[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 91 (Friday, May 10, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 31835]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-11726]


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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 existing safety standards under section 101(c) of the 
Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977.

1. Consol of Pennsylvania Coal Company

[Docket No. M-2002-039-C]

    Consol of Pennsylvania Coal Company, Consol Plaza, 1800 Washington 
Road, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15241-1421 has filed a petition to 
modify the application of 30 CFR 75.503 (Permissible electric face 
equipment; maintenance) and 30 CFR 18.35 (Portable trailing cables and 
cords) to its Enlow Fork Mine (I.D. No. 46-07416) located in Greene 
County, Pennsylvania. The petitioner requests a modification of the 
existing standard to increase the maximum length of trailing cables 
supplying power to continuous mining machines be 950 feet. The 
petitioner asserts that the proposed alternative method would provide 
at least the same measure of protection as the existing standard.

2. Cook & Sons Mining, Inc.

[Docket No. M-2002-040-C]

    Cook & Sons Mining, Inc., 147 Big Blue Boulevard, Whitesburg, 
Kentucky 41858 has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 
75.503 (Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance) and 30 CFR 
18.41(f) (Plug and receptacle-type connectors) to its Spring Branch #2 
Mine, (I.D. No. 15-18287), UZ Deep Mine, (I.D. No. 15-18469), and Nu 
Enterprise Mine (I.D. No. 15-17481) all located in Letcher County, 
Kentucky. The petitioner proposes to use a permanently installed 
spring-loaded locking device to secure battery plugs on mobile battery-
powered machines instead of a padlock to prevent unintentional 
loosening of the battery plugs from battery receptacles, and to 
eliminate the potential hazards associated with difficult removal of 
padlocks during emergency situations. The petitioner asserts that 
application of the existing standard would result in a diminution of 
safety to the miners and that the proposed alternative method would 
provide at least the same measure of protection as the existing 
standard.

3. Independence Coal Company, Inc.

[Docket No. M-2002-041-C]

    Independence Coal Company, Inc., HC 78 Box 1800, Madison, West 
Virginia 25130 has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 
75.1002 (Location of trolley wires, trolley feeder wires, high-voltage 
cables and transformers) to its White Oak Mine (I.D. No. 46-08933), 
WVOMSHT Permit U-5021-91, located in Boone County, West Virginia. The 
petitioner proposes to transfer 2,400 volt high-voltage equipment from 
one mine to another mine within the company. The petitioner asserts 
that the proposed alternative method would provide at least the same 
measure of protection as the existing standard.

4. General Chemical (Soda Ash) Partners (GCSAP)

[Docket No. M-2002-003-M)

    General Chemical (Soda Ash) Partners (GCSAP) has filed a petition 
to modify the application of 30 CFR 57.22305 (Approved equipment (III 
mines)) to its General Chemical Mine (I.D. No. 48-00155) located in 
Sweetwater County, Wyoming. The petitioner requests a modification of 
the existing standard to permit the use of the following non-
permissible equipment in or beyond the last open crosscut: (i) A Leica 
Total Station Model No. TCR307 (6 volt battery), and (ii) a Milwaukee 
14.4 Volt \1/2\" Hammer Drill Model No. 0514-20, or equivalent. The 
petitioner asserts that the proposed alternative method would provide 
at least the same measure of protection as the existing standard.

Request for Comments

    Persons interested in these petitions are encouraged to submit 
comments via e-mail to ``[email protected],'' or on a computer disk 
along with an original hard copy to the Office of Standards, 
Regulations, and Variances, Mine Safety and Health Administration, 4015 
Wilson Boulevard, Room 627, Arlington, Virginia 22203. All comments 
must be postmarked or received in that office on or before June 10, 
2002. Copies of these petitions are available for inspection at that 
address.

    Dated at Arlington, Virginia this 6th day of May 2002.
Marvin W. Nichols, Jr.,
Director, Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances.
[FR Doc. 02-11726 Filed 5-9-02; 8:45 am]
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