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That msha issued. in one case it was $70,000 and in another case it was over $60,000 for two ventilation violations recently in january. so theres the financial consequence of the penalty and then theres the consequence of not producing coal. so that -- there is that stick there, but as far as just shutting down a mine for a month saying thats the penalty for all these violations, msha cant do that. lets leave it there. maybe thats something that needs to be revisited. >> ellen, thank you. well ...

Ventilation problems. >> correct. >> problems that could lead to the kind of buildup of methane gas, correct? >> correct. so talk us to about those violations, which are very serious violations and then the way a company can sort of kick the can through the appeals process. >> well, the company can appeal mshas citation, but the bottom line is they still have to correct the condition for which they were cited and they have to correct it in the amount of time that msha gives them to correct it. s...

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