FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION

1331 PENNSYLVANIA AVE., N.W., SUITE 520N

WASHINGTON, DC 20004-1710

SECRETARY OF LABOR,                  :

MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH                  :           Docket No. SE 2021-0011

 ADMINISTRATION (MSHA)                     :           A.C. No. 08-01429-519727

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SIKES CONCRETE, INC.                             :

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BEFORE:        Traynor, Chair; Althen and Rajkovich, 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”). The Commission has received a motion from the operator seeking to reopen a penalty assessment which had become a final order of the Commission pursuant to section 105(a) of the Mine Act, 30 U.S.C. § 813(a). The Secretary states that he does not oppose the motion.

Having reviewed movant’s unopposed motion to reopen, we reopen this matter and remand it to the Chief Administrative Law Judge for further proceedings pursuant to the Mine Act and the Commission’s Procedural Rules, 29 C.F.R. Part 2700. Consistent with Rule 28, the Secretary shall file a petition for assessment of penalty within 45 days of the date of this

order. See 29 C.F.R. § 2700.28.

/s/ Arthur R. Traynor, III

                                                            Arthur R. Traynor, III, Chair

/s/ William I. Althen

                                                            William I. Althen, Commissioner

/s/ Marco M. Rajkovich, Jr.

                                                            Marco M. Rajkovich, Jr., Commissioner

Distribution (e-mail):

Barry K. Curry

CFO, Sikes Concrete, Inc.

8030 Hwy 77

Southport FL, 32409-2674

barry.curry@sikesconcrete.com

Kristin R. Murphy, Esq.

Office of the Solicitor

U.S. Department of Labor

61 Forsyth Street, Room 7T10

Atlanta, GA 30303

Murphy.kristin.r@dol.gov

Archith Ramkumar, Esq.

Office of the Solicitor

U.S. Department of Labor

201 12th Street South, Suite 401

Arlington, VA 22202

Ramkumar.Archith@dol.gov

April Nelson, Esq.

Office of the Solicitor

U.S. Department of Labor

201 12th Street South, Suite 401

Arlington, VA 22202-5452

Nelson.April@dol.gov

Chief Administrative Law Judge Glynn Voisin

Federal Mine Safety & Health Review Commission

Office of the Chief Administrative Law Judge

1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 520N

Washington, DC 20004-1710

GVoisin@fmshrc.gov

Melanie Garris

Office of Civil Penalty Compliance

Mine Safety and Health Administration

201 12th Street South, Suite 401

Arlington, VA 22202-5452

Garris.Melanie@DOL.GOV