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(1) The Clover Fork fan can be 

monitored for operation at the Huff 

Creek Communication Center. 

(2) Huff Creek Mine Communication 

Center personnel are present at all times 

when miners are underground. 

(3) If there is an interruption in the 

fan operation, a notification from the 

Huff Creek Communication Center can 

be given to the miners underground at 

Clover Fork mine. 

(4) Fan alarm signal monitoring by the 

Huff Creek Mine Communication Center 

is accomplished in two ways, first by 

fan signal connection to mine phones, 

and by a fiber optic line that is running 

from Clover Fork mine to the Huff Creek 

mine. 

(5) The fiber optic line is connected 

to the CO monitoring and tracking 

system computer at Clover Fork mine 

which receives an input from the fan 

alarm signal device. The fiber optic line 

terminates at a computer in the 

Communication Center and provides 

both audible and visual notification if 

the Clover Fork fan stops operating. 

(6) Voice communication to the 

Clover Fork mine is accomplished by 

three separate connections and also by 

wireless tracking system radios. Primary 

communication is by a mine phone line 

running through Huff Creek mine along 

A-Main entries to the borehole 

connection between the mines. 

(7) Backup to the mine phone system 

is an overland copper pair for the 

emergency phone system provided by 

the land line telephone company. A 

third way of communication to the mine 

is by land line telephone to the mine 

office. Tracking system radios provide a 

fourth means of communication. 

(8) In the event that the monitoring 

system for the fan should fail at the Huff 

Creek Mine Communication Center, 

Clover Fork mine management will 

provide personnel to monitor the fan 

operation at the mine site until repairs 

are made to the Huff Creek Mine 

Communication Center system. 

The petitioner asserts that the 

proposed alternative method provides 

the same level of protection to all 

miners as provided by the existing 

standard. 

Dated: October 24, 2014. 

Sheila McConnell, 

Acting Director, Office of Standards, 

Regulations and Variances. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Mine Safety and Health Administration 

Petitions for Modification of 

Application of Existing Mandatory 

Safety Standards 

AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Section 101(c) of the Federal 

Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 and 

30 CFR Part 44 govern the application, 

processing, and disposition of petitions 

for modification. This notice is a 

summary of petitions for modification 

submitted to the Mine Safety and Health 

Administration (MSHA) by the parties 

listed below to modify the application 

of existing mandatory safety standards 

codified in Title 30 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations. 

DATES: All comments on the petitions 

must be received by the Office of 

Standards, Regulations and Variances 

on or before December 1, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit your 

comments, identified by ‘‘docket 

number’’ on the subject line, by any of 

the following methods: 

1. Electronic Mail: zzMSHAcomments@dol.gov. Include the docket 

number of the petition in the subject 

line of the message. 

2. Facsimile: 202–693–9441. 

3. Regular Mail or Hand Delivery: 

MSHA, Office of Standards, Regulations 

and Variances, 1100 Wilson Boulevard, 

Room 2350, Arlington, Virginia 22209– 

3939, Attention: Sheila McConnell, 

Acting Director, Office of Standards, 

Regulations and Variances. Persons 

delivering documents are required to 

check in at the receptionist’s desk on 

the 21st floor. Individuals may inspect 

copies of the petitions and comments 

during normal business hours at the 

address listed above. 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barbara Barron, Office of Standards, 

Regulations and Variances at 202–693– 

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

(Email), or 202–693–9441 (Facsimile). 

[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 of Labor 

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. Petitions for Modification 

Docket Number: M–2014–029–C. 

Petitioner: North American Drillers, 

Contractor ID: H2Q, 130 Meadow Ridge 

Road, Suite 22, Mount Morris, 

Pennsylvania 15349. 

Companies and Mines: Tunnel Ridge, 

LLC, Tunnel Ridge Mine, MSHA I.D. 

No. 46–08864, located in Ohio County, 

West Virginia; Mettiki Coal WV, LLC, 

Mountain View Mine, MSHA I.D. No. 

46–09028, located in Tucker County, 

West Virginia; ACI Tygart Valley, Leer 

Mine, MSHA I.D. No. 46–09192, Taylor 

County, West Virginia; Monongalia 

County Coal Company, Monongalia 

County Mine, MSHA I.D. No. 46–01968, 

located in Monongalia County, West 

Virginia; Ohio County Coal Company, 

Ohio County Mine, MSHA I.D. No. 46– 

01436, located in Ohio County, West 

Virginia; Harrison County Coal 

Company, Harrison County Mine, 

MSHA I.D. No. 46–01318, located in 

Harrison County, West Virginia; 

Marshall County Coal Company, 

Marshall County Mine, MSHA I.D. No. 

