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been incorporated into numerous public 

and private sector products and 

resources, summarized at http://

www.onetcenter.org/paw.html. These 

products in turn serve millions of 

customers. 

II. Review Focus 

The Department of Labor is 

particularly interested in comments 

which: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

• evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• minimize the burden of the 

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are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses. 

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revisions. 

Title: O*NET Data Collection 

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OMB Number: 1205–0421. 

Affected Public: private sector (forprofit businesses and not-for-profit 

organizations); state, local and tribal 

governments; federal government; 

individuals. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondents: 

28,866. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

28,866. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 14,537. 

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Burden: 0. 

We will summarize and/or include in 

the request for OMB approval of the 

ICR, the comments received in response 

to this comment request; they will also 

become a matter of public record. 

Portia Wu, 

Assistant Secretary for Employment and 

Training, Labor. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27970 Filed 11–25–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

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 

Title 30 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations, 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. 

DATES: All comments on the petitions 

must be received by the Office of 

Standards, Regulations and Variances 

on or before December 26, 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 Numbers: M–2014–037–C. 

Petitioner: Jesse Creek Mining, LLC, 

1615 Kent Dairy Road, Alabaster, 

Alabama 35007. 

Mine: Clark No. 1 Mine, MSHA I.D. 

No. 01–03422, located in Shelby 

County, Alabama. 

Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 

75.364(b)(2) (Weekly examinations). 

Modification Request: The petitioner 

requests a modification of the existing 

standard to permit an alternative 

method of having a certified person take 

air quantity and quality measurements 

at evaluation points EP–1, EP–2 and EP– 

3. The petitioner states that: 

(1) Multiple roof falls have blocked 

travel in the Main West Area left side 

return at survey spads 40 and 41 for 

approximately three crosscuts, making it 

unsafe for mine examiners to travel and 

the roof falls are impractical to 

rehabilitate. 

(2) Three evaluation points (EP–1, 

EP–2 and EP–3) will allow effective 

evaluation of airflow through the air 

split used to ventilate the Main West 

Area left side return air courses at the 

inaccessible roof falls. Evaluation points 

EP–2 and EP–3 will be established to 

monitor the air inby the roof fall. 

Evaluation point EP–1 will monitor the 

air outby the roof fall. 

(3) Signs will be posted in an adjacent 

travel entry showing the safe travel 

route to each evaluation point. The 

evaluation points and routes of travel to 

the evaluation points will be kept free 

of water accumulations. Prior to October 

14, 2014, a water pump was being used 

to maintain the water level in the West 

Mains Area. The power has been 

removed from the pump and all water 

from this area will gravity drain to a 

location that will be safe for a fire boss 

to examine. The water being gravity 

drained will be done in a manner so that 

no water accumulations prevent safe 

travel in any area traveled by persons or 

equipment. 

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(4) A certified person will conduct 

weekly evaluations at each of the 

evaluation points. The evaluations will 

include the quantity and quality of the 

air entering or exiting the evaluation 

points. The evaluation will also include 

a determination of any airflow from 

adjacent entries. The measurements will 

be made using MSHA-approved and 

calibrated hand-held multi-gas detectors 

to check the methane and oxygen gas 

concentrations, and appropriate 

calibrated anemometers to check airflow 

volume. 

(5) A diagram showing the normal 

direction of the airflow will be posted 

at the evaluation points. The diagram 

will be maintained in legible condition 

and any change in airflow will be 

reported to the mine foreman for 

immediate investigation. 

(6) At each evaluation point, a date 

board will be provided with the date, 

time, and examiner’s initials recorded 

along with the measured quantity and 

quality of air. The results of the 

examinations including the condition of 

the accessible permanent ventilation 

controls creating the air course will be 

recorded in a book kept on the surface 

and made accessible to all interested 

parties. 

