81 FR 81810 - Petitions for Modification of Application of Existing Mandatory Safety Standards
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 223 (November 18, 2016)
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 223 (November 18, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-27713 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 223 (Friday, November 18, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 81810-81812] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-27713] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Mine Safety and Health Administration Petitions for Modification of Application of Existing Mandatory Safety Standards AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health Administration, Labor. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Section 101(c) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 and Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 44 govern the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for modification. This notice is a summary of petitions for modification submitted to the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) by the parties listed below. DATES: All comments on the petitions must be received by MSHA's Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances on or before December 19, 2016. ADDRESSES: You may submit your comments, identified by ``docket number'' on the subject line, by any of the following methods: 1. Electronic Mail: [email protected]. Include the docket number of the petition in the subject line of the message. 2. Facsimile: 202-693-9441. 3. Regular Mail or Hand Delivery: MSHA, Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances, 201 12th Street South, Suite 4E401, Arlington, Virginia 22202-5452, Attention: Sheila McConnell, Director, Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances. Persons delivering documents are required to check in at the receptionist's desk in Suite 4E401. Individuals may inspect copies of the petitions and comments during normal business hours at the address listed above. MSHA will consider only comments postmarked by the U.S. Postal Service or proof of delivery from another delivery service such as UPS or Federal Express on or before the deadline for comments. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Barron, Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances at 202-693-9447 (Voice), [email protected] (Email), or 202-693-9441 (Facsimile). [These are not toll-free numbers.] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background Section 101(c) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act) allows the mine operator or representative of miners to file a petition to modify the application of any mandatory safety standard to a coal or other mine if the Secretary of Labor determines that: 1. An alternative method of achieving the result of such standard exists which will at all times guarantee no less than the same measure of protection afforded the miners of such mine by such standard; or 2. That the application of such standard to such mine will result in a diminution of safety to the miners in such mine. In addition, the regulations at 30 CFR 44.10 and 44.11 establish the requirements and procedures for filing petitions for modification. II. Petitions for Modification Docket Number: M-2016-031-C. Petitioner: S & J Coal Mine, 15 Motter Drive, Pine Grove, Pennsylvania 17963-8854. Mine: Slope #2 Mine, MSHA I.D. No. 36-09963, located in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.1002(a) (Installation of electric equipment and conductors; permissibility). Modification Request: The petitioner requests a modification of the existing standard to permit use of nonpermissible electric equipment within 150 feet of the pillar line to include drags and battery locomotives. The request is due in part to the method of mining used in pitching anthracite mines and the alternative evaluation of the mine air quality for methane on an hourly basis during operation, with one of the gas test results to be recorded in the on-shift examination record. The petitioner also proposes to suspend equipment operation any time methane concentration at the equipment reaches 0.5 percent methane either during operation or when found during a preshift examination. The petitioner states that: (1) The equipment will be operated in the working section's only intake entry (gangway), which is regularly traveled and examined. (2) The use of drags on less than moderate pitching veins (less than 20 degrees pitch) is the only practical system of mining in use. (3) Permissible drags are not commercially available, and due in part to their small size, permissible locomotives are not commercially available either. (4) As a result of low daily production rates and full timbering support, in-rushes of methane due to massive pillar falls are unlikely to occur. (5) Recovery of the pillars above the first miner heading is usually accomplished on the advance within 150 feet of the section intake (gangway) and the remaining mineable pillars recovered from the deepest point of penetration outby. (6) The 5,000 cubic feet per minute of required intake airflow is measured just outby the nonpermissible equipment with the ventilating air passing over the equipment to ventilate the pillar being mined. (7) The electrical equipment is attended during operation and either power to the unit deenergized at the intersection of the working gangway and intake slope or equipment moved to that area when production ceases, minimizing any ignition potential from the pillar recovery area. (8) Where more than one active line of pillar breasts recovery exists, the locomotive may travel to a point just outby the deepest active chute/breast (room) workings or last open crosscut in a developing set of entries. The petitioner asserts that the proposed alternative method will at all times guarantee no less than the same [[Page 81811]] measure of protection to the miners as would be provided by