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									</span></span><span style="font-size:13pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:13pt; ">20</span><span style="font-size:13pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:13pt; ">-</span><span style="font-size:13pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:13pt; ">0623</span></p>
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							<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:1; text-align:justify; widows:0; orphans:0; "><span style="font-size:13pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:13pt; ">PETSMART, INC.</span><span style="font-size:13pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:13pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:13pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:13pt; "><span><span></span>
									</span>and its successors,</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:1.5; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Before: </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">SULLIVAN</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">, Chairman; ATTWOOD and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">LAIHOW</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">, Commissioners.</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:8px; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">BY THE COMMISSION:</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:1.5; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; ">On August 24, 2020,<span>
					</span>Administrative Law Judge<span>
					</span>Sharon D. Calhoun<span><span></span>
					</span>issued a decision<span>
					</span>denying<span>
					</span>Respondent’s motion for relief pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)<span><span></span>
					</span>and affirming the underlying one-item serious citation issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.<span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><a name="ftnref2" href="#ftn2">1</a></span> For the following reasons, we<span>
					</span>set aside the judge’s order and<span>
					</span>remand for the judge to<span>
					</span>hold an evidentiary hearing<span><span></span>
					</span>on the<span>
					</span>issue<span><span></span>
					</span>of the citation’s service.</p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:1.5; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; ">On August 30, 2017,<span>
					</span>OSHA initiated an inspection of<span><span></span>
					</span>a<span><span></span>
					</span>PetSmart store in Vero Beach, Florida. A week later,<span>
					</span>Respondent’s<span>
					</span>safety and compliance manager,<span>
					</span>Karen Barry,<span>
					</span>sent OSHA a letter in<span>
					</span>response<span><span></span>
					</span>to<span>
					</span>a<span>
					</span>“Notice of Alleged<span><span></span>
					</span>Safety or Health Hazard” and<span>
					</span>a<span>
					</span>request for<span>
					</span>documents<span><span></span>
					</span>from the compliance officer. In her<span><span></span>
					</span>letter<span><span></span>
					</span>dated September 7, 2017,<span><span></span>
					</span>Barry<span>
					</span>stated<span>
					</span>that “[t]o<span>
					</span>ensure<span><span></span>
					</span>timely future responses” OSHA should “reach out to [her] directly with any questions.”<span>
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					</span>The letter included Barry’s email address,<span>
					</span>phone<span><span></span>
					</span>number,<span><span></span>
					</span>and<span>
					</span>fax<span><span></span>
					</span>number. In addition,<span>
					</span>the letterhead included a mailing address in Phoenix, Arizona. Subsequently, OSHA (through its regional office<span>
					</span>that conducted the inspection)<span>
					</span>issued<span>
					</span>Respondent<span>
					</span>a citation and<span><span></span>
					</span>sent it<span><span></span>
					</span>via certified mail to the<span>
					</span>Vero Beach<span>
					</span>address of the<span>
					</span>store<span><span></span>
					</span>that<span>
					</span>had been<span><span></span>
					</span>inspected. The<span><span></span>
					</span>U.S. Postal Service return receipt shows the citation was signed for,<span>
					</span>but<span>
					</span>the identity of the<span><span></span>
					</span>individual<span>
					</span>who signed<span>
					</span>is unknown. </p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:1.5; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; ">In its motion for relief before the judge, Respondent<span><span></span>
					</span>claimed, among other things, that<span><span></span>
					</span>the citation was not properly served,<span><span></span>
					</span>and<span>
					</span>that<span>
					</span>it<span>
					</span>only<span><span></span>
					</span>learned of the citation when a debt collection agency contacted<span>
					</span>its<span><span></span>
					</span>corporate office<span><span></span>
					</span>earlier this year. The Secretary disputes this,<span><span></span>
					</span>claiming<span><span></span>
					</span>that<span>
					</span>he<span>
					</span>satisfied<span>
					</span>the<span>
					</span>statutory obligation under<span><span></span>
					</span>section 10(a)<span><span></span>
					</span>of<span><span></span>
					</span>the Occupational<span>
					</span>Safety and<span>
					</span>Health<span><span></span>
					</span>Act, 29 U.S.C.<span>
					</span>§ 659(a),<span><span></span>
					</span>to notify Respondent of the citation<span>
					</span>by sending<span><span></span>
					</span>it<span>
					</span>via certified mail<span>
					</span>to<span><span></span>
					</span>the worksite. The<span>
					</span>Secretary also alleges that Respondent knew of the citation earlier than it claims<span>
					</span>based on<span>
					</span>an<span>
					</span>OSHA<span>
					</span>diary sheet entry<span><span></span>
					</span>showing<span>
					</span>that<span>
					</span>on November 19, 2018, “Petsmart<span><span></span>
					</span>corporate called to ask how to pay the penalty.” In her decision, the judge rejected Respondent’s argument and found that the citation was properly served.<span>
					</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:1.5; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; ">Under Commission precedent,<span>
					</span>as the judge noted,<span>
					</span>whether service of a citation is proper under section 10(a)<span><span></span>
					</span>of the Act<span><span></span>
					</span>depends on<span><span></span>
					</span>“whether the service is reasonably calculated to provide an employer with knowledge of the citation and notification of proposed penalty and an opportunity to determine whether to abate or contest.”<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">B.J. Hughes, Inc.</span>, 7 BNA OSHC 1471, 1474 (No. 76-2165, 1979). The Commission has not adopted the precedent of the Third and Sixth Circuits, which requires<span><span></span>
					</span>that “notification must be given to one who has the authority to disburse corporate funds to abate the alleged violation, pay the penalty, or contest the citation or proposed penalty”<span><span></span>
					</span>such that<span>
					</span>for a corporate employer, “notice to the officials at the corporate headquarters, not the employee in charge at the particular worksite”<span>
					</span>is typically<span><span></span>
					</span>required.<span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><a name="ftnref3" href="#ftn3">2</a></span>
					<span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Buckley & Co., Inc.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">v. Sec’y of Labor</span>, 507 F.2d 78, 81 (3d Cir. 1975);<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">see<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Capital City Excavating Co. v. Donovan</span>, 679 F.2d 105, 110 n.4 (6th Cir. 1982) (agreeing with the Third Circuit that “delivery to a work site is not sufficient and that delivery to such a location does not constitute receipt by a corporate employer”). Rather, the Commission has found that service of a citation via certified mail<span>
					</span>was<span><span></span>
					</span>proper when sent to a worksite rather than a corporate office, and<span><span></span>
					</span>the D.C. Circuit<span><span></span>
					</span>has found the same. <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">See NYNEX</span>,<span><span></span>
					</span>18 BNA OSHC 1944, 1947<span><span></span>
					</span>(No. 95-1671, 1999)<span><span></span>
					</span>(finding citation sent to worksite, though not addressed to a specific individual, was proper);<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">David E. Harvey Builders Inc. v. Sec’y of Labor</span>, 724 F.<span>
					</span>App’x<span><span></span>
					</span>7, 8 (D.C. Cir. 2018 (unpublished) (finding<span>
					</span>service of citation<span>
					</span>proper when sent via certified mail to office other than corporate<span>
					</span>headquarters). </p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:1.5; text-align:justify; page-break-before:page; text-indent:1.27cm; ">Here,<span>
					</span>we are<span>
					</span>concerned<span><span></span>
					</span>that even though<span><span></span>
					</span>Barry’s<span><span></span>
					</span>letter<span>
					</span>to OSHA<span>
					</span>requested<span><span></span>
					</span>that<span>
					</span>“questions”<span><span></span>
					</span>be sent<span>
					</span>directly<span><span></span>
					</span>to her<span><span></span>
					</span>to “ensure future timely responses,”<span><span></span>
					</span>OSHA sent the citation to the store. Absent a hearing,<span>
					</span>however,<span>
					</span>the record<span>
					</span>has<span><span></span>
					</span>not<span>
					</span>been<span>
					</span>developed<span><span></span>
					</span>on the factual issues surrounding<span>
					</span>the citation’s<span>
					</span>service, including<span>