46–01437, located in Marshall County, 

West Virginia; Marion County Coal 

Company, Marion County Mine, MSHA 

I.D. No. 46–01433, located in Marion 

County, West Virginia; The Ohio Valley 

Coal Company, Powhatan #6 Mine, 

MSHA I.D. No. 33–01159, located in 

Belmont County, Ohio; and Eastern 

Associated Coal, LLC, Federal #2 Mine, 

MSHA I.D. No. 46–01456, located in 

Monongalia County, West Virginia. 

Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 

77.1914(a) (Electrical equipment). 

Modification Request: The petitioner 

requests a modification of the existing 

standard to permit the use of 480-volt, 

three-phase, alternating current 

submersible pumps to dewater 

completed ventilation shafts prior to the 

shafts being put into service at the 

mines referenced in this petition. 

The petitioner proposes the following 

terms and conditions: 


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(1) The three-phase, 480-volt 

alternating current electric power circuit 

for the pump will be designed and 

installed to: 

(a) Contain either a direct or derived 

neutral wire, which will be grounded 

through a suitable resistor at the source 

transformer or power center and 

through a grounding circuit originating 

at the grounded side of the grounding 

resistor, that will extend along with the 

power conductors and serve as the 

grounding conductor for the frame of 

the pump and all associated electric 

equipment that may be supplied power 

from this circuit. 

(b) Contain a grounding resistor that 

limits the ground-fault current to not 

more than 15 amperes. The grounding 

resistors will be rated for the maximum 

fault current available and will be 

insulated from ground for a voltage 

equal to the phase-to-phase voltage of 

the system. 

(2) The 480-volt pump circuit will be 

provided with a suitable circuit 

interrupting device of adequate 

interrupting capacity, with devices to 

provide protection against undervoltage, grounded phase, short-circuit, 

and overload. 

(3) The under-voltage protection 

device will operate on a loss of voltage 

to prevent automatic restarting of the 

equipment. 

(4) The grounded phase protection 

device will be set not to exceed 40 

percent of the current rating of the 

neutral grounding resistor. The 480-volt 

circuit will provide the following: 

(i) A ‘‘look ahead’’ circuit device to 

prevent closing the breaker when a 

phase to ground fault condition exists 

on the system; and 

(ii) A test circuit that will inject a test 

current through the grounded phase 

current transformer. 

(5) The short-circuit protection device 

will be set not to exceed the required 

short-circuit protection for the power 

cable or 75 percent of the minimum 

available phase-to-phase short-circuit 

current, whichever is less. 

(6) The circuit will include a 

disconnecting device located on the 

surface and installed in conjunction 

with the circuit breaker to provide a 

means for visual evidence that the 

power is disconnected from the pump 

circuits and a means to lock and tag-out 

the system. 

(7) The pump power system will 

include a fail-safe ground check circuit 

or other, no less effective, device 

approved by the Secretary that will 

cause the circuit breaker to open when 

either the ground or pilot wire is 

broken. A manually operated test switch 

will be provided to verify the operation 

of the ground check device. The device 

will be installed, and maintained 

operable, to monitor the ground 

continuity from the starter box to the 

pump. 

(8) The pump(s) electric control 

circuit(s) will be designed and installed 

so that: 

(a) The pump(s) cannot start and/or 

run in either the manual or the 

automatic mode if the water is below 

the low water probe level. 

(b) The low water probe will be 

positioned to maintain at least 12 inches 

above the inlet of the pump and 

electrical connections of the pump 

motor. 

(c) The low water probe will be 

suitable for submersible pump control 

application. 

(d) All probe circuits will be 

intrinsically safe. 

(e) A motor controller will be 

provided and used for pump startup and 

shutdown. 

(9) The pump installation will be 

equipped with a water level indicator at 

the pump circuit controls such that a 

miner can determine the water level 

above the pump inlet and electrical 

connector(s). 

(10) The surface pump(s) control and 

power circuits will be examined as 

required by 30 CFR 77.502. 

(a) A record of the examination will 

be kept in accordance with 30 CFR 

77.502. 

(b) The examination will include a 

functional test of the grounded phase 

protective device(s) to determine proper 

operation. A record of these functional 

tests will be recorded in an electric 

equipment record book. 

