FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES
601 New Jersey Avenue, N.W. Suite 9500
Washington, DC 20001-2021
January 17, 2007
HIGHLAND MINING COMPANY, LLC, Contestant v. SECRETARY OF LABOR, MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION (MSHA), Respondent |
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CONTEST PROCEEDINGS Docket No. KENT 2006-189-R Citation No. 7661095;02/01/2006 Docket No. KENT 2006-190-R Citation No. 7661098;02/01/2006 Docket No. KENT 2006-194-R Citation No. 7663983;02/01/2006 Docket No. KENT 2006-194-R Citation No. 7663983;02/01/2006 Docket No. KENT 2006-195-R Citation No. 7663985;02/01/2006 Docket No. KENT 2006-196-R Citation No. 7638723;02/02/2006 Docket No. KENT 2006-201-R Citation No. 7663855;02/14/2006 Docket No. KENT 2006-202-R Citation No. 7663859;02/16/2006 Docket No. KENT 2006-227-R Citation No. 7638501; 02/21/2006 Docket No. KENT 2006-228-R Citation No. 7638505; 02/21/2006 Docket No. KENT 2006-229-R Citation No. 7663860; 02/21/2006 Highland 9 Mine Mine ID 15-02709 |
ORDER LIFTING STAYS
DISMISSAL ORDER
These cases are before me on Notices of Contest under section 105(d) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, as amended, 30 U.S.C. § 815(d). Docket Nos. KENT 2006-189-R through KENT 2006-202-R were stayed on April 13, 2006, and Docket Nos. KENT 2006-227-R through KENT 2006-229-R were stayed on May 4, 2006, pending the filing of the corresponding civil penalty proceedings. With the filing of Docket Nos. KENT 2006-340 and KENT 2006-406, that has occurred.
Accordingly, the stays are LIFTED. Further, with the filing of the civil penalty cases, the contest proceedings are moot. Therefore, the captioned contest cases are DISMISSED.
T. Todd Hodgdon
Administrative Law Judge
(202) 434-9973
Distribution:
Rebecca J. Oblak, Esq, Atkins & Oblak, PLLC, 5000 Hampton Center, Suite 4, Morgantown, WV 26505
Neil Morholt, Esq., Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Department of Labor, 618 Church St., Suite 230, Nashville, TN 37219