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A BLM or BLM-permitted paleontologist may be required to monitor construction or <br />maintenance operations as deemed appropriate by the BLM following their review of the <br />Operator's annual or other proposals. <br />Public Health and Safety <br />All miners would receive mandatory 40-hour MSHA safety training and annual 8-hour refresher <br />training. <br />The Operator would have daily safety meetings and each worker fills out a safety card each shift <br />identifying any hazards noted in the individual's work area to be addressed by the Operator. <br />Routine safety inspections would be conducted to check the work area for such hazards as loose <br />roofs, dangerous gases, and inadequate ventilation. <br />Development rock piles from mining would be wetted to control dust. <br />Water and, if necessary, surfactants would be used inside the mine workings to control dust from <br />vehicular traffic, and all underground drilling activities use water so that dust from drilling is <br />minimized. <br />Split-set roof bolts would be installed at a specified spacing to prevent roof cave-ins, the biggest <br />cause of mining injuries. Brattice builders would construct doors, walls, and partitions in tunnel <br />passageways to force air into the work areas. Shift bosses would oversee all operations at the <br />worksite. <br />Radon within the mine would be measured in accordance with regulations at 43 CFR, Part 57, to <br />ensure worker safety and to control worker exposure to radon and its daughter products. Radon <br />measurements would be used to adjust mine ventilation and the working environment as <br />necessary to ensure that worker exposures do not exceed the annual dose limit for radon and to <br />maintain exposures at regulatory levels established by the National Institute for Occupational <br />Safety and Health. <br />Gamma surveys would be conducted accordance with regulations at 43 CFR, Part 57 within the <br />working areas of the mines in order to monitor the potential external radiation exposure of mine <br />workers. These surveys would provide necessary information to determine (1) time and distance <br />restrictions, if necessary, within particular areas of the mines and (2) the need for personal <br />radiation detection monitoring. <br />General worker safety would be ensured through routine observation of worker behaviors and <br />working areas within the mines and the presence of safety personnel to ensure that MSHA safety <br />requirements are met. In addition, frequent and regularly scheduled safety meetings would be <br />conducted to ensure a very high level of safety training and awareness by mine workers. Such <br />training and indoctrination would be mandatory. <br />• <br />6