FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION
SUNSHINE ACT NOTICE
TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m., Thursday, July 14, 2022
PLACE: The Richard V. Backley Hearing Room, Room 511, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 504 North, Washington, DC 20004 (enter from F Street entrance).
Note that workplace policies instituted to address the COVID-19 pandemic may restrict the ability of some participants to take part in the argument in-person. Those participants will join the argument through a videoconference involving all other participants who are appearing in-person.
STATUS: Open
MATTERS TO BE
CONSIDERED: The Commission will hear oral argument in the matter Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC and Butler employed by Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC, Docket Nos. LAKE 2019-0023, 2019-0122, 2019-0361. (Issues include whether the Judge erred in concluding that the operator violated standards when it failed to immediately de-energize equipment and stop work when it encountered high methane levels, whether the violations were significant and substantial, and whether a supervisor was liable for individual penalties.)
Pursuant to the Commission’s COVID-19 Workplace Safety Plan, in-person attendance shall be limited to persons participating in the oral argument process (e.g., Chair and Commissioners, parties and their representatives, Commission employees providing support for the meeting). Non-participating individuals may listen to the meeting by calling the phone number listed below in this notice.
Any person attending this oral argument who requires special accessibility features and/or auxiliary aids, such as sign language interpreters, must inform the Commission in advance of those needs. Subject to 29 C.F.R. § 2706.150(a)(3) and § 2706.160(d).
CONTACT PERSON
FOR MORE INFO: Emogene Johnson (202) 434-9935 / (202) 708-9300 for TDD
Relay / 1-800-877-8339 for toll free.
PHONE NUMBER
FOR LISTENING TO
MEETING: 1-(866) 236-7472
Passcode: 678-100
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552b
Dated: July 1, 2022
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Sarah L. Stewart
Deputy General Counsel
Billing Code 6735-01