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>> and you can't end up in jail, but when you have a serious offense, when the ventilation is not working they can issue a withdrawal order. we saw that. they've issued four withdrawal orders at this mine since january. msha has been using enforcement tools. as far as shutting the mine under a temporary bases, msha does not have that power. what they've done is tried to shut down two mines recently because the mine operators haven't paid civil penalties at all, but if -- but the mine operator has to have a chance to correct the violation and, yes, they can keep working. that is the way the min...

York. ellen, are all violation created equally? >> absolutely not. i mean, that's the whole problem. it's not a problem about the mine act, but it's the way the mine act was written. you could get a violation for having a lid off of a garbage can or for a maintenance worker leaving rags around a piece of equipment and you can get a citation of violation for not adhering to the ventilation plan. that goes into a big pot so you have to sort out the individual violations. >> why is it done that way? that doesn't make a lot of sense. >> sure, it does. you get a ticket for spooet speeding and a tic...