FOIA LOG FY 2014

January 6, 2015
DATE REQUEST DATE  RESPONSE DAYS REQUESTOR TYPE OF CHARGE DISPOSITION TR. NO.
10/17/13 10/22/13 3 Jack Gillum/Associated Press All agency  correspondence & policies re: use of SWAT & special response teams None No records responsive 1
10/21/13 10/22/13 1 Emily Roberts/SOL Youngquist Bros. Rock, Inc./SE 2012-26-M; Transcript None Provided 2
10/24/13 11/7/13 10 David C. Tufts/The Gardner Firm Taylor v. New Elk Coal Co./WEST 2012-1443 & -2013-78-D; Copy of Case File & Transcript $89.55 Provided 3
11/4/13 11/4/13 1 Tom Grooms/SOL Bledsoe Coal & Paul Bentley/KENT 2011-481 & -2013-307; Transcript None Provided 4
11/4/13 11/4/13 1 Ellen Smith/MSHNews Big Ridge/LAKE 2011-699-R & -700-R None Provided 5
11/6/13 11/7/13 2 Cheryl Bailey/Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart Marfork/WEVA 2012-941, et al.; Docket status None Provided 6
11/6/13 11/7/13 1 Ellen Smith/MSHNews Big Ridge/LAKE 2012-173, et al. None Provided 7
11/7/13 11/7/13 1 Robert Beatty/Dinsmore & Shohl Brody Mining/WEVA 2014-81-R; Pleadings None Provided 8
11/7/13 11/25/13 11 Thomas H. Jones Correspondence w/Congressman William Cassidy None Provided 9
11/10/13 11/25/13 9 Thomas H. Jones Correspondence w/Congressman Mike Enzy None Provided 10
11/12/13 11/12/13 1 Robert Beatty/Dinsmore & Shohl Brody Mining Co./WEVA 2014-81-R; Oral Argument Transcript None Provided 11
11/18/13 11/18/13 1 Elizabeth Friary River View Coal/KENT 2013-82; Transcript None Provided 12
11/18/13 11/18/13 1 Lawrence Acker MSHA applicant file None No records responsive 13
11/20/13 11/25/13 3 Alberto G. Rossi/UMD-College Park Smith School Busn FOIA Logs None Provided 14
11/25/13 11/25/13 1 Ellen Smith/MSHNews Fairbanks Coal Co./VA 2012-457-R, et al.; Settlement Motion None Provided 15
11/29/13 12/23/13 16 Alexa O'Brien Documents related to WikiLeaks None No records responsive 16
12/2/13 12/2/13 1 Thomas J. Motzny/SOL Webster County Coal/KENT 2012-438; Transcript None Provided 17
12/2/13 12/2/13 1 LaTasha Thomas Kentucky Fuels Corp./KENT 2011-1557 & -1558; Transcript w/Exhibits None Provided 18
12/4/13 12/23/13 16 Matt Shepherd/SOL Martin County Coal Corp./KENT 2012-1321, -1403, -615-R, -616-R, et al.; Transcript None Provided 19
12/5/13 12/10/13 3 Anthony Jones/SOL Power Fuels,LLC/VA 2013-403/-312-R/-313-R/-353-R; Transcript None Provided 20
12/5/13 12/23/13 11 Dr. Paul M. Risenhoover/Robin Hood Int'l HR Legal Defense All FOIA releases to Leadership Directories & SES officials names None Provided 21
12/6/13 12/9/13 1 Courtney Przybylski/SOL Grace Pacific/WEST 2012-1447-M, et al.; Transcript None Provided 22
12/11/13 12/11/13 1 James Sharp/Sharp Media, LLC Veris Gold USA, Inc.  None Provided 23
12/11/13 2/5/14 31 Debee Glenn/Magnum-Diego Priorit Services All FMSHRC judges & 6 names FMSHRC judges $366.40 Provided 24
