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				<p style="text-align:center; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">UNITED STATES OF AMERICA</span></p>
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				<p style="text-align:center; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION</span></p>
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				<p><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">SECRETARY OF LABOR,</span></p>
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				<p><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>OSHRC No. 17-0724</span></p>
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				<p><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">DOLLAR TREE STORES, INC., #2828, and its Successors,</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-left:144px; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Respondent.</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:center; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">DECISION AND ORDER </span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">This case<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">concerns the issue of whether<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. #2828</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, properly</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>filed its Notice of Contest within the statutory time limit, and further, whether Respondent has me</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>its burden of showing “extraordinary circumstances”<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">entitling<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">it</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>to relief from a<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Final Order t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">hat became</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>effective on<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">March 24, 2017</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(6). </span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">As discussed below,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">a review of the entire record supports the finding that the Respondent has failed to present sufficient<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">evidence of<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">“extraordinary circumstances</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">”<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">or any other justifications<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">entitling<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">it<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">to relief</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, as a matter of law</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">I</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Background</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; "><span><span></span>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent seeks relief from a final order caused by its failure to contest citations within the statutorily required time. Respondent states that its failure to timely contest was due to the citation not being routed to the correct person within the company once received. Without more, this claim fails to show that Respondent’s untimely action was caused by “mistake” or “excusable neglect” entitling Respondent to relief pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b). As such,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">the Secretary requests an Order of Dismissal of Respondent’s Late Notice of Contest and an Order Affirming the Citation and the Proposed Penalty. </span></p>
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				<span style="font-size:12pt; padding-right:20px;">1.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">On October 13, 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) began an inspection of Dollar Tree store # 2828 located at 1327 Main Street, Billings, Montana 59105. </span></p>
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				<span style="font-size:12pt; padding-right:20px;">2.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">On February 27, 2017, as a result of that inspection, OSHA issued a Citation and Notification of Penalty (“Citations”) to Respondent by certified mail sent to its corporate office at 500 Volvo Parkway, Chesapeake, VA 23320 (the same address from which its untimely notice of contest was sent). The certified mail receipt reflects that the citation was received March 3, 2017, which Respondent admits in its late notice of contest. Exhibit A. </span></p>
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				<span style="font-size:12pt; padding-right:20px;">3.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Section 10(a) of the Occupational Safety & Health Act of 1970, 29 U.S.C. § 651<span>
					</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">et seq.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
					</span>(“the Act”), gives an employer fifteen working days from receipt of the citation and notification of penalty to notify the Secretary that it wishes to contest the citation or the proposed assessment of penalty. Pursuant to this section:<span>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px; line-height:1.15; text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">If, within fifteen working days from the receipt of the notice issued by the Secretary the employer fails to notify the Secretary that he intends to contest the citation or proposed assessment of penalty . . . the citation and the assessment, as proposed,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline ;">shall</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>be deemed a final order of the Commission and not subject to review by any court or agency.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">(Emphasis added). </span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">R</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">espondent was entitled to 15 working days to contest the Citation. This period expired on March 24, 2017, and the Citation then became a final order of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>4.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>The Citation included the following provision intended to alert Respondent to the imperative of filing any notice of contest within fifteen business days of receipt of the Citation (boldface and underlined typeface are in the original):</span></p>
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				<p style="text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Right to Contest</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>– You have the right to contest this Citation and Notification of Penalty. You may contest all citation items or only individual items. You may also contest proposed penalties and/or abatement dates without contesting the underlying violations. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline ;">Unless you inform the Area Director in writing that you intend to contest the citation(s) and/or proposed penalty(ies) within 15 working days after receipt, the citation(s) and the proposed penalties will become a final order of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission and may not be reviewed by any court or agency</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>The Citation was accompanied by a booklet which reiterated the need to contest in a timely fashion. </span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>5.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>Despite these notices, Respondent did not submit a timely contest to OSHA. Rather, on April 21, 2017, Respondent submitted a letter to the Commission’s Executive Secretary asking that its late contest be considered. </span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>6.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) sets forth limited grounds for relief from a final order. A late filing may be excused pursuant to Rule 60(b)(1) if the final order was entered as a result of “mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect.” </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Branciforte Builders, Inc.,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">9 BNA OSHC 2113, 2117 (No. 80-1920, 1981). The party seeking relief under Rule 60(b) bears the burden of demonstrating that it is entitled to relief. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See Burrows Paper Corp.,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">23 BNA OSHC 1131 (No. 09-1559, 2010);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Louisiana-Pacific Corp.,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">13 BNA OSHC 2020, 2021 (No. 86-1266, 1989).</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>7.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>Respondent’s April 21 contest letter acknowledges that “</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">...</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">although</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>the Citation and Notification of Penalty was signed by our mailroom manager at our headquarters office on March 3, the package has not yet been received by any department within our office to date.”<span>