(7) Evaluation points and approaches 

to the evaluation points will be 

maintained in safe condition at all 

times. The roof will be adequately 

supported by roof bolts or other suitable 

means to prevent deterioration of the 

roof in the vicinity of the evaluation 

points. 

(8) Methane gas or other harmful, 

noxious, or poisonous gases will not be 

permitted to accumulate in excess of 

legal limits for return air. An increase of 

0.5 percent methane above the last 

previous methane reading or a 10 

percent change in airflow quantity will 

cause an immediate investigation of the 

affected area. The results of the 

investigation will be reported 

immediately to the mine foreman. 

(9) The initial airflow from adjacent 

air courses will be determined during 

the first evaluation following 

implementation of this modification. 

Airflow from adjacent air courses will 

be defined as the difference between the 

air quantity entering and exiting the 

petitioned area, as measured at the 

evaluation points. When there is a 10 

percent change from the initial airflows 

in the air course, an immediate 

examination and evaluation will be 

conducted to determine the cause. 

Appropriate corrective action will then 

be taken. Following corrective action, a 

new ‘‘initial airflow’’ will be determined 

and serve as the basis for subsequent 

examinations. 

(10) The evaluation point locations 

will be shown on the annually 

submitted mine ventilation map. The 

locations will not be moved to other 

locations without prior approval by the 

District Manager as part of the 

Ventilation Plan for the mine. 

(11) Prior to implementing this 

modification, all mine personnel will be 

instructed that except along designated 

routes, no travel will be permitted into 

the affected area and all approaches will 

be fenced off or barricaded with ‘‘DO 

NOT ENTER’’ warning signs. Entrance 

into the affected area will be permitted 

only to conduct investigations and to 

correct problems with airflow detected 

through the monitoring process. All 

such work will be done under 

supervision of an authorized person. All 

persons who work in the area will be 

instructed in the emergency evacuation 

procedures and all provisions of 30 CFR 

75.1502. 

(12) Within 60 days after the Proposed 

Decision and Order (PDO) becomes 

final, the petitioner will submit 

proposed revisions for its approved part 

48 training plan to the District Manager. 

These proposed revisions will include 

initial and refresher training regarding 

compliance with the PDO. All personnel 

will receive training of plan content 

prior to implementing the plan. 

The petitioner asserts that the 

proposed alternative method will at all 

times guarantee no less than the same 

measure of protection afforded by the 

existing standard. 

Docket Number: M–2014–038–C. 

Petitioner: Eric Snyder Coal, LLC, 337 

East Shamokin Street, Trevorton, 

Pennsylvania 17881. 

Mine: Rattling Run Slope, MSHA I.D. 

No. 36–10092, located in Schuylkill 

County, Pennsylvania. 

Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 49.2(b) 

(Availability of mine rescue teams). 

Modification Request: The petitioner 

requests a modification of the existing 

standard to permit the reduction of two 

mine rescue teams with five members 

and one alternate each to two mine 

rescue teams of three members with one 

alternate of either team. The petitioner 

states that: 

(1) The underground mine is a small 

mine with hardly enough physical room 

to accommodate more than three or four 

miners in the working places. An 

attempt to utilize five or more rescue 

team members in the mines confined 

working places will result in a 

diminution of safety to the miners at the 

mine and the members of the rescue 

team. 

(2) Records of Mine Emergency 

responses over the last 20 years indicate 

that rescue and recovery operations 

conducted by Anthracite Underground 

Rescue, Inc., (AUGR) have never 

utilized more than one team. In 

addition, when one rescue team was 

utilized there were no more than three 

members traveling to a working place 

simultaneously. 

(3) The electric power does not reach 

beyond the bottom of the slope. 

Therefore, all coal haulage is done by 

hand trammed cars or battery electric 

motor and car at very slow rates of 

speed. These facts considerably reduce 

the risk of a disaster and the need for 

as many mine rescue team members as 

required by the regulations. 

