FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION


601 NEW JERSEY AVENUE, NW

SUITE 9500

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20001



May 1, 2008



SECRETARY OF LABOR,
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH
ADMINISTRATION (MSHA)

v.

BANNER BLUE COAL COMPANY
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Docket No. VA 2008-95
A.C. No. 44-07046-122850







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


ORDER


BY THE COMMISSION:


            This matter arises under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, 30 U.S.C. § 801 et seq. (2000) (“Mine Act”). On January 28, 2008, the Commission received from Banner Blue Coal Company (“Banner Blue”) a motion 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 28, 2008, the Commission received from Banner Blue a “notice of withdrawal of motion to re-open,” in which the operator asked that its motion to re-open be withdrawn and that the Commission dismiss this proceeding.



            Banner Blue’s request is granted, and, accordingly, this proceeding is dismissed. 

 

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                                                                                    Michael F. Duffy, Chairman





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                                                                                    Mary Lu Jordan, Commissioner





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                                                                                    Michael G. Young, Commissioner






















 



Distribution:


Noelle Holladay True, Esq.

Rajkovich, Williams, Kilpatrick & True, PLLC

2333 Alumni Park Plaza

Suite 310

Lexington, KY 40517


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. Department 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