[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 221 (Thursday, November 17, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-28433]
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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. Eastern Associated Coal Corporation
[Docket No. M-94-158-C]
Eastern Associated Coal Corporation, 800 Laidley Tower, P.O. Box
1233, Charleston, West Virginia 25324 has filed a petition to modify
the application of 30 CFR 75.364(b)(2) & (4) (weekly examination) to
its Lightfoot No. 1 Mine (I.D. No. 46-04332) located in Boone County,
West Virginia. Due to current roof conditions and roof falls in certain
locations of the return airway, traveling the area in its entirety
would be unsafe. The petitioner proposes to establish two positive
return evaluation points, one in the No. 6 entry and one in the No. 4
entry, to measure the return airflow; to maintain and check evaluation
points Nos. 17 and 18 at least once every twenty-four hours; and to
designate a certified person to make these examinations and record the
results in an approved book. The petitioner asserts that the proposed
alternative method would provide at least the same measure of
protection as would the mandatory standard.
2. Clark Elkhorn Coal Company, Inc.
[Docket No. M-94-159-C]
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company, Inc., P.O. Box 2805, Pikeville,
Kentucky 41502 has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR
75.900 (low- and medium-voltage circuits serving three-phase
alternating current equipment; circuit breakers) to its Sunset No. 1
Mine (I.D. No. 15-11905) located in Pike County, Kentucky. The
petitioner proposes to use contactors for undervoltage protection
instead of using circuit breakers. The petitioner asserts that the
proposed alternate method would provide at least the same measure of
protection as would the mandatory standard.
3. Eastern Associated Coal Corporation
[Docket No. M-94-160-C]
Eastern Associated Coal Corporation, 800 Laidley Tower, P.O. Box
1233, Charleston, West Virginia 25324 has filed a petition to modify
the application of 30 CFR 75.364(b)(1) (weekly examination) to its
Federal No. 2 Mine (I.D. No. 46-01456) located in Monongalia County,
West Virginia. Due to large falls and deteriorating roof conditions in
certain areas of the intake air course, traveling the affected area
would be unsafe. The petitioner proposes to have a certified person
monitor the direction of the airflow and the methane and oxygen
concentrations at two check points on a weekly basis and record the
results on a date board. The petitioner asserts that the proposed
alternative method would provide at least the same measure of
protection as would the mandatory standard.
4. Pontiki Coal Corporation
[Docket No. M-94-161-C]
Pontiki Coal Corporation, P.O. Box 801, Lovely, Kentucky 41231 has
filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 75.350 (air
courses and belt haulage entries) to its Pontiki No. 1 Mine (I.D. No.
15-08413) located in Martin County, Kentucky. The petitioner proposes
to use belt haulage entries as intake air courses to ventilate active
working places. The petitioner proposes to install a low-level carbon
monoxide detection system as an early warning fire detection system in
all belt entries used as intake air courses. The petitioner asserts
that the proposed alternative method would provide at least the same
measure of protection as would the mandatory standard.
5. Pontiki Coal Corporation
[Docket No. M-94-162-C]
Pontiki Coal Corporation, P.O. Box 801, Lovely, Kentucky 41231 has
filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 75.350 (air
courses and belt haulage entries) to its Pontiki No. 2 Mine (I.D. No.
15-09571) located in Martin County, Kentucky. The petitioner proposes
to use belt haulage entries as intake air courses to ventilate active
working places. The petitioner proposes to install a low-level carbon
monoxide detection system as an early warning fire detection system in
all belt entries used as intake air courses. The petitioner asserts
that the proposed alternative method would provide at least the same
measure of protection as would the mandatory standard.
6. D.G.W. Coal Company
[Docket No. M-94-163-C]
D.G.W. Coal Company, P.O. Box 425-B2, Pine Grove, Pennsylvania
17963 has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 75.1405
(automatic couplers) to its No. 7 Vein Slope (I.D. No. 36-07093)
located in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The petitioner proposes to
use bar and pin or link and pin couplers on its underground haulage
equipment instead of automatic couplers. The petitioner asserts that
the proposed alternative method would provide at least the same measure
of protection as would the mandatory standard.
7. Mallie Coal Company, Inc.
[Docket No. M-94-164-C]
Mallie Coal Company, Inc., Rt. 1, Box 211, Woodbine, Kentucky 30771
has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 75.342
(methane monitors) to its No. 4 Mine (I.D. No. 15- 17603) 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 alternative method
would provide at least the same measure of protection as would the
mandatory standard.
8. Eastern Associated Coal Corporation
[Docket No. M-94-165-C]
Eastern Associated Coal Corporation, 800 Laidley Tower, P.O. Box
1233, Charleston, West Virginia 25324 has filed a petition to modify
the application of 30 CFR 75.503 (permissible electric face equipment;
maintenance) to its Federal No. 2 Mine (I.D. No. 46-01456) located in
Monongalia County, West Virginia. The petitioner proposes to increase
the maximum length of its trailing cables supplying shuttle cars,
loading machines, and roof bolters to 900 feet from a nominal 480 volt,
3-phase alternating current system during longwall development; to have
the cables for shuttle cars and loading machines not smaller than #2
AWG with the maximum setting at 800 amps; to have the roof bolter cable
not smaller than #4 AWG with the maximum setting at 500 amps; and to
have the trip settings of these circuit breakers sealed or otherwise
fixed so that the unit settings cannot be set above the maximum
allowable value. The petitioner asserts that the proposed alternative
method would provide at least the same measure of protection as would
the mandatory standard.
9. Gray Quarries, Inc.
[Docket No. M-94-43-M]
Gray Quarries, Inc., P.O. Box 386, Hamilton, Illinois 62341 has
filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 56.6131(a)(1)
(location of explosive material storage facilities) to its Gray
Quarries (I.D. No. 11-00073) located in Hancock County, Illinois. The
petitioner requests a modification of the mandatory safety standard to
allow the storage facility to remain in its present location until a
new location can be established. The petitioner states that the only
other location that is within the mine site that would not create a
hazard cannot be used until mining is complete in that location.
10. J. M. Huber Corporation
[Docket No. M-94-44-M]
J. M. Huber Corporation, P.O. Box 306, Langley, South Carolina
29834 has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR
56.14101(a)(2) (brakes) to its Langley Plant (I.D. No. 38-00052)
located in Aiken County, South Carolina. The petitioner requests a
modification of the mandatory safety standard to allow the use of a
different type of parking device for its Case W-11B loaders because the
operator is not able to pull the handle into position when the parking
brakes are adjusted tight enough to hold on a ramp. The petitioner
proposes to park this mobile equipment between two mounds (speed brake
type) to ensure the safety of employees, equipment, and surrounding
area; to train designated loader operators in job requirement and safe
work practices; and to post a sign in each loader and at each
designated parking area stating the requirement for parking in the
designated area.
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 19, 1994.
Copies of these petitions are available for inspection at that address.
Dated: November 10, 1994
Patricia W. Silvey,
Director, Office of Standards, Regulations and Variances.
[FR Doc. 94-28433 Filed 11-16-94; 8:45 am]
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