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Logan-Mohawk Coal Company, Inc. (ALJ decision, January 21, 1982)

Logan-Mohawk Coal Company, Inc. (FMSHRC WEVA 81-24): Payment order amended to $250 per respondent

Decision type
ALJ decision
Docket
WEVA 81-24
Decided
January 21, 1982
Presiding judge
Paul Merlin
Outcome
Modified
Precedential status
Final order, not precedent
Checked against source
2026-10-21
Official source
Read the official release (fmshrc.gov)
PDF
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Currency note: this decision dates from 1982
The MSHA standards may have been amended, penalty amounts have been adjusted, and later Commission or court decisions may have changed the analysis since then. Treat this page as historical context, not current compliance advice. Verify the current standard before relying on any specific rule, threshold, or penalty mentioned here.
Final ALJ amendment, not Commission precedent
This order amended the payment direction in an earlier ALJ order and required each respondent to pay $250. Under the 40-day rule in 30 U.S.C. § 823(d)(1), an ALJ decision becomes the Commission's final decision if no timely review is directed. No later Commission review of this docket appears in the official index. This ALJ amendment is not Commission precedent. The full text below is from the official FMSHRC release.
About this page: The plain-English summary and decision snapshot below were written by Ezel based on the official FMSHRC release. The full text is the agency's own release.
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Plain-English summary

Chief Judge Paul Merlin amended an earlier payment order in a civil penalty case naming Logan-Mohawk Coal Company, Inc. and H.M.N. & S. Coal Company, Inc. The amended direction requires each respondent to pay $250 within 30 days of the January 21, 1982 decision. The amendment gives no further findings or explanation for the change.

Decision snapshot

  • Cited standard: None stated in this amendment.
  • Outcome: Payment direction amended to $250 for each respondent.
  • Key point: The short order requires each named company to pay $250.

Full text (FMSHRC public release)

CCASE:
SOL (MSHA) V. LOGAN COAL
DDATE:
19820121
TTEXT:
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Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission Office of Administrative Law Judges

SECRETARY OF LABOR,
Civil Penalty Proceeding
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH
ADMINISTRATION (MSHA),
Docket No. WEVA 81-24
PETITIONER
A/O No. 46-05769-03011F
v.
Deep Ford No. 1 Mine
LOGAN-MOHAWK COAL COMPANY,
INC.,
RESPONDENT

AND

H.M.N. & S. COAL COMPANY, INC.,
PARTY RESPONDENT

AMENDMENT TO ORDER TO PAY

The ORDER in the above-captioned action is hereby amended to read as follows:

Each Respondent is ORDERED to pay $250 within 30 days from the date of this decision.

Paul Merlin
Chief Administrative Law Judge

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