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      ADMINISTRATION (MSHA),                                v. GATEWAY EAGLE COAL   COMPANY, LLC

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Docket No. WEVA 2016-1 A.C. No. 46-08637-380428

BEFORE:  Jordan, Chairman; Young, Cohen, Nakamura, 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 October 1, 2015, the Commission received from Gateway Eagle Coal Company, LLC (“Gateway Eagle”), a motion to reopen Docket No. WEVA 2016-1. Gateway Eagle thereafter requested to withdraw its motion to reopen in Docket No. WEVA 2016-1.

We hereby grant Gateway Eagle’s motion to withdraw in Docket No. WEVA 2016-1. 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/ Patrick K. Nakamura

Patrick K. Nakamura, Commissioner

/s/ William I. Althen

William I. Althen, Commissioner

Distribution:

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W. Christian Schumann, Esq.

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Chief Administrative Law Judge Robert J. Lesnick

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Melanie Garris

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