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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">On March 12, 2019, I issued a decision and order granting a motion for summary</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:9.067px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:96px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Citation items. It became a final order of the Commission on April 12, 2019. Henry Marine</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:9.067px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:96px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Act, 5 U.S.C. § 504 (EAJA), and the Commission’s Rules Implementing EAJA, 29 C.F.R. §§</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt; letter-spacing:.005cm; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:9.5pt; ">Henry Marine seeks $58,775.00 in attorneys’ fees, $2,399.93 in litigation expenses, and $28,527.71 in expert fees</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:9.5pt; ">Secretary’s</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; letter-spacing:.005cm; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:9.5pt; "><span><span></span>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:9.5pt; ">(</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:9.5pt; font-style:italic; ">Reply to Opposition</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:9.5pt; ">, pp. 10-11; Exh. 1).</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the Secretary contends “he was substantially justified in</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">p. 5)</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; letter-spacing:-.002cm; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">For the reasons that follow, I find the Secretary has established he was substantially</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Henry Marine’s</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; letter-spacing:-.002cm; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">I reiterate some of the factual background I set out in the decision and order granting Henry</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The JAMIE H is a tugboat owned and operated by Henry Marine. On</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:144px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">manner and was found in the water near the vessel by the captain. No one</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:144px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">witnessed the decedent fall into the water.</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:192px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">On October 12, 2017, upon notification of the Secretary of the fatal</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:144px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">accident, Compliance Safety and Health Officer (CSHO) Stephen Yeend of the</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:144px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Yeend measured the distance from the dock to the fleet deck to be 43 inches; the</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:144px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">employees accessing the JAMIE H by either method were exposed to the hazard</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:144px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">of hitting objects while falling to the water below. Based on this conclusion,</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">No. 18-0680, 2019 WL 1977302, at *2 (OSHRC April 12, 2019).</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">On March 27, 2018, the Secretary issued a Citation and Notification of Penalty to Henry</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The parties then filed cross-motions for summary judgment, followed by responses. In</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Subchapter M in the Coast Guard’s regulations preempted OSHA’s authority</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">of the citations; (2) Subchapter C in the Coast Guard’s</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">In his response in opposition to Henry Marine’s motion for summary judgment, the</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">In my decision and order, I agreed with Henry Marine that the Coast Guard had exercised</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:9.267px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:96px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">under § 4(b)(1) of the Act. I did not address Henry Marine’s three alternative arguments. My</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:9.067px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:96px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">reasoning for finding the Coast Guard preempted OSHA’s jurisdiction was as follows:</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:144px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Marine contends the Coast Guard exercised its authority to regulate the health and</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:144px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">safety of seamen working on towing vessels upon promulgation of the Subchapter</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:144px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">M regulations, the effective date of which predated the alleged violations. The</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:144px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Secretary points to § 136.172 of the Subchapter M regulations, noting because the</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See also</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">46 C.F.R. § 140.105(a) (specifically addressing the § 140</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:144px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">working conditions of seamen on towing vessels because the Subchapter M</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:95.933px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:144px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">is no factual dispute the JAMIE H had not received a COI prior to the fatal</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:144px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">accident. The issue to be resolved is whether the Coast Guard’s promulgation of</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:144px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">regulations for which it explicitly delayed implementation constitutes an exercise</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:144px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">of its authority as that term is used in § 4(b)(1) of the Act. This is a question of</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:144px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">law for which no material facts are in dispute. It is appropriate for resolution on</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:144px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">summary judgment.</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:8px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:192px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">An agency’s promulgation of final regulations under its statutory grant of</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:144px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Commission has held it is no less an exercise of statutory authority to take the</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:144px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">formal position that a hazard will not be the subject of regulation. . . The</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:144px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Commission has not directly addressed the issue presented here – whether an</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:144px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">regulation sets out a delayed implementation schedule.</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:144px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Commission precedent that “any oversight of the adequacy of another agency’s</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:144px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">4(b)(1).”