[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 214 (Friday, November 3, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66263-66264]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-28444]


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FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION


Sunshine Act Meeting

October 30, 2000.

TIME AND DATE:  2 p.m., Thursday, November 9, 2000.

PLACE: Room 6005, 6th Floor, 1730 K Street, NW., Washington, DC.

STATUS: Open.

MATERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Commission will consider and act upon the 
following:
    1. Target Industries, Inc., Docket Nos. PENN 97-170, etc. (Issues 
include whether the Secretary of Labor reasonably interpreted her 
regulations for main mine fans as applying to any fan whose shutdown 
would immediately impact mine or section ventilation, whether the 
operator was provided sufficient notice of the Secretary's 
interpretation of those

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regulations, and whether substantial evidence supports the judge's 
conclusion that the operator's bleeder fans constituted main mine fans 
within the meaning of the Secretary's interpretation).


TIME AND DATE: 2 p.m., Thursday, November 30, 2000.

PLACE: Room 6005, 6th Floor, 1730 K Street, NW., Washington, DC.

STATUS:  Open.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Commission will consider and act upon the 
following:
    1. Excel Mining LLC, Docket Nos. KENT 99-171-R, etc. (Issues 
include whether the Secretary of Labor can determine compliance with 
the respirable dust standard for underground coal mines based on an 
average of multiple samples taken during a single shift).


TIME AND DATE:  2 p.m., Thursday, December 7, 2000.

PLACE:  Room 6005, 6th Floor, 1730 K Street, NW., Washington, DC.

STATUS: Open.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:  The Commission will consider and act upon 
the following:
    1. Virginia Slate Co., Docket No. VA 99-8-M (Issues include whether 
the judge erred in finding that violations were not due to the 
operator's unwarrantable failure.).
    Any person attending an open 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 CFR 2706.150(a)(3) and 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.

[FR Doc. 00-28444 Filed 11-1-00; 3:43 pm]
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