INTERN. UNION v. MINE SAFETY & HEALTH ADMIN.

No. 85-1735.

830 F.2d 289 (1987)

INTERNATIONAL UNION, United Mine Workers of America, Petitioner, v. MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, et al., Respondents, Emerald Mine Corporation, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 2, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl R. Pfeffer, with whom Michael H. Holland and Mary Lu Jordan, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for petitioner.

Linda L. Leasure, Dept. of Labor, with whom Cynthia Atwood, Associate Sol., Dept. of Labor, Ann Rosenthal, Counsel, Appellate Litigation and Mary Griffin, Dept. of Labor, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for respondents.

R. Henry Moore, for intervenor.

Timothy M. Biddle, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for amici curiae, Emery Mining Corp., et al., urging affirmance of the Secretary of Labor's decision.

Before EDWARDS and BORK, Circuit Judges, and SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.


Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge SWYGERT.

SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge:

Petitioner United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) seeks review of a decision and order of the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health granting Emerald Mines Corporation's (Emerald) petition for modification of a mandatory safety standard at the Emerald No. 1 Mine. Because the Assistant Secretary failed to clearly articulate the test to be applied in evaluating...

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