(d) An electrical examination will be 

performed prior to placing the pump in 

service. 

(e) Methane checks will be made at 

the collar of the borehole prior to 

energizing the pump. The pump will 

not be energized if 1.0 percent or greater 

of methane is detected. 

(11) The power cable to the 

submersible pump motor will be 

suitable for this application and will 

have a current carrying capacity not less 

than 125 percent of the full load current 

of the submersible pump motor and an 

outer jacket suitable for a ‘‘wet 

location’’. 

(12) Splices and connections made in 

submersible pump cable will be made in 

a workmanlike manner and will meet 

the requirements of 30 CFR 75.604. The 

pump installations will comply with all 

other applicable 30 CFR requirements. 

(13) The District Manager will be 

notified prior to dewatering any shaft 

using a nonpermissible submersible 

pump. The required shaft plan will 

include this notification. 

(14) Within 60 days after the Proposed 

Decision and Order becomes final, the 

petitioner will submit proposed 

revisions for its approved part 48 

training plan to the District Manager. 

The proposed revisions will specify task 

training for all qualified electricians 

who perform electric work and monthly 

electric examinations as required in 30 

CFR 77.502, refresher training regarding 

the alternative method outlined in the 

petition, and the terms and conditions 

in the Proposed Decision and Order. 

Training will include the following 

elements: 

(a) The hazards that could exist if the 

water level falls below the pump inlet 

or the electric connections of the pump 

motor. 

(b) The safe restart procedures that 

will include the miner determining that 

the water level is above the pump inlet 

and pump motor prior to attempting to 

manually restart the pump motor. 

(15) Procedures of 30 CFR 48.3 for 

approval of proposed revisions to 

already approved training plans will 

apply. 

The petitioner states that: 

(1) In the execution of work providing 

a blind drilled shaft for the mine 

operator the blind drilled shaft remains 

full of water and personnel are never 

required to go below the collar of the 

blind drilled shaft. 

(2) Water will be removed from the 

blind drilled shaft installations upon 

completion of the work and prior to the 

mine operator connecting the blind 

drilled shaft to the underground mine. 

(3) The blind drilled shaft is fully 

lined with steel casing and is grouted in 

place. This steel casing and grout seal 

isolate the completed blind drilled shaft 

from any coal seams, mitigating any 

possibility for methane to enter the 

blind drilled shaft. 

(4) The electric motor of any 

submersible pump is located below the 

pump intake making it impossible for 

the motor to ever be above the surface 

of the water. 

(5) There are no electric submersible 

motor/pump assemblies manufactured 

that will effectively pump water deeper 

than approximately 400 feet that are 

permissible as required in 30 CFR 

77.1914(a). 

(6) The petitioner proposes to use 

permissible pumps to dewater blind 

drilled shafts where depths are less than 

approximately 400 feet. 

(7) At depths greater than 

approximately 400 feet, the alternative 

method outlined in this petition is 

consistent with prudent engineering 

design pursuant to 30 CFR 77.1900 


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whereas it minimizes the hazards to 

those employed in the initial or 

subsequent development of the blind 

drilled shaft. 

The petitioner asserts that the 

proposed alternative method will at all 

times guarantee no less than the same 

measure of protection afforded the 

miners by the existing standard. 

Docket Number: M–2014–030–C. 

Petitioner: M-Class Mining, LLC, 

11351 N. Thompsonville Road, 

Macedonia, Illinois 62860. 

Mine: MC#1 Mine, MSHA I.D. No. 11– 

03189, located in Franklin County, 

Illinois. 

Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.507– 

1(a) (Electric equipment other than 

power-connection points; outby the last 

open crosscut return air; permissibility 

requirements). 

Modification Request: The petitioner 

requests a modification of the existing 

standard to permit the use of 

nonpermissible submersible deep well 

pumps in bleeder and return air courses. 

The petitioner proposes to install lowvoltage alternating current submersible 

pumps in return and/or bleeder entries 

and sealed area of the MC#1Mine. The 

petitioner states that: 

(1) These low-voltage submersible 

pumps will provide a pumping option 

to the existing turbine pumps that are 

installed to maintain the bleeder and 

return entries from obstructions caused 

by water. Water accumulations in these 

airways can pose a safety hazard as they 

can affect the airflow in the active and 

inactive parts of the mine. 

(2) The pumps may be installed 

between 600 and 1,200 feet below the 

surface. 

