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Congress launches reviews of Utah mine's operations
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published August 24, 2007
HUNTINGTON, Utah - Even as crews began a final effort Thursday to find six trapped miners, lawmakers in Washington launched separate reviews of whether the mining that preceded the thunderous cave-in was too aggressive. As a drill bored a sixth hole into the side of a mountain, Sen. Edward Kennedy, chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, demanded documents from the Labor Department about the Crandall Canyon mine and its operators. The six miners have been trapped since Aug. 6, and searchers have found no sign they survived. Three other miners were killed and six more injured last week when the shifting mountain crumbled around them as they tunneled toward the missing men. Tunneling has not resumed. Kennedy wants to review petitions the mine's co-owner, Bob Murray, made to the Mine Safety and Health Administration for changes in his mining plans. The Senate Appropriations subcommittee that oversees labor issues announced plans for a hearing on the mine collapse when Congress returns Sept. 5.
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