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General Wage Determination

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Signed at Washington, D.C. this 20th day

of November 1997.

Carl J. Poleskey,

Chief, Branch of Construction Wage

Determinations.

[FR Doc. 97–31044 Filed 11–26–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–27–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Mine Safety and Health Administration

Summary of Decisions Granting in

Whole or in Part Petitions for

Modification

AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health

Administration (MSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice of affirmative decisions

issued by the Administrators for Coal

Mine Safety and Health and Metal and

Nonmetal Mine Safety and Health on

petitions for modification of the

application of mandatory safety

standards.

SUMMARY: Under section 101(c) of the

Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of

1977, the Secretary of Labor may modify

the application of a mandatory safety

standard to a mine if the Secretary

determines either that an alternate

method exists at a specific mine that

will guarantee no less protection for the

miners affected than that provided by

the standard, or that the application of

the standard at a specific mine will

result in a diminution of safety to the

affected miners.

Summaries of petitions received by

the Secretary appear periodically in the

Federal Register. Final decisions on

these petitions are based upon the

petitioner’s statements, comments and

information submitted by interested

persons, and a field investigation of the

conditions at the mine. MSHA has

granted or partially granted the requests

for modification submitted by the

petitioners listed below. In some

instances, the decisions are conditioned

upon compliance with stipulations

stated in the decision.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Petitions and copies of the final

decisions are available for examination

by the public in the Office of Standards,

Regulations, and Variances, MSHA,

Room 627, 4015 Wilson Boulevard,

Arlington, Virginia 22203. Contact

Barbara Barron at 703–235–1910.

Dated: November 20, 1997.

Patricia W. Silvey,

Director, Office of Standards, Regulations and

Variances.

Affirmative Decisions on Petitions for

Modification

Docket No.: M–97–011–C.

FR Notice: 62 FR 11927.

Petitioner: Consol Pennsylvania Coal

Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.503.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to permit the maximum

lengths of the loading machine, roof

bolter, and section ventilation fan

trailing cables supplying equipment

from 480-volt alternating current

systems to be increased to 800 feet

considered acceptable alternative

method. Granted for the Bailey Mine

with conditions for the extended length,

480-volt, three-phase alternating current

trailing cables, used to develop the three

and four entry longwall development

panels and the eleven-entry mains at the

Bailey Mine.

Docket No.: M–97–014–C.

FR Notice: 62 FR 11927.

Petitioner: Genwal Resources, Inc.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.1002.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use high-voltage (2400 volts)

operated equipment inby the last open

crosscut at the working longwall

sections considered acceptable

alternative method. Granted for the

Crandall Canyon Mine with conditions.

Docket No.: M–97–039-C.

FR Notice: 62 FR 23799.

Petitioner: Spruce Fork Coal

Company, Inc.
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Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.503(b)(2).

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use a spring loaded locking

device, instead of padlocks to secure

battery plugs to machine mounted

receptacles, that would prevent the

threaded lock on a plug from turning

and becoming loose unintentionally

considered acceptable alternative

method. Granted for the Spruce Fork

Mine No. 1 with conditions for the use

of permanently installed spring-loaded

locking devices in lieu of padlocks on

battery plugs.

Docket No.: M–97–041.

FR Notice: 62 FR 29370.

Petitioner: Pine Ridge Coal Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.503.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to replace a padlock on battery

plug connectors on mobile batterypowered machines with a threaded ring

and a spring loaded device to prevent

the plug connector from accidently

disengaging while under load

considered acceptable alternative

method. Granted for the Robin Hood No.

9 Mine with conditions for the use of

permanently installed spring-loaded

locking devices in lieu of padlocks on

battery plugs.

Docket No.: M–97–043–C.

FR Notice: 62 FR 29371.

Petitioner: Peabody Coal Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.503.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to attach a spring-loaded plug

interlock to the plug receptacle which is

permanently attached to the battery

case, and in addition the spring-loaded

plug interlock has been designed so that

when the battery plugs are secured and

the spring-loaded interlock released, the

threaded ring securing the battery plugs

cannot become loose considered

acceptable alternative method. Granted

for the Marissa Mine with conditions for

the use of permanently installed springloaded locking devices in lieu of

padlocks on battery plugs.

Docket No.: M–97–055–C.

FR Notice: 62 FR 29372.

Petitioner: Pen Coal Corporation.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.503.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to replace a padlock on battery

plug connectors on mobile batterypowered machines with a threaded ring

and a spring loaded device to prevent

the plug connector from accidently

disengaging while under load; and to

instruct all persons on the requirements

for operating or maintaining batterypowered machines considered

acceptable alternative method. Granted

for the Deep Mine No. 4 with conditions

for the use of permanently installed

spring-loaded locking devices in lieu of

padlocks on battery plugs.

Docket No.: M–96–002–C.

FR Notice: 61 FR 13882.

Petitioner: Ohio County Coal

Company, Inc.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.901(a).

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to operate its diesel powered

generator (DPG) without an earth

referenced ground considered

acceptable alternative method. Granted

for the Freedom Mine with conditions

for the diesel powered generator located

in the Freedom Mine.

Docket No.: M–96–007–C.

FR Notice: 61 FR 13883.

