VOLUME V - COAL MINES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
GENERAL POLICIES AND PROGRAMS
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V.G-1 | Reporting PCB Spills |
V.G-2 | Operator Responsibility Over Customer Vehicles |
V.G-3 | Suspected "Foul Play" Felonies |
V.G-4 | Mine Plan Approval Procedures |
INTERPRETATION, APPLICATION, AND GUIDELINES ON ENFORCEMENT OF 30 CFR
PART 70 MANDATORY HEALTH STANDARDS FOR UNDERGROUND COAL MINES
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[Note: Pages 11 through 25 were removed. Guidance will be added to update Part 70 to reflect the May 1, 2014 final rule, Lowering Miners' Exposure to Respirable Coal Mine Dust, Including Continuous Personal Dust Monitors.] |
SURFACE COAL MINES AND SURFACE WORK
AREAS OF UNDERGROUND COAL MINES
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[Note: Pages 27 through 34 were removed. Guidance will be added to update Part 71 to reflect the May 1, 2014 final rule, Lowering Miners' Exposure to Respirable Coal Mine Dust, Including Continuous Personal Dust Monitors.] |
MANDATORY SAFETY STANDARDS -
UNDERGROUND COAL MINES
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Subpart C | Roof Support |
75.209 | Automated Temporary Roof Supports (ATRS) Systems |
75.221 | Roof Control Plan Information |
Subpart D | Ventilation |
75.301 | Definitions |
75.302 | Main Mine Fans |
75.310 | Installation of Main Mine Fans |
75.323 | Actions for Excessive Methane |
75.325 | Air Quantity |
75.327 | Air Courses and Trolley Haulage Systems |
75.330 | Face Ventilation Control Devices |
75.340 | Underground Electrical Installations |
75.341 | Direct-Fired Intake Air Heaters |
75.342 | Methane Monitors |
75.350 | Air Courses and Belt Haulage Entries |
75.360 | Preshift Examination |
75.371 | Mine Ventilation Plan; Contents |
75.380 | Escapeways; Bituminous and Lignite Mines |
75.385 | Opening New Mines |
75.386 | Final Mining of Pillars |
Subpart E | Combustible Materials and Rock Dusting |
75.400 | Accumulation of Combustible Material |
75.400-2 | Cleanup Program |
75.402 | Rock Dusting |
75.403 | Maintenance of Incombustible Content of Rock Dust |
Subpart F | Electric Equipment; General |
75.503 | Permissible Electric Face Equipment; Maintenance |
75.507 | Power Connection Points |
75.507-1 | Electric Equipment Other Than Power-Connection Points; Outby the Last Open Crosscut; Return Air; Permissibility Requirement |
75.508 | Map of Electrical System |
75.508-2 | Changes in Electrical System Map; Recording |
75.509 | Electric Power Circuit and Electric Equipment; Deenergization |
75.510 | Energized Trolley Wires; Repair |
75.510-1 | Repair of Energized Trolley Wires; Training |
75.511 | Low-, Medium-, or High-Voltage Distribution Circuits and Equipment; Repair |
75.512 | Electric Equipment; Examination, Testing, and Maintenance |
75.512-2 | Frequency of Examinations |
75.513-1 | Electric Conductors; Size |
75.514 | Electrical Connections or Splices; Suitability |
75.515 | Cable Fittings; Suitability |
75.516 | Power Wires; Support |
75.516-1 | Installed Insulators |
75.517 | Power Wires and Cables; Insulation and Protection |
75.518-1 | Electric Equipment and Circuits; Overload and Short-Circuit Protection; Minimum Requirements |
75.518-2 | Incandescent Lamps, Overload and Short-Circuit Protection |
75.519-1 | Main Power Circuits; Disconnecting Switches; Location |
75.520 | Electric Equipment; Switches |
75.521 | Lightning Arresters; Ungrounded and Exposed Power Conductors and Telephone Wires |
75.523-1 | Deenergization of Self-Propelled Electric Face Equipment Installation Requirements |
75.523-2 | Deenergization of Self-Propelled Electric Face Equipment; Performance Requirements |
Subpart G | Trailing Cables |
75.600 | Trailing Cables; Flame Resistance |
75.601 | Short-Circuit Protection of Trailing Cables |
75.601-2 | Short-Circuit Protection; Use of Fuses; Approval by the Secretary |
75.602 | Trailing Cable Junctions |
