[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 115 (Thursday, June 15, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 31499]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-14672]



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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. R. & D. Coal Company

[Docket No. M-95-78-C]

    R. & D. Coal Company, 214 Vaux Avenue, Tremont, Pennsylvania 17981 
has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 75.332(b)(1) & 
(b)(2) (working sections and working places) to its Buck Mountain Slope 
(I.D. No. 36-02053) located in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The 
petitioner proposes to use air passing through inaccessible abandoned 
workings and additional areas by mixing with the air in the intake 
haulage slope to ventilate the only active workings section, to ensure 
air quality by sampling intake air during preshift and on-shift 
examinations, and to suspend mine production when air quality fails to 
meet specified criteria. The petitioner asserts that the proposed 
alternative method would provide at least the same measure of 
protection as would the mandatory standard.

2. Jericol Mining, Inc.

[Docket No. M-95-79-C]

    Jericol Mining, Inc., General Delivery, Holmes Mill, Kentucky 40843 
has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 75.1710 
(canopies or cabs; electric face equipment) to its No. 2 Darby Mine 
(I.D. No. 15-16627) located in Harlan County, Kentucky. Due to the 
fluctuating height of the seam, the petitioner proposes to operate the 
Simmons Rand Model 828 battery powered coal haulers and the Simmons 
Rand 488 scoop without canopies. The petitioner asserts that compliance 
with the mandatory standard would diminish the safety of miners.

3. Andalex Resources, Inc.

[Docket No. M-95-80-C]

    Andalex Resources, Inc., P.O. Box 711, Madisonville, Kentucky 42431 
has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 75.325(b) (air 
quantity) to its Island Mine No. 1 (I.D. No. 15-17515) located in 
Hopkins County, Kentucky. The petitioner requests a modification of the 
standard to determine the volume of air at alternate locations on a 
working section and in areas where mechanized mining equipment is being 
installed or removed. The petitioner proposes to mine panels by driving 
a set of entries a specified distance and then drive another set of 
entries parallel and adjoining the first set; and to measure the air 
volume in the panels at the location indicated on the diagram 
accompanying the petition. The petitioner asserts that the proposed 
alternative method would provide at least the same measure of 
protection as would the mandatory standard.

4. Andalex Resources, Inc.

[Docket No. M-95-81-C]

    Andalex Resources, Inc., P.O. Box 711, Madisonville, Kentucky 42431 
has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 75.360(c)(1) 
(preshift examination) to its Island Mine No. 1 (I.D. No. 15-17515) 
located in Hopkins County, Kentucky. The petitioner requests a 
modification of the standard to determine the volume of air at 
alternate locations on a working section and in areas where mechanized 
mining equipment is being installed or removed. The petitioner proposes 
to mine panels by driving a set of entries a specified distance and 
then drive another set of entries parallel and adjoining the first set; 
and to measure the air volume in the panels at the location indicated 
on the diagram accompanying the petition. The petitioner asserts that 
the proposed alternative method would provide at least the same measure 
of protection as would the mandatory standard.

5. Andalex Resources, Inc.

[Docket No. M-95-82-C]

    Andalex Resources, Inc., P.O. Box 711, Madisonville, Kentucky 42431 
has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 75.362 (on-
shift examination) to its Island Mine No. 1 (I.D. No. 15-17515) located 
in Hopkins County, Kentucky. The petitioner requests a modification of 
the standard to determine the volume of air at alternate locations on a 
working section and in areas where mechanized mining equipment is being 
installed or removed. The petitioner proposes to mine panels by driving 
a set of entries a specified distance and then drive another set of 
entries parallel and adjoining the first set; and to measure the air 
volume in the panels at the location indicated on the diagram 
accompanying the petition. 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 July 17, 1995. 
Copies of these petitions are available for inspection at that address.

    Dated: June 7, 1995.
Patricia W. Silvey,
Director, Office of Standards, Regulations and Variances.
[FR Doc. 95-14672 Filed 6-14-95; 8:45 am]
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