12/12/13 12/16/13 2 James Sharp/Sharp Media, LLC Vulcan Construction Materials/SE 2010-21-M; Info regarding whether MSHA filed an appeal None Provided 25
12/17/13 12/17/13 1 James Peck/DOL Northern Illinois Service Co./LAKE 2012-746-M; Transcript None Provided 26
12/30/13 1/6/14 1 Thomas Motzny/SOL Virginia Drilling Co., LLC/KENT 2012-182; Transcript None Provided 27
12/30/13 1/7/14 5 Willow Fort/SOL Clintwood Elkhorn/LAKE 2011-1354/-1385/-1386; Transcript None Provided 28
1/2/14 1/7/14 3 Daniel McIntyre/SOL Peabody Caballo Mining/WEST 2012-1311; Transcript None Provided 29
1/2/14 1/9/14 6 Cynthia Kirby/Vulcan Materials Co. Vulcan Construction Mat. Flroida Rock, Tidewater Quarries, TCS Mat., & Calmat; List of filoed, disposed, & pending cases during 2013 for Vulcan companies $77.40 Provided 30
1/6/14 1/6/14 1 Ryan Pardue/SOL Big Ridge, Inc./LAKE 2012-506/-896/-2013-66/-251/252 None Provided 31
1/6/14 1/6/14 1 Ellen Smith/MSHNews Armstrong Coal/KENT 2012-1370, et al.; Settlement Agreement   Provided 32
1/6/14 1/16/14 8 Brian Larson/PacifiCorp. General Info $64.05 Provided 33
1/7/14 1/7/14 1 Emily Roberts/SOL Justice Energy/WEVA 2012-940; Transcript None Provided 34
1/15/14 1/15/14 1 Eli Infane/SOL Pinnacle Mining Co./WEVA 2013-781; Transcript None Provided 35
1/15/14 1/16/14 1 Ben Furth Estrada v. Runyan Consruction/CENT 2013-311-DM; Transcript None Provided 36
1/15/14 1/16/14 1 Charlie Lord/SOL Franks v. Emerald Coal/PENN 2012-250-D & -251-D; Oral Argument Transcript None Provided 37
1/21/14 2/12/14 17 Dr. Paul M. Risenhoover/Robin Hood Int'l HR Legal Defense Correspondence w/Leadership Directories None Provided 38
1/23/14 1/23/14 1 Brian Larson/PacifiCorp. WEST 2014-72; Citation Numbers None Provided 39
1/24/14 1/24/14 1 Pollyanna Hampton/SOL WEVA 2013-1180, et al. None Provided 40
1/27/14 1/27/14 1 Angele Gregory/DOL Winn Materials, LLC/se 2013-50-M & -64-M; Transcript None Provided 41
1/28/14 1/29/14 1 Paige Bernick/DOL Regent Allied Carbon Energy/VA 2013-404; Transcript None Provided 42
1/29/14 1/29/14 1 Michele Horn/DOL ICG Illinois/LAKE 2013-160; Transcript None Provided 43
2/3/14 2/6/14 3 Lawrence McCarthy/Lynch Corp. Lynch Corp./YORK 2014-50-M; Inspector's file, notes, photos None No records responsive 44
2/6/14 2/6/14 1 Ellen Smith/MSHNews Raw Coal Mining Corp./WEVA 2011-858/409/2051; Copy of Commission Order None Provided 45
2/19/14 2/20/14 1 Willow Fort/SOL Lhoist North America of Virginia/VA 2013-169-M/191-M; Transcript None Provided 46
2/19/14 2/19/14 1 Matthew Vadnal/SOL Hecla Limited & Cementation USA/WEST 2011-1390-RM & -2012-621/-760-M; Transcript None Provided 47
2/25/14 3/25/14 19 Jeffrey K. Phillips., Esq./Steptoe & Johnson Final disposition orders for 34 citations/various citation numbers None Provided 48
2/28/14 2/28/14 1 Daniel McIntyre/SOL White County Coal/LAKE 2012-898/899; Transcript None Provided 49
3/6/14 3/6/14 1 Daniel Brechbuhl/SOL Taft Production Co./WEST 2013-908; Transcript None Provided 50
