All those issues, those were moving toward a regulatory conclusion. We think that was the wrong thing to do. |
Even with that, that's not enough air to get those miners out of these circumstances which we all know now they find themselves in. |
I'm a believer that we do not have enough air on these miners to get them safely out of harm's way. That's what the government should be guaranteeing. |
It appears that MSHA is trying to catch up with the state legislative activity on a number of these issues. |
Study all you want. That's good. That's healthy, but don't preclude action with study. |
That's normally issued to mine operators that basically thumb their nose to the law, these unwarrantable failure violations. |
The government too narrowly focuses the investigation on the incident without looking at the big picture. |
Work was in progress to implement some of these protections. |