[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 145 (Tuesday, July 29, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 44549]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-19171]


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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. B and B Coal Company

[Docket No. M-2003-050-C]

    B and B Coal Company, 225 Main Street, Joliett, Tremont, 
Pennsylvania 17981 has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 
CFR 75.334(a)(2), (e), and (f)(3) (Worked-out areas and areas where 
pillars are being recovered) to its Rock Ridge Slope (MSHA I.D. No. 36-
07741) located in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The petitioner 
requests a modification of the existing standard to permit its former 
ventilation system and plan to be approved and reinstated for the Rock 
Ridge Slope anthracite coal mine in lieu of requiring that areas be 
sealed or ventilated. The petitioner asserts that certain areas of the 
existing standard would result in risk taking for personnel at the 
mine. The petitioner asserts that the proposed alternative method would 
provide at least the same measure of protection as the existing 
standard.

2. Rosebud Mining Company

[Docket No. M-2003-051-C]

    Rosebud Mining Company, 301 Market Street, Kittanning, Pennslyvania 
16201 has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 75.1100-
2(e)(2) (Quantity and location of firefighting equipment) to its Little 
Toby Deep Mine (MSHA I.D. No. 36-08847) located in Elk County, 
Pennsylvania. The petitioner proposes to use two (2) portable fire 
extinguishers or one fire extinguisher of twice the required capacity 
at all temporary electrical installations in lieu of using one fire 
extinguisher and 240 pounds of rock dust. The petitioner asserts that 
the proposed alternative method would provide at least the same measure 
of protection as the existing standard and would not cause a diminution 
of safety to the miners.

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, 1100 Wilson 
Boulevard, Room 2352, Arlington, Virginia 22209. All comments must be 
postmarked or received in that office on or before August 30, 2003. 
Copies of these petitions are available for inspection at that address.

    Dated at Arlington, Virginia, this 22nd day of July 2003.
Marvin W. Nichols, Jr.,
Director, Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances.
[FR Doc. 03-19171 Filed 7-28-03; 8:45 am]
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