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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... regulations , and to try , if possible , to restrict what they could do to the bill itself ; and also to consider , not the whole field of mine accident and mine safety and mine health , but to restrict it to the disaster or catastrophe ...
... regulations , and to try , if possible , to restrict what they could do to the bill itself ; and also to consider , not the whole field of mine accident and mine safety and mine health , but to restrict it to the disaster or catastrophe ...
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... regulations to be written so that they are in the hands of the operators , and they would technically know it . However , the method of promulgating those regulations , I think , has a great deal to be done to it before it would work ...
... regulations to be written so that they are in the hands of the operators , and they would technically know it . However , the method of promulgating those regulations , I think , has a great deal to be done to it before it would work ...
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... regulations as he may deem necessary to eliminate unsafe or un- healthful conditions or practices in coal mines which result in acci- dents and occupational and other diseases . That power is given to the Secretary of the Interior 30 ...
... regulations as he may deem necessary to eliminate unsafe or un- healthful conditions or practices in coal mines which result in acci- dents and occupational and other diseases . That power is given to the Secretary of the Interior 30 ...
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... regulations , and I do not wish to anticipate his arguments or to go to any length in that . But let me say that there is a difference between what Mr. Moody calls administrative regulations , and regu- lations which would have the ...
... regulations , and I do not wish to anticipate his arguments or to go to any length in that . But let me say that there is a difference between what Mr. Moody calls administrative regulations , and regu- lations which would have the ...
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... regulations that States may see fit to make , to take care of the day to day accidents that occur in mines . The McConnell bill distinctly by express language states that the Federal bill and the provisions of the McConnell bill , not ...
... regulations that States may see fit to make , to take care of the day to day accidents that occur in mines . The McConnell bill distinctly by express language states that the Federal bill and the provisions of the McConnell bill , not ...
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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).