					</span>whether<span>
					</span>Barry’s letter<span>
					</span>served to<span><span></span>
					</span>inform<span><span></span>
					</span>OSHA<span><span></span>
					</span>that Respondent<span>
					</span>was, in fact,<span><span></span>
					</span>requesting<span><span></span>
					</span>that<span>
					</span>the citation be sent to its corporate office.<span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span>Under these circumstances, we find that<span><span></span>
					</span>an opportunity<span><span></span>
					</span>for the parties<span><span></span>
					</span>to present evidence<span>
					</span>is warranted.<span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><a name="ftnref4" href="#ftn4">3</a></span>
				</p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:1.5; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; ">Accordingly, we<span>
					</span>set aside the judge’s order and<span>
					</span>remand for an evidentiary hearing on the issue of whether the citation was properly served on Respondent.<span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><a name="ftnref5" href="#ftn5">4</a></span><span style="text-decoration:line-through ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">
					</span></p>
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					</span>ORDERED.<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:1; text-align:justify; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Dated: October 13, 2020</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>Commissioner</span></p>
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				<p style="text-align:center; "><span style="font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION</span></p>
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				<p style="text-align:center; text-indent:1.27cm; ">1120 20<span style="position:relative;font-size:0.58em; bottom: 1ex;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">th</span><span><span></span>
					</span>Street, N.W., Ninth Floor</p>
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				<p style="text-align:center; ">Washington, DC 20036-3457</p>
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								</span><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">20-0623</span></p>
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							<p style="text-align:left; margin-bottom:0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">PetSmart, Inc., and its successors</span></p>
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				<p><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:11pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:11pt; ">Karen E. Mock</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:11pt; ">, Esq</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:11pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
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				<p><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:11pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Department of Labor,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:11pt; ">Atlanta, Georgia</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
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				<p style="margin-left:48px; "><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:11pt; ">John F. Martin, Esq.</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and J. Davis Jenkins, Esq.,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:11pt; ">Ogletree, Deakins, Nash,</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:11pt; ">Smoak & Stewart, P.C.</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:11pt; ">, Washington, D.C.</span></p>
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				<p><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:11pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>For Respondent</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:16px; margin-bottom:8px; line-height:1.5; "><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:11pt; ">Before: Administrative Law Judge<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:11pt; ">Sharon D. Calhoun</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:center; "><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">DECISION AND ORDER</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">This matter is before the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission on a</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Late Notice of Contest dated March 30, 2020 from Respondent PetSmart, Inc., and its successors (PetSmart), which was received and docketed by the Commission on April 23, 2020. On May 27, 2020, Complainant, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor (Secretary) filed a Motion to Dismiss Respondent’s Late Notice of Contest Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(c)(1).<span>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">On May 29, 2020, the Court issued an Order construing PetSmart’s Late Notice of Contest (NOC) to be a request for relief pursuant to Rule 60(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and ordered PetSmart to supplement its request for Rule 60(b) relief by setting forth reasons for its delay in filing, a meritorious defense, and to respond to the Secretary’s motion. PetSmart complied with the Court’s Order by filing a Response to the Secretary’s Motion to Dismiss and an Alternative Rule 60(b) Motion on June 18, 2020. Thereafter, the Secretary filed an Opposition to PetSmart’s Alternative Rule 60(b) Motion on July 6, 2020, to which PetSmart filed Objections and a Reply on July 9, 2020</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><a name="ftnref6" href="#ftn6">5</a></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">. </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">For the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">r</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">easons</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>set forth herein</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">PetSmart’s request for r</span>elief pursuant to Rule 60(b)(1)<span><span></span>
					</span>is<span>
					</span><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">DENIED</span>.</p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:center; "><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">B</span><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">ACKGROUND</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">This matter arises out of a</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">n</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">complaint<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">inspection<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">regarding rats in PetSmart</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">’s<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">store<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">located at</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>6590 20</span><span style="position:relative;font-size:0.58em; bottom: 1ex;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">th</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Street, Vero Beach, Florida. The inspection took place<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">during the period<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">August 30, 2017 through September 18, 2017. During the inspection OSHA requested documentation regarding PetSmart’s extermination program.<span>
						</span></span>PetSmart sent the requested extermination program documentation to OSHA.<span>
					</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Thereafter,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">on<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">October 12, 2017,</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">OSHA i</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">ssued a Citation and Notification of Penalty (Citation)<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">for one<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">serious violation of<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">the standard found at 1910.141(a)(5), alleging PetSmart did not institute an effective rodent extermination program. A penalty in the amount of<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">$5</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">,43</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">2.00 w</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">as</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>proposed for the alleged violation</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.<span>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; ">The Secretary mailed the Citation<span>
					</span>by Certified Mail/Return Receipt to PetSmart at its Vero Beach, Florida address on October 12, 2017 (Secretary’s Motion, pp. 1-2, Lopez<span>
					</span>Aff. ¶ 3; Secretary’s Opposition, p. 2,<span>
					</span>Eastmond<span><span></span>
					</span>Aff. ¶ 11).<span>
					</span>Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, an employer is required to notify the Secretary of its intent to contest (Notice of Contest<span><span></span>
					</span>or NOC) a Citation within 15 working days of receipt.<span>
					</span>Failure to timely file a NOC<span><span></span>
					</span>results in the Citation becoming a final order of the Commission by operation of law.<span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span>The Citation<span>
					</span>provided PetSmart<span>
					</span>had 15 working days from the date of receipt to contest. The return receipt shows PetSmart received the Citation on October 18, 2017.<span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><a name="ftnref7" href="#ftn7">6</a></span> Therefore, any contest by PetSmart was to be filed within the contest period, no later than November 8, 2017. PetSmart, however, did not file a contest within the<span>
					</span>15-day contest period. As a result, the Citation became a<span>
					</span>final<span>
