[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 249 (Wednesday, December 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78047-78048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-28475]


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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. St. Lawrence Zinc Company

[Docket No. M-2004-010-M]

    St. Lawrence Zinc Company, P.O. Box 226, Hailesboro, New York 13645 
has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 57.14106 
(Falling object protection) to its No. 4 Mine (MSHA I.D. No. 30-01185) 
located in St. Lawrence County, New York. The petitioner proposes to 
use low profile mini-jumbos and two (2) yard load haul dumps without 
canopies in new mining areas with low height stopes in the No. 4 Mine. 
The petitioner states that ore drifts of nine (9) feet high and eight 
(8) feet wide will be maintained in the new mining areas, and the ore 
veins plunge approximately 25 degrees, thereby reducing the height of 
the stope (shanty back strike drifts). The petitioner asserts that the 
proposed alternative method would provide at least the same measure of 
protection as the existing standard.

2. Cumberland Coal Resources, LP

[Docket No. M-2004-052-C]

    Cumberland Coal Resources, LP, Three Gateway Center, 401 Liberty 
Avenue, Suite 1340, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222 has filed a petition 
to modify the application of 30 CFR 75.364(b)(1) (Weekly examination) 
to its Cumberland Mine (I.D. No. 36-05018) located in Greene County, 
Pennsylvania. The petitioner requests a modification of the existing 
standard to permit the use of air monitoring stations at a sump in an 
intake airway in lieu of traveling the entry in its entirety. 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 Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov; E-
mail: [email protected]; Fax: (202) 693-9441; or Regular Mail/Hand 
Delivery/Courier: Mine Safety and Health Administration, Office of 
Standards, Regulations, and Variances, 1100 Wilson Boulevard, Room 
2350, Arlington, Virginia 22209. All comments must be postmarked or 
received in that office on or before January 28, 2005. Copies of these

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petitions are available for inspection at that address.

    Dated at Arlington, Virginia this 22nd day of December, 2004.
Marvin W. Nichols, Jr.,
Director, Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances.
[FR Doc. 04-28475 Filed 12-28-04; 8:45 am]
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