In The Matter of PETITION FOR MODIFICATION
Tata Chemicals (Soda Ash) Partners
Tata Chemicals Mine
I.D. No. 48-00155
Docket No. 30 C.F.R. Granted Finalized
M-2014-001-M 57.22606 (a) 09/11/2014 10/14/2014
PROPOSED DECISION AND ORDER TO REVOKE
MSHA has found that the findings and conditions that justified the modification have changed such that the modification is no longer warranted. As of May 27, 2015, the shaft construction is complete and the shaft is in use. The construction company, DMC, left the site in April 2015. The area of the mine to which the modification applies is no longer a construction site and explosives are not in use there. The modification is no longer appropriate.
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), the modification as applied to the referenced mine is hereby:
REVOKED.
Pursuant to 30 CFR 44.52, revocations of the granted modification 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 CFR Part 44.14, within 30 days. The request for hearing must be filed with the Administrator for Metal and Nonmetal Mine Safety and Health, 201 12th Street South, Arlington, Virginia 22202.
If a hearing is requested, the request shall contain a concise summary of 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 and Order. A party other than the petitioner who has requested a hearing shall also comment upon all issues of fact or law presented in the petition. 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.
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Neal H. Merrifield
Administrator for Metal and Nonmetal
Mine Safety and Health
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that a copy of this Proposed Decision and Order was served personally
or mailed, postage prepaid, this 25 day of October, 2015
Regulations and Variances
Mine Safety and Health Administration
201 12th Street, South
Arlington, VA 22202
Tata Chemicals (Soda Ash) Partners
Mr. Brett Harding
Manager, Safety
P.O. Box 551
Green River, WY 82935
Miners Representative
USWA Local 15320
P.O. Box 1075
Green River, WY 82935
Donald R. Vickers, PE
Senior Mine Safety and Health Specialist