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							<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:center; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">OSHRC Docket No.:<span>
									</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">20-</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">1</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">0</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">8</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">3</span></p>
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							<p><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Elmer Julio Perez Mendez dba Julio Perez,<span>
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							<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:8px; line-height:1.5; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "> Respondent.</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:8px; margin-bottom:0px; text-align:left; "><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11pt; ">On Pleadings</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11pt; ">:</span></p>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11pt; ">Chastain</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11pt; ">, Esq</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
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				<p style="text-align:left; "><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; 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:12pt; font-size:11pt; ">Atlanta, Georgia</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
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				<p style="text-align:left; margin-left:48px; "><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11pt; ">Patrick J. Miller and Dana M. Svendsen,</span></p>
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				<p style="text-align:left; margin-left:48px; "><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11pt; ">Sherman & Howard LLC., Denver, Colorado</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:16px; margin-bottom:8px; line-height:1.5; text-align:left; "><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11pt; ">Before: Administrative Law Judge<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:11pt; ">Sharon D. Calhoun</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">This matter is before the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">(Commission)<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">on a</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Late Notice of Contest</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">dated<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">July 15, 2020</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>from Respondent<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Elmer Julio Perez Mendez dba Julio Perez (Perez)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>which was<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">received<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">and docketed<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">by<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">the Commission on<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">July 22, 2020</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">On<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">August 28</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 2020, Complainant, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor (Secretary) filed a Motion to Dismiss Respondent’s<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Untimely</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Notice of Contest Pursuant to<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Rule § 2200.40 of the Commission’s Rules of Procedure and Rule 60(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. On September 8, 2020, Perez filed a<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Response to the Secretary’s Motion to Dismiss</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">For the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">r</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">easons</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>set forth herein</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">P</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">erez</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">’</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>request for r</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">elief pursuant to Rule 60(b)(1)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>is<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">DENIED</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">This matter arises out of a</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">n</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">inspection<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">d</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">uring the period<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">February 27, 2020 through</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">April</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>1</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">7</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 20</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">20</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">The inspection was initiated in response to a fatality on the jobsite located at 775 Willow Springs Drive, Mobile, Alabama,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">due to<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">an employee falling approximately 8 feet from the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">eave</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>of the roof to the ground. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">On June 2, 2020,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">OSHA i</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">ssued<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">a<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Citation and Notification of Penalty (Citation)<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">for one<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">willful<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">violation of<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">the standard found at 19</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">26</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">501(b)(1</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">3</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, alleging<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">employees engaged in residential construction activities at least six feet from the lower level were not protected by<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or alternative fall protection measures on or about December 4, 2019</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and times prior thereto. OSHA also issued a grouped<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">o</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">ther-than-</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">erious Citation alleging that on<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">or about<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">December 11, 2019, Perez failed to report a work-related fatality within 8 hours of the death of an employee resulting from a work related incident; and that on or about December 4, 2019, Perez failed to report within 24 hours<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">a work related incident resulting in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">the hospitalization</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>of the employee who fell from the roof</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">A penalty in the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">total<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">amount of<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">$</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">138,118.00</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>w</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">as</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>proposed for the alleged violation</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">OSHA’s inspection process was changed d</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">ue to the ongoing COVID-19<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">p</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">andemic</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">. As a result of those changes, the inspection</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>conducted<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">by the Compliance Safety and Health Officer (CSHO) was changed. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">He<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">did not meet with or present his credentials to Perez and conducted the opening and closing conferences by telephone on April 17, 2020 (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Response,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">pps</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">. 11-14;<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Exhs</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">. F, unnumbered p. 2 and G, unnumbered<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">pps</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">2, 4).