[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 15, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13433-13434]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-3748]


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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. FMC Corporation

[Docket No. M-2006-001-M]

    FMC Corporation, Box 872, Green River, Wyoming 82935 has filed a 
petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 57.22305 (Approved 
equipment (III mines)) to its FMC Westvaco Mine (MSHA I.D. No. 48-
00152) located in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. The petitioner requests a 
modification of the existing standard to permit a submersible mine pump 
to be operated in a flooded area of the mine, and installed and 
operated through a borehole from the surface. The petitioner asserts 
that the proposed alternative method will not reduce the safety of the 
miners.

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2. Laurel Creek Company, Inc.

[Docket No. M-2006-007-C]

    Laurel Creek Company, Inc., P.O. Box 57, Dingess, West Virginia 
25671 has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 75.1002 
(Installation of electric equipment and conductors; permissibility) to 
its No. 5 Mine (MSHA I.D. No. 46-09132) located in Mingo County, West 
Virginia. The petitioner proposes to use high-voltage (2400-volt) 
continuous mining machines in and inby the last open crosscut of the 
No. 5 Mine. 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: [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 April 14, 
2006. Copies of these petitions are available for inspection at that 
address.

    Dated at Arlington, Virginia this 9th day of March 2006.
Robert F. Stone,
Acting Director, Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances.
 [FR Doc. E6-3748 Filed 3-14-06; 8:45 am]
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