[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 22, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56794-56795]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-21230]


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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. Brooks Run Mining Company, LLC

[Docket No. M-2004-040-C]

    Brooks Run Mining Company, LLC, has filed a petition to modify the 
application of 30 CFR 75.1711 (Sealing of mines) to its Mine No. 3 
(MSHA I.D. No. 46-06043) located in Webster County, West Virginia. The 
petitioner proposes to barricade or fence-off mine openings to prevent 
entrance to the Mine No. 3, instead of sealing mine openings. The 
petitioner states that the Mine No. 3 has remaining coal reserves that 
may be economically recoverable in the future; currently no miners are 
employed at the mine site; and the mine has been idle and the portals 
barricaded since October 5, 1999. The petitioner asserts that the 
proposed alternative method would provide at least the same measure of 
protection as the existing standard.

2. Relgis, Inc.

[Docket No. M-2004-041-C]

    Relgis, Inc., 800 Main Street, Summersville, West Virginia 26651 
has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 75.1103-4(a) 
(Automatic fire sensor and warning device systems; installation; 
minimum requirements) to its Lick Branch No. 2 Mine (MSHA I.D. No. 46-
08676) located in Fayette County, West Virginia. The petitioner 
proposes to install a carbon monoxide monitoring system as an early 
warning fire detection system near the center and in the upper third of 
the belt entry in a location that would not expose personnel working on 
the system to unsafe situations. The petitioner states that sensors 
will not be located in intersections, abnormally high areas, or in 
other areas where airflow patterns do not permit products of combustion 
to be

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carried to the sensors. 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], by fax at (202) 693-9441, or 
by regular mail to the Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances, 
Mine Safety and Health Administration, 1100 Wilson Boulevard, Room 
2350, Arlington, Virginia 22209. All comments must be postmarked or 
received in that office on or before October 22, 2004. Copies of these 
petitions are available for inspection at that address.

    Dated at Arlington, Virginia this 16th day of September 2004.
Marvin W. Nichols, Jr.,
Director, Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances.
[FR Doc. 04-21230 Filed 9-21-04; 8:45 am]
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