</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">The Secretary mailed t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">he Citation<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">by Certified Mail/Return Receipt<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">and the UPS next day delivery<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">to Pe</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">rez<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">at</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>5404 Forest Park Drive, Mobile, Alabama<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">(Secretary’s Motion,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">p</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">2,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Gonzalez</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Aff</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">. ¶<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">8,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Exh</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">. A thereto</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">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 style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>or NOC</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">) a Citation within 15 working days of receipt</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Failure to timely file a N</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">OC</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>results in the Citation becoming a final order of the Commission by operation of law</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">T</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">he Citation<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">provide</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">d</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Perez<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">had 15 working days from the date of receipt to contest</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">T</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">he return receipt shows Pe</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">rez rec</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">eived the Citation on<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">June 3, 2020</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Therefore, any contest by Pe</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">rez<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">was to be filed within the contest period, no later than<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">June 24, 2020</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Pe</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">rez</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, however, did not file a contest within the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">15-day contest period</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Instead,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">five days later,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">on June 29, 2020, Perez called the OSHA Area Office requesting an informal conference</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">. Perez<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">was advised the contest date had passed (Gonzalez<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Aff</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">. ¶ 9). Due to Perez’s failure to timely contest,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">he Citation became a<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">f</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">inal<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">o</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">rder of the Commission under § 10(a) of the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Occupational Safety and Health<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Act</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>of 1970</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 29 U.S.C. §§ 651-678 (Act)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">on<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">June 25, 2020</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">On July 15, 2020, approximately three weeks after the final contest date, Perez filed the late NOC at issue in this proceeding</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:center; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">DISCUSSION</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Perez alleges the NOC was not late because he did not become aware of the Citation until June 19, 2020, at the earliest, when he returned from a trip (NOC). According to Perez, the contest period did not begin to run until he became aware of the Citation. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Perez</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">also<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">argues th</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">e Commission lacks jurisdiction because Perez is not an employer within the meaning of the Act</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">(NOC, Response, pp.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">4-7</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">For the reasons set forth herein, the Court finds Pe</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">rez’s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">contest on July 15, 2020</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">i</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">s a late NOC</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">the Commission has jurisdiction to address the late NOC issue</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">It is the Secretary’s burden to establish service of the Citation</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Perez<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">contends<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">its contest was not untimely because<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">the Citation was delivered to<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">hi</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">s home address,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">was<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">signed for by a temporary<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">h</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">ouse</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">guest, and was not<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">received</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>by him</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">until he returned from California where he had traveled to drive his wife hom</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">e. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">According to<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Perez his wife<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">was<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">un</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">comfortable flying<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">due to</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>the ongoing COVID-19<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">p</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">andemic</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(Response, p. 3). Pe</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">r</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">ez<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">argues<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">the temporary house</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">guest<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">who signed for the Citation<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">does not work for him, does not reside at his residence</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and therefore did not have the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">authority to accept service of the Citation</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">on his behalf. Perez<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">further<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">argues he</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>is<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">a sole proprietor, and does not maintain a business address, therefore, service of the Citation at his home address was<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">improper</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Basically<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Perez argues that because of these circumstances he should not be held responsible for not knowing he had important mail which required timely action in order to protect his interests</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, either as a sole proprietor allegedly not subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission, or as employer<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">of the employees at the worksite</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">which<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">case the</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Commission<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">would have<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">jurisdiction</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Although<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">the Act<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">refers only to the penalty, the Commission has consistently held § 10(a) of the Act governs service of citations</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">B.J. Hughes, Inc</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">., 7 BNA OSHC 1471, 1474 n. 6 (No. 76-2165, 1979)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">It requires the Secretary to “notify the employer by certified mail of the penalty...” In<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">B.J. Hughes</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 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-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">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-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">7 BNA OSHC at 1474</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Further, the Commission’s holding in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">B. J. Hughes<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">that “[t]he</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><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-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">” satisfies the due process requirements set<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">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-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Mulane</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>v. Cent. Hanover Bank & Trust Co.