Petitions for Modification

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Mine Safety and Health Administration

Petitions for Modification

This notice amends a petition document published in the Federal

Register on December 8, 1994 (59 FR 63382), docket numbers M-94-166-C

and M-94-167-C, to correct the name of the county where the mine is

located. The Energy West Mining Company, Trail Mountain Mine is located

in Emery County, Utah.

The following parties have filed petitions to modify the

application of mandatory safety standards under section 101(c) of the

Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977.

1. L. V. Coal Company

[Docket No. M-94-173-C]

L. V. Coal Company, 235 Second Street, Joliett, Pennsylvania 17981

has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 75.360

(preshift examination) to its No. 4 Slope Vein (I.D. No. 36-08014)

located in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The petitioner proposes to

examine each seal for physical damage from the slope gunboat during the

preshift examination after an air quantity reading is taken in by the

intake portal and to test for the quantity and quality of air at the

intake air split locations off the slope in the gangway portion of the

working section. The petitioner proposes to physically examine the

entire length of the slope once a month. The petitioner asserts that

the proposed alternative method would provide at least the same measure

of protection as would the mandatory standard.

2. L. V. Coal Company

[Docket No. M-94-174-C]

L. V. Coal Company, 235 Second Street, Joliett, Pennsylvania 17981

has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 75.364(b)(1),

(4) and (5) (weekly examination) to its No. 4 Slope Vein (I.D. No. 36-

08014) located in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Due to hazardous

conditions and roof falls, certain areas of the intake haulage slope

and primary escapeway cannot be traveled safely. The petitioner

proposes to examine these areas from the gunboat/slope car with an

alternative air quality evaluation at the section's intake level, and

to travel and thoroughly examine these areas for hazardous conditions

once a month. The petitioner asserts that the proposed alternative

method would provide at least the same measure of protection as would

the mandatory standard.

3. L. V. Coal Company

[Docket No. M-94-175-C]

L. V. Coal Company, 235 Second Street, Joliett, Pennsylvania 17981

has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 75.1100-2(a)

(quantity and location of firefighting equipment) to its No. 4 Slope

Vein (I.D. No. 36-08014) located in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.

The petitioner proposes to use only portable fire extinguishers to

replace existing requirements where rock dust, water cars, and other

water storage are not practical. The petitioner asserts that the

proposed alternative method would provide at least the same measure of

protection as would the mandatory standard.

4. L. V. Coal Company

[Docket No. M-94-176-C]

L. V. Coal Company, 235 Second Street, Joliett, Pennsylvania 17981

has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 75.1200 (d)

and (i) (mine map) to its No. 4 Slope Vein (I.D. No. 36-08014) located

in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The petitioner proposes to use

cross-sections instead of contour lines through the intake slope, at

locations of rock tunnel connections between veins, and at 1,000 feet

intervals of advance from the intake slope and to limit the mapping of

mine workings above and below to those present within 100 feet of the

vein being mined except when veins are interconnected to other veins

beyond the 100 feet limit through rock tunnels. The petitioner asserts

that the proposed alternative method would provide at least the same

measure of protection as would the mandatory standard.

5. L. V. Coal Company

[Docket No. M-94-176-C]

L. V. Coal Company, 235 Second Street, Joliett, Pennsylvania 17981

has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR 75.1202-1(a)

(temporary notations, revisions, and supplements) to its No. 4 Slope

Vein (I.D. No. 36-08014) located in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.

The petitioner proposes to revise and supplement mine maps on an annual

basis instead of the required 6 month interval and to update maps daily

by hand notations. The petitioner asserts that the proposed alternative

method would provide at least the same measure of protection as would

the mandatory standard.

Request for Comments

Persons interested in these petitions may furnish written comments.

These comments must be filed with the Office of Standards, Regulations

and Variances, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Room 627, 4015

Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22203. All comments must be

postmarked or received in that office on or before [insert date 30 days

from publication in the Federal Register]. Copies of these petitions

are available for inspection at that address.

Dated: December 22, 1994.

Patricia W. Silvey,

Director, Office of Standards, Regulations and Variances.

[FR Doc. 94-32158 Filed 12-29-94; 8:45 am]

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