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the vehicle operator while transporting

diesel-filled safety cans; and to transfer

the diesel fuel from the safety cans to

equipment fuel tanks upon arrival on

the longwall section. The petitioner

states that the safety cans would not be

stored on the longwall section; and that

following refueling, the empty safety

cans would be returned to the vehicle

and transported to the surface or

underground storage facility. The

petitioner asserts that the proposed

alternative method would provide at

least the same measure of protection as

would the mandatory standard.

11. Energy West Mining Company

[Docket No. M–97–139–C]

Energy West Mining Company, P.O.

Box 310, Huntington, Utah 84528 has

filed a petition to modify the

application of 30 CFR 75.350 (air

courses and belt haulage entries) to its

Trail Mountain Mine (I.D. No. 42–

01211) located in Emery County, Utah.

The petitioner requests that Item (o) of

the Proposed Decision and Order for its

previously granted petition, docket

number M–94–166–C, be amended to

incorporate new language specified in

this petition. The petitioner asserts that

the proposed alternative method would

provide at least the same measure of

protection as would the mandatory

standard.

12. Energy West Mining Company

[Docket No. M–97–140–C]

Energy West Mining Company, P.O.

Box 310, Huntington, Utah 84528 has

filed a petition to modify the

application of 30 CFR 75.352 (return air

courses) to its Trail Mountain Mine (I.D.

No. 42–01211) located in Emery County,

Utah. The petitioner requests that Item

(o) of the Proposed Decision and Order

for its previously granted petition,

docket number M–94–167–C, be

amended to incorporate new language

specified in this petition. The petitioner

asserts that the proposed alternative

method would provide at least the same

measure of protection as would the

mandatory standard.

13. M & M Anthracite Coal Company

[Docket No. M–97–141–C]

M & M Anthracite Coal Company, 245

2nd Street, Tremont, Pennsylvania

17981 has filed a petition to modify the

application of 30 CFR 75.1400 (hoisting

equipment; general) to its Little Tracey

Slope (I.D. No. 36–08693) located in

Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The

petitioner proposes to use a slope

conveyance (gunboat) in transporting

persons without installing safety catches

or other no less effective devices but

instead use increased rope strength/

safety factor and secondary safety rope

connection in place of such devices.

The petitioner asserts that the proposed

alternative method would provide at

least the same measure of protection as

would the mandatory standard.

14. Elk Run Coal Company

[Docket No. M–97–142–C]

Elk Run Coal Company, Box 497,

Sylvester, West Virginia 25193 has filed

a petition to modify the application of

30 CFR 75.503 (permissible electric face

equipment; maintenance) to its Laurel

Eagle Mine (I.D. No. 46–08181) located

in Raleigh County, West Virginia; and

its Black Knight II Mine (I.D. No. 46–

08402) located in Boone County, West

Virginia. The petitioner proposes to use

permanently installed, spring-loaded

locking devices on mobile batterypowered machines to prevent

unintentional loosening of battery plugs

from battery receptacles in order to

eliminate the hazards associated with

difficult removal of padlocks during

emergency situations, instead of using

padlocks. The petitioner asserts that

application of the mandatory standard

would result in a diminution of safety

to the miners. In addition, the petitioner

asserts that the proposed alternative

method would provide at least the same

measure of protection as would the

mandatory standard.

15. Tg Soda Ash, Inc.

[Docket No. M–97–13–M]

Tg Soda Ash, Inc., P.O. Box 100,

Granger, Wyoming 82934 has filed a

petition to modify the application of 30

CFR 57.22305 (approved equipment (III

mines) to its Wyoming Soda Ash Trona

Mine (I.D. No. 48–00639) located in

Sweetwater County, Wyoming. The

petitioner proposes to operate a nonpermissible pump in an area of the mine

that was previously a shortwall panel.

The petitioner proposes to operate

approved equipment in by the last open

break or in areas where methane may

enter the airstream. The petitioner

asserts that the proposed alternative

method would provide at least the same

measure of protection as would the

mandatory standard.