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 339 U. S. 306, 314 (1950). </span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">T</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">he Secretary’s service of the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">C</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">itation on<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Pe</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">rez</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>meets the test set out in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">B.J. Hughes</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">The test is one of reasonableness</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">In his affidavit, Area Director Gonzalez states the Citation was mailed to the mailing address provided by Perez</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(Gonzalez<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Aff</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">. ¶ 8)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">. By mailing the Citation certified mail<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">addressed to Perez at</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>the address<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">h</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">e provided</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">having<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">receiv</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">ed</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>confirmation the Citation was<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">received at that address, the service was</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>reasonabl</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">y</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">calculated to provide the employer with the required notification and opportunity to determine whether to abate or contest.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Perez’s assertion that the Citation delivered to his residence was insufficient fails.<span>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:center; margin-left:-48px; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Rule 60(b) Relief</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">An employer who has filed an untimely<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">NOC</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>may be granted relief under Rule 60(b) in certain circumstances.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">George Harms Constr. Co. v. Chao</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 371 F.3d 156 (3d Cir. 2004)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">A late filing may be excused under Rule 60(b)(1) if the final order was entered<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">as a result of</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>“mistake, inadvertence, surprise or excusable neglect.” A late filing also may be excused under Rule 60(b)(3)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">if the late filing w</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">as</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>caused by the Secretary’s “deception or failure to follow proper procedures.”<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Branciforte</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Builders</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Inc.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 9 BNA OSHC 2113, 2116-17 (No. 80-1920, 1981);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">B.J. Hughes</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Inc</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">., 7 BNA OSHC 1471, 1476 (No. 76-2165, 1979);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Keppel’s Inc.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">7 BNA OSHC 1442, 1443-44 (No. 77-3020, 1979)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">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><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Branciforte</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Builders</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 9 BNA OSHC at 2117</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">The moving party has the burden of proving it is entitled to relief under Rule 60(b)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Pe</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">rez</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>has failed to provide sufficient proof that it is entitled to relie</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">f</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">In determining whether the late filing of a N</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">OC</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><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><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Pioneer</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Inv. Services Co. v. Brunswick Associates Ltd. Partnership</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>507 U.S. 380 (1993)<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">is applicable.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">George Harms Constr. Co., supra</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">In<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Pioneer</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><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)<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">whether the party seeking relief acted in good faith.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Id.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">at 395;<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">see also Northwest Conduit Corp.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>18 BNA OSHC 1948, 1951 (No. 97-851, 1999)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">“[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></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Prime Roofing Corp.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 23 BNA OSHC 1329 (No. 07-1409, 2010).<span>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">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-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">A. S. Ross, Inc.,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">19 BNA OSHC 1147 (No. 99-0945, 2000);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See also<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Calhar</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Constr.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Inc</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">., 18 BNA<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">OSHC 2151 (No. 98-0367, 2000)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">A party seeking relief under Rule 60(b)(6) “must show ‘extraordinary circumstances’ suggesting that the party is faultless in the delay.” </span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">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 style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See Pioneer Investment Serv.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">507 U.S. at 393</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">The Commission requires an employer to exercise due diligence before it will find excusable neglect</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Keefe Earth Boring Company, Inc.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">14 BNA OSHC 2187, 2192 (No. 88-2521, 1991)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">;<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Craig Mechanical</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">16 BNA OSHC 1763</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(No. 92-0372, 1994)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">P</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">erez</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>contends<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">he</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>is entitled to relief under Rules 60(b)(</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">1</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 60(b)(4)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and 60(b)(6)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">For relief pursuant to Rule 60(b)(4)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>P</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">erez</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>asserts<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">the Citation was<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">improper</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">ly<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">serv</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">ed and he did not receive notice of the Citation until June 19, 2020 at the earliest. A</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">s shown<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">above,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">however,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">the Court finds<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">service of the Citation was proper</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Further, the Court finds the Commission has jurisdiction to address the late NOC issue presented in this case, contrary to Perez’s assertion it does not. As</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>set forth by<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">l</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">ongstanding<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Commission<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">precedent</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, the Court<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">has the authority under<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">§</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>1</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">0(a) to</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>determine whether Pe</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">rez</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>is entitled to relief from the final order</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Gulf & W. Food Prods. Co.