(4) The employment in the 

underground anthracite mines has 

decreased substantially and the ratio of 

mine rescue teams to underground 

miners has correspondingly been 

reduced. The loss of the underground 

work force dramatically reduces the 

pool of qualified people available to fill 

mine rescue positions. 

(5) Pennsylvania Deep Mine Safety 

presently has four deep mine inspectors 

that have deep mine rescue training and 

are pledged to assist if required in an 

emergency. In addition, the surrounding 

small mines have always provided 

assistance during mine emergencies. 

(6) As a result of poor market 

conditions and a significant number of 

underground mines now conducting 

final pillar recovery, the downward 

trends are expected to continue. 

The petitioner asserts that the 

proposed alternative method will 

provide no less than the same measure 

of protection afforded the miners under 

the existing standard. 

Docket Number: M–2014–039–C. 

Petitioner: Eric Snyder Coal, LLC, 337 

East Shamokin Street, Trevorton, 

Pennsylvania 17881. 

Mine: Rattling Run Slope, MSHA I.D. 

No. 36–10092, located in Schuylkill 

County, Pennsylvania. 

Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 

75.1002(a) (Installation of electric 

equipment conductors; permissibility). 

Modification Request: The petitioner 

requests a modification of the existing 

standard to permit the use of 

nonpermissible electric equipment 

within 150 feet of the pillar line to 

include drags and battery locomotives 

due in part to the method of mining 

used in pitching anthracite mines and 

the alternative evaluation of the mine 

air quality for methane on an hourly 

basis during operation with one of the 

gas test results to be recorded in the onshift examination record. The petitioner 

proposes to: 

(1) Suspend equipment operation 

anytime methane concentration at the 

equipment reaches 0.5 percent methane 

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either during operation or when found 

during a pre-shift examination. 

(2) The equipment will be operated in 

only the working section’s intake entry 

(gangway) which is regularly traveled 

and examined. 

(3) The use of drags on less than 

moderate pitching veins (less than 20 

degrees pitch) is the only practical 

system of mining in use. 

(4) Permissible drags are not 

commercially available, and due in part 

to their small size, permissible 

locomotives are not commercially 

available either. 

(5) As a result of low daily production 

rates and full timbering support, inrushes of methane due to massive pillar 

falls are unlikely to occur. 

(6) Recovery of the pillars above the 

first miner heading is usually 

accomplished on the advance within 

150 feet of the section intake (gangway) 

and the remaining minable pillars 

recovered from the deepest point of 

penetration outby. 

(7) The 5,000 cfm of required intake 

airflow is measured just outby the 

nonpermissible equipment with the 

ventilating air passing over the 

equipment to ventilate the pillar being 

mined. 

(8) The electrical equipment is 

attended during operation, and either 

power to the unit is deenergized at the 

intersection of the working gangway and 

intake slope, or the equipment is moved 

to that area potential from the pillar 

recovery area. 

(9) Where more than one active line 

of pillar breast recovery exists, the 

locomotive may travel to a point just 

outby the deepest active chute/breast 

(room) workings or the last open 

crosscut in a developing set of entries. 

The petitioner asserts that the 

proposed alternative method will 

provide no less than the same measure 

of protection afforded the miners under 

the existing standard. 

Docket Number: M–2014–040–C. 

Petitioner: Eric Snyder Coal, LLC, 337 

East Shamokin Street, Trevorton, 

Pennsylvania 17881. 

Mine: Rattling Run Slope, MSHA I.D. 

No. 36–10092, located in Schuylkill 

County, Pennsylvania. 

Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.340 

(Underground electrical installations). 

Modification Request: The petitioner 

requests a modification of the existing 

standard to permit batteries to be 

charged on the mine’s locomotive 

during idle periods when all miners 

have been removed from the mine and 

to allow the intake air used to ventilate 

the charging station, located at the No. 

1 chute of the active gangway level, to 

continue through its normal route to the 

last open crosscut and into the monkey 

airway (return). The petitioner states 

that: 

(1) The mine utilizes a full timber roof 

support system double hardwood 

stopping construction, and wooden 

chutes throughout the gangway, making 

fireproof construction impossible. 

