Kentucky 
42404 has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 75.1700 
(oil and gas wells) to its Dotiki Mine (I.D. No. 15-02132) located in 
Webster County, Kentucky. The petitioner proposes to plug and mine 
through oil and gas wells. The petitioner asserts that the proposed 
alternate method would provide at least the same measure of protection 
as would the mandatory standard.

3. Rosebud Mining Company

[Docket No. M-94-152-C]

    Rosebud Mining Company, Box 324 B, R.D. 2, Parker, Pennsylvania 
16049 has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 
75.333(b)(2) (ventilation controls) to its Roaring Run Mine (I.D. No. 
36-08329) located in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. The petitioner 
requests a modification of the mandatory safety standard to permit the 
use of temporary ventilation controls in the room necking procedure for 
rooms developed less than 600 feet. The petitioner asserts that the 
proposed alternative method would provide at least the same measure of 
protection as would the mandatory standard.

4. Clean Energy Mining Company

[Docket No. M-94-153-C]

    Clean Energy Mining Company, 15400 Bent Mountain Road, P.O. Box 
267, Sidney, Kentucky 41564 has filed a petition to modify the 
application of 30 CFR 75.388(a)(3) (boreholes in advance of mining) to 
its Mine No. 1 (I.D. No. 15-10753) located in Pike County, Kentucky. 
The petitioners mining operation owned by Sidney Coal Company, is now 
approaching some old mine workings of an adjacent mine which is 
operated by Aero Energy Mining Company a contractor for Sidney Coal 
Company. The petitioner proposes to mine within 100 feet of Aero mining 
without drilling boreholes. The petitioner states that the use of 
boreholes would result in a diminution of safety to the miners. The 
petitioner asserts that the proposed alternate method would provide at 
least the same measure of protection as would the mandatory standard.

5. Flat Broke Coal Company, Inc.

[Docket No. M-94-154-C]

    Flat Broke Coal Company, Inc., HC81, Box 630, Barbourville, 
Kentucky 40906 has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 
75.342 (methane monitors) to its No. 1 Mine (I.D. No. 15-17300) located 
in Knox County, Kentucky. The petitioner proposes to monitor 
continuously with a hand-held methane and oxygen detector instead of 
using a methane monitoring system on permissible three-wheel tractors 
with drag bottom buckets. The petitioner asserts that the proposed 
alternate method would provide at least the same measure of protection 
as would the mandatory standard.

6. Whitaker Coal Corporation

[Docket No. M-94-155-C]

    Whitaker Coal Corporation, P.O. Box 5001, Hazard, Kentucky 41701 
has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 75.350 (air 
courses and belt haulage entries) to its EAS Mine (I.D. No. 15-02085) 
located in Perry County, Kentucky. The petitioner proposes to use belt 
air to ventilate active working faces for better dust control and 
dilution of methane gas. The petitioner asserts that the proposed 
alternate method would provide at least the same measure of protection 
as would the mandatory standard.

7. Whitaker Coal Corporation

[Docket No. M-94-156-C]

    Whitaker Coal Corporation, P.O. Box 5001, Hazard, Kentucky 41701 
has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 75.1103 
(automatic fire warning devices) to its EAS Mine (I.D. No. 15-02085) 
located in Perry County, Kentucky. The petitioner proposes to install a 
low-level carbon monoxide monitoring system as a early warning fire 
detection system in all belt entries used as intake air courses. The 
petitioner asserts that the proposed alternate method would provide at 
least the same measure of protection as would the mandatory standard.

8. Arch of Illinois

[Docket No. M-94-157-C]

    Arch of Illinois, P.O. Box 308, Percy, Illinois 62272-0308 has 
filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 75.350 (air 
courses and belt haulage entries) to its Conant Mine (I.D. No. 11-
02886) located in Perry County, Illinois. The petitioner proposes to 
use belt air to ventilate active working faces to maintain and to 
better control the air ventilating the belt entries and the mining 
faces. The petitioner states that application of the mandatory standard 
would result in a diminution of safety to the miners. In addition, the 
petitioner asserts that the proposed alternate method would provide at 
least the same measure of protection as would the mandatory standard.

9. Lafarge Corporation

[Docket No. M-94-41-M]

    Lafarge Corporation, P.O. Box 160, Paulding, Ohio 45879 has filed a 
petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 56.14130(e)(2) (roll-over 
protective structures (ROPS) and seat belts) to its Cement Plant (I.D. 
No. 33-00069) located in Paulding County, Ohio. Due to the 69 inch 
clearance from the concrete to the shell; the 63 inch clearance from 
the concrete floor to the rib on the mill; the 61 inch clearance to the 
door; and given the weight of the steel balls and magnitude of the 
task, the petitioner requests a modification of the mandatory safety 
standard to allow the use of a 310 Bobcat that has been modified so 
that the height of the machine is 66.5 inches that would perform the 
necessary task of screening the mill safely and efficiently. The 
petitioner asserts that the proposed alternate method would provide at 
least the same measure of protection as would the mandatory standard.

10. Specialty Minerals, Inc.

[Docket No. M-94-42-M]

    Specialty Minerals, Inc., P.O. Box 558, Lucerne Valley, California 
92356 has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 56.13020 
(use of compressed air) to its Marble Canyon Mine (I.D. No. 04-00219) 
located in San Bernardino County, California. The petitioner proposes 
to establish blow-off stations at various locations in the plant where 
employees can clean their clothes with forced or compressed air that 
has an OSHA approved nozzle with pressure not greater than 2 to 6 psi 
at normal average line pressure. 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 December 5, 1994. 
Copies of these petitions are available for inspection at that address.

    Dated: October 24, 1994.
Patricia W. Silvey,
Director, Office of Standards, Regulations and Variances.
[FR Doc. 94-27324 Filed 11-3-94; 8:45 am]
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