FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION

601 NEW JERSEY AVENUE, NW

SUITE 9500

WASHINGTON, DC 20001



April 27, 2010

SECRETARY OF LABOR,

MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH

ADMINISTRATION (MSHA),


v.

MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS, INC.

 :
:

CIVIL PENALTY PROCEEDING


Docket No. SE 2010-394-M
A.C. No. 09-00075-196270
              


BEFORE: Jordan, Chairman; Duffy, Young, and Cohen, Commissioners



ORDER


BY THE COMMISSION:


            This matter arises under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, 30 U.S.C. § 801 et seq. (2006) (“Mine Act”). On January 22, 2010, the Commission received from Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (“Martin Marietta”) a motion by counsel seeking to reopen a penalty assessment that had become a final order of the Commission pursuant to section 105(a) of the Mine Act, 30 U.S.C. § 815(a).


            On March 12, 2010, the Commission received a motion from Martin Marietta’s counsel stating that the operator has decided to pay the penalty assessment at issue in full and requesting that Martin Marietta’s pending request to reopen the assessment be withdrawn.











            Having reviewed Martin Marietta’s request and its motion to withdraw the request, we hereby grant Martin Marietta’s motion to withdraw its request to reopen.





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                                                                                    Mary Lu Jordan, Chairman





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                                                                                    Michael F. Duffy, Commissioner





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                                                                                    Michael G. Young, Commissioner 





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                                                                                    Robert F. Cohen, Jr., Commissioner












Distribution:


Karen L. Johnston, Esq.

Jackson Kelly PLLC

1099 18th Street, Suite 2150

Denver, CO 80202


W. Christian Schumann, Esq.

Office of the Solicitor

U.S. Department of Labor

1100 Wilson Blvd., Room 2220 

Arlington, VA 22209-2296


Myra James, Chief

Office of Civil Penalty Compliance

MSHA

U.S. Dept. Of Labor

1100 Wilson Blvd., 25th Floor

Arlington, VA 22209-3939


Chief Administrative Law Judge Robert J. Lesnick

Federal Mine Safety & Health Review Commission

601 New Jersey Avenue, N.W., Suite 9500

Washington, D.C. 20001-2021