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3. Regular Mail: MSHA, Office of 

Standards, Regulations and Variances, 

1100 Wilson Boulevard, Room 2350, 

Arlington, Virginia 22209–3939, 

Attention: Patricia W. Silvey, Director, 

Office of Standards, Regulations and 

Variances. 

4. Hand-Delivery or Courier: MSHA, 

Office of Standards, Regulations and 

Variances, 1100 Wilson Boulevard, 

Room 2350, Arlington, Virginia 22209– 

3939, Attention: Patricia W. Silvey, 

Director, Office of Standards, 

Regulations and Variances. 

MSHA will consider only comments 

postmarked by the U.S. Postal Service or 

proof of delivery from another delivery 

service such as UPS or Federal Express 

on or before the deadline for comments. 

Individuals who submit comments by 

hand-delivery are required to check in 

at the receptionist desk on the 21st 

floor. 

Individuals may inspect a copy of the 

petition and comments during normal 

business hours at the address listed 

above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barbara Barron, Office of Standards, 

Regulations and Variances at 202–693– 

9447 (Voice), barron.barbara@dol.gov 

(E-mail), or 202–693–9441 (Telefax). 

[These are not toll-free numbers]. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Section 101(c) of the Federal Mine 

Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine 

Act) allows the mine operator or 

representative of miners to file a 

petition to modify the application of any 

mandatory safety standard to a coal or 

other mine if the Secretary determines 

that: (1) An alternative method of 

achieving the result of such standard 

exists which will at all times guarantee 

no less than the same measure of 

protection afforded the miners of such 

mine by such standard; or (2) that the 

application of such standard to such 

mine will result in a diminution of 

safety to the miners in such mine. In 

addition, the regulations at 30 CFR 

44.10 and 44.11 establish the 

requirements and procedures for filing 

petitions for modification. 

II. Petition for Modification 

Docket Number: M–2010–003–M. 

Petitioner: Resolution Copper Mining, 

LLC, Resolution Mine, MSHA I.D. No. 

02–00152 located in Pinal County, 

Arizona. 

Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 57.19076 

(Maximum speeds for hoisting persons 

in buckets). 

Modification Request: The petitioner 

requests a modification of the existing 

standard to permit miners to be hoisted 

in open ended buckets at a rate of 1200 

feet per minute (FPM). The petitioner 

states that: (1) Personnel would ride 

inside of a completely empty bucket in 

accordance with 30 CFR 57.19071 

(Riding in skips or buckets), while 

standing on the bucket floor. The round 

open bucket is 8.5 feet high and 6 feet 

in diameter. On average, while standing 

on the bucket floor, the top of the 

miner’s head would be 2.5 feet below 

the open bucket rim; (2) the buckets are 

in compliance with 30 CFR 57.19050 

(Bucket requirements) as follows: (a) 

Buckets are securely attached to a 

crosshead at all times while traveling in 

the shaft; (b) the bucket has overhead 

protection by means of a canopy 

permanently installed on the crosshead; 

(c) the buckets have sufficient depth to 

transport persons safely in a standing 

position; and (d) the buckets are 

attached to the crosshead by a ‘‘Dolly 

Ball’’ at the crosshead and do not have 

bails attached to their lower half; (3) all 

buckets are equipped with engineered 

anchor points inside the bucket located 

under the bucket foot wells on the 

bucket walls. Personnel are required to 

be securely anchored to these anchors 

with a full body harness and safety 

lanyard at all times while traveling in 

the bucket; (4) the emergency braking 

deceleration rate of the sinking hoist 

running at 1500 FPM is 11.4 feet per 

second per second (11.4 ft/s2) when 

moving up, and 10.7 feet per second per 

second (10.7 ft/s2) when moving down. 

