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Petition - Docket No. 2006-021-C

U.S. Department of Labor             Mine Safety and Health Administration

201 12th Street South

Arlington , Virginia 22202-5452

 

 


MAY 2 6 2016

In the matter of:                                                                                                          Petitions for Modification

Rosebud Mining Company

(Formally Amfire Mining Company LLC) Name of Mine: Madison Mine

I.D. No. 36-09127


 


 

Docket No.                30 CFR Standard        Granted                       Finalized

M-2006-021-C            75.1100-2(e)(2)           June 27, 2007             July 06, 2007

M-2008-040-C            75.1101-l(b)                April 21, 2009             May 16, 2009

 

 

PROPOSED DECISION AND ORDER TO REVOKE

 

MSHA Personnel conducted an investigation and held a meeting with the operator of the subject petition on March 31, 2016. The investigation identified that portable fire extinguishers are needed at temporary electrical installations, and rock dust is no longer needed due to a 2008 rulechange that superseded the subject petitionM-2006-021 listed above. As for petition M-2008-040, all deluge type fire suppression systems have been removed from the mine. MSHA has determined that the mining conditions have changed and that the modifications are no longer needed at the referenced mine.

 

Wherefore, pursuant to the authority delegated by the Secretary of Labor to the Administrator for Coal Mine Safety and Health, and pursuant to section 101(c) of the Federal Mine Safety HealthAct of 1977, 30 U.S.C.811(c), the modification as it applies to the referenced mine is hereby:

 

REVOKED

 

Pursuant to 30 CFR 44.52,revocations of the granted modifications will become final30 days after service of this Proposed Decision and Order to Revoke, unless a hearing is requested on the Decision and Order. Any party to this action desiring a hearing on this matter must file in accordance with 30 CPR 44.14, within 30 days. The request for hearingmust be filed with the Administrator for Coal Mine Safety and Health, 201 12 th Street South, Arlington, Virginia 22202-5452.

 

If a hearing is requested, the request shall contain a concise summary of the position on the issues of fact or law desired to be raised by the  party  requesting  the hearing, including specific objections to the proposed decision.

 

A party other than Petitioner who has requested a hearing shall also comment upon all issues of fact or law presented in the petition, and any party to this action requesting a hearing may indicate a desired hearing site. If no request for a hearing is filed within 30 days after service thereof, the Order to revoke will become final.

 

Stephen J. Gigliotti

Chief, Division of Safety

Coal Mine Safety andHealth


 

 


Certificate of Service

 

 

I hereby certify that a copy of this proposed decision was served personally or mailed, postage prepaid, or provide by other electronic means this 26th day of May, 2016, to:

 

 

Mr. J Clifford Forrest III

301 Market Street

Kittanning, PA 16201

 

 

 

Monique Banks

Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

cc:       Mr. Colvin C. Carson, Director, Bureau of Mine Safety

PA Dept. of Environmental Protection 131 Broadview Road. New Stanton, PA 15672