the existing standard. Docket Number: M-2016-032-C. Petitioner: S & J Coal Mine, 15 Motter Drive, Pine Grove, Pennsylvania 17963-8854. Mine: Slope #2 Mine, MSHA I.D. No. 36-09963, located in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.1400 (Hoisting equipment; general). Modification Request: The petitioner seeks to permit the use of a gunboat to transport persons without safety catches or other no less effective devices because to date, no such safety catch or device is available for steeply pitching and undulating slopes with numerous curves and knuckles present in the main haulage slopes of anthracite mines. The mines range in length from 30 to 4,200 feet and vary in pitch from 12 degrees and 75 degrees. The petitioner states that: (1) A functional safety catch has not been developed. Makeshift devices, if installed, would be activated on knuckles and curves when no emergency exists causing a tumbling effect on the conveyance, which would increase rather than decrease the hazard to miners. (2) As an alternative, the petitioner proposes to operate the man- cage or steel gunboat with secondary safety connections securely fastened around the gunboat and to the hoisting rope above the main connecting device, and use hoisting ropes having a factor of safety in excess of the 4 to 8 to 1 as suggested in the American Standards Specifications for Use of Wire Ropes for Mines. The petitioner asserts that the proposed alternative method will provide no less than the same measure of protection afforded the miners under the existing standard. Docket Number: M-2016-033-C. Petitioner: Mach Mining, LLC, P.O. Box 300, Johnston City, Illinois 62951. Mine: Mach No. 1 Mine, MSHA I.D. No. 11-03141, located in Williamson County, Illinois. Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.503 (Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance) and 30 CFR 18.35 (Portable trailing cables and cords). Modification Request: The petitioner requests a modification of the existing standard to allow the use of trailing cables longer than permitted under the existing standard. The petitioner states that: (1) The maximum lengths of the 995-volt trailing cables will be 1,000 feet and not smaller than No. 2 American Wire Gauge (AWG). (2) All circuit breakers used to protect No. 2 AWG trailing cables exceeding 700 feet in length will have instantaneous trip units calibrated to trip at 800 amperes. The trip setting of these circuit breakers will be sealed or locked so that the setting cannot be changed and these circuit breakers will have permanent, legible labels. Each label will identify the circuit breaker as being suitable for protecting No. 2 AWG cables. The labels will be maintained legible. (3) Replacement instantaneous trip units used to protect No. 2 AWG trailing cables will be calibrated to trip at 800 amperes, and this setting will be sealed and locked. (4) All components that provide short-circuit protection will have a sufficient interruption rating in accordance with the maximum calculated fault currents available. (5) Short-circuit settings must not exceed the setting specified in the approval documentation or 70 percent of the maximum available current, whichever is less. (6) Any trailing cable that is not in safe operating condition will be removed from service immediately and repaired or replaced. (7) Each splice or repair in the trailing cable will be made in a workmanlike manner and in accordance with the instructions of the manufacturer of the splice or repair kit. The outer jacket of each splice or repair will be vulcanized with flame-resistant material or made with material that has been accepted by MSHA as flame resistant. (8) In the event the mining methods or operating procedures cause or contribute to the damage of any trailing cable, the trailing cable will be removed from service immediately and repaired or replaced, and additional precautions will be taken to ensure that in the future, the cable is protected and maintained in safe operating condition. (9) During each production day, persons designated by the mine operator will visually examine the trailing cables to ensure that the cables are in safe operating condition. The instantaneous settings of the specially calibrated circuit breakers will be visually examined to ensure that the seals or locks have not been removed and do not exceed the settings stipulated in items (2) and (3). (10) Permanent warning labels will be installed and maintained on the cover of the power center identifying the location of each sealed short-circuit protective device. These labels will warn miners not to change or alter these sealed short-circuit settings. (11) The alternative method will not be implemented until all miners who have been designated to examine the integrity of seals or locks, verify the short-circuit settings, and examine trailing cables for defects have received their training. (12) Within 60 days after the proposed decision and order becomes final, the petitioner will submit proposed revisions for their approved 30 CFR part 48 training plans to the District Manager for the area in which the mine is located. The training will include the following elements: (a) Mining methods and operating procedures that will protect the trailing cables against damage; (b) Proper procedures for examining the trailing cables to ensure that the cables are in safe operating condition; (c) The hazards of setting the short circuit interrupting device too high to adequately protect the trailing cables; and (d) How to verify that the circuit interrupting device(s) protecting the trailing cable(s) are properly set and maintained. The procedures as specified in 30 CFR 48.3 for approval of proposed revisions to already approved training plans will apply. The petitioner asserts that the proposed alternative method will at all times guarantee no less than the same measure of protection to the miners as would be provided by the existing standard. Docket Number: M-2016-034-C. Petitioner: Warrior Coal, LLC, 57 J.E. Ellis Rd., Madisonville, Kentucky 42431. Mine: Warrior's Cardinal Mine, MSHA I.D. No. 15-14335, located in Hopkins County, Kentucky. Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.500(d) (Permissible electric equipment). Modification Request: The petitioner requests a modification of the existing standard to permit the use of nonpermissible electronic testing or diagnostic equipment inby the last open crosscut. The petitioner states that: (1) Nonpermissible electronic testing and diagnostic equipment to be used includes: Laptop/tablet computers, oscilloscopes, vibration analysis machines, cable fault detectors, point temperature probes, infrared temperature devices, insulation testers (meggers), voltage, current, resistance meters and power testers, and electronic tachometers. Other testing and diagnostic equipment may be used if approved in advance by the MSHA District Manager. (2) All nonpermissible testing and diagnostic equipment used in or inby [[Page 81812]] the last open crosscut will be examined by a qualified person (as defined in 30 CFR 75.153) prior to use to ensure the equipment is being maintained in a safe operating condition. The examination results will be recorded weekly in the examination book and will be made available to MSHA and the miners at the mine. (3) A qualified person as defined in existing 30 CFR 75.151 will continuously monitor for methane immediately before and during the use of nonpermissible electronic testing and diagnostic equipment in or inby the last open crosscut. (4) Nonpermissible electronic testing and diagnostic equipment will not be used if methane is detected in concentrations at or above 1.0 percent. When 1.0 percent or more methane is detected while the nonpermissible electronic equipment is being used, the equipment will be deenergized immediately and withdrawn outby the last open crosscut. (5) All hand-held methane detectors will be MSHA-approved and maintained in permissible and proper operating condition as defined in 30 CFR 75.320. (6) Except for time necessary to troubleshoot under actual mining conditions, coal production on MMU will cease. However, coal may remain in or on the equipment to test and diagnose the equipment under ``load.'' (7) All electronic testing and diagnostic equipment will be used in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations. (8) Qualified personnel who use electronic testing and diagnostic equipment will be properly trained to recognize the hazards and limitations associated with use of the equipment. The petitioner asserts that under the terms and conditions of the petition for modification, the use of nonpermissible electronic testing and diagnostic equipment will at all times guarantee no less than the same measure of protection afforded by the existing standard. Docket Number: M-2016-035-C. Petitioner: Warrior Coal, LLC, 57 J.E. Ellis Rd., Madisonville, Kentucky 42431. Mine: Warrior's Cardinal Mine, MSHA I.D. No. 15-14335, located in Hopkins County, Kentucky. Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.507-1(a) (Electric equipment other than power-connection points; outby the last open crosscut; return air; permissibility requirements). Modification Request: The petitioner requests a modification of the existing standard to permit the use of nonpermissible electronic testing or diagnostic equipment in return air outby the last open crosscut. The petitioner states that: (1) Nonpermissible electronic testing and diagnostic equipment to be used includes: Laptop/tablet computers, oscilloscopes, vibration analysis machines, cable fault detectors, point temperature probes, infrared temperature devices, insulation testers (meggers), voltage, current, resistance meters and power testers, and electronic tachometers. Other testing and diagnostic equipment may be used if approved in advance by the MSHA District Manager. (2) All nonpermissible testing and diagnostic equipment used in return air outby the last open crosscut will be examined by a qualified person (as defined in 30 CFR 75.153) prior to use to ensure the equipment is being maintained in a safe operating condition. The examination results will be recorded weekly in the examination book and will be made available to MSHA and the miners at the mine. (3) A qualified person as defined in existing 30 CFR 75.151 will continuously monitor for methane immediately before and during the use of nonpermissible electronic testing and diagnostic equipment in return air outby the last open crosscut. (4) Nonpermissible electronic testing and diagnostic equipment will not be used if methane is detected in concentrations at or above 1.0 percent. When 1.0 percent or more methane is detected while the nonpermissible electronic equipment is being used, the equipment will be deenergized immediately and withdrawn from the return air outby the last open crosscut. (5) All hand-held methane detectors will be MSHA-approved and maintained in permissible and proper operating condition as defined in 30 CFR 75.320. (6) All electronic testing and diagnostic equipment will be used in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations. (7) Qualified personnel who use electronic testing and diagnostic equipment will be properly trained to recognize the hazards and limitations associated with use of the equipment. The petitioner asserts that under the terms and conditions of the petition for modification, the use of nonpermissible electronic testing and diagnostic equipment will at all times guarantee no less than the same measure of protection afforded by the existing standard. Sheila McConnell, Director, Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances. [FR Doc. 2016-27713 Filed 11-17-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4520-43-P
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the Draft Supplemental RFEIS. This list ADDRESSES: You may submit your equipment and conductors;
includes local, state, and federal comments, identified by ‘‘docket permissibility).