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 4 BNA OSHC 1436, 1439 (No. 6804, 1976) (consolidated)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">P</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">erez</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>should have had adequate mail handling procedures to ensure important items<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">we</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">re received</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">The Secretary was under no obligation to request signature by a specific person a</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">t Perez’s business location</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Nor is it the Secretary’s responsibility to identify the person who signed the return receipt. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Relief pursuant to Rule 60(b)(4) is not warranted</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">In seeking</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>relief pursuant to</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Rule 60(b)(6)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, which provides for<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">relief</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>for any reason that justifies it</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, Pe</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">rez a</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">gain relies on its claim that the Citation was improperly served</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">As the Court has determined the service was proper, relief pursuant to Rule 60(b)(6) fails</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Relief is<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">not warrant</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">ed</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "> under 60(b)(6) where, as here,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Perez’s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>mail handling procedures are such<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">that the mail<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">was not properly routed to ensure he would be made aware of<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">important mail</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>so that it could be handled timely</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">In addition to contending the service of the Citation was improper, Perez asserts<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">the ongoing COVID-19<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">p</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">andemic resulted in circumstances beyond his<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">reasonable<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">control which warrant a finding of excusable neglect under Rule 60(b)(6). He asserts that due to the COVID-19<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">pandemic he was away from his residence when the Citation was received. He seeks consideration for this since<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">OSHA<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">changed its inspection procedures due to the pandemic. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Changes which obviously were to protect both the CSHO and the employer. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Perez asserts due to OSHA’s changed procedures<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">OSHA d</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">id not follow procedural and statutory requirements<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">of<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">provid</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">ing</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>in person opening and closing conferences and produc</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">ing</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>the CSHO’s credentials during the inspection</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Although the pandemic may have caused Perez to be away from his residence, the pandemic does not justify his failure to establish mail handling procedures which would ensure he had been apprised of receipt of the Citation. A conversation before his trip</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>to California</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">or a simple<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">telephone call, text or email to his temporary house guest could easily have taken place<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">to<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">discuss how to handle mail and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">to find out about any mail that had been received. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Perez’s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">claim<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">provides insufficient basis for the Court to conclude the reason for the delay was not under<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">his</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>control</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">. Perez</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">has not<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">shown “extraordinary circumstances” suggesting it is faultless in the delay” as required for relief under Rule 60(b)(6)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">T</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">he Court finds<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Pe</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">rez</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">failed to exercise due diligence and was simply negligent in failing to file<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">contest before the expiration of the contest period</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">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></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Rule 60(b)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Acrom</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Constr. Serv.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 15 BNA OSHC 1123, 1126 (No. 88-2291, 1991)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Neither</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>the record evidence nor<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Pe</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">rez</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">’s explanations for its late filing show deception or a failure to follow proper procedures on behalf of the Secretary</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Instead, the record shows Pe</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">rez<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">had inadequate mail handling procedures</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">The record does not demonstrate<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Pe</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">rez had</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>any procedures in place<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">regarding what<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">wa</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">s to be done when<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">certified mail</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">wa</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">s received</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">The delay was within<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Pe</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">rez’</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">s control.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Commission precedent for denying relief where untimely filings were due to faulty mail handling procedures have been upheld by the D.C. Circuit in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">David E. Harvey Builders, Inc. v. Sec'y of Labor</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 724 F.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">App'x</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>7, 9 (D.C. Cir. 2018) (unpublished)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(citations omitted)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:8px; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Where timely response was within the employer’s reasonable control, the Commission has denied</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">relief even to petitions filed only one or two days late, </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">see </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Sec’y of Labor v. Villa Marina Yacht Harbor, Inc.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 19 BNA OSHC 2185, 2186-87 (2003) (one day late); </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">see also Sec’y of Labor v. A.W. Ross, Inc.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 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-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Sec’y of Labor v. NYNEX</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 18 BNA OSHC 1944, 1946-47 (1999) (citation omitted).</span></p>
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				<p style="background-color:#FFFFFF; line-height:1.5; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">David E. Harvey Builders, Inc. v. Sec'y of Labor</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 724 F.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">App'x</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>7, 9 (D.C. Cir. 2018) (unpublished). Here, the NOC was<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">nearly 3 weeks</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>late, and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">w</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">as entirely to blame on<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Perez’s<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">ineffective or absent<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">mail-handling procedure</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>B</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">ecause Perez was<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">to blame for the delayed filing</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and he has not established his<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">neglect<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">is</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>excusable</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, relief pursuant to Rule 60(b)(1) also is not warranted.</span></p>
