Petition for Modification

December 6, 2002

In the matter of

Echo Bay Minerals Company

Lame Foot Mine Site

ID No. 45-03265

Docket No. M-2000-009-M

30 CFR § 49.8

PROPOSED DECISION AND ORDER TO REVOKE

Pursuant to a Decision and Order issued March 5, 2001, Echo Bay Minerals Company's Lame Foot Mine Site was granted a petition for modification of 30 CFR § 49.8, based upon an alternative method of compliance.

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) Western District personnel have determined that the mining conditions have changed in that the mine was permanently closed on January 1, 2001. The modification of 30 CFR § 49.8, therefore, is no longer necessary.

ORDER

Wherefore, pursuant to the authority delegated by the Secretary of Labor to the Administrator for Metal and Nonmetal Mine Safety and Health and pursuant to Section 101(c) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, 30 U.S.C. Section 811(c), it is ordered that modification of 30 CFR § 49.8, as it applies to the Lame Foot Mine Site, is hereby REVOKED.

Isl Robert M. Friend

Robert M. Friend Administrator for

Metal and Nonmetal Mine Safety and Health