75.603 | Temporary Splices of Trailing Cable |
75.604 | Permanent Splicing of Trailing Cables |
75.605 | Clamping of Trailing Cables to Equipment |
75.606 | Protection of Trailing Cables |
Subpart H | Grounding |
75.701 | Grounding Metallic Frames, Casings, and Other Enclosures of Electric Equipment |
75.702 | Protection Other Than Grounding |
75.703 | Grounding Off-Track Direct-Current Machines and Enclosures of Related Detached Components |
75.703-3 | Approved Methods of Grounding Off-Track Mobile, Portable, and Stationary Direct-Current Machines |
75.706 | Deenergized Underground Power Circuits; Idle Days - Idle Shifts |
Subpart I | Underground High-Voltage Distribution |
75.800 | High-Voltage Circuits; Circuit Breakers |
75.800-3 | Testing, Examination, and Maintenance of Circuit Breakers; Procedures |
75.801 | Grounding Resistors |
75.802 | Protection of High-Voltage Circuits Extending Underground |
75.803 | Fail Safe Ground Check Circuits on High-Voltage Resistance Grounded Systems |
75.803-2 | Ground Check Systems Not Employing Pilot Check Wires; Approval by the Secretary |
75.804 | Underground High-Voltage Cables |
75.805 | Couplers |
75.807 | Installation of High-Voltage Transmission Cables |
75.808 | Disconnecting Devices |
75.809 | Identification of Circuit Breakers and Disconnecting Switches |
Subpart J | Underground Low- and Medium-Voltage Alternating Current Circuits |
75.900 | Low- and Medium-Voltage Circuits Serving Three-Phase Alternating Current Equipment; Circuit Breakers |
75.901 | Protection of Low- and Medium-Voltage Three-Phase Circuits Used Underground |
75.902 | Low- and Medium-Voltage Ground Check Monitor Circuits |
75.902-2 | Approved Ground Check Systems Not Employing Pilot Check Wires |
75.903 | Disconnecting Devices |
75.904 | Identification of Circuit Breakers |
Subpart K | Trolley Wires and Trolley Feeder Wires |
75.1001-1 | Devices for Overcurrent Protection; Testing and Calibration Requirements; Records |
75.1002-1 | Location of Other Electric Equipment; Requirements for Permissibility |
75.1003 | Insulation of Trolley Wires, Trolley Feeder Wires and Bare Signal Wires; Guarding of Trolley Wires and Trolley Feeder Wires |
75.1003-1 | Other Requirements for Guarding of Trolley Wires and Trolley Feeder Wires |
75.1003-2 | Requirements for Movement of Off-Track Mining Equipment in Areas of Active Workings Where Energized Trolley Wires or Trolley Feeder Wires are Present; Premovement Requirements; Certified and Qualified Persons |
Subpart L | Fire Protection |
75.1100-1 | Type and Quality of Firefighting Equipment |
75.1100-2 | Quantity and Location of Firefighting Equipment |
75.1100-3 | Condition and Examination of Firefighting Equipment |
75.1101 | Deluge-Type Water Sprays, Foam Generators; Main and Secondary Belt-Conveyor Drives |
75.1101-3 | Water Requirements |
75.1101-5 | Installation of Foam Generator Systems |
75.1101-8 | Water Sprinkler Systems; Arrangement of Sprinklers |
75.1101-13 | Dry Powder Chemical Systems; General |
75.1103-2 | Automatic Fire Sensors; Approved Components; Installation Requirements |
75.1103-3 | Automatic Fire Sensor and Warning Device Systems; Minimum Requirements; General |
75.1103-4 | Automatic Fire Sensor and Warning Device Systems; Installation; Minimum Requirements |
75.1103-5 | Automatic Fire Warning Devices; Manual Resetting |
75.1103-6 | Automatic Fire Sensors; Actuation of Fire-Suppression Systems |
75.1103-7 | Electric Components; Permissibility Requirements |
75.1103-9 | Minimum Requirements; Fire-Suppression Materials and Location; Maintenance of Entries and Crosscuts; Access Doors; Communications; Fire Crews; High-Expansion Foam Devices |
75.1103-11 | Test of Fire Hydrants and Fire Hose; Record of Tests |
75.1104 | Underground Storage, Lubricating Oil and Grease |
75.1106 | Welding, Cutting, or Soldering with Arc or Flame Underground |
75.1106-2 | Transportation of Liquefied and Nonliquefied Compressed Gas Cylinders; Requirements |