					</span>order of the Commission under § 10(a) of the<span>
					</span>Occupational Safety and Health<span>
					</span>Act<span><span></span>
					</span>of 1970, 29 U.S.C. §§ 651-678 (Act), on November 9, 2017.<span>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; ">Nearly 2 1⁄2 years after the Citation became a final order, PetSmart, filed the late NOC at issue in this proceeding.<span>
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						</span></span>PetSmart asserts the first time it became aware of the Citation was when it was contacted by a debt collection agency in 2020 at its Phoenix office.<span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><a name="ftnref8" href="#ftn8">7</a></span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:center; "><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">DISCUSSION</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">PetSmart argues this matter is not regarding a late NOC because the Citation was not properly served. Therefore, according to PetSmart, its April 23, 2020, contest was not filed late. </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">The Secretary asserts the Citation was properly served and the late NOC should be dismissed. For the reasons set forth herein, the Court finds PetSmart’s April 23, 2020 is a late NOC.</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:center; margin-left:-48px; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">Rule<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">60(c)(1)</span><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Dismissal</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; ">As an initial matter, the Court addresses the Secretary’s Rule 60(c)(1) Motion to Dismiss alleging PetSmart’s request for relief should be denied as untimely due to it being filed more than one year after entry of the final order in this matter.<span>
					</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Rule 60(c)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure sets forth the time frame for filing a motion for Rule 60(b) relief and provides:</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_NormalWeb style_NormalWeb " style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; "><span style="font-family:inherit; color:#303030; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:inherit; ">(c) </span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_Strong style_Strong " style="font-family:inherit; color:#303030; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-weight:bold; font-family:inherit; ">Timing and Effect of the Motion</span><span style="font-family:inherit; color:#303030; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:inherit; ">.</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_NormalWeb style_NormalWeb " style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; "><span style="font-family:inherit; color:#303030; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:inherit; ">(1) </span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_Emphasis style_Emphasis " style="font-family:inherit; color:#303030; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:inherit; ">Timing.</span><span style="font-family:inherit; color:#303030; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:inherit; "> A motion under Rule 60(b) must be made within a reasonable time—and for reasons (1), (2), and (3) no more than a year after the entry of the judgment or order or the date of the proceeding.</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_NormalWeb style_NormalWeb " style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:8px; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; "><span style="font-family:inherit; color:#303030; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:inherit; ">(2) </span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_Emphasis style_Emphasis " style="font-family:inherit; color:#303030; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-style:italic; font-family:inherit; ">Effect on Finality.</span><span style="font-family:inherit; color:#303030; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:inherit; "> The motion does not affect the judgment’s finality or suspend its operation.</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(c).<span>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">As set forth above, the Citation in this matter became a final order on November 9, 2017. PetSmart’s late<span>
						</span></span>NOC was received on April 23, 2020, 21⁄2 after the final contest date, and therefore is untimely. On May 29, 2020, the Court construed the late NOC to be a request for Rule 60(b) relief. PetSmart seeks relief pursuant to Rules 60(b)(4) and 60(b)(6), which it asserts are not limited by Rule 60(c)(1). As set forth herein, the Court has also considered whether relief is appropriate under Rules 60(b)(1) and 60(b)(3). Although PetSmart’s Rule 60(b) request was not filed within one year of the final order, as required by Rule 60(c)(1), in the interest of justice, the Court finds that the issues raised in PetSmart’s request for relief warrant the Court’s consideration. Therefore, pursuant to Commission Rule 2200.67(n) the Court deems PetSmart’s Rule 60(b) request timely. Accordingly, the Secretary’s Motion to Dismiss pursuant to Rule 60(c)(1) is<span>
					</span><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">DENIED</span>.</p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:center; "><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">Sufficiency of Service</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">It is the Secretary’s burden to establish service of the Citation</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span>PetSmart contends its contest was not untimely because it never received the Citation due to the Secretary improperly sending the Citation with no addressee identified to its Vero Beach, Florida store (PetSmart Response, p. 2).<span>
					</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">PetSmart argues the Citation was not addressed to an individual with authority to accept service of the Citation and contends the Citation should have been mailed to its corporate headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona, where it receives legal process. According to PetSmart, since it was not, the Secretary failed to notify it of the Citation and penalty as required by section 10(c) of the Act, and that the way it was served was not reasonably calculated to provide PetSmart with knowledge of the Citation and proposed penalty (Late NOC; Response and Rule 60(b) Motion, pp. 1-2, 9-11). The Court disagrees.<span>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Although<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">the Act<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">refers only to the penalty, the Commission has consistently held § 10(a) of the Act governs service of citations</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">B.J. Hughes, Inc</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">., 7 BNA OSHC 1471, 1474 n. 6 (No. 76-2165, 1979)</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">It requires the Secretary to “notify the employer by certified mail of the penalty...” It provides no more specificity</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">In<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">B.J. Hughes</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">, the Commission addressed the Secretary’s obligation under § 10(a), holding,</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:8px; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">The test to be applied in determining whether service is proper is whether the service is reasonably calculated to provide an employer with knowledge of the citation and notification of proposed penalty and an opportunity to determine whether to abate or contest.</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">7 BNA OSHC at 1474</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Applying this test, the Commission held service on an employee in charge of a local worksite valid</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">In so holding, the Commission reasoned<span>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:8px; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">A company that maintains multiple worksites necessarily invests the persons in charge of those worksites with a certain degree of discretion and authority to conduct the company’s business</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">As with other aspects of its business, it is reasonable to expect such an employer to implement internal procedures for dealing with OSHA citations.</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; "><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Id</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">. at 1475</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.<span>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">PetSmart requests that the Commission revisit and clarify its decision in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">B. J. Hughes</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and its progeny</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><a name="ftnref9" href="#ftn9">8</a></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">. PetSmart asserts imposition of the civil penalties resulting from the Citation and the Secretary’s method of service violate its right to due process afforded by the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution. The Court disagrees with PetSmart’s assertion that clarification of the Commission’s longstanding precedent on this issue is necessary. The Commission has had opportunities to do so yet has held steadfastly to its holding set forth in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">B. J. Hughes</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and subsequent cases involving service of citations</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">The Court, for the reasons set forth below, also disagrees with PetSmart’s argument it was denied due process.