[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 175 (Wednesday, September 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47693-47694]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24084]


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FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION


Sunshine Act Meeting

September 4, 1997.
    Time and Date: 10:00 a.m., Thursday, September 11, 1997.
    Place: Room 6005, 6th Floor, 1730 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
    Status: Open.
    Matters To Be Considered: The Commission will hear oral argument on 
the following:
    1. Secretary of Labor v. Cyprus Cumberland Resources Corp., Docket 
No. PENN 95-75 (Issues include whether the judge erred in determining 
that a safeguard was validly issued to address the alleged failure of 
the operator to consistently turn off track haulage signal lights when 
leaving blocks of track and that the operator violated the safeguard).

    Time and Date: 2:00 p.m., Thursday, September 11, 1997.
    Place: Room 6005, 6th Floor, 1730 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
    Status: Closed [Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(10)].
    Matters To Be Considered: It was determined by a unanimous vote of 
the Commissioners that the Commission consider and act upon the 
following in closed session:
    1. Secretary of Labor v. Cyprus Cumberland Resources Corp., Docket 
No. PENN 95-75 (See oral argument listing, supra, for issues).

    Time and Date: 3:00 p.m., Thursday, September 11, 1997.
    Place: Room 6005, 6th Floor, 1730 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
    Status: Open.
    Matters To Be Considered: The Commission will consider and act upon 
the following:
    1. Secretary of Labor v. Island Creek Coal Co., Docket No. KENT 95-
214 (Issues include whether the judge erred in concluding that the 
operator did not violate 30 CFR 50.10, requiring the immediate 
reporting of accidents to the Mine Safety and Health Administration, on 
the basis that the escape of methane from a cut-through core drill hole 
did not constitute an ``unplanned inundation of a mine'' within the 
meaning of 30 CFR 50.2(h)(4)).

    Time and Date: 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, September 17, 1997.
    Place: Room 6005, 6th Floor, 1730 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
    Status: Open.
    Matters To Be Considered: The Commission shall consider and act 
upon the following:
    1. Secretary of Labor v. Cyprus Emerald Resources Corp., Docket 
Nos. PENN 94-23 and 94-166 (Issues include whether the placement of 
coal refuse by the operator was a ``refuse pile'' under 30 CFR 75.214 
(f) and (h) and whether the accident-reporting and investigating 
standards in 30 CFR 50.10 and 50.11 were triggered by a collapse of the 
coal refuse, whether the operator violated 30 CFR 77.1608, requiring 
trucks to a dump a safe distance from the edge of the bank when on 
unstable ground, and whether certain of the violations were significant 
and substantial and the result of the operator's unwarrantable failure 
to comply with the standard).

    Time and Date: 10:00 a.m., Thursday, September 25, 1997.
    Place: Room 6005, 6th Floor, 1730 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
    Status: Open.
    Matters To Be Considered: The Commission will consider and act upon 
the following:
    1. Whether to propose revisions to Commission Procedural Rules 10, 
45(f), 70, and 75.
    Any person attending oral argument or an open meeting who requires 
special accessibility features and/or auxiliary aids, such as sign 
language interpreters, must inform the Commission in advance of those 
needs. Subject to 29 CFR 2706.150(a)(3) and 2706.160(d).

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Jean Ellen, (202) 653-5629/(202) 
708-

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9300 for TDD Relay/1-800-877-8339 for toll free.

Jean H. Ellen,
Chief Docket Clerk.
[FR Doc. 97-24084 Filed 9-5-97; 4:59 pm]
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