agencies with jurisdiction, elected number’’ on the subject line, by any of Modification Request: The petitioner
officials and community leaders, the following methods: requests a modification of the existing
businesses and organizations, and other 1. Electronic Mail: zzMSHA- standard to permit use of
interested parties and individuals. comments@dol.gov. Include the docket nonpermissible electric equipment
Anyone wishing to be added to the number of the petition in the subject within 150 feet of the pillar line to
mailing list to receive a copy of the Draft line of the message. include drags and battery locomotives.
Supplemental RFEIS may request to be 2. Facsimile: 202–693–9441. The request is due in part to the method
added by contacting the Bureau’s Site 3. Regular Mail or Hand Delivery: of mining used in pitching anthracite
Selection Specialist at the address MSHA, Office of Standards, mines and the alternative evaluation of
below. Regulations, and Variances, 201 12th the mine air quality for methane on an
Following issuance of the Draft Street South, Suite 4E401, Arlington, hourly basis during operation, with one
Supplemental RFEIS and completion of Virginia 22202–5452, Attention: Sheila of the gas test results to be recorded in
the 45-day public comment period on McConnell, Director, Office of the on-shift examination record. The
the Draft Supplemental RFEIS, the Standards, Regulations, and Variances. petitioner also proposes to suspend
Bureau will issue a Final Supplemental Persons delivering documents are equipment operation any time methane
RFEIS that will include comments required to check in at the receptionist’s concentration at the equipment reaches
received during the public comment desk in Suite 4E401. Individuals may 0.5 percent methane either during
period on the Draft Supplemental inspect copies of the petitions and operation or when found during a
RFEIS. The Final Supplemental RFEIS comments during normal business preshift examination. The petitioner
will also include the Bureau’s response hours at the address listed above. states that:
to substantive comments received on MSHA will consider only comments (1) The equipment will be operated in
the Draft Supplemental RFEIS. postmarked by the U.S. Postal Service or the working section’s only intake entry
Following publication of the Final proof of delivery from another delivery (gangway), which is regularly traveled
Supplemental RFEIS, a 30-day review service such as UPS or Federal Express and examined.
period will be provided. No action will on or before the deadline for comments. (2) The use of drags on less than
be taken to implement any of the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: moderate pitching veins (less than 20
proposed alternatives until completion Barbara Barron, Office of Standards, degrees pitch) is the only practical
of the 30-day review period on the Final Regulations, and Variances at 202–693– system of mining in use.
Supplemental RFEIS and issuance of a 9447 (Voice), barron.barbara@dol.gov (3) Permissible drags are not
Record of Decision on behalf of the (Email), or 202–693–9441 (Facsimile). commercially available, and due in part
Bureau by its Director or Acting [These are not toll-free numbers.] to their small size, permissible
Director. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: locomotives are not commercially
Dated: November 4, 2016. available either.