</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">PetSmart’s argument regarding insufficient service is premised on its position that because it is a corporation it can only act through its officers and representatives. Therefore, PetSmart asserts, service of the Citation at its Vero Beach store, signed for by an unidentified individual, is insufficient. The Court is not persuaded. The Commission considered corporate status and who could sign for service in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">B. J. Hughes</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><a name="ftnref10" href="#ftn10">9</a></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "> And as in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">B. J. Hughes</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">, because PetSmart has multiple worksites with persons in authority to conduct its business, “</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">it is reasonable to expect such an employer to implement internal procedures for dealing with OSHA citations</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.” </span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">B. J. Hughes</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">, id.</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">PetSmart</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>provide</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">s</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>no evidence the Secretary failed to follow his own, or any other required procedures when determining where to serve the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">C</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">itation</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">. PetSmart<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">simply argues the Secretary<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">erred by not serving the Citation at its corporate headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona where it receives legal process. And that the Secretary erred by not addressing the Citation to a person with authority to receive service.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">The Commission has not<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">required<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">the Secretary to</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>determine who in a company is responsible for accepting service.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">“[T]he Secretary’s representative should not have to spend time ferreting out the complexities of a corporate<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">hierarchy, but should be able to rely instead upon the ability of individuals at a local worksite to direct the citation to the appropriate officials.” </span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Id.</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>at 1474.</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">In support of its contention the Secretary had an obligation to serve the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">C</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">itation on the company’s corporate headquarters,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">PetSmart</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>relies on the Third Circuit’s holding</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">s<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Buckley & Co., v. Secretary of Labor, 507 F.2d 78 (3rd Cir. 1975)</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">J. I. Hass Co., v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Comm’n,</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>648 F.2d 190, 195-96 (3d Cir. 1981); and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">the Sixth Circuit’s holding in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Capital City Excavating v. Donovan</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">, 679 F.2d 105 (6th Cir. 1982)</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">In<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Buckley</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">, the Third Circuit interpreted § 10(a) of the Act to require the Secretary to serve notice on “an official having the authority to disburse funds to abate the violation, pay the penalty, or contest the citation or penalty notification” </span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Buckley</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">, 507 F.2d at 81</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">. The Third Circuit’s holding in Buckley was reiterated in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">J. I. Hass Co.</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">,</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>648 F.2d at 195.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>In<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Capital City</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">, the Sixth Circuit, following<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Buckley</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">, held service on a worksite was not sufficient because “notification to a corporate employer must be sent to corporate headquarters unless the employer has directed that it be sent to a different address.” </span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Capital City</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">, 679 F.2d at 110 n. 4.<span>
						</span></span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">The Commission in</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">B.J. Hughes</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>explicitly rejected the Third Circuit’s holding in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Buckley</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><a name="ftnref11" href="#ftn11">10</a></span><span style="position:relative;font-size:0.58em; bottom: 1ex;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "> The Commission is bound to follow an appellate court’s decision only within the circuit in which the case arose</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Kenny Niles d/b/a Kenny Niles Construction and Trucking Co</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">., 17 BNA 1940, 1941 n.2 (No. 94-1406, 1997);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">see also</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><a href="http://www.westlaw.com/Link/Document/FullText?findType=Y&serNum=2001930654&pubNum=0003227&originatingDoc=Iec901b43fa3811d9bf60c1d57ebc853e&refType=CA&fi=co_pp_sp_3227_1473&originationContext=document&vr=3.0&rs=cblt1.0&transitionType=DocumentItem&contextData=(sc.Search)#co_pp_sp_3227_1473"><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">North Landing Line Constr. Co.</span>, 19 BNA OSHC 1465, 1473 n. 8</a><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(No. 96-0721, 2001) (“Where it is highly probable that a Commission decision would be appealed to a particular circuit, the Commission has generally applied that circuit’s precedent in deciding a case, even though it may differ from the Commission’s precedent”)</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Under § 11(a) and (b) of the Act, this matter is not appealable to either the Third or the Sixth Circuit.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">This Court therefore is b</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">ound by the Commission precedent in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">B.J. Hughes</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">. And Commission precedent for denying relief where untimely filings were due to faulty mail<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">handling procedures have been upheld by the D.C. Circuit in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">David E. Harvey Builders, Inc. v. Sec'y of Labor</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">, 724 F.<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">App'x</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>7, 9 (D.C. Cir. 2018) (unpublished)</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(citations omitted)</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">T</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">he Secretary’s service of the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">C</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">itation on<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">PetSmart at its</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Vero Beach, Florida store</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>meets the test set out in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">B.J. Hughes</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">The test is one of reasonableness</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">It was reasonable for<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">the Safety and Health Compliance Officer who conducted the inspection to<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">conclude<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">mailing</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">C</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">itation to the location<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">where the inspection was conducted</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>would result in its delivery to the appropriate person within<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">PetSmart</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">’s corporate hierarc</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">h</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">y</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">. Further, the Commission’s holding in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">B. J. Hughes<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">that “[t]he</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>test to be applied in determining whether service is proper is whether the service is reasonably calculated to provide an employer with knowledge of the citation and notification of proposed penalty and an opportunity to determine whether to abate or contest</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">” satisfies the due process requirements set forth by the United States Supreme Court that notice must be “reasonably calculated, under all the circumstances, to apprise interested parties of the pendency of the action and afford them an opportunity to present their objections.” </span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Mulane</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>v. Cent. Hanover Bank & Trust Co.</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">, 339 U. S. 306, 314 (1950).<span>