						</span></span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref1" href="#ftn1">1</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>The Commission has consistently ruled that “[e]mployers must maintain orderly procedures for handling important documents,” and that when the lack of such procedures results in the untimely filing of a notice of contest, relief under Rule 60(b) is not warranted. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See A.W. Ross,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Inc.,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">19 BNA OSHC 1147, 1149 (No. 99-0945, 2000);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">see also Louisiana-Pacific Corp.,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>13 BNA OSHC at 2021. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See also<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Creative Gold, Inc.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 20 BNA OSHC 1217 at *3 (Nos. 02-1560 and 02-1561, 2003) (finding in part that Respondent’s inadequate mail handling procedures did not justify relief under FRCP 60(b)). Respondent has failed to provide any evidence that it has in place adequate procedures to ensure that important mail is docketed and processed in a way that ensures timely responses. Respondent acknowledges actually receiving the Citation at its corporate office, but has provided no explanation warranting relief. </span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>8.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>Respondent was on notice by actual communications from OSHA that its contest was due by March 24, 2017. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">The evidence of record h</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">ere<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">fails</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">to support a finding of mistake or excusable neglect</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>sufficient to justify the relief requested</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">. </span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>The OSHA<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Billings<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Area Office did not receive a Notice of Contest from Respondent</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Dollar Tree Stores, Inc.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, or its designated representative within the statutory time period. On the Citation and Notification of Penalty, under the heading<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Right to Contest</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, it relates:</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Unless you inform the Area Director in writing that you intend to contest the citation(s) and/or proposed penalty</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">(ies) within 15 working days after receipt, the citation(s) and the proposed penalty</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">(ies) will become a final order of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission and may not be reviewed by any court or<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">agency</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">II.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>Argument</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">A</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>party seeking relief under Rule 60(b) must show “extraordinary circumstances,” and “extraordinary circumstances rarely exist when a party seeks relief from a judgment that resulted from the party’s deliberate choices</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.” </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Budget Blinds, Inc. v. White</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 536 F.2d 244, 255 (3d Cir. 2008)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">;<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">see also Ackermann v. United States</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 340 U.S. 193, 212 (1950) (“free, calculated, deliberate choices are not to be relieved from”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#252525; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent did not timely file its Notice of<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Contest within a reasonable period of time, nor has Respondent carried its burden in showing that it was faultless.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Rule 60(b) is grounded in equity.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See Cox v. Horn</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 757 F.3d 113, 124 (3d Cir. 2014). A party seeking equity must do equity.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Freck v. IRS</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 37 F.3d 986, 996 (3d Cir. 1994). </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent has not carried its burden of showing why it is entitled to equitable relief.</span></p>
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						</span>Respondent cites</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">, nor the reasons for the delay in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">filing a Notice of Contest</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">, can be<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">attributed to the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">Secretary. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">The delay falls squarely on Respondent.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>That Respondent’s internal mail handling procedures were inadequate or ineffectual in properly forwarding the Secretary’s<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">Citation and Notification of Penalty</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>to the appropriate<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">employee, counsel or representative</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>does not, under the circumstances,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">sho</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">w ‘extraordinary circumstances’<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">which would j</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">ustify relief under Rule 60(b)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">. Respondent has also not shown that it was</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>a party<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">“that was faultless in the delay.”</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">The Secretary’s pleading has sufficiently articulated evidence and arguments, which<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">logicall</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">y support the inescapable<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">legal<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">conclusion that Respondent is not entitled,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">as a matter of<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">law, to the</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">relief</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">sought.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>The Secretary’s articulated evidence clearly establishes that under Section 10(a) of the OSH Act, respondent did not timely file its Notice of Contest.</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">and carefully considered<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">entire<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">record before it, including the Secretary’s Motion and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">all the exhibits attached thereto, as well as Respondent’s<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">arguments and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">responsive<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">pleadings.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>The Court finds</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>that Respondent’s arguments and responsive<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">documents<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">were less than persuasive, and that the record demonstrates that Respondent has failed to<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">sufficiently<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">carry<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">its<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">burden of persuasion</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>as to the existence of extraordinary circumstances,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">excusable neglect, mistake, inadvertence, surprise,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>fraud, newly discovered evidence</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">or<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">any<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">other grounds</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>that would justify relief</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:2; orphans:2; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">The Court finds that</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, on balance,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>the cited case law, arguments and evidence adduced in the record</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>demonstrate that the Secretary has<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">sufficiently<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">carried his burden of persuasion</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Good cause has been shown, by a clear<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">and convincing<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">preponderance of the evidence, to sustain the Secretary’s Motion.</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">its Counter-Motion is DENIED.<span>
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						</span>to Section 10(c) of the Act, 29 U.S.C. § 659(c).</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Date:</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">June<span>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Denver, Colorado</span></p>
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					</span>The Court will presume that Respondent intended to say: “March 3, 2017.”</p>
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