This deceleration is significantly lower 

than the maximum deceleration rate of 

16 feet per second per second (16 ft/s2) 

prescribed in 30 CFR 57.19062. At the 

intended man hoisting speed of 1200 

FPM the deceleration rates will be much 

lower; (5) the sinking hoist is operated 

under computer programmable logical 

controls (PLC). There are controls that 

verify the crosshead is attached to the 

bucket all times while traveling in the 

shaft; (6) there are 3 sets of safety doors 

in the shaft. The doors are located at the 

shaft collar on the surface, the 

ventilation level is 100 feet below the 

surface, the bucket dump and the Never 

Sweat Level is 1190 feet below the 

surface, and there is also safety 

backsplashes located at the bucket 

dump which is 800 feet below the 

surface. Each of these installations have 

proximity switches and electronic 

monitoring verifying that the crosshead 

is attached to the bucket when they pass 

through these safety systems; and (7) the 

hoist deceleration rates at 1200 FPM 

provide at least the same measure of 

protection as the existing standard. 

Dated: October 15, 2010. 

Patricia W. Silvey, 

Director, Office of Standards, Regulations and 

Variances. 

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Sunshine Act; Notice of a Matter To Be 

Added to the Agenda for Consideration 

at an Agency Meeting 

TIME AND DATE: 10 a.m., Thursday, 

October 21, 2010. 

PLACE: Board Room, 7th Floor, Room 

7047, 1775 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 

22314–3428. 

STATUS: Open. 

Matters To Be Considered 

4a. Briefing—NCUSIF Public 

Education Campaign. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Rupp, Secretary of the Board, 

Telephone: 703–518–6304. 

Mary Rupp, 

Board Secretary. 

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Notice of Permit Applications Received 

Under the Antarctic Conservation Act 

of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541) 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice of Permit Applications 

Received under the Antarctic 

Conservation Act of 1978, Public Law 

95–541. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is required to publish 

notice of permit applications received to 

conduct activities regulated under the 

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. 

NSF has published regulations under 

the Antarctic Conservation Act at Title 

45 Part 670 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations. This is the required notice 

of permit applications received. 

DATES: Interested parties are invited to 

submit written data, comments, or 

views with respect to this permit 

application by November 22, 2010. This 

application may be inspected by 

interested parties at the Permit Office, 

address below. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Permit Office, Room 755, 

Office of Polar Programs, National 

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nadene G. Kennedy at the above 

address or (703) 292–7405. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Science Foundation, as 

directed by the Antarctic Conservation 

Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541), as 

amended by the Antarctic Science, 

Tourism and Conservation Act of 1996, 

has developed regulations for the 

establishment of a permit system for 

various activities in Antarctica and 

designation of certain animals and 

certain geographic areas a requiring 

special protection. The regulations 

establish such a permit system to 

designate Antarctic Specially Protected 

Areas. 

The applications received are as 

follows: 

1. Applicant 

Permit Application No. 2011–021. 

Ms. Rebecca M. Dickhut, Virginia 

Institute of Marine Sciences, Gloucester 

Point, VA 23062. 

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested 

Import into the U.S.A. The applicant 

plans to import frozen seabird tissue 

samples, collected by other researchers, 

for use in experiments back at the 

institutions laboratories. The applicant 

hopes to receive tissue samples from 

Adelie, Gentoo, Chinstrap, and Emperor 

penguins and Southern Giant Petrels. 

The samples will be used to: (a) Trace 

the movement of persistent organic 

pollutants (POPs) stored in glacier ice 

into the Antarctica marine food web, 

and (b) provide insight into the dietary 

preferences and feeding ecology of 

Antarctic seabirds. The research will 

provide an understanding of the 

potential coupling between global 

climate change and mobilization of 

glacier reservoirs of contaminants, and 

is likely to serve as a case study for 

understanding the potential future 

impact of contaminants store din 

glaciers on regional aquatic ecosystems. 

Location 

Western Antarctica. 

Dates 

January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2012. 

Nadene G. Kennedy, 

Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs. 