						</span></span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>Service by certified mail at PetSmart’s Vero Beach store location satisfies the due process requirements of<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Mulane</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">, id.</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">The Secretary properly served the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">C</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">itation on<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">PetSmart</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:center; margin-left:-48px; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">Rule 60(b) Relief</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; ">As previously noted, PetSmart maintains this matter is not a late NOC case because the Citation was not properly served pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(h)(1)(B), denying it due process. PetSmart does so in complete denial of longstanding Commission precedent and rejection of the applicability of section 10(a) of the Act to corporations. As set forth above, the Citation was properly served. PetSmart’s NOC was received on April 23, 2020, after the November 8, 2017, final contest date, and therefore is untimely.<span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><a name="ftnref12" href="#ftn12">11</a></span>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; ">An employer who has filed an untimely<span>
					</span>NOC<span><span></span>
					</span>may be granted relief under Rule 60(b) in certain circumstances.<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">George Harms Constr. Co. v. Chao</span>, 371 F.3d 156 (3d Cir. 2004).<span>
					</span>A late filing may be excused under Rule 60(b)(1) if the final order was entered<span>
					</span>as a result of<span><span></span>
					</span>“mistake, inadvertence, surprise or excusable neglect.” A late filing also may be excused under Rule 60(b)(3)<span><span></span>
					</span>if the late filing was<span><span></span>
					</span>caused by the Secretary’s “deception or failure to follow proper procedures.”<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">See<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Branciforte</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Builders</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">,</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Inc.</span>, 9 BNA OSHC 2113, 2116-17 (No. 80-1920, 1981);<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">B.J. Hughes</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">,</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Inc</span>., 7 BNA OSHC 1471, 1476 (No. 76-2165, 1979);<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Keppel’s Inc.</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">,</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span>7 BNA OSHC 1442, 1443-44 (No. 77-3020, 1979). In addition, a late filing may be excused under Rule 60(b)(6), for any other reason that justifies relief, such as when “absence, illness, or a similar disability prevent[s] a party from acting to protect its interests.”<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Branciforte</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Builders</span>, 9 BNA OSHC at 2117.<span>
					</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">The moving party has the burden of proving it is entitled to relief under Rule 60(b)</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">. PetSmart</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>has failed to provide sufficient proof that it is entitled to relie</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">f.<span>
						</span></span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; ">In determining whether the late filing of a NOC<span><span></span>
					</span>may be found to be due to “excusable neglect” under Rule 60(b)(1), the equitable analysis enunciated by the Supreme Court in<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Pioneer</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Inv. Services Co. v. Brunswick Associates Ltd. Partnership</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>507 U.S. 380 (1993)<span>
						</span></span>is applicable.<span>
					</span><a href="http://www.westlaw.com/Find/Default.wl?rs=dfa1.0&vr=2.0&DB=506&FindType=Y&ReferencePositionType=S&SerialNum=2004560020&ReferencePosition=163"><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">George Harms Constr. Co.</span></a><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">, supra</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">.<span>
						</span></span>In<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Pioneer</span><span><span></span>
					</span>the Court held that “excusable neglect” is determined based upon equitable considerations that take into account all relevant circumstances, and includes consideration of the following factors: (1) the danger of prejudice to the opposing party; (2) the length of the delay and its potential impact on the proceedings; (3) the reason for the delay, including whether it was within the reasonable control of the party seeking relief, and (4) whether the party seeking relief acted in good faith.<span>
					</span><a href="http://www.westlaw.com/Find/Default.wl?rs=dfa1.0&vr=2.0&DB=780&FindType=Y&ReferencePositionType=S&SerialNum=1993072396&ReferencePosition=395"><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Id.<span>
							</span></span>at 395;</a><span><span></span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">see also<span>
						</span></span><a href="http://www.westlaw.com/Find/Default.wl?rs=dfa1.0&vr=2.0&DB=0003227&FindType=Y&SerialNum=1999284282"><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Northwest Conduit Corp.</span></a>
					<a href="http://www.westlaw.com/Find/Default.wl?rs=dfa1.0&vr=2.0&DB=0003227&FindType=Y&SerialNum=1999284282">,<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
							</span>18 BNA OSHC 1948, 1951 (No. 97-851, 1999)</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.<span>
							</span></span></a>“[N]either a lack of prejudice to the Secretary nor good faith on the part of Respondent in attempting to comply with the statutory filing requirement alone will excuse a late filing.”<span>
					</span><a href="http://www.westlaw.com/Find/Default.wl?rs=dfa1.0&vr=2.0&DB=0003227&FindType=Y&SerialNum=2024060162"><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Prime Roofing Corp.</span></a>
					, 23 BNA OSHC 1329 (No. 07-1409, 2010).<span>
					</span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">The Commission has held that whether the reason for the delay was within the control of the respondent is a “key factor” in determining the presence of “excusable neglect.” </span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">A. S. Ross, Inc.,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">19 BNA OSHC 1147 (No. 99-0945, 2000);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">See also<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Calhar</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Constr.</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">,</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Inc</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">., 18 BNA OSHC 2151 (No. 98-0367, 2000)</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">A party seeking relief under Rule 60(b)(6) “must show ‘extraordinary circumstances’ suggesting that the party is faultless in the delay.” </span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; ">Where a party is partly to blame for the delayed filing, relief from the final order must be sought under Rule 60(b)(1) and the party’s neglect must be excusable.<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">See Pioneer Investment Serv.</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">,</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">507 U.S. at 393</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">.<span>
						</span></span>The Commission requires an employer to exercise due diligence before it will find excusable neglect.<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Keefe Earth Boring Company, Inc.</span>,<span>
					</span><a href="http://www.westlaw.com/Find/Default.wl?rs=dfa1.0&vr=2.0&DB=0003227&FindType=Y&SerialNum=1991434415"><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_Hyperlink style_Hyperlink " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; text-decoration:underline ;">14 BNA OSHC 2187, 2192 (No. 88-2521, 1991)</span></a>;<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Craig Mechanical</span>,<span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span>16 BNA OSHC 1763<span><span></span>
					</span>(No. 92-0372, 1994).<span>
					</span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; ">PetSmart contends it is entitled to relief under Rules 60(b)(4) and 60(b)(6). For relief pursuant to Rule 60(b)(4) PetSmart asserts the Court lacks personal jurisdiction because of improper service of the citation or violation of due process. However, as shown above, the Court finds service of the Citation was proper, and PetSmart’s due process rights were not violated. Accordingly, as set forth by longstanding<span>
