[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 103 (Wednesday, May 29, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 37443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-13410]


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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. Eastern Associated Coal Corp.

[Docket No. M-2002-042-C]

    Eastern Associated Coal Corp., 202 Laidley Tower, P.O. Box 1233, 
Charleston, West Virginia 25324 has filed a petition to modify the 
application of 30 CFR 75.900 (Low- and medium-voltage circuits serving 
three-phase alternating current equipment; circuit breakers) to its 
Rivers Edge Mine (I.D. No. 46-08890) located in Boone County, West 
Virginia. The petitioner proposes to use contactors instead of circuits 
breakers to provide undervoltage protection, ground fault, and ground 
monitor protection. The petitioner asserts that the proposed 
alternative method would provide at least the same measure of 
protection as the existing standard.

2. Lone Mountain Processing, Incorporated

[Docket No. M-2002-043-C]

    Lone Mountain Processing, Incorporated, Drawer C, St. Charles, 
Virginia 24282 has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 
75.901 (Protection of low- and medium-voltage three-phase circuits used 
underground) to its Darby Fork No. 1 Mine (I.D. No. 15-02263) located 
in Harlan County, Kentucky. The petitioner proposes to use a 480-volt, 
three-phase, 300KW/375VA diesel powered generator (DPG) set to supply 
power to a three-phase wye connected 300 KVA auto transformer and 
three-phase 480-volt and 995-volt power circuits. The petitioner 
asserts that the proposed alternative method would provide at least the 
same measure of protection as the existing standard.

3. Lone Mountain Processing, Incorporated

[Docket No. M-2002-044-C]

    Lone Mountain Processing, Incorporated, Drawer C, St. Charles, 
Virginia 24282 has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 
75.901 (Protection of low- and medium-voltage three-phase circuits used 
underground) to its Huff Creek Mine No. 1 (I.D. No. 15-17234) located 
in Harlan County, Kentucky. The petitioner proposes to use a 480-volt, 
three-phase, 300KW/375VA diesel powered generator (DPG) set to supply 
power to a three-phase wye connected 300 KVA auto transformer and 
three-phase 480-volt and 995-volt power circuits. 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 28, 
2002. Copies of these petitions are available for inspection at that 
address.

    Dated at Arlington, Virginia, this 22nd day of May, 2002.
Marvin W. Nichols, Jr.,
Director, Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances.
[FR Doc. 02-13410 Filed 5-28-02; 8:45 am]
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