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COMMISSION 

Advisory Committee on Reactor 

Safeguards (ACRS); Meeting of the 

ACRS Subcommittee on Reliability and 

PRA; Notice of Meeting 

The ACRS Subcommittee on 

Reliability and PRA will hold a meeting 

on November 16, 2010, Room T–2B1, 

11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland. 

The entire meeting will be open to 

public attendance. 

The agenda for the subject meeting 

shall be as follows: 

November 16, 2010—8:30 a.m. Until 5 

p.m. 

The Subcommittee will review the 

current state of licensee efforts on the 

fire protection program transition to 

National Fire Protection Association 

(NFPA) Standard 805. The 

Subcommittee will hear presentations 

by and hold discussions with the NRC 

staff and other interested persons. The 

Subcommittee will gather information, 

analyze relevant issues and facts, and 

formulate proposed positions and 

actions, as appropriate, for deliberation 

by the Full Committee. 

Members of the public desiring to 

provide oral statements and/or written 

comments should notify the Designated 

Federal Official (DFO), Girija Shukla 

(Telephone 301–415–6855 or E-mail: 

Girija.Shukla@nrc.gov) five days prior to 

the meeting, if possible, so that 

appropriate arrangements can be made. 

Thirty-five hard copies of each 

presentation or handout should be 

provided to the DFO thirty minutes 

before the meeting. In addition, one 

electronic copy of each presentation 

should be e-mailed to the DFO one day 

before the meeting. If an electronic copy 

cannot be provided within this 

timeframe, presenters should provide 

the DFO with a CD containing each 

presentation at least thirty minutes 

before the meeting. Electronic 

recordings will be permitted only 

during those portions of the meeting 

that are open to the public. Detailed 

procedures for the conduct of and 

participation in ACRS meetings were 

published in the Federal Register on 

October 14, 2009, (74 FR 58268–58269). 

Detailed meeting agendas and meeting 

transcripts are available on the NRC 

Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/doc-collections/acrs. Information 

regarding topics to be discussed, 

changes to the agenda, whether the 

meeting has been canceled or 

rescheduled, and the time allotted to 

present oral statements can be obtained 

from the Web site cited above or by 

contacting the identified DFO. 

Moreover, in view of the possibility that 

the schedule for ACRS meetings may be 

adjusted by the Chairman as necessary 

to facilitate the conduct of the meeting, 

persons planning to attend should check 

with these references if such 

rescheduling would result in a major 

inconvenience. 

Dated: October 14, 2010. 

Antonio F Dias, 

Branch Chief, Reactor Safety Branch B, 

Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards. 

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Advisory Committee on Reactor 

Safeguards (ACRS); Meeting of the 

ACRS Subcommittee on AP1000; 

Notice of Meeting 

The ACRS Subcommittee on AP1000 

will hold a meeting on November 17– 

19, 2010, Room T–2B1, 11545 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland. 

The entire meeting will be open to 

public attendance, with the exception of 

a portion that may be closed to protect 

information that is proprietary to 

Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, 

and its contractors, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(4). 

The agenda for the subject meeting 

shall be as follows: 

Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 

Thursday, November 19, 2010, Friday, 

November 20, 2010—8:30 a.m. Until 5 

p.m. 

The Subcommittee will review 

selected chapters of the Final Safety 

Evaluation Report (FSER) associated 

with revisions to the AP1000 Design 

Control Document (DCD) and followup 

items from the previous AP1000 

subcommittee meetings. The 

Subcommittee will hear presentations 

by and hold discussions with NRC staff, 

Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC, 

and other interested persons. The 

Subcommittee will gather information, 

analyze relevant issues and facts, and 

formulate proposed positions and 

actions, as appropriate, for deliberation 

by the Full Committee. 

Members of the public desiring to 

provide oral statements and/or written 

comments should notify the Designated 

Federal Official (DFO), Weidong Wang 

(Telephone 301–415–6279 or E-mail: 

Weidong.Wang@nrc.gov) five days prior 

to the meeting, if possible, so that 

appropriate arrangements can be made. 

Thirty-five hard copies of each 


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