Petitioner: Consolidation Coal

Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.364(b)(4).

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to establish a checkpoint and

make a weekly examination where an

extended probe would be used to

examine the No. 3 Seal for methane and

a smoke tube would be used to verify

the direction of air flow; to have the

person making the examination and

tests record their initials, date and time

in a record book which would be kept

on the surface and made available for

inspection by interested parties; and to

maintain the checkpoint and all

approaches to the checkpoint in safe

condition at all times considered

acceptable alternative method. Granted

for the Shoemaker Mine with conditions

for weekly examinations of the No. 3

seal which has been rendered

inaccessible and hidden from full

visibility by fallen roof material and

entry deterioration near Browns Run

Shaft at a safe location, 20 feet outby the

seal.

Docket No.: M–96–009–C.

FR Notice: 61 FR 13883.

Petitioner: Peabody Coal Company.

Reg Affected: 75.1100–2(b).

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to install firehouse outlets with

valves in the longwall gate entries every

fourth cross-cut at intervals of

approximately 440 feet instead of at

intervals of 300 feet considered

acceptable alternative method. Granted

for the Camp No. 11 Mine with

conditions for the increased interval

between fire hose outlets on the water

line installed alongside belt conveyors

or in entries adjacent to belt conveyors.

Docket No.: M–96–010–C.

FR Notice: 61 FR 13883.

Petitioner: Monterey Coal Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.1100–2(i)(1).

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use the following emergency

materials instead of emergency

materials required by the mandatory

safety standard: 112 Kennedy Metal

Shopping Panels with associated head

sills and twist clamps; 24 Kennedy

Stopping Rib Angles; 3 rolls of tape; 3

twist tools; 2 rolls of brattice cloth; 3

stopping jacks; 3 picks; 3 shovels; 9

buckets of Celtite 10–12 (or equivalent

material for stopping); and 5 tons of

rock dust considered acceptable

alternative method. Granted for the No.

1 Mine with conditions for emergency

materials readily available at locations

not exceeding 2 miles from each

working section.

Docket No.: M–96–011–C.

FR Notice: 61 FR 13883.

Petitioner: Peabody Coal Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 77.1304(a).

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use waste petroleum-based

lubrication oil recycled from equipment

used at its mine for blending with diesel

fuel oil to create ammonium nitrate/fuel

oil (ANFO) for use as a blasting agent

considered acceptable alternative

method. Granted for the Hawthorn Mine

with conditions for the collection,

processing, and use of petroleum-based

used oils, for blending with No. 2 diesel

fuel (fuel oil), to sensitize ammonium

nitrate prill, and the temporary storage

and use of the resulting blasting agent

(ANFO).

Docket No.: M–96–014–C.

FR Notice: 61 FR 17733.

Petitioner: Tennessee Energy

Corporation.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.1405.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use a 9-foot steel tongue

with a hole on each end aligned with

existing holes in the frame of the motor

and flatcar and secured with a pin, to

couple the motor to the flatcar instead

of using automatic couplers considered

acceptable alternative method. Granted

for Mine No. 43 with conditions.

Docket No.: M–96–024–C.

FR Notice: 61 FR 20543.

Petitioner: West End Coal Company,

Deep Mine.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.1202–1(a).

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to revise and supplement mine

maps on an annual basis instead of the

required 6 month interval and to update

maps daily by hand notations

considered acceptable alternative

method. Granted for the Last Chance

Slope Mine with conditions for annual

revisions and supplements of the mine

map.

Docket No.: M–96–025–C.

FR Notice: 61 FR 20543.

Petitioner: West End Coal Company,

Deep Mine.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.1200(d) & (i).

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use cross-sections instead of

contour lines through the intake slope,
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at locations of rock tunnel connections

between veins, and at 1,000-foot

intervals of advance from the intake

slope and to limit the required mapping

of the mine workings above and below

to those present within 100 feet of the

veins being mined except when veins

are interconnected to other veins

beyond the 100-foot limit through rock

tunnel considered acceptable alternative

method. Granted for the Last Chance

Slope Mine with conditions for the use

of cross sections, in lieu of contour

lines, limiting the mapping of mines

above or below this mine to those

within 100 feet of the vein being mined.

Docket No.: M–96–027–C.

FR Notice: 61 FR 20543.

Petitioner: West End Coal Company,

Deep Mine.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.360.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to visually examine each seal

for physical damage from the slope

gunboat during the preshift examination

after an air quantity reading is taken

inby the intake portal and to test for the

quantity and quality of air at the intake

air split locations off the slope in the

gangway portion of the working section,

and to physically examine the entire

length of the slope once a month

considered acceptable alternative

method. Granted for the Last Chance

Slope Mine with conditions for

examinations of seals (conducted from

the gunboat) in the intake air haulage

slope of this mine.

Docket No.: M–96–028–C.

FR Notice: 61 FR 20543.

Petitioner: West End Coal Company,

Deep Mine.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.335.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to construct seals using

wooden materials of moderate size and

weight due to the difficulty in accessing

previously driven headings and breasts

containing inaccessible abandoned

workings; to accept a design criterion in

the 10 psi range; and to permit the water

trap to be installed in the gangway seal

and sampling tube in the monkey seal

for seals installed in pairs considered

acceptable alternative method. Granted

for the Last Chance Slope Mine with

conditions for seals installed in this

mine.

