Our MSHA dam concerns in light of recent accident
Rob Goodwin
From: "Rob Goodwin" <robert.alt...@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 1, 2012 10:36 AM
Subject: Dam safety reform meeting with MSHA
To: "Rob Goodwin" <r...@crmw.net>
In light of slurry dam accident yesterday these reforms / concerns appear to be relevent.
>A year ago we met with 5 MSHA engineers and and a solicitor office attorney. Pittsburgh tech cheif and mount hope MSHA leadership and inspectors.
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> We were given promised a letter from the solicitors off addressing several blunders in MSHA enforcement.
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> 1. Not acting on false and fraudulent company 7 day self inspection reports.
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> 2. Constantly changing permits to abate compaction problems instead of enforceing permit conditions.
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> 3. No action on revised WVDEP and MSHA mou despite mandate after martin county. Unwillingness to share citations on stability with DEP or Osmre.
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> 4. After 7 to 10 years they were destroying dam construction citation paper work making it impossible to be made public and be used in dam changes ore expansions.
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> There were some more....
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> Draft response is in MSHA and has been for 6 months. 2 months ago they stopped answering our calls on it and word was the district officers were throwing up roadblocks.
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> Through conversations changes were promised on some of these points but nothing is official yet.
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> I would love to talk about it more. Feel free to call with questions.
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> Rob
304 712 9854
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