3/12/14 3/19/14 5 Ellen Smith/MSHNews Arnold v. BHP Navajo Coal Co./CENT 2013-541-D; Pleadings None Provided 51
3/14/14 3/24/14 5 Sharpe Media, LLC S&ME, Inc./SE 2013-319-RM, -320-RM, & -380-M; General None Provided 52
3/18/14 3/24/14 4 Gregory Tronson/SOL Black Beauty/LAKE 2009-410 & -412 thru -415; Transcript None Provided 53
3/18/14 3/20/14 2 Patrick M. Dalin/SOL Norlite Corp./YORK 2012-119-M, et al.; Transcript None Provided 54
3/20/14 3/20/14 1 Jennifer Thomas/SOL Highland Mining/KENT 2014-257-D; Transcript None Provided 55
3/24/14 3/24/14 1 Robin Rosenbluth/SOL Emerald Coal Res./ENN 2009-383, et al.; Transcript None Provided 56
3/24/14 3/26/14 2 Ellen Smith/MSHNews Armstrong Coal/KENT 2013-185; Citation Numbers None Provided 57
3/24/14 4/16/14 17 Cynthia Kirby/Vulcan Materials Co. Vulcan companies docket info. None Provided 58
3/25/14 3/28/14 6 Jeffrey K. Phillips., Esq./Steptoe & Johnson Docket Info./Citation Nos. 8265849, 7431982 None Provided 59
4/1/14 4/2/14 1 Courtney Przybylski/SOL Taft Production Co./WEST 2012-1484-M; Transcript None Provided 60
4/1/14 4/16/14 11 Brian Larson/PacifiCorp. Pacificorp companies 2014 quarterly reports $62.95 Provided 61
4/1/14 4/7/14 4 Kirk Brown Recods of Chief Info Officer/FMSHRC; General agency records None No records responsive 62
4/2/14 4/2/14 1 Jennifer Thomas/SOL Sturgeon Mining/KENT 2012-701; Transcript None Provided 63
4/2/14 4/7/14 3 Thomas Motzny/SOL Four Star Resources/KENT 2012-772; Transcript None Provided 64
4/4/14 4/7/14 1 Anthony Berry/SOL Extra Energy Inc./VA 2013-511; Transcript None Provided 65
4/15/14 4/24/14 6 Jeffrey K. Phillips., Esq./Steptoe & Johnson Wood v. Highland Mining Co./KENT 2014-257-D; Transcript None Provided 66
4/15/14 4/24/14 6 Jeffrey K. Phillips., Esq./Steptoe & Johnson Shemwell v. Armstrong Coal Co./KENT 2013-362-D; Copy of Joint Motion to Approve Settlement None Provided 67
4/15/14 4/18/14 8 Jeffrey K. Phillips., Esq./Steptoe & Johnson Jackson v. LaFarge North America/CENT 2013-74-DM; Copy of Joint Motion to Approve Settlement None Provided 68
4/16/14 4/24/14 6 Laura Pearson/SOL Dukes Sand & Gravel/YORK 2012-97-M; Transcript None Provided 69
4/16/14 4/22/14 4 Brian Larson/PacifiCorp. Pacificorp Energy 2014 quarterly reports/related citation nos.; WEST 2014-399, et al. $15.00 Provided 70
4/22/14 4/30/14 6 Barbara Villalobos/SOL Midwest Fuels/LAKE 2013-157-M, et al.; Transcript None Provided 71
4/22/14 4/29/14 5 Joseph Luckett/SOL Perez v. Rex Coal Co./KENT 2011-1037; Transcript None Provided 72
4/28/14 4/28/14 1 Ellen Smith/MSHNews Black Beauty Coal Co./LAKE 2009-410/412/413/414/415; Explanation of issues to be reviewed by Commission on appeal None Provided 73
4/28/14 4/28/14 1 Ellen Smith/MSHNews Black Beauty Coal Co./LAKE 2009-410/412/415; Info on issues to be reviewed by the Commission None Provided 74
