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.

 

CONSOL MINING COMPANY LLC

 :

 :

 :

 :

 :

 :

 :

 

Docket No. WEVA 2023-0141

 

 

 

 

BEFORE:  Jordan, Chair; Althen, Rajkovich, and Baker, Commissioners   

           

ORDER

 

BY THE COMMISSION:

            This case arises under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, 30 U.S.C. § 801 et seq. (2018) (“Mine Act”). On July 7, 2023, the Administrative Law Judge assigned to this matter issued an order granting certification of questions for interlocutory review.

 

Pursuant to Commission Procedural Rule 76, 29 C.F.R. § 2700.76, the Commission may review a Judge’s ruling, prior to the Judge’s final decision in the case, if certain conditions are met. This includes a Judge certifying that his interlocutory ruling involves a controlling question of law and that immediate review will materially advance the final disposition of the proceeding.

 

We find that the qualifications contained in Procedural Rule 76, 29 C.F.R. § 2700.76, have been met, and hereby GRANT interlocutory review.

 

 

 

/s/ Mary Lu Jordan

Mary Lu Jordan, Chair

 

 

 

/s/ William I. Althen

William I. Althen, Commissioner

 

 

 

/s/ Marco M. Rajkovich, Jr.

Marco M. Rajkovich, Jr., Commissioner

 

 

 

/s/ Timothy J. Baker

Timothy J. Baker, Commissioner

 

 

 

Distribution:

 

Emily Toler Scott

Counsel for Appellate Litigation

U.S. Department of Labor

Office of the Solicitor

Division of Mine Safety & Health

201 12th Street South, Suite 401

Arlington, VA 22202

scott.emily.t@dol.gov

 

Robert S. Wilson

Office of the Solicitor

U.S. Department of Labor, MSHA

201 12th Street, Suite 401

Arlington, VA 22202

wilson.robert.s@dol.gov

 

D. Cass Trent, CLR

U.S. Department of Labor, MSHA

4499 Appalachian Hwy

Pineville, WV 24874

trent.david@dol.gov

 

Jim McHugh

Hardy Pence LLC

10 Hale Street, 4th Floor

P.O. Box 2548

Charleston, WV 25329

jmchugh@hardypence.com

 

Craig Aaron

CONSOL Energy Inc.

275 Technolgy Drive, Suite 101

Canonsburg, PA  15317

craigaaron@consolenergy.com

 

Michael G. Young

Administrative Law Judge

Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

Office of the Chief Administrative Law Judge

1331 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 520N

Washington, DC  20004

myoung@fmshrc.gov