Items Received by the Commission

Items received by the Commission.

All of the information listed below is part of the Commission’s official record.

Many of the individuals who gave testimony at the Commission’s public hearings presented written material to support their testimony. Those individuals are identified on the agendas in Appendix F.

GAI Consultants submitted several technical papers:

· Mine Closure, Sealing and Abandonment

· Turka, Robert, “Radio Imagine Method Survey Report – Knox II Energy Facility”, Oct. 2001

· Underground Mine Disaster Survival and Rescue: An Evaluation of Research Accomplishments and Needs

· Turka, Robert, “Dewatering a mine pool created by a blocked drainage tunnel”, GSA Meeting, 1987, abstract.

Formtek – Micheal Drabick, Document and Content Management Software and Domain expertise info.

Kendorski, Frank, Agpito Assoicates, Inc., U.S. Bureau of Mines contract Report J0285011, Guidance (Kendorski, Khosla, & Singh, 1979)

Skelly and Loy Consulting Engineers, Guidelines for Mining Near Surface Waters- Phase II final and interim reports, U.S. Bureau of Mines, Contract Report H0252083

Quecreek Mine Emergency Response Plan

U.S. Bureau of Mines Information circular 9427, “Practical Design Methods for Barrier Pillars”

Holmberg, Linda, e-mail regarding trapped miner location device.

MSHA, Maps of the Quecreek and Harrison #2 Mines

· 1957 hardcopy of Harrison #2

· 1964 electronic copy of Harrison #2

MSHA Quecreek Mine Inspection Reports- 5/2002- 6/2002

Testimony from the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health & Human Services and Education – October 21, 2002 – Johnstown, PA

· Mark S. Schweiker – Governor of PA

· David E. Hess – Secretary PADEP

· David D. Lauriski – Assistant Secretary of Labor - MSHA

· Joseph A. Main – UMWA

· David Rebuck – President of Black Wolf Coal Company

· George Ellis – Pennsylvania Coal Association

Commentary and videotape regarding use of terrain conductivity surveys and borehole camera inspection for locating underground mines, provided by DEP-Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation

Andrew Drebitko – provided a letter recommending issues for the Commission to work on.

Quecreek Mine Permit Applications

Quecreek Mine inspection notes, MSHA inspector – May to June 2002.

Heberlig, Richard, FAX submittal with recommendations on mine rescue procedures