4/30/14 4/30/14 1 Tyler P. McLeod/SOL Keele v. Energy West Mining/WEST 2013-877-D; Transcript None Provided 75
4/30/14 5/1/14 1 Anthony Berry/SOL Extra Energy Inc./VA 2013-511; Transcript None Provided 76
5/1/14 5/1/14 1 Sean Allen/SOL Five Star Mining/LAKE 2013-169; Transcript None Provided 77
5/2/14 5/2/14 1 Liang Carol/SOL The Doe Run Co./CENT 2013-605-M; Transcript None Provided 78
5/6/14 5/6/14 1 Travis W. Gosselin/SOL SOL/Burkhart v. Peabody Midwest Mining/LAKE 2014-342-D; Transcript None Provided 79
5/6/14 5/8/14 2 Angele Gregory/DOL Drummond Co., Inc./SE 2013-303; Transcript None Provided 80
5/23/14 5/28/14 2 Courtney Przybylski/SOL Knife River Construction/WEST 2013-1009-M; Transcript None Provided 81
5/27/14 5/28/14 1 Thomas A. Grooms/SOL Warrior Investments/SE 2013-252, et al.; Transcript None Provided 82
5/27/14 5/28/14 1 Larry A. Zalewski/Jackson & Kelly Brody Mining/WEVA 2014-82-R, et al.; Oral Argument Transcript None Provided 83
5/30/14 5/30/14 1 Matthew R. Korn/Fisher & Phillips LLP Pretty Good Sand Co., Inc./SE 2014-223; Transcript None Provided 84
6/2/14 6/4/14 1 Chris Hamby/BuzzFeed Brody Mining/WEVA 2014-82-R, et al.; Pleadings None Provided 85
6/3/14 6/6/14 3 Willow Fort/SOL SCH Terminal Co./KENT 2013-413/378; Transcript None Provided 86
6/4/14 6/19/14 11 Thomas Jones/339 Group, LLC Copies of correspondence between Bruce Braley & FMSHRC None No records responsive 87
6/4/14 6/24/14 14 Thomas Jones/339 Group, LLC Copies of correspondence between Travis Childers & FMSHRC None No records responsive 88
6/6/14 6/6/14 1 Paige Bernick/DOL Highland Mining/KENT 2013-112; Transcript None Provided 89
6/6/14 7/14/14 25 Gary McCollum North County Sand & Gravel, Inc./WEST 2010-365-M; Copies of Pleadings $166.35 Provided 90
6/9/14 6/16/14 5 Najah Farley/SOL Humphreys Enterprises, Inc./VA 2012-504; Transcript None Provided 91
6/10/14 6/30/13 14 Tomas Navia/The Hill Copies of questions & answers to Questions for the Record for 2014  None No records responsive 92
6/11/14 6/16/14 3 Matthew Epstein/DOL Big Laurel Mining/VA 2012-56/2; Transcripts None Provided 93
6/11/14 6/17/14 4 James Sharp/Sharp Media, LLC Armstrong Coal Co./KENT 2014-32; Copy of Settlement Motion None Withdrawn 94
6/11/14 6/17/14 4 James Sharp/Sharp Media, LLC American Coal Co./LAKE 2011-531; Copy of Settlement Motion None Withdrawn 95
6/12/14 8/4/14 36 Stephanie Gibbons Copy of GSA contract between FMSHRC & J. Kent Staffing None Provided 96
6/17/14 7/9/14 15 Rose Santos/FOIA Group, Inc. Agency FOIA Log; FMSHRC General None Provided 97
6/18/14 7/16/14 19 Bryan Kaufman/SOL Stone Plus, Inc./WEST 2013-263/440; Transcript None Provided 98
6/19/14 6/23/14 2 Willian Sturgill/Sturgill Law Office, P.C. Humphreys Enterprises, Inc./VA 2012-504; Transcript None Provided 99
6/19/14 6/30/14 7 Mike Ravnitzky Copies of responses to Questions for the Record since Jan. 1, 2009 None Provided 100