75.1106-3 | Storage of Liquefied and Nonliquefied Compressed Gas Cylinders; Requirements |
75.1107-1 | Fire-Resistant Hydraulic Fluids and Fire-Suppression Devices on Underground Equipment |
75.1107-3 | Fire-Suppression Devices; Approved Components; Installation Requirements |
75.1107-4 | Automatic Fire Sensors and Manual Actuators; Installation; Minimum Requirements |
75.1107-5 | Electrical Components of Fire-Suppression Devices; Permissibility Requirements |
75.1107-6 | Capacity of Fire-Suppression Devices; Location and Direction of Nozzles |
75.1107-7 | Water Spray Devices; Capacity; Water Supply; Minimum Requirements |
75.1107-8 | Fire-Suppression Devices; Extinguishant Supply Systems |
75.1107-9 | Dry Chemical Devices; Capacity; Minimum Requirements |
75.1107-11 | Extinguishing Agents; Requirements on Mining Equipment Employed in Low Coal |
75.1107-12 | Inerting of Mine Atmosphere Prohibited |
75.1107-13 | Approval of Other Fire-Suppression Devices |
75.1107-15 | Fire-Suppression Devices; Hazards; Training of Miners |
75.1107-16 | Inspection of Fire-Suppression Devices |
75.1108 | Flame-Resistant Conveyor Belts |
Subpart M | Maps |
75.1200 | Mine Map |
75.1202 | Temporary Notations, Revisions, and Supplements |
75.1203 | Availability of Mine Map |
75.1204 | Mine Closure; Filing of Map With Secretary |
Subpart N | Blasting and Explosives |
75.1310 | Explosives and Blasting Equipment |
75.1316 | Preparation Before Blasting |
Subpart O | Hoisting and Mantrips |
75.1400 | Hoisting Equipment; General |
75.1402 | Communication Between Shaft Stations and Hoist Room |
75.1403 | Other Safeguards |
75.1403-3 | Criteria - Drum Clutch; Cage Construction |
75.1403-5 | Criteria - Belt Conveyors |
75.1403-6 | Criteria - Self-Propelled Personnel Carriers |
75.1403-7 | Criteria - Mantrips |
75.1403-8 | Criteria - Track Haulage Roads |
75.1403-9 | Criteria - Shelter Holes |
75.1403-10 | Criteria - Haulage; General |
75.1404 | Automatic Brakes; Speed Reduction Gear |
75.1405 | Automatic Couplers |
75.1502 | Mine Emergency Evacuation and Firefighting Program of Instruction |
Subpart Q | Communications |
75.1600 | Communications |
75.1600-1 | Communication Facilities; Main Portals; Installation Requirements |
Subpart R | Miscellaneous |
75.1700 | Oil and Gas Wells |
75.1702 | Smoking; Prohibition |
75.1703 | Portable Electric Lamps |
75.1708 | Surface Structures, Fireproofing |
75.1708 | Surface Structures, Fireproofing |
75.1709 | Accumulations of Methane and Coal Dust on Surface Coal-Handling Facilities |
75.1710-1 | Canopies or Cabs; Self-Propelled Electric Face Equipment; Installation Requirements |
75.1711 | Sealing of Mines |
75.1712-4 | Waiver of Surface Facilities Requirement |
75.1712-5 | Application for Waiver of Surface Facilities |
75.1712-7 | Underground Sanitary Facilities; Waiver of Requirements |
75.1713-1 | Arrangements for Emergency Medical Assistance and Transportation for Injured Persons; Agreements; Reporting Requirements; Posting Requirements |
75.1714 | Availability of Approved Self-Rescue Devices; Instruction in Use and Location |
75.1714-1 | Approved Self-Rescue Devices |
75.1714-2 | Self-Rescue Devices; Use and Location Requirements |
75.1714-3 | Self-Rescue Devices; Inspection, Testing, Maintenance, Repair and Recordkeeping |
75.1718 | Drinking Water |
75.1719-1 | Illumination in Working Places |
75.1719-2 | Lighting Fixtures; Requirements |
75.1720 | Protective Clothing; Requirements |
75.1722 | Mechanical Equipment Guards |
75.1723 | Stationary Grinding Machines; Protective Devices |
75.1724 | Hand-Held Power Tools; Safety Devices |
75.1725 | Machinery and Equipment; Operation and Maintenance |
75.1729 | Welding Operations |
75.1730 | Compressed Air; General; Compressed Air Systems |
MANDATORY SAFETY STANDARDS, SURFACE
COAL MINES AND SURFACE WORK AREAS OF
UNDERGROUND COAL MINES
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Subpart C | Surface Installations |
77.100 | Demonstration of Ability to Test for Methane and for Oxygen Deficiency |
