Petition - Docket No. 1994-115-C

In the matter of:                                Petition for Modification

G. S. and T. Coal Company

Promise, Slope

(Formerly R and S CoalCompany)

I.D. No. 36-08221

PROPOSEDDECISION AND ORDERTO REVOKE

MSHA records indicate that underground workingsof the referenced mine have been permanently abandoned and the surface openingto the mine sealed.MSHA has determined that the mining conditions have changed and that the modification is no longer needed at the referenced mine. Wherefore, pursuantto the authority delegated by the Secretary of Labor to the Administrator for Coal Mine Safetyand Health, and pursuant to section101(c) of the FederalMine Safety HealthAct of 1977, 30 U.S.C.

811(c), the modification as it appliesto the referenced mine is hereby:

REVOKED

Pursuant to 30 CFR 44.52, revocations of the granted modifications will become final 30 days after service of this ProposedDecision and Order to Revoke, unlessa hearing is requested on the Decisionand Order. Any party to this action desiringa hearing on this matter must file in accordance with 30 CFR 44.14,within 30 days. The request for hearing must be filed with the Administrator for Coal Mine Safetyand Health, 1100 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22209-3939.

If a hearing is requested, the requestshall contain a concise summaryof the position on the issues of fact or law desiredto be raised by the party requesting the hearing, including specific objections to the proposeddecision. A party other than Petitioner who has requesteda hearing shallalso comment upon all issues of fact or law presentedin the petition,and any party to this action requesting a hearing may indicate a desiredhearing site.

If no request for a hearingis filed within30 days after service thereof, the Order to Revoke will become final.

Terry L. Bentley

Chief, Divisionof Safety Coal Mine Safetyand Health