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Utah Power and Light Company (ALJ decision, September 22, 1987)

Utah Power and Light Company (FMSHRC WEST 87-101, WEST 87-207, and related dockets): Four citations vacated and proceedings dismissed

Decision type
ALJ decision
Dockets
WEST 87-101, WEST 87-207, WEST 87-4-R, WEST 87-5-R, WEST 87-6-R, WEST 87-7-R
Decided
September 22, 1987
Presiding judge
Michael A. Lasher, Jr.
Outcome
Citations vacated
Precedential status
Final order, not precedent
Checked against source
2026-08-20
Official source
Read the official release (fmshrc.gov)
PDF
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Final ALJ decision, not Commission precedent
This decision became final under the 40-day rule in 30 U.S.C. § 823(d)(1) because no later Commission review appears in the official index. It binds the parties but is not Commission precedent. The full text below is from the official FMSHRC release.
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Plain-English summary

Utah Power and Light Company and the Secretary of Labor asked the judge to resolve consolidated civil-penalty and contest proceedings involving four citations at the Deer Creek Mine. The company agreed to the Secretary's motion to vacate the citations. Judge Michael A. Lasher, Jr. granted the motion, vacated all four citations, and dismissed the proceedings.

Decision snapshot

  • Cited standards: None stated in the decision.
  • Outcome: Four citations were vacated and the consolidated penalty and contest proceedings were dismissed.
  • Key point: The judge granted the Secretary's agreed motion to vacate the citations.

Full text (FMSHRC public release)

CCASE:
SOL (MSHA) V. UTAH POWER
DDATE:
19870922
TTEXT:

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Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission Office of Administrative Law Judges

SECRETARY OF LABOR,
CIVIL PENALTY PROCEEDINGS
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH
ADMINISTRATION (MSHA),
Docket No. WEST 87-101
PETITIONER
A.C. No. 42-00121-03634

v. Docket No. WEST 87-207
A.C. No. 42-00121-03644
UTAH POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY,
RESPONDENT Deer Creek Mine

UTAH POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY,
CONTEST PROCEEDINGS
CONTESTANT
Docket No. WEST 87-4-R
Citation No. 2504025; 9/3/86

v. Docket No. WEST 87-5-R
Citation No. 2504224; 9/3/86

Docket No. WEST 87-6-R
SECRETARY OF LABOR,
Citation No. 2504226; 9/3/86
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH
ADMINISTRATION (MSHA),
Docket No. WEST 87-7-R
RESPONDENT
Citation No. 2504227; 9/3/86

Deer Creek Mine

DECISION

Before: Judge Lasher

Based on the Secretary's motion, Utah Power and Light Company agreeing, to vacate the four Citations involved in these consolidated penalty/contest proceedings, and good cause appearing therefor, it is ORDERED,

1. The Secretary's motion is GRANTED.

2. Citation No. 2504025 (Dockets WEST 87-101 and WEST 87-4-R), and the three Citations involved in penalty Docket WEST 87-207, 2504224 (Docket WEST 87-5-R), 2504226 (Docket WEST 87-6-R and 2504227 (Docket WEST 87-7-R) are VACATED, and

3. These proceedings are DISMISSED.

Michael A. Lasher, Jr.
Administrative Law Judge

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