Docket No.: M–96–029–C.

FR Notice: 61 FR 20544.

Petitioner: West End Coal Company,

Deep Mine.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.1100.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use only portable fire

extinguishers to replace existing

requirements where rock dust, water

cars, and other water storage are not

practical considered acceptable

alternative method. Granted for the Last

Chance Slope Mine with conditions for

firefighting equipment in the working

section.

Docket No.: M–96–031–C.

FR Notice: 61 FR 20544.

Petitioner: Eighty-Four Mining

Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.1100–2(e).

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use two portable fire

extinguishers or one portable fire

extinguisher with twice the required

capacity at each temporary electrical

installation instead of using one fire

extinguisher and rock dust at temporary

electrical installations considered

acceptable alternative method. Granted

for Mine 84 with conditions for the

temporary electrical installations

provided the Petitioner maintains two

portable fire extinguishers having at

least the minimum capacity specified

for a portable fire extinguisher in 30

CFR 75.1100–1(e) at each of the

temporary electrical installations.

Docket No.: M–96–036–C.

FR Notice: 61 FR 33140.

Petitioner: Kade Coal Company, Inc.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 77.214(a).

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to cover several entries at each

abandoned mine opening with coarse

refuse material during construction of a

refuse fill considered acceptable

alternative method. Granted for Mine

No. 2 with conditions.

Docket No.: M–96–044–C.

FR Notice: 61 FR 33141.

Petitioner: Consolidation Coal

Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.364(b)(1).

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to establish two check points,

one inby and one outby the affected

area; to maintain these check points in

a safe condition at all times; to have a

certified person test for methane and the

quantity of air on a weekly basis at both

check points; and to have the person

making such examinations record the

results with their initials and date in a

record book kept on the surface and

made accessible to interested parties

considered acceptable alternative

method. Granted for the Loveridge No.

22 Mine with conditions for the ‘‘unsafe

to travel’’ 60-foot segment of the intake

aircourse which has ventilated the

battery charging station (old inside

shop) near Sugar Run Shaft.

Docket No.: M–96–045–C.

FR Notice: 61 FR 33141.

Petitioner: Elk Run Coal Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.503.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use permanently installed

spring-loaded locking devices to secure

battery plugs on mobile equipment

instead of padlocks to maintain

equipment in permissible condition in

accordance with 30 CFR 18.41

considered acceptable alternative

method. Granted for the Castle Mine;

Bishop No. 2 Mine; Black King No. 1/

North Portal Mine; White Knight Mine;

Laurel Eagle Mine; Laurel Alma Mine;

and Black King No. 1 Mine with

conditions for the use of permanently

installed spring-loaded locking devices

in lieu of padlocks on battery plugs.

Docket No.: M–96–047–C.

FR Notice: 61 FR 38785.

Petitioner: Pilgrim Mining Company,

Inc.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.901.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to allow the use of a 150 KW

diesel generator set, Serial Number 94–

E5913 considered acceptable alternative

method. At the request of the petitioner,

previous MSHA docket numbers M–96–

048–C through M–96–051–C were

withdrawn and M–96–047–C was

modified to include the mines covered

by these petitions. Granted for the

Pegasus Mine, 1–C Mine, White Cabin

No. 1 Mine, White Cabin No. 2 Mine,

Pilgrim Mine No. 3, and Voyager Mine

No. 2 with conditions for the 480-volt,

three-phase, 150 KW diesel powered

generator set.

Docket No.: M–96–052–C.

FR Notice: 61 FR 38786.

Petitioner: Martin County Coal

Corporation.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.701.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to allow the use of a 100 KW

diesel generator set, Serial Number 94–

E5260 considered acceptable alternative

method. At the request of the petitioner,

previous MSHA docket numbers M–96–

053–C through M–96–056–C were

withdrawn and M–96–052–C was

modified to include the mines covered

by these petitions. Granted for the

Pegasus Mine, 1–C Mine, White Cabin

No. 1 Mine, White Cabin No. 2 Mine,

Pilgrim Mine No. 3, and Voyager

conditions for the 480-volt, three-phase,

150–KW diesel powered generator set.

Docket No.: M–96–058–C.

FR Notice: 61 FR 38786.

Petitioner: Windsor Coal Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.1700.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to clean out and plug oil and

gas wells using specific techniques and

procedures as outlined in the petition

and to mine through the plugged oil or

gas well considered acceptable

alternative method. Granted for the

Windsor Mine with conditions for

mining through plugged oil or gas wells
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penetrating the Pittsburgh No. 8 Coal

Seam.

Docket No.: M–96–063–C.

FR Notice: 61 FR 38787.

Petitioner: Enlow Fork Mining

Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.503.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to increase the maximum

length of the loading machine, shuttle

car, roof bolter, and section ventilation

fan trailing cables to 900 feet while

developing four-entry longwall panels;

to provide training before alternative

method is implemented to all miners

designated to examine the integrity of

seals and verify the short-circuit settings

and proper procedures for examining

trailing cables for damage considered

acceptable alternative method. Granted

for the Enlow Fork Mine with

conditions.