(2) Anthracite mining utilizes a single 

intake (gangway) and single return 

(monkey) with connecting crosscuts 

(chutes). 

(3) The battery locomotive must 

remain on the track in the gangway, 

which would require ventilating air to 

be totally short-circuited, removing 

ventilation from the gangway inby the 

charger. 

(4) The only viable alternative would 

require removal of the batteries and 

transporting them in the slope’s gunboat 

to the surface for charging. 

(5) Due to the pitch of the vein, 

mining either or both the top and 

bottom rock would be required to install 

a side track weakening timber 

anchorage. 

The petitioner asserts that the 

proposed alternative method will 

provide no less than the same measure 

of protection afforded the miners under 

the existing standard. 

Docket Number: M–2014–041–C. 

Petitioner: Eric Snyder Coal, LLC, 337 

East Shamokin Street, Trevorton, 

Pennsylvania 17881. 

Mine: Rattling Run Slope, MSHA I.D. 

No. 36–10092, located in Schuylkill 

County, Pennsylvania. 

Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 

75.1200(d) and (i) (Mine map). 

Modification Request: The petitioner 

requests a modification of the existing 

standard to permit the substitution of 

cross-sections in lieu of contour lines 

through the intake slope at locations of 

rock tunnel connections between veins 

and at 1,000 feet intervals of advance 

from the intake slope and to limit the 

required mapping of mine workings 

above and below to those present within 

100 feet of the vein(s) being mined 

unless these veins are interconnected to 

other veins beyond the 100 feet limit 

through rock tunnels. The petitioner 

states that: 

(1) Due to the steep pitch encountered 

in mining anthracite coal veins, 

contours provide no useful information 

and their presence would make portions 

of the map illegible. 

(2) Use of cross-sections in lieu of 

contour lines has been practiced since 

the late 1800’s and provides critical 

information about spacing between 

veins and proximity to other mine 

workings which fluctuate considerably. 

(3) The vast majority of current 

underground anthracite mining involves 

either second mining of remnant pillars 

from previous mining/mine operators or 

the mining of veins of lower quality in 

proximity to inaccessible and frequently 

flooded abandoned mine workings that 

may or may not be mapped. 

(4) All mapping for mines above and 

below is researched by the petitioner’s 

contract engineer for the presence of 

interconnecting rock tunnels between 

veins in relation to the mine and a 

hazard analysis is done when mapping 

indicates the presence of known or 

potentially flooded workings. 

(5) When no rock tunnel connections 

are found, mine workings that exist 

beyond 100 feet from the mine, are 

recognized as presenting no hazard to 

the mine due to the pitch of the vein 

and rock separation. 

(6) The mine workings above and 

below are usually inactive and 

abandoned and not subject to changes 

during the life of the mine. 

(7) Where evidence indicates prior 

mining was conducted on a vein above 

or below and research exhausts the 

availability of mine mapping, the vein 

will be considered mined and flooded 

and appropriate precautions will be 

taken through as required in 30 CFR 

75.388, which addresses drilling 

boreholes in advance of mining, where 

possible. 

(8) Where potential hazards exist and 

in-mine drilling capabilities limit 

penetration, surface boreholes may be 

used to intercept the workings and the 

results analyzed prior to beginning 

mining in the affected area. 

The petitioner asserts that the 

proposed alternative method will 

provide no less than the same measure 

of protection afforded the miners under 

the existing standard. 

Docket Number: M–2014–042–C. 

Petitioner: Eric Snyder Coal, LLC, 337 

East Shamokin Street, Trevorton, 

Pennsylvania 17881. 

Mine: Rattling Run Slope, MSHA I.D. 

No. 36–10092, located in Schuylkill 

County, Pennsylvania. 

Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.1202– 

1(a) (Temporary notations, revisions and 

supplements). 

