Commission judges do not need to defer to any element of MSHA’s Part 100 regulations for assessing civil penalties, since the Commission has a Congressional mandate to independently assess penalties after making findings of fact, the Commission ruled in a Sept. 16 decision.
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Proposed Part 100’s Unintended Consequences: The Truth Revealed
The Proposal Appears To Be a Change For The Sake Of Change, And Seeks To Ease The Burden Of Proof On Enforcement Actions and Increase Penalties Without a Safety Rationale. By Ross Watzman
Read MoreMeadows Stone Settles Past MSHA Debt Through Garnishment
United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced in a press release that the Northern District of West Virginia had collected $116,183 in delinquent civil penalties from a West Virginia quarry.
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