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Pennsuco Cement and Aggregates, Inc</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">., 8 BNA OSHC 1378, 1381 (No.</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">citing Mushroom Transportation Co</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">., 1 BNA OSHC 1390, 1392</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:144px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the manner in which the Coast Guard has chosen to enforce its regulations</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:144px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">applicable to towing vessels. The undersigned declines to do so. The Commission</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:144px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">hazards.”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Dillingham Tug and Barge Corp</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">., 10 BNA OSHC 1859, 1862 (No. 77-</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:144px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">4143, 1982). The MOU [Memorandum of Understanding] between the Secretary</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:144px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“not addressed by specific regulations.” [48 Fed. Reg. 11365] Thus, as OSHA</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:144px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">This was formal action of the part of the Coast Guard under its statutory authority</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Pennsuco Cement</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 8 BNA OSHC at 1381. The Coast Guard’s</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:95.933px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:96px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Henry Marine Serv.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 2019 WL 1977302, at *7-*9.</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Section 2204.101 provides:</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Section 2204.104(a) provides:</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Contests of citations, notifications, penalties, or abatement periods by an</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The party seeking an award for fees and expenses must apply “no later than thirty days</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">on April 26, 2019.</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The prevailing party must meet the established eligibility requirements before it can be</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The Secretary does not dispute Henry Marine meets the criteria for eligibility. Henry</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Sealed Exh. A). The balance sheet establishes the net worth of Henry</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#1b1b1b; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">I find the balance</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#1b1b1b; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">In an affidavit, Henry Marine’s attorney states, “Henry Marine had approximately 13</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#1b1b1b; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Henry Marine has met the eligibility requirements of § 2204.105(c).</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“The application shall show that the applicant has prevailed and identify the position of the</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:9.067px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:96px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Secretary that the applicant alleges was not substantially justified.” 29 C.F.R § 2204.201(a).</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:9.267px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:144px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Neither the EAJA nor the Commission's EAJA Rules define the term “prevailing</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:144px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Hensley v. Eckerhart</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 461 U.S. 424, 433 (1983) (quoted case omitted).</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:13.267px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:96px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Joseph Watson,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">No. 00-1726, 2006 WL 2641337, at *2 (OSHRC September 6, 2006).</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Here, I granted Henry Marine’s motion for summary judgment. Henry Marine succeeded</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt; letter-spacing:.007cm; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:9.5pt; ">On June 12, 2019, I issued an order granting, in accordance with 29 C.F.R. § 2204.202, Henry Marine’s motion to</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt; letter-spacing:.005cm; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:9.5pt; ">“The Secretary does not dispute that, because the citations in this matter were vacated by the ALJ, Respondent is</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Joseph Watson</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 21 BNA OSHC 1649, 1651 (No. 00-1726, 2006). In other words, the</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Am.</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">364 F.3d. 321, 325 (D.C. Cir. 2004).”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; letter-spacing:.104cm; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Salco Constr., Inc.,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">No.</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The Secretary contends he was substantially justified in his position that OSHA, and not</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Ibid</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. However, existing</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">I ultimately disagreed with the Secretary but noted in my decision and order granting</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">2019 WL 1977302, at *2.</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The issue presented was, therefore, novel to the Commission.</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See DGR Assocs., Inc. v.</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Pierce,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">487 U.S. at</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Ellis</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 711 F.2d at 1577 (affirming a denial of EAJA fees</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Ulysses Inc. v. United States,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">117</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">129 Fed. Cl. 579, 585 (2016).</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The Secretary’s case for substantial justification is bolstered by the Coast Guard’s</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">According to 29 C.F.R.</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Attachment A, p. 11) (emphasis added)</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">concludes,</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">already in place by U.S. law or regulation. The</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Attachment A, p. 15) (emphasis added)</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The Coast Guard Captain in charge of the investigation signed off on the</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">None,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">law or regulation already exist in 29 CFR</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Attachment A, p. 1) (emphasis added)</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">As the italicized language indicates, the Coast Guard conducted an official investigation</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Report</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">to OSHA’s § 1915 standards are evidence the Coast Guard</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Report</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Application</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, under the last section captioned</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">p. 