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the terms and conditions stated in the 

Proposed Decision and Order. 

The petitioner further states that the 

nature of work at times will require that 

surveying services that would be 

covered by this petition be provided on 

short notice and, therefore, does not 

want the petitions to apply to specific 

companies or mines. The petitioner 

states that the list of companies and 

mines in this petition is not allinclusive. 

The petitioner asserts that the 

proposed alternative method will at all 

times guarantee no less than the same 

measure of protection afforded by the 

existing standard. 

Docket Number: M–2011–014–M. 

Petitioner: St. Marys Cement, Inc. 

(U.S.), 16000 Bells Ray Road, P.O. Box 

367, Charlevoix, Michigan 49720. 

Mine: St. Marys Cement, Charlevoix 

Plant, MSHA I.D. No. 20–00038, 16000 

Bells Ray Road, P.O. Box 367, 

Charlevoix, Michigan 49720. 

Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 

56.14101(a)(2) and (3) (Brakes). 

Modification Request: The petitioner 

requests a modification of the existing 

standard for self-propelled mobile 

equipment for its 1997 Tennant 

Sweeper, Model #830. The petitioner 

states that: 

(1) The Tennant Sweeper is operated 

only on paved flat roads within the 

surface mine property. 

(2) The sweeper primarily operates 

with use of a hydraulic system. When 

the foot is taken off the accelerator the 

sweeper stops. 

(3) The back brakes are currently 

inoperable and the unit is so old that the 

parts are hard to obtain to fix the 

system. 

(4) The sweeper has a functional front 

braking system capable of stopping and 

holding the vehicle with a full load on 

the steepest incline it travels. 

(5) The sweeper is operated only on 

day shift, only travels on dry roads and 

dusty days when the roads are not wet 

or slippery, and is put up for the winter. 

(6) The sweeper is not capable of 

traveling over 5 miles per hour. It is 

generally run between 3 and 5 miles per 

hour within the plant. The standard on 

brakes requires at least 10 miles per 

hour to test the brakes, and the sweeper 

cannot go that fast. 

(7) The sweeper has a fully functional 

parking brake system capable of holding 

the machine with a full load on the 

steepest incline it travels. 

(8) The unit is not being supported by 

Tennant, the manufacturer. 

(9) Any spare parts that can be 

obtained will no longer be produced 

once they are used up. 

(10) What is available to fix the unit 

has been ordered, and the unit is needed 

to comply with environmental 

regulations. 

As an alternative, the petitioner 

proposes to rely on the hydraulic 

system, the front brake system, and the 

parking brake to stop and hold the 

equipment with its typical load on the 

maximum grade it travels. 

The petitioner asserts that the 

proposed alternative method will at all 

times guarantee the miners no less than 

the same measure of protection as 

provided by the existing standard. 

Dated: February 10, 2012. 

Patricia W. Silvey, 

Certifying Officer. 

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