Docket No.: M–96–065–C.

FR Notice: 61 FR 38787.

Petitioner: West Cameron Mining.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.1200(d) & (i).

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use cross-sections instead of

contour connections between veins, and

at 1,000-foot intervals of advance from

the intake slope and to limit the

required mapping of the mine workings

above and below to those present within

100 feet of the veins being mined except

when veins are interconnected to other

veins beyond the 100-foot limit through

rock tunnel considered acceptable

alternative method. Granted for the

Lenig Tunnel Mine with conditions for

the use of cross sections, in lieu of

contour lines, limiting the mapping of

mines above or below this mine to those

within 100 feet of the vein being mined.

Docket No.: M–96–066–C.

FR Notice: 61 FR 38787.

Petitioner: West Cameron Mining.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.1202–1(a).

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to revise and supplement mine

maps on an annual basis instead of the

required 6 month interval and to update

maps daily by hand notations

considered acceptable alternative

method. Granted for the Lenig Tunnel

Mine with conditions for annual

revisions and supplements of the mine

map.

Docket No.: M–96–067–C.

FR Notice: 61 FR 38787.

Petitioner: West Cameron Mining.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.1405.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use bar and pin or link and

pin couplers on its underground

haulage equipment considered

acceptable alternative method. Granted

for the Lenig Tunnel Mine with

conditions.

Docket No.: M–96–069–C.

FR Notice: 61 FR 38788.

Petitioner: Cyprus Emerald Resources

Corporation.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.507.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use a non-permissible pump

in the longwall bleeder pump located

near the No. 3 Bleeder shaft, No. 6

Return shaft, and all future and/or

bleeder shafts as they are developed

considered acceptable alternative

method. Granted for the Emerald No. 1

Mine with conditions for a submersible

pump installed in the No. 3 bleeder

shaft.

Docket No.: M–96–070–C.

FR Notice: 61 FR 38788.

Petitioner: Consolidation Coal

Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.804(a).

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use high-voltage cable with

an internal ground check conductor

smaller than No. 10 (A.W.G.) as a part

of its longwall mining system

considered acceptable alternative

method. Granted for the Loveridge No.

22 Mine’s longwall system with

conditions.

Docket No.: M–96–071–C.

FR Notice: 61 FR 38788.

Petitioner: Genwal Resources, Inc.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.350.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use belt haulage entries as

intake air courses to ventilate active

working places and to install a low-level

carbon monoxide detection system as an

early warning fire detection system in

all belt entries used as intake air courses

considered acceptable alternative

method. Granted for the Crandall

Canyon Mine with conditions for use of

belt air in two-entry mining systems.

Docket No.: M–96–072–C.

FR Notice: 61 FR 47192.

Petitioner: Old Ben Coal Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.382(a).

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to continue using its existing

escape facilities in both the material and

belt slopes considered acceptable

alternative method. Granted for the

Spartan Mine with conditions for the

slope conveyor belt, operated as a

mechanical escape facility in the mine’s

return air alternative escapeway.

Docket No.: M–96–073–C.

FR Notice: 61 FR 47192.

Petitioner: Left Fork Mining, Inc.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.1103–4(a).

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use one carbon monoxide

monitoring device for monitoring a belt

head and tailpiece when located

adjacent to each other considered

acceptable alternative method. Granted

for the Straight Creek No. 1 Mine with

conditions for the use of a carbon

monoxide monitoring system that

identifies the location of sensors in lieu

of identifying belt flights.

Docket No.: M–96–074–C.

FR Notice: 61 FR 47192.

Petitioner: Boone Resources, Inc.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.1700.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to clean out and plug oil and

gas wells using specific techniques and

procedures as outlined in the petition

and to mine through the plugged oil or

gas well considered acceptable

alternative method. Granted for the

Boone No. 1 Mine with conditions for

plugging of gas wells and the miningthrough of plugged gas wells.

Docket No.: M–96–088–C.

FR Notice: 61 FR 47193.

Petitioner: Stephen Shingara Jr. Coal

Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.1400.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use a slope conveyance

(gunboat) in transporting persons

without installing safety catches or

other no less effective devices but

instead use an increased rope strength/

safety factor and secondary safety rope

connection in place of such devices

considered acceptable alternate method.

Granted for the No. 1 Slope Mine with

conditions for the use of the gunboat

without safety catches.

Docket No.: M–96–089–C.

FR Notice: 61 FR 47194.

Petitioner: Mountain Coal Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.1100–2(e)(2).

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use two portable fire

extinguishers or one portable fire

extinguisher with twice the required

capacity at each temporary electrical

installation instead of using one fire

extinguisher and rock dust at temporary

electrical installations considered

acceptable alternative method. Granted

for the West Elk Mine with conditions

for the temporary electrical

installations, provided the Petitioner

maintains two portable fire

extinguishers having at least the

minimum capacity specified for a

portable fire extinguisher in 30 CFR

75.1100–1(e) at each of the temporary

electrical installations.

Docket No.: M–96–102–C.

FR Notice: 61 FR 57458.