6/23/14 6/23/14 1 Neal A. Morholt/SOL Kentucky Fuels Corp./KENT 2011-772 & Dyno Nobel East/KENT 2011-998; Transcript None Provided 101
6/23/14 6/23/14 1 Dennise R. Smith/Spillman Thomas & Battle Lincoln Leasing Co./WEVA 2012-1783; Transcript None Provided 102
6/23/14 6/30/14 5 James Sharp/Sharp Media, LLC American Coal Co./LAKE 2011-13; Copy of SOL's Response to Judge's Order None Withdrawn 103
6/27/14 6/30/14 1 Daniel T. Brechbuhl/SOL Oil Dri Production Co./SE 2013-507-M & -2014-104-M; Transcript None Provided 104
6/30/14 6/30/14 1 Larry R. Evans/Oil Dri Corp. of America Oil Dri Production Co./SE 2013-507-M/-558-M & -2014-104-M; Transcript None Provided 105
7/1/14 7/9/14 6 Cynthia Kirby/Vulcan Materials Co. Docket Info None Provided 106
7/2/14 7/16/14 9 PacifiCorp.: c/o Brian Larson General Info None Provided 107
7/2/14 7/24/14 15 Sam B. Petsonk/Mountain State Justice, Inc. Olson v. Triton Coal/WEST 2002-302-D; docket files None No records responsive 108
7/2/14 7/24/14 15 Sam B. Petsonk/Mountain State Justice, Inc. Baylor Mining, Inc./WEVA 2004-36; docket files None No records responsive 109
7/16/14 7/16/14 1 Sean Allen/SOL West Ridge Resources/WEST 2013-232/722; Transcript None Provided 110
7/16/14 7/16/14 1 Cynthia Kirby/Vulcan Materials Co. Vulcan Material Co. & subsidiaries; Specific Mine Names None Provided 111
7/16/14 7/17/14 1 Mark Heath/Spilman, Thomas & Battle Eagle Creek Mining/WEVA 2013-1149; Transcript None Provided 112
7/17/14 7/17/14 1 Paige Bernick/DOL Eagle Creek Mining/WEVA 2013-1149; Transcript & Exh. None Provided 113
7/18/14 7/21/14 1 Ryan Pardue/SOL Alden Resources/KENT 2013-960; Transcript None Provided 114
7/21/14 7/21/14 1 Ellen Smith/MSHNews WEST 2012-1417-M; Settlement Motion None Provided 115
7/22/14 7/24/14 2 Ellen Smith/MSHNews MacDonald v. Kennecott Utah Copper/WEST 2013-1105-DM; Joint Settlement Motion None Provided 116
7/22/14 7/23/14 1 Linda Otaigbe/Jackson Lewis P.C. North American Quarry/YORK 2013-212; General $107.00 Provided 117
7/22/14 7/28/14 4 David Pardo/MSPB Watch No FEAR Act annual reports to Congress None Provided 118
7/24/14 7/24/14 1 Leigh Burleson/SOL Higman Sand & Gravel & Huber/cent 2012-80-M & -701-M; Transcript None Provided 119
7/24/14 7/24/14 1 Emily Roberts/SOL Marfork Coal Co., Inc./WEVA 2014-374; Transcript None Provided 120
7/24/14 7/31/14 5 Emily Roberts/SOL Hanson Aggregates Midwest, LLC/KENT 2013-981-M; Transcript None Provided 121
8/5/14 8/5/14 1 Ellen Smith/MSHNews Bridger Coal/WEST 2013-835; Copy of Motion to Approve Settlement None Provided 122
8/5/14 8/11/14 4 Thomas J. Motzny/SOL Mach Mining, LLC/LAKE 2014-77 & -132; Transcript None Provided 123
8/7/14 8/11/14 2 Ronald Gurka/SOL Consol Buchanan Mining/VA 2013-190; Transcript None Provided 124
8/14/14 8/28/14 10 Bridgette Crowell/CWT SatoTravel FMSHRC; General None No records responsive 125
8/18/14 8/29/14 3 Daniel McIntyre/SOL Mach Mining/LAKE 2012-66 & -2013-294; Transcript None Provided 126