I. Background (4) As a result of low daily production
Issac Gaston,
Section 101(c) of the Federal Mine rates and full timbering support, in-
Site Selection Specialist, Capacity, Planning rushes of methane due to massive pillar
and Construction, U.S. Department of Justice, Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine
Federal Bureau of Prisons. Act) allows the mine operator or falls are unlikely to occur.
representative of miners to file a (5) Recovery of the pillars above the
[FR Doc. 2016–27148 Filed 11–17–16; 8:45 am]
petition to modify the application of any first miner heading is usually
BILLING CODE P
mandatory safety standard to a coal or accomplished on the advance within
other mine if the Secretary of Labor 150 feet of the section intake (gangway)
determines that: and the remaining mineable pillars
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR recovered from the deepest point of
1. An alternative method of achieving
the result of such standard exists which penetration outby.
Mine Safety and Health Administration (6) The 5,000 cubic feet per minute of
will at all times guarantee no less than
Petitions for Modification of the same measure of protection afforded required intake airflow is measured just
Application of Existing Mandatory the miners of such mine by such outby the nonpermissible equipment
Safety Standards standard; or with the ventilating air passing over the
2. That the application of such equipment to ventilate the pillar being
AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health standard to such mine will result in a mined.
Administration, Labor. diminution of safety to the miners in (7) The electrical equipment is
ACTION: Notice. such mine. attended during operation and either
In addition, the regulations at 30 CFR power to the unit deenergized at the
SUMMARY: Section 101(c) of the Federal intersection of the working gangway and
44.10 and 44.11 establish the
Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 and intake slope or equipment moved to that
requirements and procedures for filing
Title 30 of the Code of Federal area when production ceases,
petitions for modification.
Regulations Part 44 govern the minimizing any ignition potential from
application, processing, and disposition II. Petitions for Modification the pillar recovery area.
of petitions for modification. This notice Docket Number: M–2016–031–C. (8) Where more than one active line
is a summary of petitions for of pillar breasts recovery exists, the
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Petitioner: S & J Coal Mine, 15 Motter
modification submitted to the Mine Drive, Pine Grove, Pennsylvania 17963– locomotive may travel to a point just
Safety and Health Administration 8854. outby the deepest active chute/breast
(MSHA) by the parties listed below. Mine: Slope #2 Mine, MSHA I.D. No. (room) workings or last open crosscut in
DATES: All comments on the petitions 36–09963, located in Schuylkill County, a developing set of entries.
must be received by MSHA’s Office of Pennsylvania. The petitioner asserts that the
Standards, Regulations, and Variances Regulation Affected: 30 CFR proposed alternative method will at all
on or before December 19, 2016. 75.1002(a) (Installation of electric times guarantee no less than the same
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the last open crosscut will be examined nonpermissible electronic testing or less than the same measure of protection
by a qualified person (as defined in 30 diagnostic equipment in return air outby afforded by the existing standard.
CFR 75.153) prior to use to ensure the the last open crosscut. The petitioner Sheila McConnell,
equipment is being maintained in a safe states that:
operating condition. The examination Director, Office of Standards, Regulations,
(1) Nonpermissible electronic testing and Variances.
results will be recorded weekly in the and diagnostic equipment to be used [FR Doc. 2016–27713 Filed 11–17–16; 8:45 am]
examination book and will be made
includes: Laptop/tablet computers, BILLING CODE 4520–43–P
available to MSHA and the miners at the
oscilloscopes, vibration analysis
mine.
machines, cable fault detectors, point
(3) A qualified person as defined in
existing 30 CFR 75.151 will temperature probes, infrared DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
continuously monitor for methane temperature devices, insulation testers
(meggers), voltage, current, resistance Mine Safety and Health Administration
immediately before and during the use
of nonpermissible electronic testing and meters and power testers, and electronic
tachometers. Other testing and Petitions for Modification of
diagnostic equipment in or inby the last Application of Existing Mandatory
open crosscut. diagnostic equipment may be used if
approved in advance by the MSHA Safety Standards
(4) Nonpermissible electronic testing
and diagnostic equipment will not be District Manager. AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health
used if methane is detected in (2) All nonpermissible testing and Administration, Labor.
concentrations at or above 1.0 percent. diagnostic equipment used in return air ACTION: Notice.
