[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 110 (Monday, June 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 31464]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15122]


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FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION


Sunshine Act Meeting

June 3, 1997.
TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 11, 1997.

PLACE: Room 6005, 6th Floor, 1730 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

STATUS: Open.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Commission will consider and act upon the 
following:

1. Secretary of Labor v. Peabody Coal Co., Docket No. KENT 93-369 
(Issues include whether substantial evidence supports the judge's 
determination that the operator's violation of 30 C.F.R. Sec. 75.601 
was not significant and substantial).

TIME AND DATE: 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 11, 1997.

PLACE: Room 6005, 6th Floor, 1730 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

STATUS: Open.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Commission will consider and act upon the 
following:

1. Secretary of Labor v. Topper Coal Co., Docket No. KENT 94-944-R 
(Issues include whether the judge correctly determined that the 
operator violated 30 U.S.C. Sec. 813(a) by impeding a spot inspection 
for smoking materials, that the violation was significant and 
substantial and the result of high negligence, and that a civil penalty 
of $5,000 was appropriate).

TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, July 2, 1997.

PLACE: Room 6005, 6th Floor, 1730 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

STATUS: Open.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Commission will consider and act upon the 
following:

1. Secretary of Labor v. Consolidation Coal Co., et al., Docket No. 
WEVA 94-377 (Issues include whether substantial evidence supports the 
judge's conclusions that the operator's bleeder system met the 
requirements of 30 C.F.R. Sec. 75.334(b)(1) and that the two individual 
respondents were not liable under section 110(c) of the Mine Act for 
knowingly authorizing a violation of that regulation, and whether to 
remand for decision the issue of whether an allegedly incomplete cross-
sectional reading violated 30 C.F.R. Sec. 75.364(a)(2)).

TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m., Thursday, July 10, 1997.

PLACE: Room 6005, 6th Floor, 1730 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

STATUS: Open.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Commission will consider and act upon the 
following:

1. Secretary of Labor v. Thunder Basin Coal Co., Docket No. WEST 94-370 
(Issues include whether the judge erred by failing to assess a separate 
penalty for the operator's violation of 30 C.F.R. Sec. 40.4 and whether 
the judge correctly applied the penalty assessment criteria of section 
110(i) of the Mine Act in assessing a daily penalty for the operator's 
failure to timely abate that violation).

    Any person attending a meeting who requires special accessibility 
features and/or auxiliary aids, such as sign language interpreters, 
must inform the Commission in advance of those needs. Subject to 29 
C.F.R. Sec. 2706.150(a)(3) and Sec. 2706.160(d).

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFO: Jean Ellen, (202) 653-5629/(202) 708-9300 
for TDD Relay/1-800-877-8339 for toll free.
Jean H. Ellen,
Chief Docket Clerk.
[FR Doc. 97-15122 Filed 6-5-97; 2:12 pm]
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