Prevention of Major Disasters in Coal Mines: Hearings ... on H.R. 7408, June 10, 11, 12, 1952U.S. Government Printing Office, 1952 - 254 pages |
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... enforcement , and the authority and the degree of authority . That is the only difference in any one of these . Chairman BARDEN . I am not arguing with the bill . I have not even read the bill . Mr. WIER . Well , that is my reaction to ...
... enforcement , and the authority and the degree of authority . That is the only difference in any one of these . Chairman BARDEN . I am not arguing with the bill . I have not even read the bill . Mr. WIER . Well , that is my reaction to ...
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... enforced is important or rather it is impor- tant to not pass Federal statutes that overlap State laws , and thereby ... enforce a limited number of safety provisions which are designed to eliminate disasters , and the State bureaus will ...
... enforced is important or rather it is impor- tant to not pass Federal statutes that overlap State laws , and thereby ... enforce a limited number of safety provisions which are designed to eliminate disasters , and the State bureaus will ...
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... in every case not caused by some action of the individual work- man , but by some failure to enforce a law or to properly manage a coal mine . Practically all of those disasters are caused 54 PREVENTION OF MAJOR DISASTERS IN COAL MINES.
... in every case not caused by some action of the individual work- man , but by some failure to enforce a law or to properly manage a coal mine . Practically all of those disasters are caused 54 PREVENTION OF MAJOR DISASTERS IN COAL MINES.
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... enforced at the State level would not come just about as near doing what you want to do as what we are suggesting to do here . Mr. HYSLOP . Mr. Congressman , I think you need to keep in mind that we are not talking about the regular run ...
... enforced at the State level would not come just about as near doing what you want to do as what we are suggesting to do here . Mr. HYSLOP . Mr. Congressman , I think you need to keep in mind that we are not talking about the regular run ...
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... enforced . Now , is that not what we are talking about ? Mr. HYSLOP . Exactly . And that is what we have . The last ... enforcement , is this not pretty generally true , that the successful governor appoints mine inspectors , and they ...
... enforced . Now , is that not what we are talking about ? Mr. HYSLOP . Exactly . And that is what we have . The last ... enforcement , is this not pretty generally true , that the successful governor appoints mine inspectors , and they ...
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Page 6 - ... (i) Any member of the Board may sign and issue subpenas for the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of relevant papers, books and documents, and administer oaths. Witnesses summoned before the Board shall be paid the same fees and mileage that are paid witnesses In the courts of the United States.
Page 6 - Commission." (d) The principal office of the Commission shall be in the District of Columbia. Whenever the Commission deems that the convenience of the public or of the parties may be promoted, or delay or expense may be minimized, it may hold hearings or conduct other proceedings at any other place.
Page 6 - In case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpena served upon any person under this subsection, the district court of the United States for any district in which such person is found or resides or...
Page 6 - Reasonable notice must first be given in writing by the party or his attorney proposing to take such deposition to the opposite party or his attorney of record, as either may be nearest, which notice shall state the name of the witness and the time and place of the taking of his deposition.
Page 5 - Any Commissioner may be removed by the President for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.
Page 5 - President at the time of nomination, one at the end of one year, one at the end of two years, one at the end of three years, one at the end of four years, and one at the end of five years, after the date of the enactment of this title.
Page 9 - In bituminous-coal and lignite mines the quantity of air reaching the last open crosscut in any pair or set of entries shall not be less than six thousand cubic feet a minute, except that the quantity of air reaching the last open crosscut In any pair or set of entries in pillar sections may be less than six thousand cubic feet a minute if not less than six thousand cubic feet of air a minute is being delivered to the Intake end of the pillar line.
Page 9 - ... the volume and velocity of the current of air shall be sufficient to dilute, render harmless, and to carry away, flammable...
Page 6 - Any person may be compelled to appear and depose and to produce documentary evidence in the same manner as witnesses may be compelled to appear and testify and produce documentary evidence before the commission as hereinbefore provided.
Page 6 - Any person may be compelled to appear and depose, and to produce books, papers, or documents, in the same manner as witnesses may be compelled to appear and testify and produce like documentary evidence before the Board, as provided in subsection (i).