16. Getchell Gold Corporation

[Docket No. M–97–14–M]

Getchell Gold Corporation, P.O. Box

220, 28 Miles N.E., Golconda, Nevada

89414 has filed a petition to modify the

application of 30 CFR 57.14130 (rollover protective structures (ROPS) and

seat belts for surface equipment) to its

Getchell Mine (I.D. No. 26–02233)

located in Humboldt County, Nevada.

The petitioner requests variance from

the use of the ROPS portion of the

mandatory standard for its John Deere

Model 570B Grader, serial number

DW570BX5544565 and the Caterpillar

D3C Dozer, serial number 6SL0153

equipment used primarily underground.

The petitioner asserts that using this

equipment underground without

rollover protection would present a

minimum exposure to the miners.

Request for Comments

Persons interested in these petitions

may furnish written comments. These

comments must be filed with the Office

of Standards, Regulations, and

Variances, Mine Safety and Health

Administration, Room 627, 4015 Wilson

Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22203.

All comments must be postmarked or

received in that office on or before

February 17, 1998. Copies of these

petitions are available for inspection at

that address.

Dated: January 13, 1998.

Patricia W. Silvey,

Director, Office of Standards, Regulations,

and Variances.

[FR Doc. 98–1152 Filed 1–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–43–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

[Docket No. NRTL–1–93]

Wyle Laboratories, Inc., Request for

Change of Recognition

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA); Labor.

ACTION: Notice of change in recognition

as a Nationally Recognized Testing

Laboratory (NRTL).

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

Agency’s final decision on the Wyle

Laboratories’ request to remove a

restriction in its recognition as a NRTL

under 29 CFR 1910.7.

DATES: The change is effective this

January 16, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bernard Pasquet, Office of Variance

Determination, NRTL Recognition

Program, Occupational Safety and

Health Administration, U.S. Department

of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue,

N.W., Room N3653, Washington, D.C.

20210, (202) 219–7056.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice of Final Decision

Wyle Laboratories, Inc. (Wyle),

previously made application pursuant
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to 29 CFR 1910.7, for recognition as a

Nationally Recognized Testing

Laboratory (see 59 FR 783, 1/6/94), and

was so recognized (see 59 FR 37509,

7/22/94). As a part of this notice of

recognition, a condition was imposed by

OSHA that Wyle ‘‘will not test certify

any equipment or materials for a client

which installs its equipment in an

electronic enclosure cabinet

manufactured or distributed by Wyle.’’

This condition stemmed from the

ownership by Wyle of an Electronic

Enclosures Division, which

manufactured and distributed electronic

enclosures. Wyle Laboratories informed

OSHA by letter dated July 15, 1997, that

it has sold its Electronic Enclosure

Division in its entirety to Electronic

Enclosures, Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of the

Walker Dickson Group of Edinburgh,

Scotland. Wyle also requested that

OSHA remove the previously described

condition, and notice is hereby given

that this condition of Wyle’s recognition

is removed. While the sale of Division

moots this restriction, a notice is

appropriate to amend the public record

of Wyle’s recognition.

The address of the laboratory covered

by this request is: Wyle Laboratories,

7800 Highway 20 West, Huntsville,

Alabama 35807.

All other conditions and requirements

of Wyle’s recognition remain the same.

Since this request by Wyle does not

fall within the public notice

requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7, this is

the only notice that OSHA will publish

on this decision. A copy of Wyle’s July

15, 1997 letter to OSHA is available for

inspection and duplication at the

Docket Office, Room N–2634,

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration, U.S. Department of

Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20210, (Docket No.

NRTL–1–93).

(Authority: 29 CFR 1910.7)

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 7th day of

January 1998.

Charles N. Jeffress,

Assistant Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–1151 Filed 1–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–26–M

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

Sunshine Act Meeting of the Board of

Directors

TIME AND DATE: The Legal Services

Corporation Board of Directors will

meet by teleconference on January 22,

1998, at 2:00 p.m. EST.