Modification Request: The petitioner 

requests a modification of the existing 

standard to permit the interval of survey 

to be established on an annual basis 

from the initial survey in lieu of every 

6 months as required. The petitioner 

proposes to continue to update the mine 

map by hand notations on a daily basis 

and conduct subsequent surveys prior to 

commencing retreat mining, and 

whenever either a drilling program is 

required by 30 CFR 75.388 or a plan for 

mining into inaccessible areas is 

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required by 30 CFR 75.389. The 

petitioner states that: 

(1) The low production and slow rate 

of advance in anthracite mining make 

surveying on 6-month intervals 

impractical. In most cases annual 

development is frequently limited to 

less than 500 feet of gangway advance 

with associated up-pitch development. 

(2) The vast majority of small 

anthracite mines use non-mechanized, 

hand-loading mining methods. 

(3) Development above the active 

gangway is designed to mine into the 

level above at designated intervals 

thereby maintaining sufficient control 

between both surveyed gangways. 

(4) The available engineering/

surveyor resources are limited in the 

anthracite coal fields. Surveying on an 

annual basis is difficult to achieve with 

four individual contractors currently 

available. 

The petitioner asserts that the 

proposed alternative method will 

provide no less than the same measure 

of protection afforded the miners under 

the existing standard. 

Docket Number: M–2014–043–C. 

Petitioner: Eric Snyder Coal, LLC, 337 

East Shamokin Street, Trevorton, 

Pennsylvania 17881. 

Mine: Rattling Run Slope, MSHA I.D. 

No. 36–10092, located in Schuylkill 

County, Pennsylvania. 

Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 

75.1400(c) (Hoisting equipment; 

general). 

Modification Request: The petitioner 

seeks to permit the use of a slope 

conveyance (gunboat) to transport 

persons without safety catches or other 

no less effective devices because to date, 

no such safety catch or device is 

available for steeply pitching and 

undulating slopes with numerous 

curves and knuckles present in the main 

haulage slopes of Anthracite mines, that 

range in length from 30 to 4200 feet and 

vary in pitch from 12 degrees and 75 

degrees. The petitioner states that: 

(1) A functional safety catch has not 

been developed. Makeshift devices, if 

installed, would be activated on 

knuckles and curves when no 

emergency exist causing a tumbling 

effect on the conveyance which would 

increase rather than decrease the hazard 

to miners. 

(2) As an alternative, the petitioner 

proposes to operate the man cage or 

steel gunboat with secondary safety 

connections securely fastened around 

the gunboat and to the hoisting rope 

above the main connecting device and 

use hoisting ropes having a factor of 

safety in excess of the 4 to 8 to 1 as 

suggested in the American Standards 

Specifications for Use of Wire Ropes for 

Mines. 

The petitioner asserts that the 

proposed alternative method will 

provide no less than the same measure 

of protection afforded the miners under 

the existing standard. 

Docket Number: M–2014–044–C. 

Petitioner: Eric Snyder Coal, LLC, 337 

East Shamokin Street, Trevorton, 

Pennsylvania 17881. 

Mine: Rattling Run Slope, MSHA I.D. 

No. 36–10092, located in Schuylkill 

County, Pennsylvania. 

Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 

75.311(b)(2) and (b)(3) (Main mine fan 

operation). 

Modification Request: The petitioner 

requests a modification of the existing 

standard to permit the electrical circuits 

entering the underground mine to 

remain energized to the mine’s pumps 

while the main fan has been 

intentionally shut down during idle 

shifts when no miners are working 

underground. The petitioner states that: 

(1) The mine requires pumping of 

water from the sump area of the intake 

haulage slope below the active gangway 

level workings intermittently and at 

varying levels of time duration on a 

daily basis. During the wet seasons from 

late winter to early summer the pumps 

are often required to operate for 

extended periods of time to keep the 

mine from flooding. 