8/20/14 9/9/14 13 Michelle Laswell/Steptoe & Johnson Spartan Mining Co./WEVA 2011-1575; Copies of Pleadings None Provided 127
8/21/14 8/25/14 2 Abraham Payton & John Cotter/American Bridge 21st Century General Info None No records responsive 128
8/21/14 8/25/14 3 Ronald Gottlieb/SOL Portable, Inc./WEST 2013-526-M; Transcript None Provided 129
8/21/14 9/10/14 13 Michelle Laswell/Steptoe & Johnson FMSHRC; General None No records responsive 130
8/21/14 9/10/14 13 Michelle Laswell/Steptoe & Johnson FMSHRC; General None No records responsive 131
8/21/14 9/10/14 13 Michelle Laswell/Steptoe & Johnson FMSHRC; General None No records responsive 132
8/21/14 9/10/14 13 Michelle Laswell/Steptoe & Johnson FMSHRC; General None No records responsive 133
8/22/14 9/11/14 13 Michelle Laswell/Steptoe & Johnson Kosmos Cement Co. None Provided 134
8/26/14 8/29/14 3 Bryan Kaufman/SOL BHP Navajo Coal Co./CENT 2013-555; Transcript None Provided 135
8/27/14 9/9/14 8 Chas Barker/Laron Inc. Laron Inc./WEST 2014-862; General None Provided 136
9/3/14 9/3/14 1 Ellen Smith/MSHNews Justice v. Gateway Eagle Coal Co./WEVA 2014-559-D; Exhibits None Provided 137
9/4/14 9/10/14 4 Joseph Luckett/SOL SOL o/b/o Lear v. KenAmerican Res., Inc./KENT 2014-708-D;  Transcript None Provided 138
9/9/14 9/9/14 1 Sean Allen/SOL Delta Concrete Products, Inc./WEST 2014-117-M; Transcript None Provided 139
9/9/14 9/10/14 1 Tammy Holper/SOL Hecla Limited/WEST 2012-353, -354, -355;  Transcript None Provided 140
9/12/14 9/14/14 1 Angele Gregory/DOL Highland Mining Co./KENT 2013-480; Transcript None Provided 141
9/17/14 9/17/12 1 Jeffrey A. Sar Higman Sand & Gravel, Inc./Citation No. 8745426; General None Provided 142
9/17/14 9/25/14 6 Highland Enterprises, LLC WEST 2009-1213-M/-2010-405-M/-2011-261-M; Transcript None Provided 143
9/19/14 9/22/14 1 Jeffrey K. Phillips., Esq./Steptoe & Johnson Kosmos Cement Co./KENT 2014-452, et al.; Copy of Petition, Assessment, & all Citations $110.70 Provided 144
9/19/14 9/25/14 4 Jeffrey Ladik Connolly Pacific, WEST 2011-1238 Pleadings/file $60.00 Provided 145
9/19/14 9/29/14 6 Jeffrey Ladik Wake Stone, SE 2010-95-M Pleadings/file $60.00 Provided 146
9/19/14 9/29/14 6 Jeffrey Ladik Twentymile, WEST 2008-788-R et al Pleadings/file $60.00 Provided 147
9/19/14 10/22/14 22 Jeffrey Ladik Knox Creek, VA 2010-81-R et al Pleadings/file $120.00 Provided 148
9/23/14 9/24/14 1 Ellen Smith/MSHNews Justice v. Gateway Eagle Coal Co./WEVA 2014-559-D;  Case update-briefs, orders or decisions None Provided 149
9/23/14 9/25/14 2 Gary McCollum, Warriror Coal  Powder River Coal, LLC, WEST 2007-100-R, 2007-300 Transcript None No records responsive 150
9/25/14 9/25/14 1 Thomas Grooms/SOL Kerneos/VA 2013-29-M, et al.; Transcript None Provided 151
9/25/14 9/25/14 1 Robin Rosenbluth/SOL CAM Mining/KENT 2013-196-R & -197-R; Transcript None Provided 152