• Tuesday sessions
• Wednesday sessions

Tuesday sessions

9:10 a.m. - The Civil Penalty Case Backlog -- What's to Be Done?

Michael T. Hennan: What About that Case Backlog? (PDF)
Keith E. Bell: The Civil Penalty Case Backlog from the Government's Perspective (PDF)
Judith E. Rivlin: The Civil Penalty Case Backlog at the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission - What's to Be Done? (PDF)

10:30 a.m. - Plan Approvals Under the Mine Act

• R. Henry Moore: MSHA's Plan Process - The Technical Citation Tango (PDF)
• Thomas A. Paige: Plan Disputes Under the Mine Act (PDF)

1:45 p.m. - Practicing Before the Administrative Law Judges

• The Honorable Richard W. Manning: Some Thoughts (PDF)
• The Honorable Richard W. Manning: OSHRC Procedural Rules (PDF)
• The Honorable Richard W. Manning: Improving the Efficient Adjudication of Penalty Proceedings (PDF)

3:00 p.m. - Reform of the MSHA Respirable Dust Program

• Joseph A. La Monica: Modernizing Coal Mine Respirable Dust Sampling (PDF)
• F. Thomas Rubenstein: Strike One - You're Out? (PDF)
• F. Thomas Rubenstein: Exhibit A - MSHA's Revised Quartz Enforcement Program (PDF)
• F. Thomas Rubenstein: Exhibit B - Dust/Quartz - Suggested Protocol for Operator Consideration (PDF)
• Gregory R. Wagner, M.D.: Delivering on the Promise of the Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 (PDF)
• Robert Glenn, MSHA Exposure Limits for Coal Mine Dust and Quartz (PDF)

4:00 p.m. - MSHA Enforcement

• Derek J. Baxter: Mine Emergency Issues (PDF)
• Derek J. Baxter: MSHA's Response to Accidents (PDF)
• Jeffrey K. Phillips: Documentation for Litigation (PDF)
• Jeffrey K. Phillips: Documentation for Litigation (PDF)
• Willa B. Perlmutter: Document Requests under the Mine Act (PDF)
• Willa B. Perlmutter: Document Requests under the Mine Act (PDF)
• Gary D. McCollum: Reconciling the Legal Issues Affecting Document Productions and Mine Act Protection and Control Orders with the Cooperation and Trust Intended by the Mine Act (PDF)
• Gary D. McCollum: MSHA Enforcement and Inspection Issues (PDF)

Wednesday sessions

9:00 a.m. - Advances in Mine Safety and Health - An Industry Perspective

John Caylor: Advances in Mine Safety and Health - An Industry Perspective (PDF)
Kenneth Murray: Advances in Mine Safety and Health - An Industry Perspective (PDF)

10:15 a.m. - MSHA Enforcement

Margaret S. Lopez: Development in the Law - Definitions of "Significant and Substantial" and "Unwarrantable Failure" and Application of the Part 100 Penalty Criteria (PDF)
Thomas C. Means: Flagrant Violations Under the Miner Act (PDF)
Brian J. Warner: Section 104(e) and Its Progeny - A Pattern of Uncertainty (PDF)
Thomas A. Paige: MSHA Enforcement and Litigation Issues (PDF)

11:30 a.m. - A Primer on Section 105(c) Compliants and Temporary Restrictions

Mark E. Heath: A Primer on Section 105(c) Compliants and Temporary Restrictions (PDF)
Melanie J. Kilpatrick: A Primer on Section 105(c) Compliants and Temporary Restrictions (PDF)
W. Christian Schumann: MSHA v. Ken American Resources (PDF)
W. Christian Schumann: MSHA v. CAM Mining, LLC (PDF)
W. Christian Schumann: Phillips v. A&S Construction Co. (PDF)
W. Christian Schumann: MSHA v. North Fork Coal Co. (PDF)

2:00 p.m. - Oral Arguments Before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Commission

Secretary of Labor's Petition for Discretionary Review - Secretary of Labor v. Eastern Associated Coal Corp. (PDF)
Secretary of Labor v. Eastern Associated Coal Corp. - ALJ Decision (PDF)
Secretary of Labor's Letter Regarding the Petition for Discretionary Review (PDF)
Brief of Eastern Associated Coal Corp. (PDF)
Secretary of Labor's Reply Brief (PDF)