(2) Most anthracite mines work only 

one shift per day, 5–6 days per week 

during the colder months when coal 

sales are greatest, and may only work 

2–3 days per week during the warmer 

months because of poor coal sales. 

(3) The vast majorities of underground 

anthracite mines are small, employ 5 or 

less miners underground, have very low 

daily coal production of less than 25 

tons, and never encountered a 

measurable quantity of methane during 

the life of the mine. 

(4) Methane liberation in the few 

underground mines with a history of 

liberation occurs only when coal is shot 

from the solid and is dissipated by face 

ventilation shortly thereafter. 

(5) Underground anthracite miners are 

significantly affected by natural 

ventilation that continues after the mine 

fan has been intentionally stopped 

during idle periods. 

(6) Accumulations of methane, in 

those underground mines with a history 

of liberation, are historically found in 

chutes and breasts (entries driven up the 

pitch) and are not yet connected to the 

adjacent return entry. These entries are 

not affected by the natural ventilation 

air currents. 

(7) The primary method of face 

ventilation utilized in underground 

anthracite mines is compressed air 

movers with approved tubing in the 

working place. They are shut off prior 

the miners exiting the mine at the end 

of the shift and prior to the stoppage of 

the main fan for the idle shifts. Potential 

accumulations of methane in the 

working face, is therefore unlikely to be 

affected by natural ventilation currents. 

(8) The mine’s pumping system 

typically consists of a submersible 

pump located below the water level in 

the sump and a centrifugal pump 

located in the intake haulage slope 

above the active gangway level. The 

pumps are started and shut off by a set 

of switches of electrodes located in the 

sump. The switch/electrode located at 

the highest elevation in the sump will 

start the pumps when the water level 

depth increase to that pre-determined 

level to protect the active gangway level 

from flooding. The pumps will continue 

to operate until the water level depth is 

decreased to the elevation of the lower 

switch/electrode. 

(9) Compliance with 30 CFR 75.311 

through the continuous operation of the 

main mine fan when pumps are 

energized would result in a diminution 

of safety to the miners. During the 

colder months, the wet conditions 

present in the intake haulage slope will 

result in freezing and accumulations of 

ice creating a hazard to the miners 

riding the slope conveyance and to 

those miners who must manually chip 

away the ice in the pitching slope 

thereby increasing a fall hazard. The 

mount of ice accumulations during a 

single shift of production is usually 

minimal and can be melted during the 

idle shifts, with the main fan off, as the 

natural ventilating air current is warmed 

by the higher underground temperatures 

and carried through slope. 

(10) The mine operator proposes to 

initiate the following alternatives to 

ensure the safety of the miners: 

(a) The examiner will determine 

whether the pumps are operating and if 

the natural ventilation air current is 

moving in the proper direction prior to 

energizing the main mine fan and before 

starting the required pre-shift 

examination. 

(b) In the cases where the pumps are 

not operating when the examiner 

arrives, the examiner will deenergize 

the pump circuits before starting the 

main mine fan and will allow the fan to 

operate for 30 minutes prior to entering 

the mine to conduct the pre-shift 

examination. 

(c) During the pre-shift examination, 

when no accumulation of methane is 

found in the vicinity of the pumps, the 

pump circuits may be energized before 

the miners travel underground. 

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(d) In those cases where the pumps 

are found to be already in operation 

because of high water levels and when 

the natural ventilating currents are 

moving in the proper direction, the 

main mine fan will be started and 

running for 30 minutes before entering 

the mine to conduct a pre-shift 

examination. Examination of the mine 

pump installation will be completed 

prior to entering the active gangway 

level working and continuing the preshift examination. 

The petitioner asserts that the 

proposed alternative method will 

provide no less than the same measure 

of protection afforded the miners under 

the existing standard. 

Dated: November 21, 2014. 

Sheila McConnell, 

Acting Director, Office of Standards, 

Regulations and Variances. 

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5907707348. 