9) This conclusion indicates Henry Marine is premising its</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">solely</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">In its</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Reply</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">to the Secretary’s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; letter-spacing:.002cm; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Opposition,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Henry Marine seeks to expand the scope of the</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt; letter-spacing:.007cm; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:9.5pt; ">Under a section captioned “BACKGROUND” in the</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; letter-spacing:.004cm; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:9.5pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:9.5pt; font-style:italic; ">Application,</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; letter-spacing:.002cm; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:9.5pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt; letter-spacing:.007cm; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:9.5pt; ">Henry Marine summarized its arguments</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:5.733px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.404cm; margin-left:96px; "><span style="font-size:9.5pt; letter-spacing:.007cm; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:9.5pt; ">regarding Subchapter C, § 1910.132(a), and § 1910.22(c) (</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:9.5pt; font-style:italic; ">Application</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:9.5pt; ">, pp. 7-8, ¶¶ 19-22).</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:95.933px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:96px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">of Subchapter M and never reached the other arguments asserted in Henry Marine’s motion for</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:9.067px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:96px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">summary judgment, the Court should now consider the case as a whole.” (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Reply</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, p. 1) Henry</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Application</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">to identify the other three positions of the</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The Secretary established it was substantially justified in his alternative positions raised</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Reply</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">—namely, that Subchapter C in the Coast Guard’s regulations did</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Item 7a alleges Henry Marine committed a serious violation of § 1910.132(a) by failing</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Each vessel not carrying passengers for hire and less than 40 feet in length must</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Each vessel carrying passengers for hire, and each vessel not carrying passengers</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:2.667px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:144px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">each person on board.</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">on</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the vessel, and not in the situation here, when going from</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt; letter-spacing:.007cm; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:9.5pt; ">Section 1910.132(a) provides:</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">pp. 9-10) (emphasis in</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">6.1. Determination of Cause:</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">6.1.1. The initiating event for this casualty occurred when the deckhand</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">while trying to board the JAMIE H</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">., which caused him to suffer a</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. . .</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">6.1.2.1 The deckhand had not been wearing a lifejacket, as it was required</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Attachment A, pp. 13-14) (emphasis added)</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">I find the Secretary was substantially justified in citing Henry Marine for a violation of §</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">In Item 1a, the Secretary cited Henry Marine for the serious violation of § 1910.22(c),</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The Secretary notes, however, the scope section of § 1910.21(a) provides: “This subpart</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Finally, Henry Marine argues the Secretary did not have any expert testimony to support</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:9.067px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:96px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">his position that it was feasible for Henry Marine to use a gangway to access the M/V JAMIE H</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Envision Waste Servs., LLC</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, No. 12-1600, 2018 WL 1735661 (OSHRC, April 4,</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">W.G. Fairfield Co. v. OSHRC</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">R & R</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Siemens Energy</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.485cm; margin-left:144px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">& Automation, Inc.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 20 BNA OSHC 2196, 2198 (No. 00-1052, 2005) (“[A] broad,</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">see, e.g., Thomas Indus. Coatings, Inc.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 21 BNA</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Siemens</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; letter-spacing:.002cm; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">and</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; letter-spacing:.005cm; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">W.G. Fairfield</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Cent. Fla. Equip. Rentals, Inc.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 25</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Siemens</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; letter-spacing:.002cm; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">and</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Thomas</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, and</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Here, a reasonable person reading the requirements of § 1910.22(c) (“</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#2f2f2f; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The employer must</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The foregoing decision constitutes the findings of fact and conclusions of law in</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">that:</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">DENIED.</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">/s/</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:.436cm; margin-left:96px; "><span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:9.5pt; font-weight:bold; ">Dated: July 19, 2019</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; letter-spacing:4.771cm; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:9.5pt; font-weight:bold; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">Judge Heather A. Joys</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt; letter-spacing:.009cm; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:9.5pt; ">1120 20th Street, N.W., 9 Floor</span><span style="font-size:6pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:6pt; ">th</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt; letter-spacing:.007cm; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:9.5pt; ">Phone: (404) 562-1640 Fax: (404) 562-1650</span></p>
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