Petitioner: CONSOL of Kentucky, Inc.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.1101–8.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use a single overhead pipe

system with 1/2-inch orifice automatic

sprinklers located on 10-foot centers, to

cover 50 feet of fire-resistant belt or 150

feet of nonfire-resistant belt with
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actuation temperatures between 200

degrees and 250 degrees fahrenheit and

with water pressure equal to or greater

than 10 psi, so that the discharge of

water would extend over the belt drive,

belt take-up, electrical control, and gear

reducing unit considered acceptable

alternative method. Granted for the Mill

Creek E–3 Mine with conditions for a

single overhead pipe sprinkler system.

Docket No.: M–96–106–C.

FR Notice: 61 FR 57459.

Petitioner: S & M Coal Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.1002–1(a).

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use nonpermissible electric

equipment within 150 feet of the pillar

line and to suspend equipment

operation anytime methane

concentration at the equipment reaches

0.5 percent, either during operation or

during a pre-shift examination

considered acceptable alternative

method. Granted for the Buck Mountain

Slope Mine with conditions for the use

of non-permissible electric drags and

associated non-permissible electric

components located within 150 feet

from pillar workings.

Docket No.: M–96–108–C.

FR Notice: 61 FR 57459.

Petitioner: Maple Creek Mining, Inc.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.1002.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use longwall panels with a

maximum width not to exceed 1,000

feet and a maximum length not to

exceed 14,000 feet considered

acceptable alternative method. Granted

for the Maple Creek Mine with

conditions for the high-voltage

equipment located in the Maple Creek

Mine.

Docket No.: M–96–140–C.

FR Notice: 61 FR 64374.

Petitioner: Drummond Company, Inc.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.1100–2(e).

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use two portable fire

extinguishers at each temporary

electrical installation instead of using

one fire extinguisher and 240 pounds of

rock dust at each electrical installation

considered acceptable alternative

method. Granted for the Shoal Creek

Mine with conditions for the temporary

electrical installations.

Docket No.: M–96–143–C.

FR Notice: 62 FR 421.

Petitioner: Minton Hickory Coal

Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.380(f)(4)(i).

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to install two five pound or

one ten pound portable fire extinguisher

in the operator deck of each Mescher

Tractor operated at the mine; to have the

fire extinguisher readily accessible to

the operator; and to have the equipment

operator inspect each fire extinguisher

daily prior to entering the escapeway

considered acceptable alternative

method. Granted for the Mine No. 9

with conditions for Mescher three wheel

tractors to be operated in the primary

intake escapeway.

Docket No.: M–96–144–C.

FR Notice: 62 FR 421.

Petitioner: Minton Hickory Coal

Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.342.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use hand-held continuousduty methane and oxygen detectors

instead of machine mounted methane

monitoring systems on permissible

three-wheel tractors with drag bottom

buckets considered acceptable

alternative method. Granted for Mine

No. 9 with conditions for the Mescher

permissible three-wheel batterypowered tractors used to load coal.

Docket No.: M–96–145–C.

FR Notice: 62 FR 421.

Petitioner: F–M Coal Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.342.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use hand-held continuousduty methane and oxygen detectors

instead of machine mounted methane

monitoring systems on permissible

three-wheel tractors with drag bottom

buckets considered acceptable

alternative method. Granted for Mine

No. 2 with conditions for the Mescher

permissible three-wheel batterypowered tractors used to load coal.

Docket No.: M–96–147–C.

FR Notice: 62 FR 421.

Petitioner: Old Ben Coal Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.900.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use contractors capable of

dropping out at 40–60 percent the

voltage loss on belt starting equipment

in the Mine’s New Main East and New

Main South Development areas instead

of using undervoltage release breakers

for undervoltage protection considered

acceptable alternative method. Granted

for the Ziegler No. 11 Mine with

conditions.

Docket No.: M–96–148–C.

FR Notice: 62 FR 421.

Petitioner: Jim Walter Resources, Inc.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.1002.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to provide the high-voltage

circuit from the longwall power center

to the longwall controller with short

circuit protection set at not more than

2,500 amperes or the value of current

indicated in the Longwall Approval

Plan and to permit a time delay of not

more than 0.25 second for coordination

with downstream short-circuit

protection devices or the time delay

specified in the Longwall Approval Plan

considered acceptable alternative

method. Granted for the No. 7 Mine

with conditions.

Docket No.: M–96–149–C.

FR Notice: 62 FR 421.

Petitioner: Eighty-Four Mining

Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.507.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use non-permissible

submersible pumps to dewater a pump

in which it is installed; to operate the

pumps on a 480-volt three-phase

alternating-current electrical power

circuit with power supplied from a

resistor grounded wye transformer; and

to protect the pumps with a line power

ground fault, pilot combination unit

considered acceptable alternative

method. Granted for the Mine No. 84

with conditions for a submersible pump

installed in return shafts or boreholes in

Mine 84.

Docket No.: M–96–152–C.

FR Notice: 62 FR 422.

Petitioner: Road Fork Development

Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.503.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use permanently installed

spring-loaded locking device to secure

battery plugs on mobile equipment to

prevent unintentional loosening of the

battery plugs from battery receptacles

and to eliminate the hazards associated

with difficult removal of padlocks

during emergency situations considered

acceptable alternative method. Granted

for the Extra Energy Company Mine, the

Burnwell Energy Mine, the Pegs Branch

Mine, and the Calloway Mine with

conditions for the use of permanently

installed spring-loaded locking devices

in lieu of padlocks on battery plugs.