					</span>Commission<span>
					</span>precedent, the Court<span>
					</span>has the authority under<span>
					</span>§<span>
					</span>10(a) to<span><span></span>
					</span>determine whether PetSmart is entitled to relief from the final order.<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Gulf & W. Food Prods. Co.</span>, 4 BNA OSHC 1436, 1439 (No. 6804, 1976) (consolidated).<span>
					</span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; ">The Court further finds PetSmart’s argument that the Secretary does not know who signed for the certified mail containing the Citation, fails. Although it is unclear to those unfamiliar with the signature on the return receipt card, PetSmart was in control of its store and is in the best position to know which of its employees would have been designated to sign for mail at the store. And to the extent it is uncertain, it is in the best position to be able to inquire of its employees regarding the signature. It is not the Secretary’s responsibility to identify the person who signed the return receipt.<span>
					</span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; ">PetSmart should have had adequate mail handling procedures to ensure that important items are received. The Secretary was under no obligation to request signature by a specific person at the PetSmart store. Nor is the Secretary required to know who signed the return receipt. Once the Citation was addressed to PetSmart’s Vero Beach, Florida store and submitted to the United States Postal Service, the Secretary had every reason to expect that the Postal Service would carry out its duties and deliver the Citation to the addressed location.<span>
					</span>In the absence of evidence to the contrary, it is reasonable to presume the Postal Service officials properly discharged their duties.<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">See Powell v. Commissioner</span>, 958 F.2d 53, 54 (4th Cir. 1992).<span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span>Indeed, the return receipt card was delivered to the Secretary as evidence the Citation had been delivered to the addressed location.<span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span>PetSmart does not dispute that its Vero Beach, Florida store is located<span>
					</span>at the address set forth on the return receipt card. Relief pursuant to Rule 60(b)(4) is not warranted. </p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; ">In seeking relief pursuant to Rule 60(b)(6), which provides for relief for any reason that justifies it, PetSmart again relies on its claim that the Citation was improperly served. As the Court has determined the service was proper, relief pursuant to Rule 60(b)(6) fails. Justice does not warrant relief under 60(b)(6) where, as here, PetSmart delayed filing for 2 1⁄2 years. Nor is it warranted where PetSmart’s mail handling procedures are such that important mail was not properly routed.<span>
					</span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; ">The Court finds PetSmart’s assertion it did not become aware of the Citation until it was contacted by a debt collection agency lacks credulity. It has not provided an explanation as to why it was not aware that a Citation had been issued when it received the demand letter from the OSHA Area Office on January 10, 2018, seeking payment of the penalties. Further, its having contacted the OSHA Area Office in November 2018, regarding how to pay the penalty suggests that on date PetSmart was aware of the Citation. </p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; ">The only reason<span>
					</span>PetSmart<span>
					</span>has provided to the Court for the delay is that<span><span></span>
					</span>the Citation was not properly served, and that justice would be served by the Court not allowing the Secretary to “game the system.” The record fails to substantiate this unjustified claim. Further, this claim<span>
					</span>provides insufficient basis for the Court to conclude the reason for the delay was not under<span>
					</span>PetSmart’s control.<span>
					</span>PetSmart<span>
					</span>has not<span>
					</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">shown “extraordinary circumstances” suggesting it is faultless in the delay” as required for relief under Rule 60(b)(6)</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">T</span>he Court finds<span>
					</span>PetSmart<span>
					</span>failed to exercise due diligence and was simply negligent in failing to file<span>
					</span>the<span>
					</span>contest before the expiration of the contest period.<span>
					</span>The Commission has long held an employer’s mere carelessness or negligence, even by a layperson, in failing to timely file a Notice of Contest does not amount to “excusable neglect” that would justify relief under<span>
					</span><a href="http://www.westlaw.com/Find/Default.wl?rs=dfa1.0&vr=2.0&DB=1004365&DocName=USFRCPR60&FindType=L"><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_Hyperlink style_Hyperlink " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; text-decoration:underline ;">Rule 60(b)</span></a>.<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Acrom</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Constr. Serv.</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">, 15 BNA OSHC 1123, 1126 (No. 88-2291, 1991)</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Neither</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>the record evidence nor<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">PetSmart</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">’s explanations for its late filing show deception or a failure to follow proper procedures on behalf of the Secretary</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Instead, the record shows PetSmart had inadequate mail handling procedures at its Vero Beach, Florida store. The return receipt shows it was delivered to the store, however what happened to it after it was signed for and received at the PetSmart Vero Beach, Florida location has not been explained. This suggests problems with<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">PetSmart’s mail handling procedures.<span>
						</span></span>The record does not demonstrate PetSmart had any procedures in place to instruct employees regarding what to do when they receive certified mail. The delay was within PetSmart’s control.<span>
					</span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:8px; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; "><span style="color:#000000; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Where timely response was within the employer’s reasonable control, the Commission has denied</span><span style="color:#000000; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">relief even to petitions filed only one or two days late, </span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">see </span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Sec’y of Labor v. Villa Marina Yacht Harbor, Inc.</span><span style="color:#000000; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">, 19 BNA OSHC 2185, 2186-87 (2003) (one day late); </span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">see also Sec’y of Labor v. A.W. Ross, Inc.</span><span style="color:#000000; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">, 19 BNA OSHC 1147, 1148-49 (2000) (11 days late). The Commission “has consistently denied relief” under Rule 60(b)(1) “to employers whose procedures for handling documents were to blame for untimely filings.” </span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Sec’y of Labor v. NYNEX</span><span style="color:#000000; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">, 18 BNA OSHC 1944, 1946-47 (1999) (citation omitted).</span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p style="background-color:#FFFFFF; line-height:1.5; "><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">David E. Harvey Builders, Inc. v. Sec'y of Labor</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">, 724 F.<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">App'x</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>7, 9 (D.C. Cir. 2018) (unpublished). Here, the NOC was<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">2</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>1⁄2<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">years</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>late, and the delay was entirely to blame on<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">PetSmart</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">’s mail-handling procedure</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">s.<span>
						</span></span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p style="background-color:#FFFFFF; line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">H</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">owever, as shown above, control is not the only factor the Court must consider. The Court must also consider t</span>he danger of prejudice to the opposing party; the length of the delay and its potential impact on the proceedings; and whether the party seeking relief acted in good faith.</p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:center; widows:0; orphans:0; "> </p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:center; widows:0; orphans:0; "><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Danger of Prejudice</span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:0; orphans:0; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">The Secretary<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">does not a</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">ssert it would be prejudiced because of the nearly<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">2 1⁄2 year<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">delay</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span>However, a lack of prejudice to the Secretary, alone, will not excuse a late filing.<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Prime Roofing Corp</span>., 23 BNA OSHC 1329 (No. 07-1409, 2010).<span><span></span>
