From the ArcaMax Publishing, News & Features Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/newsheadlines/s-345187-500846
WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Members of Congress want the Justice Department to
probe whether there was a conspiracy to hide information about a Utah
mine prior to a disaster at the mine.
The U.S. House Education and Labor Committee wants to know if owners
of the Crandall Canyon Mine withheld information from the government
about a "bounce" at the mine before the Aug. 6, 2007, collapse that
killed six miners, and a subsequent accident that killed three mine
rescuers, the Deseret Morning News reported Thursday.
Committee Chairman George Miller, D-Calif. asked the U.S. Attorney
General to investigate whether Laine W. Adair, general manager of
resources for the mine operator, either on his own or "in conspiracy
with others" purposely withheld information about the bounce -- which
is a bursting of coal and rock caused by pressure or stress.
Miller said he was pursuing Adair instead of Murray Energy head Bob
Murray because there is more evidence Adair was directly responsible
for communicating with the federal Mine Safety and Health
Administration.
Kevin N. Anderson, an attorney representing the mine and Adair,
discounted Miller's claims.
"As with many of his prior statements, there is no credible basis for
Mr. Miller's reckless allegations," said Anderson.