Docket No.: M–96–165–C.

FR Notice: 62 FR 423.

Petitioner: Bar-K, Inc.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.503.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use a threaded ring and a

spring loaded device on battery plug

connectors on mobile battery-powered

machines used inby the last open crosscut to prevent the plug connector from

accidently disengaging while under load

instead of using a padlock considered

acceptable alternative method. Granted

for the Camp Creek No. 1 Mine and the

Sugar Tree No. 1 Mine with conditions

for the use of permanently installed

spring-locked locking devices in lieu of

padlocks on battery plugs.

Docket No.: M–96–196–C.

FR Notice: 62 FR 4334.

Petitioner: Freedom Energy Mining

Company.
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Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.503.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use permanently installed

spring-loaded locking device to secure

battery plugs on mobile equipment to

prevent unintentional loosening of the

battery plugs from battery receptacles

and to eliminate the hazards associated

with difficult removal of padlocks

during emergency situations considered

acceptable alternative method. Granted

for the No. 1 Mine with conditions for

the use of permanently installed springlocked locking devices in lieu of

padlocks on battery plugs.

Docket No.: M–96–197–C.

FR Notice: 62 FR 4335.

Petitioner: Rockhouse Energy Mining

Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.503.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use permanently installed

spring-loaded locking device to secure

battery plugs on mobile equipment to

prevent unintentional loosening of the

battery plugs from battery receptacles

and to eliminate the hazards associated

with difficult removal of padlocks

during emergency situations considered

acceptable alternative method. Granted

for the Rockhouse Mine No. 1 with

conditions for the use of permanently

installed spring-locked locking devices

in lieu of padlocks on battery plugs.

Docket No.: M–96–198–C.

FR Notice: 62 FR 4335.

Petitioner: Solid Energy Mining

Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.503.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use permanently installed

spring-loaded locking device to secure

battery plugs on mobile equipment to

prevent unintentional loosening of the

battery plugs from battery receptacles

and to eliminate the hazards associated

with difficult removal of padlocks

during emergency situations considered

acceptable alternative method. Granted

for Mine No. 1 with conditions for the

use of permanently installed springlocked locking devices in lieu of

padlocks on battery plugs.

Docket No.: M–96–199–C.

FR Notice: 62 FR 4335.

Petitioner: Clean Energy Mining

Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.503.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use permanently installed

spring-loaded locking device to secure

battery plugs on mobile equipment to

prevent unintentional loosening of the

battery plugs from battery receptacles

and to eliminate the hazards associated

with difficult removal of padlocks

during emergency situations considered

acceptable alternative method. Granted

for Mine No. 1 with conditions for the

use of permanently installed springlocked locking devices in lieu of

padlocks on battery plugs.

Docket No.: M–96–202–C.

FR Notice: 62 FR 4335.

Petitioner: Blue Mountain Energy, Inc.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.1002.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use high-voltage 2,400-volt

cables to power longwall mining

equipment in the active pillar workings,

to implement additional safety features,

and to train all electrical personnel

before the alternative method is

implemented considered acceptable

alternative method. Granted for

Deserado Mine with conditions.

Docket No.: M–96–208–C.

FR Notice: 62 FR 11925.

Petitioner: Brookside Coal Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.1002–1(a).

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use nonpermissible electric

equipment within 150 feet of the pillar

line and to suspend equipment

operation anytime methane

concentration at the equipment reaches

0.5 percent, either during operation or

during a pre-shift examination

considered acceptable alternative

method. Granted for the Diamond Vein

Slope Mine with conditions for the use

of nonpermissible battery-powered

locomotives located within 150 feet

from pillar workings.

Docket No.: M–95–008–C.

FR Notice: 60 FR 11680.

Petitioner: Rothermel Coal Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.360(b)(5).

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to examine each seal for

physical damage from the slope gunboat

during the preshift examination after an

air quantity reading is taken in by the

intake portal; to test for the quantity and

quality of air at the intake air split

locations off the slope in the gangway

portion of the working section; and to

physically examine the entire length of

the slope once a month considered

acceptable alternative method. Granted

for the No. 11 Vein Slope Mine with

conditions for examinations of seals in

the intake air haulage slope of this mine.

Docket No.: M–95–009–C.

FR Notice: 60 FR 11680.

Petitioner: Rothermel Coal Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.1100–2(a)(2).

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use only portable fire

extinguishers to replace existing

requirements where rock dust, water

cars, and other water storage are not

practical considered acceptable

alternative method. Granted for the No.

11 Vein Slope Mine with conditions for

firefighting equipment in the working

section.

Docket No.: M–95–010–C.

FR Notice: 60 FR 11680.

Petitioner: Rothermel Coal Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.1200(d) & (i).

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use cross-sections instead of

contour lines through the intake slope,

at locations of rock tunnel connections

between veins, and at 1,000-foot

intervals of advance from the intake

slope and to limit the required mapping

of the mine workings above and below

to those present within 100 feet of the

veins being mined except when veins

are interconnected to other veins

beyond the 100-foot limit through rock

tunnels considered acceptable

alternative method. Granted for the No.

