Enforcement of Federal Mine Health and Safety Laws: Hearing Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, Ninety-third Congress, First SessionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1973 - 1229 pages |
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1973 by Bureau 1973 to October address City Alleged violator Appeals Under 43 April 24 Assessed Under Federal Assessment Office assessors backlog BARB Bureau of Mines Civil Penalties Assessed civil penalty Coal Co Inc Coal Company Coal Mine Health Collection of Civil Date case referred date decision rendered Date of deci date petition filed days between date December 31 Department for Collection District employees ESCHWEGE Federal Coal filed and date filed and Oct Filed by MESA FINNEGAN guidelines Health and Safety Hearings and Appeals inspection inspectors Interior Island Creek Coal Justice Department Kentland Law Judge Lebanon mandatory MESA in Office MESA to Justice miners Mines and MESA MORG Name of Alleged NORT Office of Hearings personnel PIKE PITT Pittsburgh Pocahontas proposed assessment recommended regulations REUSS Safety Act Secretary sion by Adm Solicitor's Office Total Unassigned underground violator and address VIOLS ween ween data
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Page 996 - ... a substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result from a condition which exists, or from one or more practices, means, methods, operations, or processes which have been adopted or are in use, in such place of employment unless the employer did not, and could not with the exercise of reasonable diligence, know of the presence of the violation.
Page 510 - In determining the amount of the penalty, or the amount agreed upon in compromise, the appropriateness of such penalty to the size of the business of the owner or operator charged, the effect on the owner or operator's ability to continue in business, and the gravity of the violation, shall be considered by such Secretary.
Page 684 - A civil penalty shall be assessed by the Secretary only after the person charged with a violation under this Act has been given an opportunity for a public hearing and the Secretary has determined, by decision incorporating his findings of fact...
Page 1186 - DC 20543, of any typographical or other formal errors, in order that corrections may be made before the preliminary print goes to press.
Page 10 - Mr. Chairman, this concludes my statement. We will be happy to respond to any questions you may have.
Page 760 - Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: This letter is in further response to your letter...
Page 724 - ... that he excepts to the sufficiency of the sureties. If he fails to do so, he shall be deemed to have waived all objections to them.
Page 1212 - ... otherwise too harsh response; (c) The importance to the enforcement scheme of speedy adjudications; (d) The need for specialized knowledge and agency expertise in the resolution of disputed issues; (e) The relative rarity of issues of law (eg, statutory interpretation) which require judicial resolution; (f) The importance of greater consistency of outcome (particularly as to the penalties imposed) which could result from agency, as opposed to district court, adjudications; and (g) The likelihood...
Page 787 - The issuance and sale of bonds by the Corporation and the expenditure of bond proceeds for the purposes specified herein, including the addition of generating units to existing power-producing projects and the construction of additional power-producing projects, shall not be subject to the requirements or limitations of any other law...
Page 1213 - ... result from agency as opposed to district court, adjudications: and (g) The likelihood that an agency (or a group of agencies in combination) will establish an impartial forum in which cases can be efficiently and fairly decided. Considerations such as those set forth above should be weighed heavily in favor of administrative imposition when the usual monetary penalty for an offense or a related series of offenses would be relatively small, and should normally be decisive when the penalty would...