					</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Therefore, the Court finds the Secretary is not prejudiced by the late filing.</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:center; "><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">L</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">ength of Delay and Impact on Proceedings</span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; ">Although the 2 1⁄2 year delay in contesting is lengthy, the Court determines the delay would not adversely impact the Commission’s proceedings.</p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:center; widows:0; orphans:0; "><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Good Faith</span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; ">PetSmart<span><span></span>
					</span>has not provided the Court evidence regarding any good faith efforts to timely contest.<span>
					</span>Therefore, the Court finds<span>
					</span>PetSmart<span>
					</span>did not make a good faith effort to comply.<span>
					</span>The Court does not find credible PetSmart’s assertion that it did not become aware of the Citation until contacted by a debt collection agency. PetSmart waited almost a year after receiving OSHA’s demand letter to even inquire about paying the penalty. And then waited approximately 1 1⁄4 years to attempt to file a late NOC with OSHA. Under these circumstances, it is impossible for the Court to find PetSmart acted in good faith.<span>
					</span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:0; orphans:0; ">The Court has considered the factors required by<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Pioneer.<span>
						</span></span>Despite the lack of prejudice to the Secretary and that the delay would not adversely affect the Commission proceedings, the lack of good faith by PetSmart and PetSmart’s<span><span></span>
					</span>control of the delay in timely filing the NOC are determinative. PetSmart was in control of its mail handling procedures which resulted in the NOC not being timely filed.<span><span></span>
					</span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:center; widows:0; orphans:0; "><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Meritorious Defense</span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:0; orphans:0; "><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">In addition to the factors set forth in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Pioneer,<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">an employer also must establish the presence of a meritorious defense for Rule 60(b)(1) relief.</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Northwest Conduit Corp</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">.</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">,</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">18 BNA OSHC 1948 (No. 97-851, 1999)</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">A meritorious defense is one that is valid at law with respect to the underlying action</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Park Nursing Center, Inc., v. Samuels,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">766 F.2d 261, 264 (6</span><span style="position:relative;font-size:0.58em; bottom: 1ex;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">th</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Cir. 1985)</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">The presence of a meritorious defense is “satisfied with minimal allegations that the employer could prove a defense if given the opportunity.” </span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Jackson Assoc. of Nassau</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">, 16 BNA OSHC 1261, 1267 (No. 91-0438, 1993)</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">As a meritorious defense, PetSmart alleges it had an effective vermin control program in place. The Court finds PetSmart has established the minimum requirement necessary for a meritorious defense. However, it has not established a basis for Rule 60(b) relief. </span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; ">Having considered all factors enunciated in<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Pioneer,<span>
						</span></span>relief from the Final Order in this matter is not warranted. PetSmart’s control over the delay and its lack of good faith are determinative. </p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "> </p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:center; "><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW</span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">The foregoing decision constitutes the Findings of Fact and Conclusion of Law in accordance with Rule 52(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.</span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">ORDER </span></p>
			</div>
			<div>
				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; ">Therefore, for the reasons set forth herein,<span>
					</span>PetSmart’s request for relief pursuant to Rule 60(b)(1) is<span>
					</span><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">HEREBY</span><span><span></span>
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						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">The<span>
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						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Further, the Secretary’s Motion to Dismiss<span>
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						</span>Rule 60(c)(1) is hereby<span>
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						</span>also denied the Secretary’s motion to dismiss under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(c)(1),</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>which alleged that Respondent’s request for relief was untimely.<span>
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						</span>on this ruling, and we do not address it here.</span></p>
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						</span>The Third and Sixth Circuits are not relevant circuits here</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>for purposes of any appeal</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">, as the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">work</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">site was in Florida (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">located in the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">Eleventh Circuit) and Respondent’s corporate headquarters are in Arizona</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(located in the Ninth Circuit)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "> </span><a href="https://1.next.westlaw.com/Link/Document/FullText?findType=L&pubNum=1000546&cite=29USCAS660&originatingDoc=I9f5ede35d7e811eaaf3cedf8c55e6c34&refType=RB&originationContext=document&transitionType=DocumentItem&contextData=(sc.Search)#co_pp_8b3b0000958a4"><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_Hyperlink style_Hyperlink " style="font-size:12pt; color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; text-decoration:underline ;font-size:12pt; "><span class="IDO23X321DUWWWLASFU42EHUYHXOCCPNW4R2FFKWPKSFLWTXI1YFUK">29 U.S.C. § 660(a)</span></span></a><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "> (parties may appeal to circuit where worksite is located or employer is headquartered; employer may also appeal to D.C. Circuit);</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><a href="https://1.next.westlaw.com/Link/Document/FullText?findType=Y&serNum=2000367515&pubNum=0003227&originatingDoc=I9f5ede35d7e811eaaf3cedf8c55e6c34&refType=CA&fi=co_pp_sp_3227_2067&originationContext=document&transitionType=DocumentItem&contextData=(sc.Search)#co_pp_sp_3227_2067"><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_Emphasis style_Emphasis " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-style:italic; font-size:12pt; ">Kerns Bros. Tree Serv.</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_Hyperlink style_Hyperlink " style="font-size:12pt; color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; text-decoration:underline ;font-size:12pt; "><span class="IDNZUPDZT3APZJNRFTUVDLSE0ZRGN0BMSQG5QINVJCQCQK5TWEGAGJ">, 18 BNA OSHC 2064, 2067 (No. 96-1719</span></span></a><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 2000) (“Where it is highly probable that a Commission<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">decision would be appealed to a particular circuit, the Commission has</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "> . . . </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">applied the precedent of that circuit in deciding the case—even though it may differ from the Commission's precedent.”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">) (citation omitted). The Ninth and Eleventh Circuits have not ruled on this issue, and as noted below, the D.C. Circuit has applied the Commission’s rule. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">Thus</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">, Commission precedent applies in this case. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See<span>