11 Vein Slope Mine with conditions for

use of cross sections, in lieu of contour

lines, limiting the mapping of mines

above or below this mine to those

within 100 feet of the vein being mined.

Docket No.: M–95–011–C.

FR Notice: 60 FR 11680.

Petitioner: Rothermel Coal Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.1202–1(a).

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to revise and supplement mine

maps on an annual basis instead of the

required 6 month interval and to update

maps daily by hand notations

considered acceptable alternative

method. Granted for the No. 11 Vein

Slope Mine with conditions for annual

revisions and supplements of the mine

map.

Docket No.: M–95–116–C.

FR Notice: 60 FR 52217.

Petitioner: Amax Coal Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.364(b)(2).

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to establish evaluation points

at crosscut #76 at the 3 South/4 East

connection to monitor the air entering

the Old 3 South/4 East and 5 East from

the 3 South /4 East connection point

and the Main South, and at crosscut

#186 and #196 in the Main South to

monitor the air exiting the area; to have

a certified person test for methane and

the quantity of air at each station on a

weekly basis and to record their initials,

date, time, and results of the

examinations in a book kept on the

surface and available to inspection by

interested persons considered

acceptable alternative method. Granted

for the Wabash Mine with conditions for

continuous monitoring using

intrinsically safe sensors installed

through appropriate electrical barriers of

an Atmospheric Monitoring System

(AMS) and weekly evaluation of

portions of the air entering and leaving

the dual sets of return entries of 5 East

and 3 South/4 East return aircourse.

Docket No.: M–95–156–C.
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FR Notice: 60 FR 57025 and 60 FR

64079.

Petitioner: Amax Coal Company and

Clipmate Corporation.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 77.1303(y)(1).

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use a protected Rozdet open

circuit detonator system at its Chinook

Mine instead of shunted electrical

detonators; to package and store the

detonator at the mine in accordance

with the U.S. Department of

Transportation Report, Reference

Number EX–9309092; and to provide

instructions in each Rozdet package on

the proper use of the Rozdet considered

acceptable alternative method. Granted

for the Chinook Mine with conditions

for the use of protected open circuit

detonators.

Docket No.: M–95–166–C.

FR Notice: 60 FR 64080.

Petitioner: Cyprus Plateau Mining

Corporation.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.350.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use belt entry in its longwall

development entries as a return entry

during longwall development and to use

the belt entry as an intake entry during

longwall retreat mining and in some

mains during and after development;

and to install carbon monoxide

detectors as an early warning fire

detection system in the longwall panel

intake escapeway entry and the panel

belt entry used as a return air course

considered acceptable alternative

method. Granted for the Willow Creek

Mine with conditions for use of belt air

in two-entry mining systems.

Docket No.: M–95–168–C.

FR Notice: 60 FR 64081.

Petitioner: Cyprus Plateau Mining

Corporation.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.352.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use the belt entry in its

longwall development entries as a

return entry during longwall

development; and to install carbon

monoxide detectors as an early warning

fire detection system in the longwall

panel intake escapeway entry and the

panel belt entry used as a return air

course considered acceptable alternative

method. Granted for the Willow Creek

Mine with conditions for use of a

conveyor belt in a return air course

during development of a two-entry

mining system.

Docket No.: M–95–169–C.

FR Notice: 61 FR 8304.

Petitioner: Mackie J. Coal Company,

Inc.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.1710–1.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use self-propelled electric

face equipment without cabs or

canopies in mining heights of 48 inches

or less considered acceptable alternative

method. Granted for the Mine No. 4

with conditions for the two Fletcher and

Lee Norse roof bolting machines, three

Joy center drive shuttle cars, one Joy

continuous mining machine, and two S

& S scoops, in mining heights less than

48 inches.

Docket No.: M–95–173–C.

FR Notice: 61 FR 8305.

Petitioner: Genwal Resources, Inc.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.352.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use belt air in a two-entry

mining system and to install a low-level

carbon monoxide detection system as an

early warning fire detection system in

the intake escapeway entry and the belt

entry considered acceptable alternative

method. Granted for the Crandall

Canyon Mine with conditions for use of

the conveyor belt in a return aircourse

during development of a two-entry

mining system.

Docket No.: M–95–175–C.

FR Notice: 61 FR 8305.

Petitioner: Philippi Development, Inc.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.503.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to increase the maximum

length of its trailing cables to 900 feet

for supplying power to shuttle cars, roof

bolters and mobile roof supports

considered acceptable alternative

method. Granted for the Sentinel Mine

with conditions for shuttle cars, roof

bolters and mobile roof supports used in

the Sentinel mine.

Docket No.: M–95–177–C.

FR Notice: 61 FR 8305.

Petitioner: McElroy Coal Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.804(a).

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use a high-voltage cable

with an internal ground check

conductor smaller than No. 10 (A.W.G.)

as part of its 4,160-volt longwall mining

system considered acceptable

alternative method. Granted for the

McElroy Mine with conditions for

McElroy Coal Company’s, McElroy

Mine’s longwall system.

Docket No.: M–95–181–C.

FR Notice: 61 FR 8306.

