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Petition - Docket No. M-1976-084-C

JULY 01 2019

In the matter of:                                                                                          Petition for Modification
River View Coal LLC
(Formerly: Island Creek Coal Company)
River View Facilities (Formerly: Ohio #11)
I.D. No. 15-03178

Docket No.                30 C.F.R.                     Granted                         Final Decision Date
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M-1976-084-C            75.1710-1                    May 4, 1979               June 3, 1979

PROPOSED DECISION AND ORDER TO REVOKE

On June 21, 2019 MSHA headquarters received a request from District 10 stating that the records indicate that the underground workings of the referenced mine have been permanently abandoned and sealed at the mine portals. MSHA has determined that the findings and conditions that justified the modification have changed such that the modification is no longer warranted 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 Health Act of 1977, 30 U.S.C. § 811(c), the modification as it applies to the referenced mine is hereby:

REVOKED

Pursuant to 30 C.F.R. § 44.52, revocations of the granted modifications will become final 30 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 C.F.R. § 44.14, within 30 days. The request for hearing must be filed with the Administrator for Coal Mine Safety and Health, 201 12th 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 may 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.

 

              /s/                        

Stephen J. Gigliotti
Chief, Division of Safety
Coal Mine Safety and Health

Certificate of Service

I hereby certify that a copy of this proposed decision was served personally or mailed, postage prepaid, or provided by other electronic means this 1stday of, 2019, to:

Mr. Thomas K. Ford General Manager River View Coal LLC 835 State Route 1179
Waverly, KY 42462 ken.ford@arlp.com

               /s/                        

Kim Picott-Wagner
Secretary

cc:       Jim Vicini, Division Director Division of Mine Safety, 300 Sower Boulevard
P.O. Box 2244, Frankfort, KY 40601
jim.vicini@ky.gov