						</span></span><a href="https://1.next.westlaw.com/Link/Document/FullText?findType=Y&serNum=2028568663&pubNum=0003227&originatingDoc=I9f5ede35d7e811eaaf3cedf8c55e6c34&refType=CA&fi=co_pp_sp_3227_2096&originationContext=document&transitionType=DocumentItem&contextData=(sc.Search)#co_pp_sp_3227_2096"><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_Emphasis style_Emphasis " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-style:italic; font-size:12pt; ">Am. Eng</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_Emphasis style_Emphasis " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-style:italic; font-size:12pt; ">’</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_Emphasis style_Emphasis " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-style:italic; font-size:12pt; ">g & Dev. Corp.</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_Hyperlink style_Hyperlink " style="font-size:12pt; color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; text-decoration:underline ;font-size:12pt; "><span class="IDKJJ45TTLXRNDBGGNZU0RUATBEKULMZBP5BMXODHJPRUQUZBAMU1K">, 23 BNA OSHC 2093, 2096 n.4 (No. 10-0359</span></span></a><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 2012) (Commission “</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_cosearchterm style_cosearchterm " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">follow</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">[s] [its] </span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_cosearchterm style_cosearchterm " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">own</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "> </span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_cosearchterm style_cosearchterm " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">precedent</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">” where the circuit court “has neither decided nor directly addressed [an] issue”) (quoting </span><a href="https://1.next.westlaw.com/Link/Document/FullText?findType=Y&serNum=2012648418&pubNum=0003227&originatingDoc=I9f5ede35d7e811eaaf3cedf8c55e6c34&refType=CA&fi=co_pp_sp_3227_1110&originationContext=document&transitionType=DocumentItem&contextData=(sc.Search)#co_pp_sp_3227_1110"><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_Emphasis style_Emphasis " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-style:italic; font-size:12pt; ">McDevitt Street<span>
							</span></span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_Emphasis style_Emphasis " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-style:italic; font-size:12pt; ">Bovis</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_Emphasis style_Emphasis " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-style:italic; font-size:12pt; ">, Inc.</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_Hyperlink style_Hyperlink " style="font-size:12pt; color:WindowText; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; text-decoration:underline ;font-size:12pt; "><span class="IDYUT12B3IJJIDKN1IDTT1XTVF4NAL43CKSRMBG5IUX5TKCGX5CRHB">, 19 BNA OSHC 1108, 1110-12 (No. 97-1918</span></span></a><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 2000)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">.</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">communication</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>or documentation<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">on this issue at the closing conference for the inspection</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">, as well as evidence regarding the identity of the person who signed the U.S. Postal Service return receipt, would be relevant to assessing the parties’ claims</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
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						</span>We do not address the judge’s denial<span>
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						</span>relief under<span>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">Rule<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">of Civil Procedure<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">60(b)(4) and (b)(6), as these claims depend at least in part, on whether the citation was properly served. As to Respondent’s motion for relief under Rule 60(b)(1), we note that such relief<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">would be</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>barred as untimely here,<span>
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						</span>it was filed almost two and a half years after the citation</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">, if properly served,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>became a final order. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See<span>
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						</span>60(c)(1) (motion under 60(b)(1) must be made “</span><span style="font-size:12pt; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">no more than a year after the entry of the judgment or order or the date of the proceeding”)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">.</span></p>
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					</span>PetSmart’s Objections regarding Condell<span>
					</span>Eastmond’s<span><span></span>
					</span>Affidavit are overruled. The information contained in the<span>
					</span>Eastmond<span><span></span>
					</span>Affidavit is relevant; contains his understanding of the information on the return receipt card; does not constitute legal conclusions which invade the province of the Court; and is not hearsay or is excepted from the hearsay rule. </p>
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					</span>PetSmart challenges the authenticity of the return receipt card and argues it contains hearsay. PetSmart also requests the Court to strike para. 4 of Jaime Lopez’s Affidavit which provides “[a]s evidenced by the certified mail return receipt card, the Citation and Notification of Penalty was received and signed for by Respondent on October 18, 2017.” PetSmart contends the return receipt card has not been authenticated; and argues that as a corporation PetSmart does not have the physical capacity to sign a return receipt card. It further argues Mr. Lopez does not identify the signatory on the return receipt card or his or her relationship to PetSmart, therefore Mr. Lopez misstates the evidence (Response, p. 4). The Court denies PetSmart’s request to strike; and rules the return receipt card is self-authenticating pursuant to Rule 902(5) of the Federal Rules of Evidence. The Court further rules, the information contained in the return receipt card is excepted from the hearsay rule pursuant to Rule 803(6) of the Federal Rules of Evidence.<span>
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					</span>Although a demand letter was sent to PetSmart by the OSHA Area Office on January 10, 2018, to the same address used for the Citation (not returned to OSHA as undeliverable), no further action was taken by PetSmart until<span>
					</span>November 19, 2018, as reflected in OSHA’s Case Diary Sheet, when PetSmart contacted OSHA regarding how to pay the penalty (Eastmond<span><span></span>
					</span>Aff. ¶ 23;<span>
					</span>Exh. E). PetSmart claims it did not become aware of the Citation until<span>
					</span>it was contacted by a debt collection agency in 2020; but does not explain its November 18, 2018, contact with OSHA regarding payment of the penalty. When no payment was received<span>
					</span>as a result of<span><span></span>
					</span>OSHA’s January 10<span style="position:relative;font-size:0.58em; bottom: 1ex;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; ">th</span><span><span></span>
					</span>demand letter, the OSHA Area Office referred the matter to its Washington DC Office on February 22, 2018, for collection. (Eastmond<span><span></span>
					</span>Aff. ¶¶ 20-23;<span>
					</span>Exhs. D and E).</p>
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					</span>As to<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-style:italic; ">B. J. Hughes</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-style:italic; ">’s</span><span><span></span>
					</span>progeny, PetSmart refers to<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-style:italic; ">Secretary of Labor v. NYNEX</span>, 18 OSHC (BNA) 1944 (No. 95-1671, 1999) and<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-style:italic; ">George Harms Construction Co.</span>, 20 OSHC (BNA) 1155 (No. 02-0371, 2003)<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-style:italic; ">rev’d</span><span><span></span>
					</span>(3d Cir. 2004), which uphold service on clerical employees and unknown employees. (PetSmart Response, p. 15)<span>
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					</span>The Court finds PetSmart’s arguments that Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(h)(1)(B) applies since the Commission has not adopted a rule addressing service on a corporation and that § 10(a) of the Act does not include service on a corporation unpersuasive. Contrary to PetSmart’s argument, § 10(a) of the Act provides that the Secretary “shall . . . notify the employer by certified mail of the penalty . . . and that the employer has fifteen working days within which to notify the Secretary that he wishes to contest the citation or proposed assessment of penalty.” It addresses employers, without distinguishing whether the employer is a partnership, an LLC, or a corporation.<span>
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					</span>The Commission held<span>
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					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-style:italic; ">Buckley</span><span><span></span>
					</span>did not subscribe to this rationale we respectfully decline to follow it. The Commission gives due deference to the views of the circuits, but unless reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Commission is obligated to establish its own precedent in carrying out its adjudicatory functions under the Act.</p>
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					</span>PetSmart further argues the Secretary does not have clean hands due to his failure to file a timely complaint or motion to dismiss in lieu thereof. The Court finds no merit in this argument. Jurisdiction in late NOC matters is limited to only whether the late filing was excusable. Filing of a late NOC does not trigger the complaint filing deadline. Filing of a complaint will only be necessary if relief from the final order is granted. As to the alleged late filing of the Secretary’s motion, the Court notes that PetSmart’s late NOC was not docketed until April 23, 2020. It was assigned to the Court on May 27, 2020, the same day the Secretary’s Motion to Dismiss was filed. The Court did not construe PetSmart’s late NOC to be a motion for relief until May 29, 2020. Therefore, the Secretary’s Motion to Dismiss was not due until June 19, 2020. The Secretary’s motion was timely.<span>
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