• When connected to the call, please 

immediately ‘‘MUTE’’ your telephone. 

Members of the public are asked to 

keep their telephones muted to 

eliminate background noises. To avoid 

disrupting the meeting, please refrain 

from placing the call on hold if doing so 

will trigger recorded music or other 

sound. From time to time, the presiding 

Chair may solicit comments from the 

public. 

STATUS OF MEETINGS: Open, except that, 

upon a vote of the Board of Directors, 

the meeting may be closed to the public 

for briefings on the donor report and on 

meetings with prospective funders, and 

to discuss prospective members for the 

proposed LSC Leaders Council. A 

verbatim transcript will be made of the 

closed session meeting of the 

Institutional Advancement Committee. 

The transcript of any portion of the 

closed session falling within the 

relevant provision of the Government in 

the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6), 

will not be available for public 

inspection. A copy of the General 

Counsel’s Certification that, in his 

opinion, the closing is authorized by 

law will be available upon request. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Open Session 

1. Approval of agenda 

2. Discussion of 40th anniversary 

conference financial report 

3. Discussion of proposed LSC Leaders 

Council 

4. Update on development activities 

5. Public comment 

6. Consider and act on other business 

Closed Session 

1. Briefing on donor report 

2. Briefing on meetings with prospective 

funders 

3. Discussion of prospective members 

for proposed LSC Leaders Council 

4. Consider and act on adjournment of 

meeting 

CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION: 

Katherine Ward, Executive Assistant to 

the Vice President & General Counsel, at 

(202) 295–1500. Questions may be sent 

by electronic mail to FR_NOTICE_

QUESTIONS@lsc.gov. 

ACCESSIBILITY: LSC complies with the 

Americans with Disabilities Act and 

Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation 

Act. Upon request, meeting notices and 

materials will be made available in 

alternative formats to accommodate 

individuals with disabilities. 

Individuals who need other 

accommodations due to disability in 

order to attend the meeting in person or 

telephonically should contact Katherine 

Ward, at (202) 295–1500 or FR_

NOTICE_QUESTIONS@lsc.gov, at least 

2 business days in advance of the 

meeting. If a request is made without 

advance notice, LSC will make every 

effort to accommodate the request but 

cannot guarantee that all requests can be 

fulfilled. 

Dated: November 24, 2014. 

Atitaya C. Rok, 

Assistant General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28095 Filed 11–24–14; 4:15 pm] 

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[Notice: 14–124] 

NASA Advisory Council; Meeting 

Postponement 

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of postponement of 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public 

Law 92–463, as amended, NASA 

announces a postponement of the 

previously announced meeting of the 

NASA Advisory Council (NAC). The 

meeting had been scheduled to be held 

on December 8 and 9, 2014. The 

meeting is being postponed by NASA 

due to exceptional circumstances and 

schedule conflicts of the NASA top 

leadership in connection with postlaunch programmatic requirements of 

the Orion Exploration Flight Test-1 

(EFT–1) on December 4, 2014, at NASA 

Kennedy Space Center in Florida. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Marla King, NAC Administrative 

Officer, NASA Headquarters, 

Washington, DC 20546, (202) 358–1148, 

or marla.k.king@nasa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting was originally announced as 

NASA Notice 14–118 in the Federal 

Register on November 18, 2014, at 79 

FR 68727. The meeting had been 

scheduled to be held on Monday, 

December 8, 2014, 1 p.m.–5 p.m.; and 

Tuesday, December 9, 2014, 9 a.m.–5 

p.m., Local Time, at NASA Stennis 

Space Center, MS 39529. 

Patricia D. Rausch, 

Advisory Committee Management Officer, 

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28060 Filed 11–25–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7510–13–P 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[Notice: 14–125] 

NASA Advisory Council; Human 

Exploration and Operations 

Committee; Meeting Postponement 

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of postponement of 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public 

Law 92–463, as amended, NASA 

announces a postponement of the 

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