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PUBLIC LAW 89-376-MAR. 26, 1966

[80 STAT.

resent the viewpoint of operators of coal mines employing fifteen or more employees underground (hereinafter referred to as the 'large mine operators representative'), one person who by reason of previous training and experience may reasonably be said to represent the viewpoint of coal mine workers in mines employing fourteen or fewer employees underground (hereinafter referred to as the 'small mine workers representative'), one person who by reason of previous training and experience may reasonably be said to represent the viewpoint of coal mine workers in mines employing fifteen or more employees underground (hereinafter referred to as the 'large mine workers representative'), and one person who shall be chairman of the Board, who shall be a graduate engineer with experience in the coal mining industry or shall have had at least five years' experience as a practical mining engineer in the coal mining industry, and who shall not, within one year of his appointment as a member of the Board, have had a pecuniary interest in, or have been regularly employed or engaged in, the mining of coal, or have regularly represented either coal mine operators or coal mine workers, or have been an officer or employee of the Department of the Interior assigned to duty in the Bureau. Principal office. u^^'j rpj^^ principal office of the Board shall be in the District of Columbia. Whenever the convenience of the public or of the parties may be promoted, or delay or expense may be minimized, the Board may hold hearings or conduct other proceedings at any other place. At the request of an operator of a mine the Board shall hold hearings or conduct other proceedings at the county seat of the county in which the mine is located or at any place mutually agreed to by the chairman of the Board and the operator of the mine involved in the appeal or ^^^^' proceeding. The Board shall have an official seal which shall be judicially noticed and which shall be preserved in the custody of the secretary of the Board." 30 USC 475. ^^^ Subsection (f) of section 205 of such Act is amended to read as follows: Quorum. " (f) Three members of the Board shall constitute a quorum, and official action can be taken only on the affirmative vote of at least three members, except that in any official action involving mines in which no more than fourteen individuals are regularly employed underground the participation of the small mine operators' representative and small mine workers' representative shall be required, and in any official action involving mines in which more than fourteen individuals are regularly employed underground the participation of the large mine operators' representative and large mine workers' representative shall oe required; but a special panel composed of one or more members, upon order of the Board, shall conduct any hearing 30 USC 477. provided for in section 207 of this title and submit the transcript of such hearing to the entire Board of its action thereon. Such transcript shall be made available to the parties prior to any final action of the Board. An opportunity to appear before the Board shall be afforded the parties prior to any final action and the Board may afford the parties an opportunity to submit additional evidence as may be inflrmlu^n"^ °^ required for a full and true disclosure of the facts. Every official orma ion. ^^^ ^^ ^^^ Board shall be entered of record, and its hearings and records thereof shall be open to the public." (e) Section 206 of the Federal Coal Mine Safety Act (66 Stat. 699; 30 U.S.C. 476) is amended as follows: (1) Subsection (a) is amended by striking out the reference to "section 203(e)(4) " and inserting in lieu thereof "section 203(g)(4)".

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