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KNIFE RIVER MINING COMPANY
December 18, 1995
WEST 96-81-D


           FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION

                 OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES
                        2 SKYLINE, 10th FLOOR
                          5203 LEESBURG PIKE
                    FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA  22041


                          December 18, 1995

SECRETARY OF LABOR,             :  DISCRIMINATION PROCEEDING
  MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH        :
  ADMINISTRATION (MSHA), on     :  Docket Nos. WEST 96-81-D
  BEHALF OF ARTHUR R. OLMSTEAD, :  DENV CD 95-20
              Complainant       :
          v.                    :  Savage Mine
                                :  Mine ID 24-00106
KNIFE RIVER MINING COMPANY,     :
               Respondent       :

                   ORDER OF TEMPORARY REINSTATEMENT

     This case is before me pursuant to Section 105(c) of
the  Federal  Mine  Safety  and  Health  Act  of  1977,  
30 U.S.C. § 815(c). On November 24, 1995, the  Secretary,
on behalf  of  Arthur Olmstead, filed an  application  for  
temporary reinstatement. Subsequently, the parties reached
an agreement concerning the temporary economic reinstatement
of the Complainant. A Response to Application for Temporary
Reinstatement and Agreed Order Regarding Temporary Economic 
Reinstatement, memorializing that agreement, was filed on
December 11, 1995.

     Accordingly,  the  agreement  for  temporary  economic
reinstatement is APPROVED. It is ORDERED that the Complainant
shall be TEMPORARILY REINSTATED by the Knife  River  Mining 
Company, effective December 7, 1995, in accordance with the
terms  of the  Agreed  Order  Regarding  Temporary  Economic 
Reinstatement, which is attached to this order and whose 
provisions are incorporated in this order by reference 
thereto.
  

                              T. Todd Hodgdon
                              Administrative Law Judge


Attachment


Distribution:

Tambra Leonard, Esq., Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Department
of Labor, 1999 Broadway, Suite 1600, Denver, CO  80202-5716
(Certified Mail)

Laura E. Beverage, Esq., and Anthony George, Esq., Jackson & 
Kelly, 1600 Lincoln St., Suite  2710, Denver, CO 80264 
(Certified Mail)

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