When 1.0 percent or more methane is outby the last open crosscut will be
detected while the nonpermissible examined by a qualified person (as SUMMARY: Section 101(c) of the Federal
electronic equipment is being used, the defined in 30 CFR 75.153) prior to use Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 and
equipment will be deenergized Title 30 of the Code of Federal
to ensure the equipment is being
immediately and withdrawn outby the Regulations Part 44 govern the
maintained in a safe operating
last open crosscut. application, processing, and disposition
condition. The examination results will
(5) All hand-held methane detectors of petitions for modification. This notice
be recorded weekly in the examination
will be MSHA-approved and is a summary of petitions for
book and will be made available to modification submitted to the Mine
maintained in permissible and proper MSHA and the miners at the mine.
operating condition as defined in 30 Safety and Health Administration
CFR 75.320. (3) A qualified person as defined in (MSHA) by the parties listed below.
(6) Except for time necessary to existing 30 CFR 75.151 will DATES: All comments on the petitions
troubleshoot under actual mining continuously monitor for methane must be received by MSHA’s Office of
conditions, coal production on MMU immediately before and during the use Standards, Regulations, and Variances
will cease. However, coal may remain in of nonpermissible electronic testing and on or before December 19, 2016.
or on the equipment to test and diagnostic equipment in return air outby ADDRESSES: You may submit your
diagnose the equipment under ‘‘load.’’ the last open crosscut. comments, identified by ‘‘docket
(7) All electronic testing and (4) Nonpermissible electronic testing number’’ on the subject line, by any of
diagnostic equipment will be used in and diagnostic equipment will not be the following methods:
accordance with the manufacturer’s used if methane is detected in 1. Electronic Mail: zzMSHA-
recommendations. concentrations at or above 1.0 percent. comments@dol.gov. Include the docket
(8) Qualified personnel who use When 1.0 percent or more methane is number of the petition in the subject
electronic testing and diagnostic detected while the nonpermissible line of the message.
equipment will be properly trained to electronic equipment is being used, the 2. Facsimile: 202–693–9441.
recognize the hazards and limitations equipment will be deenergized 3. Regular Mail or Hand Delivery:
associated with use of the equipment. immediately and withdrawn from the MSHA, Office of Standards,
The petitioner asserts that under the Regulations, and Variances, 201 12th
return air outby the last open crosscut.
terms and conditions of the petition for Street South, Suite 4E401, Arlington,
modification, the use of nonpermissible (5) All hand-held methane detectors Virginia 22202–5452, Attention: Sheila
electronic testing and diagnostic will be MSHA-approved and McConnell, Director, Office of
equipment will at all times guarantee no maintained in permissible and proper Standards, Regulations, and Variances.
less than the same measure of protection operating condition as defined in 30 Persons delivering documents are
afforded by the existing standard. CFR 75.320. required to check in at the receptionist’s
Docket Number: M–2016–035–C. (6) All electronic testing and desk in Suite 4E401. Individuals may
Petitioner: Warrior Coal, LLC, 57 J.E. diagnostic equipment will be used in inspect copies of the petitions and
Ellis Rd., Madisonville, Kentucky accordance with the manufacturer’s comments during normal business
42431. recommendations. hours at the address listed above.
Mine: Warrior’s Cardinal Mine, MSHA will consider only comments
(7) Qualified personnel who use postmarked by the U.S. Postal Service or
MSHA I.D. No. 15–14335, located in
electronic testing and diagnostic proof of delivery from another delivery
Hopkins County, Kentucky.
equipment will be properly trained to service such as UPS or Federal Express
Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.507–
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recognize the hazards and limitations on or before the deadline for comments.
1(a) (Electric equipment other than
power-connection points; outby the last associated with use of the equipment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
open crosscut; return air; permissibility The petitioner asserts that under the Barbara Barron, Office of Standards,
requirements). terms and conditions of the petition for Regulations, and Variances at 202–693–
Modification Request: The petitioner modification, the use of nonpermissible 9447 (Voice), barron.barbara@dol.gov
requests a modification of the existing electronic testing and diagnostic (Email), or 202–693–9441 (Facsimile).
standard to permit the use of equipment will at all times guarantee no [These are not toll-free numbers.]
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