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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration

 

Petitions for Modification

    This notice amends a petition document published in the Federal 
Register on December 8, 1994 (59 FR 63382), docket numbers M-94-166-C 
and M-94-167-C, to correct the name of the county where the mine is 
located. The Energy West Mining Company, Trail Mountain Mine is located 
in Emery County, Utah.
    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. L. V. Coal Company

[Docket No. M-94-173-C]

    L. V. Coal Company, 235 Second Street, Joliett, Pennsylvania 17981 
has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 75.360 
(preshift examination) to its No. 4 Slope Vein (I.D. No. 36-08014) 
located in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The petitioner proposes to 
examine each seal for physical damage from the slope gunboat during the 
preshift examination after an air quantity reading is taken in by the 
intake portal and to test for the quantity and quality of air at the 
intake air split locations off the slope in the gangway portion of the 
working section. The petitioner proposes to physically examine the 
entire length of the slope once a month. The petitioner asserts that 
the proposed alternative method would provide at least the same measure 
of protection as would the mandatory standard.

2. L. V. Coal Company

[Docket No. M-94-174-C]

    L. V. Coal Company, 235 Second Street, Joliett, Pennsylvania 17981 
has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 75.364(b)(1), 
(4) and (5) (weekly examination) to its No. 4 Slope Vein (I.D. No. 36-
08014) located in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Due to hazardous 
conditions and roof falls, certain areas of the intake haulage slope 
and primary escapeway cannot be traveled safely. The petitioner 
proposes to examine these areas from the gunboat/slope car with an 
alternative air quality evaluation at the section's intake level, and 
to travel and thoroughly examine these areas for hazardous conditions 
once a month. The petitioner asserts that the proposed alternative 
method would provide at least the same measure of protection as would 
the mandatory standard.

3. L. V. Coal Company

[Docket No. M-94-175-C]

    L. V. Coal Company, 235 Second Street, Joliett, Pennsylvania 17981 
has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 75.1100-2(a) 
(quantity and location of firefighting equipment) to its No. 4 Slope 
Vein (I.D. No. 36-08014) located in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. 
The petitioner proposes to use only portable fire extinguishers to 
replace existing requirements where rock dust, water cars, and other 
water storage are not practical. The petitioner asserts that the 
proposed alternative method would provide at least the same measure of 
protection as would the mandatory standard.

4. L. V. Coal Company

[Docket No. M-94-176-C]

    L. V. Coal Company, 235 Second Street, Joliett, Pennsylvania 17981 
has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 75.1200 (d) 
and (i) (mine map) to its No. 4 Slope Vein (I.D. No. 36-08014) located 
in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The petitioner proposes to use 
cross-sections instead of contour lines through the intake slope, at 
locations of rock tunnel connections between veins, and at 1,000 feet 
intervals of advance from the intake slope and to limit the mapping of 
mine workings above and below to those present within 100 feet of the 
vein being mined except when veins are interconnected to other veins 
beyond the 100 feet limit through rock tunnels. The petitioner asserts 
that the proposed alternative method would provide at least the same 
measure of protection as would the mandatory standard.

5. L. V. Coal Company

[Docket No. M-94-176-C]

    L. V. Coal Company, 235 Second Street, Joliett, Pennsylvania 17981 
has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 75.1202-1(a) 
(temporary notations, revisions, and supplements) to its No. 4 Slope 
Vein (I.D. No. 36-08014) located in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. 
The petitioner proposes to revise and supplement mine maps on an annual 
basis instead of the required 6 month interval and to update maps daily 
by hand notations. The petitioner asserts that the proposed alternative 
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 [insert date 30 days 
from publication in the Federal Register]. Copies of these petitions 
are available for inspection at that address.

    Dated: December 22, 1994.
Patricia W. Silvey,
Director, Office of Standards, Regulations and Variances.
[FR Doc. 94-32158 Filed 12-29-94; 8:45 am]
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