(3) The three-phase low-voltage 

alternating current electric power 

circuits for the pumps will be designed 

and installed to: 

(a) Contain either a direct or derived 

neutral wire, which must be grounded 

through a suitable resistor at the source 

transformer or power center and 

through a grounding circuit originating 

at the grounded side of the grounding 

resistor, which must extend along with 

the power conductors and serve as the 

grounding conductor for the frame of 

the pump and all associated electric 

equipment that may be supplied power 

from this circuit. The borehole casing 

will be bonded to the system grounded 

medium. 

(b) Contain a grounding resistor that 

limits the ground-fault current to not 

more than 15 amperes. The grounding 

resistor will be rated for the maximum 

fault current available and will be 

insulated from ground for a voltage 

equal to the phase-to-phase voltage of 

the system. 

(c) Provide protection by a suitable 

circuit breaker of adequate interrupting 

capacity with devices to protect against 

undervoltage, grounded phase, shortcircuit, and overload. 

(d) Contain a disconnecting device 

installed in conjunction with the circuit 

breaker to provide visual evidence that 

the power is disconnected. 

(e) Include a fail-safe ground check 

circuit or other no less effective device 

approved by the Secretary as required 

by 30 CFR 75.902, that will cause the 

circuit breaker to open when either the 

ground or pilot wire is broken. 

(4) The pump(s) electric control 

circuits will be designed and installed 

so that: 

(a) The pump(s) cannot start and/or 

run in either the manual or the 

automatic mode if the water is below 

the low level indicator (probe or 

bubbler) level. 

(b) The low level (probe or bubbler) 

water level probe will be located at least 

three feet above the pump inlet and 

motor and electrical connections of the 

pump(s). 

(c) The high and low water probes 

must be suitable for submersible pump 

control application. 

(d) All water level probe circuits will 

be protected with MSHA approved 

intrinsically safe barriers. 

(e) A remote control and monitoring 

system may be used with the pump 

system for condition monitoring and for 

remote start-up and shutdown control of 

the pumps. The remote control and 

monitoring system will not allow 

remote reset of the pump power system 

when fault conditions (e.g., grounded 

phase, short circuit, or overload) exist 

on the system. 

(5) The surface pump(s) control and 

power circuits will be examined, tested, 

and maintained as required by 30 CFR 

77.502. 

(6) Splices and connections made in 

submersible pump cable will be made in 

a workmanlike manner and will meet 

the requirements of 30 CFR 75.604. The 

pump installations will comply with all 

other applicable 30 CFR requirements. 

(7) Within 60 days after the Proposed 

Decision and Order becomes final, the 

petitioner will submit proposed 

revisions for its approved part 48 

training plan to the District Manager. 

The proposed revisions will specify task 

training for all qualified electricians 

who perform electric work and monthly 

electric examinations, testing and 

maintenance as required in 30 CFR 

77.502, refresher training regarding the 

alternative method outlined in the 

petition, and the terms and conditions 

in the Proposed Decision and Order. 

(8) The procedures of 30 CFR 48.3 for 

approval of proposed revisions to 

already approved training plans will 

apply. 

The petitioner asserts that the 

proposed alternative method will at all 

times guarantee no less than the same 

measure of protection afforded the 

miners by the existing standard. 

Dated: October 24, 2014. 

Sheila McConnell, 

Acting Director, Office of Standards, 

Regulations and Variances. 

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OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF 

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Extension of Information 

Collection; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Director of 

National Intelligence (ODNI). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In December 2011, the ODNI 

accepted responsibility from the 

Information Security Oversight Office 

(ISOO) to manage the continuation in 

existence of Standard Form 714: 

Financial Disclosure Report, in 

accordance with the responsibilities 

assigned to the Director of National 

Intelligence (DNI) as Security Executive 

Agent. Standard Form 714 is used 

across the U.S. Government for 

assessing an individual’s eligibility (or 

continued eligibility) for access to 

certain types of classified information. 

This standard form must be completed 

and submitted as a condition for access 

to designated classified information, 

along with a favorably adjudicated 

personnel security background 

investigation or reinvestigation. 

Accordingly, the ODNI is seeking to 

revive and maintain in effect for an 

additional three years the version of 

Standard Form 714 that expired on 6/

30/12. The ODNI proposed no changes 

to the Standard Form 714 and its 

instructions at this time. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before December 1, 2014 

to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent 

to: dni-foia@dni.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection and 

supporting statements should be 

directed to Ms. Jennifer L. Hudson, 

Director of the Information Management 

Division, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, Office of the Director of 


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