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				<p style="background-color:#FFFFFF; line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">As set forth above, in addition to control, t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">he Court must also consider t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">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.</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:center; widows:0; orphans:0; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Danger of Prejudice</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:0; orphans:0; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">The Secretary<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">does not a</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">ssert it would be prejudiced because of the delay</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">. Therefore, the Court finds the Secretary is not prejudiced by the late filing.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">However, a lack of prejudice to the Secretary</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>alone, will not excuse a late filing</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Prime Roofing Corp</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">., 23 BNA OSHC 1329 (No. 07-1409, 2010).</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">The nearly 3-week<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">delay in contesting</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>would not<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">adversely impact<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">the Commission’s proceedings</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:center; widows:0; orphans:0; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Good Faith</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:0; orphans:0; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">P</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">erez asserts he acted in good faith by filing his contest within fifteen working days of his becoming aware of the Citation. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">The Act requires fifteen working days of receipt, not awareness. Nonetheless the Court finds Perez<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">did make a good faith effort to comply.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">However, as noted above,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">good faith in attempting to comply with the statutory filing requirement alone will<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">not<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">excuse a late filing</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Prime Roofing Corp</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">., 23 BNA OSHC 1329 (No. 07-1409, 2010).</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:0; orphans:0; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">The Court has considered the factors required by<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Pioneer.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Despite the lack of prejudice to the Secretary</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>that the d</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">elay<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">w</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">ould not adversely affect the Commission proceedings,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Perez</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">’s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>control of the delay in timely filing the NOC</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">is<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">determinative</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>in that it</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>was in control of its mail handling procedures which resulted in the NOC not being timely filed.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:center; widows:0; orphans:0; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Meritorious Defense</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; widows:0; orphans:0; "><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">In addition to the factors set forth in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Pioneer,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">an employer also must establish the presence of a meritorious defense for Rule 60(b)(1) relief.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Northwest Conduit Corp</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">18 BNA OSHC 1948 (No. 97-851, 1999)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">A meritorious defense is one that is valid at law with respect to the underlying action</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Park Nursing Center, Inc., v. Samuels,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">766 F.2d 261, 264 (6</span><span style="font-size:12pt; position:relative;font-size:0.58em; bottom: 1ex;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">th</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Cir. 1985)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">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-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Jackson Assoc. of Nassau</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 16 BNA OSHC 1261, 1267 (No. 91-0438, 1993)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">As a meritorious defense, Pe</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">rez alleges that as a sole proprietor with no employees it was not</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>an<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">employer on the jobsite. T</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">he Court finds Pe</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">rez</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>has established the minimum requirement necessary for a meritorious defense</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Perez asserts the Commission lacks jurisdiction because it is not an employer. The Court does not address<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">here<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">the issue of whether Perez is an employer under the Act</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, a</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">s the Commission’s jurisdiction</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>in a late NOC proceeding</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">is limited under<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">§<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">10(a) to</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>determining whether Perez is entitled to relief from the final order.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Gulf & W. Food Prods. Co.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">supra. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Perez</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>has not established a basis for Rule 60(b) relief. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Having considered<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">all</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>factors enunciated in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Pioneer,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">relief from the Final Order in this matter is<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">not<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">warranted</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">P</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">erez</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">’s control over the delay</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>is</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>determinative</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">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>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:8px; line-height:1.5; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Therefore, f</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">or the reasons set forth herein,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">P</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">erez’</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">s<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">request for relief<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">pursuant to Rule</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>60(b)(1)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 60(b)(4) and 60(b)(6)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>is<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">HEREBY</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">DENIED</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">The<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">f</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">inal<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">o</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">rder for the Citation</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>remains in effect and is her</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">e</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">by</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">AFFIRMED</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Further, t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">he Secretary’s Motion to Dismiss</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">Perez’s NOC as untimely<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; ">is hereby<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">GRANT</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">ED.</span></p>
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