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The Anaconda Company (ALJ decision, July 8, 1980)

The Anaconda Company (FMSHRC WEST 79-128-M): Settlement amount corrected by one dollar

Decision type
ALJ decision
Docket
WEST 79-128-M
Decided
July 8, 1980
Presiding judge
John J. Morris
Outcome
Procedural
Precedential status
Reviewed by the Commission
Checked against source
2026-10-23
Official source
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Plain-English summary

Judge John J. Morris issued an errata sheet for his June 13, 1980 decision involving Anaconda's Weed Concentrator. It corrects the proposed settlement amount on page 3, line 11, from $661 to $662. The sheet states no other correction.

Decision snapshot

  • Cited standards: None in this errata sheet.
  • Outcome: Proposed settlement figure corrected from $661 to $662.
  • Key point: The errata sheet changes one dollar figure in the earlier decision.

Full text (FMSHRC public release)

FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION
333 W. COLFAX AVENUE
DENVER. COLORADO 80204

8 JUL 1980

SECRETARY OF LABOR,
CIVIL PENALTY PROCEEDING
MINE SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
(MSHA),
DOCKET NO. WEST 79-128-M
Petitioner,
v. MSHA Case No. 24-00689-05003
THE ANACONDA COMPANY,
Mine: Weed Concentrator
Respondent.

ERRATA SHEET

The following error should be corrected in the Decision issued June 13, 1980. On page 3, line 11 the amount of the proposed settlement should be $662 rather than $661.

John J. Morris
Administrative Law Judge

Distribution:

Office of the Solicitor, United States Department of Labor, 1585 Federal
Building, 1961 Stout Street, Denver, Colorado 80294, Attention: Ann M.
Noble, Esq.
Anaconda Copper Company, P.O. Box 689, Butte, Montana 59701, Attention:
Edward F. Bartlett, Esq. and Karla M. Gray, Esq.

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