[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 111 (Monday, June 10, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39746-39747]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-14398]


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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. Consolidation Coal Company

[Docket No. M-2002-045-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)(2) (weekly examination) to its 
Blacksville No. 2 Mine (I.D. No. 46-01968) located in Monongalia 
County, West Virginia. The petitioner proposes to establish check point 
numbers B-CK-1, CK-2 and B-CK-3 to measure air quality and quantity at 
the inlet to the affected aircourse. The petitioner will also establish 
check point numbers B-CK-4, B-CK-5 and B-CK6 to measure air quality and 
quantity at the outlet from the affected aircourse. The petitioner 
states that due to deteriorating roof conditions, traveling the 
affected areas of the return aircourse would expose persons to 
hazardous conditions. The petitioner asserts that the check points and 
all approaches to the check points will be maintained in a safe 
condition and a certified person will test the methane and quantity of 
air at each check point on a weekly basis. 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

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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 July 10, 2002. Copies of these petitions 
are available for inspection at that address.

    Dated at Arlington, Virginia this 31st day of May 2002.
Marvin W. Nichols, Jr.,
Director, Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances.
[FR Doc. 02-14398 Filed 6-7-02; 8:45 am]
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