Petitioner: Philippi Development, Inc.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.350.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to install carbon monoxide

detectors as an early warning fire

detection system in all belt entries used

as intake air courses considered

acceptable alternative method. Granted

for the Sentinel Mine with conditions to

allow air coursed through conveyor belt

entries to be used to ventilate working

places.

Docket No.: M–94–043–C.

FR Notice: 59 FR 24728.

Petitioner: Little Rock Coal Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.364(b)(1), (4),

and (5).

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to examine the intake haulage

slope and primary escapeway from the

gunboat/slope car with an alternative air

quality evaluation at the section’s intake

level, and to travel and thoroughly

examine these areas for hazardous

conditions less frequently considered

acceptable alternative method. Granted

for the Lykens Valley #1 Vein Slope

Mine with conditions for 30 CFR

75.364(b)(4), to conduct examinations of

the seals located along the return and

bleeder air courses from the ladder on

a weekly basis, not monthly as proposed

by petitioner.

Docket No.: M–94–048–C.

FR Notice: 59 FR 24728.

Petitioner: K & L Coal Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.364(b)(1), (4),

and (5).

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to examine the intake haulage

slope and primary escapeway from the

gunboat/slope car with an alternative air

quality evaluation at the section’s intake

level, and to travel and thoroughly

examine these areas for hazardous

conditions less frequently considered

acceptable alternative method. Granted

for the No. 1 Slope Mine with

conditions for 30 CFR 75.364(b)(4), to

conduct examinations of the seals

located along the return and bleeder air

courses from the ladder on a weekly

basis, not monthly as proposed by

petitioner.

Docket No.: M–94–074–C.

FR Notice: 59 FR 35147.

Petitioner: Chestnut Coal Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.364(b)(1), (4),

and (5).

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to examine the intake haulage

slope and primary escapeway from the

gunboat/slope car with an alternative air

quality evaluation at the section’s intake

level, and to travel and thoroughly

examine these areas for hazardous

conditions less frequently considered

acceptable alternative method. Granted

for the No. 10 Slope Mine with

conditions for 30 CFR 75.364(b)(4), to

conduct examinations of the seals

located along the return and bleeder air

courses from the ladder on a weekly

basis, not monthly as proposed by

petitioner.

Docket No.: M–94–091–C.

FR Notice: 59 FR 35149.

Petitioner: Shadle Coal Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.364(b)(1), (4),

and (5).
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Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to examine the intake haulage

slope and primary escapeway from the

gunboat/slope car with an alternative air

quality evaluation at the section’s intake

level, and to travel and thoroughly

examine these areas for hazardous

conditions less frequently considered

acceptable alternative method. Granted

for the Shadle Slope Mine with

conditions for 30 CFR 75.364(b)(4), to

conduct examinations of the seals

located along the return and bleeder air

courses from the ladder on a weekly

basis, not monthly as proposed by

petitioner.

Docket No.: M–94–103–C.

FR Notice: 59 FR 40924.

Petitioner: H.L. & W. Coal Company.

Reg Affected: 75.364(b)(1), (4), and

(5).

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to examine the intake haulage

slope and primary escapeway from the

gunboat/slope car with an alternative air

quality evaluation at the section’s intake

level, and to travel and thoroughly

examine these areas for hazardous

conditions less frequently considered

acceptable alternative method. Granted

for the No. 2 Slope Mine with

conditions for 30 CFR 75.364(b)(4), to

conduct examinations of the seals

located along the return and bleeder air

courses from the ladder on a weekly

basis, not monthly as proposed by

petitioner.

Docket No.: M–93–060–C.

FR Notice: 58 FR 29640.

Petitioner: Quarto Mining Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.380(d)(4).

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to reroute portions of the

alternative and primary escapeways; to

use the primary escapeway in case of an

emergency; and if the escapeway is

impassible to deenergize the longwall

machinery and belt haulage while

transporting injured persons considered

acceptable alternative method. Granted

for the Powhatan No. 4 Mine with

conditions for the conveyor belt entry of

each retreating longwall section.

Docket No.: M–93–110–C.

FR Notice: 58 FR 39238.

Petitioner: Wenrich Coal Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.364(b)(1), (4),

and (5).

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to examine the intake haulage

slope and primary escapeway from the

gunboat/slope car with an alternative air

quality evaluation at the section’s intake

level, and to travel and thoroughly

examine these areas for hazardous

conditions less frequently considered

acceptable alternative method. Granted

for the Buck Mountain Slope Mine with

conditions for 30 CFR 75.364(b)(4), to

conduct examinations of the seals

located along the return and bleeder air

courses from the ladder on a weekly

basis, not monthly as proposed by

petitioner.

Docket No.: M–93–130–C.

FR Notice: 58 FR 39240.

Petitioner: M & S Coal Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.332(b)(1) and

(b)(2).

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use air passing through

inaccessible abandoned workings and

additional areas by mixing with the air

in the intake haulage slope to ventilate

the only active working section, to

ensure air quality by sampling intake air

during pre-shift and on-shift

examinations, and to suspend mine

production when air quality fails to

meet specified criteria considered

acceptable alternative method. Granted

for the Buck Mountain Slope Mine with

conditions for the quality of air used to

ventilate the Buck Mountain Slope

Mine.

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