[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 174 (Friday, September 8, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46871-46872]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22263]



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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. E & E Fuels

[Docket No. M-95-110-C]

    E & E Fuels, P.O. Box 322, Hegins, Pennsylvania 17938 has filed a 
petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 75.340 to its Orchard 
Slope (I.D. No. 36-08346) located in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. 
The petitioner proposes to charge batteries on the mine's locomotive 
during idle periods when all miners are out of the mine and to have 
intake air used to ventilate the charging station to continue through 
the normal route to the last open crosscut and into the monkey airway 
(return). The petitioner asserts that the proposed alternative method 
would provide at least the same measure of protection as would the 
mandatory standard.

2. Solar Sources Underground L.L.C.

[Docket No. M-95-111-C]

    Solar Sources Underground L.L.C., P.O. Box 325, Monroe City, 
Indiana 47557 has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 
75.1700 to its Monroe City Mine (I.D. No. 12-02103) located in Knox 
County, Indiana. The petitioner proposes to plug and mine through oil 
and gas wells. The petitioner asserts that the proposed alternative 
method would provide at least the same measure of protection as would 
the mandatory standard.

3. Peabody Coal Company

[Docket No. M-95-112-C]

    Peabody Coal Company, 1951 Barrett Court, P.O. Box 1990, Henderson, 
Kentucky 42420-1990 has filed a petition to modify the application of 
30 CFR 75.342(a)(2) to its Camp No. 11 Mine (I.D. No. 15-08357) located 
in Union County, Kentucky. The petitioner proposes to have alternative 
locations for two additional methane monitors in the longwall face area 
of the longwall shearing machine instead of using a single methane 
monitor. The petitioner asserts that the proposed alternative method 
would provide at least the same measure of protection as would the 
mandatory standard.

4. Continuous Mining, Inc.

[Docket No. M-95-113-C]

    Continuous Mining, Inc., P.O. Box 239, Edgarton, West Virginia 
25672 has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 75.1710 
to its Mine No. 1 (I.D. No. 46-07891) located in Mingo County, West 
Virginia. The petitioner operates its bridge haulage equipment 
manufactured for use in extremely low-seam mines and built without 
operator compartments or canopies. The petitioner proposes to operate 
this haulage equipment without canopies due to the frequent tearing out 
of roof bolts when tramming through dips and crests of hills in the 
coal seam being mined. The petitioner states that the use of canopies 
would expose the equipment operator to greater hazards than those 
incurred by operating without operator compartments and canopies.

5. Mystic Energy, Inc.

[Docket No. M-95-114-C]

    Mystic Energy, Inc., 130 George Street, Suite J, Beckley, West 
Virginia 25801 has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 
75.364(b)(1) to its B. L. Mining No. 3 Mine (I.D. No. 46-07139) located 
in Boone County, West Virginia. Due to deteriorating roof conditions in 
the intake air course, the area cannot be traveled safely. The 
petitioner proposes to examine approximately 3,000 feet of the intake 
air course in the No. 4 Entry by checking the inby and outby ends of 
the affected area and to monitor for methane and the quantity and 
quality of air. The petitioner asserts that the proposed alternative 
method would provide at least the same measure of protection as would 
the mandatory standard.

6. Consolidation Coal Company

[Docket No. M-95-115-C]

    Consolidation Coal Company, Consol Plaza, 1800 Washington Road, 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15241-1421 has filed a petition to modify the 
application of 30 CFR 75.364(b)(1) to its Shoemaker Mine (I.D. No. 46-
01436) located in Marshall County, West Virginia. Due to deteriorating 
roof and rib conditions in the intake airway from the Seabright Shaft 
to the No. 8 Seal in 4 North, the area cannot be traveled safely. The 
petitioner proposes to establish check points J and K to monitor the 
affected area and to have a certified person examine the area for 
methane and the quantity of air at both check points on a weekly basis; 
and to have the certified person initial and record the date, time, and 
results of the weekly examinations in a book kept on the surface and 
made available for inspection by interested persons. The petitioner 
asserts that the proposed alternative method would provide at 

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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 October 10, 1995. 
Copies of these petitions are available for inspection at that address.

    Dated: August 29, 1995.
Patricia W. Silvey,
Director, Office of Standards, Regulations and Variances.
[FR Doc. 95-22263 Filed 9-7-95; 8:45 am]
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