STATUS OF MEETING: Open.

LOCATION: Members of the Board will

participate by way of telephonic

conferencing equipment allowing them

all to hear one another. Members of the

Corporation’s staff and the public will

be able to hear and participate in the

meeting by means of telephonic

conferencing equipment set up for this

purpose in the Corporation’s Conference

Room, on the 11th floor of 750 First

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20002.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

1. Approval of agenda.

2. Consider and act on whether to

reduce the Corporation’s budget mark.

3. Consider and act on proposed

appointments to the Vice Presidencies

established by the Board on November

15, 1997.

4. Consider and act on an individual

Corporate officer’s request for

permission to receive compensation

from a source other than the

Corporation while on leave from LSC.

5. Consider and act on other business.

CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION:

Victor M. Fortuno, General Counsel and

Secretary of the Corporation, (202) 336–

8810.

SPECIAL NEEDS: Upon request, meeting

notices will be made available in

alternate formats to accommodate visual

and hearing impairments. Individuals

who have a disability and need an

accommodation to attend the meeting

may notify JoAnn Gretch, at (202) 336–

8810.

Dated: January 14, 1998.

Victor M. Fortuno,

General Counsel and Secretary of the

Corporation.

[FR Doc. 98–1242 Filed 1–14–98; 12:04 pm]

BILLING CODE 7050–01–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50–410]

New York State Electric & Gas

Corporation, Nine Mile Point Nuclear

Station, Unit 2; Environmental

Assessment and Finding of No

Significant Impact

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (the Commission) is

considering the issuance of an Order

approving, under 10 CFR 50.80, an

application regarding a proposed

indirect transfer of control of ownership

and possessory rights held by New York

State Electric & Gas Corporation

(NYSEG) under the operating license for

Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit

No. 2 (NMP2). The indirect transfer

would be to a holding company, not yet

named, to be created over NYSEG in

accordance with an executed

‘‘Agreement Concerning the

Competitive Rate and Restructuring

Plan of New York State Electric & Gas

Corporation.’’ NYSEG is licensed by the

Commission to own and possess an 18-

percent interest in NMP2, located in the

town of Scriba, Oswego County, New

York.

Environmental Assessment

Identification of the Proposed Action

The proposed action would consent to

the indirect transfer of control of the

license to the extent effected by NYSEG

becoming a subsidiary of the holding

company in connection with a proposed

plan of restructuring. Under the

restructuring plan, the outstanding

shares of NYSEG’s common stock (other

than shares for which appraisal rights

are properly exercised) are to be

exchanged for common stock of the

holding company on a share-for-share

basis, such that the holding company

will own all of the outstanding common

stock of NYSEG. NYSEG would divest

its interest in coal-fired power plants,

but would continue to be an ‘‘electric

utility’’ as defined in 10 CFR 50.2,

engaged in the transmission,

distribution and, in the case of NMP2

and hydroelectric facilities, the

generation of electricity. NYSEG would

retain its ownership interest in NMP2

and continue to be a licensee of NMP2.

No direct transfer of the operating

license or ownership interests in the

station would result from the proposed

restructuring. The restructuring of

NYSEG would not involve any change

to either the management organization

or technical personnel of Niagara

Mohawk Power Corporation (NMPC),

which is responsible for operating and

maintaining NMP2 and is not involved

in the restructuring of NYSEG. The

proposed action is in accordance with

NYSEG’s application dated September

18, 1997, as supplemented October 20

and 27, 1997.

The Need for the Proposed Action

The proposed action is required to

enable NYSEG to restructure as

described above.

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed

Action

The Commission has completed its

evaluation of the proposed corporate

restructuring and concludes that there

will be no physical or operational

changes to NMP2 as a result. The

corporate restructuring will not affect

the qualifications or organizational

affiliation of the personnel who operate