FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION

1331 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW, SUITE 520N

WASHINGTON, DC 20004-1710

SECRETARY OF LABOR,                               :                                       

  MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH                    :                                                       

  ADMINISTRATION (MSHA)                        :     

                                                                             :

                                                                             :      Docket No. WEVA 2015-844

                        v.                                                  :      A.C. No. 46-08637-378080

                                                                             :                             

GATEWAY EAGLE COAL                              :

  COMPANY, LLC                                            :

BEFORE:    Jordan, Chairman; Young, Cohen, and Althen, Commissioners

ORDER

BY THE COMMISSION: 

            This matter arises under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, 30 U.S.C.        § 801 et seq. (2012) (“Mine Act”).  On July 7, 2015, the Commission received from Gateway Eagle Coal Company, LLC (“Gateway”) a motion to reopen Docket No. WEVA 2015-844.  On April 12, 2016, Gateway requested to withdraw its motion.

            We hereby grant Gateway’s motion to withdraw in Docket No. WEVA 2015-844.  Accordingly, this case is dismissed.

/s/ Mary Lu Jordan

Mary Lu Jordan, Chairman

/s/ Michael G. Young

Michael G. Young, Commissioner

/s/ Robert F. Cohen, Jr.

Robert F. Cohen Jr., Commissioner

/s/ William I. Althen

William I. Althen, Commissioner

Distribution:

Katrina N. Bowers, Esq.

Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC

P.O. Box 1588

Charleston, WV 25326-1588

W. Christian Schumann, Esq.

Office of the Solicitor

U.S. Department of Labor

201 12th Street South, Suite 401

Arlington, VA 22202-5450

Chief Administrative Law Judge Robert J. Lesnick

Federal Mine Safety & Health Review Commission

1331 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., Suite 520N

Washington, DC 20004-1710

Melanie Garris

Office of Civil Penalty Compliance

Mine Safety and Health Administration

U.S. Department of Labor

201 12th Street South, Suite 401

Arlington, VA 22202-5450