77.200 | Surface Installations; General |
77.201 | Methane Content in Surface Installations |
77.201-1 | Tests for Methane; Qualified Persons; Use of Approved Device |
77.201-2 | Methane Accumulations; Change in Ventilation |
77.202 | Dust Accumulations in Surface Installations |
77.206 | Ladders; Construction; Installation and Maintenance |
77.207 | Illumination |
77.208 | Storage of Materials |
77.211 | Draw-off Tunnels; Stockpiling and Reclaiming Operations; General |
77.212 | Draw-off Tunnel Ventilation Fans; Installation |
77.213 | Draw-off Tunnel Escapeways |
77.214 | Refuse Piles; General |
77.215 | Refuse Piles; Construction Requirements |
77.215-1 | Refuse Piles; Identification |
77.215-2 | Refuse Piles; Reporting Requirements |
77.215-3 | Refuse Piles; Certification |
77.216 | Water, Sediment, or Slurry Impoundments and Impounding Structures; General |
77.216-3 | Water, Sediment, or Slurry Impoundments and Impounding Structures; Inspection Requirements; Correction of Hazards; Program Requirements |
Subpart D | Thermal Dryers |
77.301 | Dryer Heating Units; Operation |
77.303 | Hot Gas Inlet Chamber Dropout Doors |
77.313 | Wet-Coal Feedbins; Low-Level Indicators |
77.314 | Automatic Temperature Control Instruments |
Subpart E | Safeguards for Mechanical Equipment |
77.400 | Mechanical Equipment Guards |
77.401 | Stationary Grinding Machines; Protective Devices |
77.403 | Mobile Equipment; Falling Object Protective Structures (FOPS) |
77.403a | Mobile Equipment; Rollover Protective Structures (ROPS) |
77.404 | Machinery and Equipment; Operation and Maintenance |
77.405 | Performing Work From a Raised Position; Safeguards |
77.408 | Welding Operations |
77.410 | Mobile Equipment; Automatic Warning Devices |
77.413 | Boilers |
Subpart F | Electric Equipment - General |
77.500 | Electric Power Circuits and Electric Equipment; Deenergization |
77.501 | Electric Distribution Circuits and Equipment; Repair |
77.502 | Electric Equipment; Examination, Testing, and Maintenance |
77.503 | Electric Conductors |
77.504 | Electrical Connections or Splices; Suitability |
77.505 | Cable Fittings; Suitability |
77.506 | Electric Equipment and Circuits; Overload and Short-Circuit Protection |
77.507 | Electric Equipment; Switches |
77.508 | Lightning Arresters, Ungrounded and Exposed Power Conductors and Telephone Wires |
77.511 | Danger Signs at Electrical Installations |
77.513 | Insulating Mats at Power Switches |
77.516 | Electric Wiring and Equipment; Installation and Maintenance |
Subpart G | Trailing Cables |
77.600 | Trailing Cables; Short-Circuit Protection; Disconnecting Devices |
77.603 | Clamping of Trailing Cables to Equipment |
77.606 | Energized Trailing Cables; Handling |
77.606-1 | Rubber Gloves; Minimum Requirements |
Subpart H | Grounding |
77.700-1 | Approved Methods of Grounding |
77.701 | Grounding Metallic Frames, Casings, and Other Enclosures of Electric Equipment |
77.701-1 | Approved Methods of Grounding of Equipment Receiving Power From Ungrounded Alternating Current Power Systems |
77.701-2 | Approved Methods of Grounding Metallic Frames, Casings, and Other Enclosures of Electric Equipment Receiving Power from a Direct-Current Power System |
77.702 | Protection Other Than Grounding |
77.703 | Grounding Frames of Stationary High- Voltage Equipment Receiving Power From Ungrounded Delta Systems |
77.703-1 | Approved Methods of Grounding |
77.704 | Work on High-Voltage Lines; Deenergizing and Grounding |
77.704-1 | Work on High-Voltage Lines |
77.704-8 | Protective Equipment; Testing and Storage |
77.705 | Guy Wires; Grounding |
Subpart I | Surface High-Voltage Distribution |
77.800 | High-Voltage Circuits; Circuit Breakers |
77.800-1 | Testing, Examination, and Maintenance of Circuit Breakers; Procedures |
77.802 | Protection of High-Voltage Circuits; Neutral Grounding Resistors; Disconnecting Devices |
77.803 | Fail Safe Ground Check Circuits on High- Voltage Resistance-Grounded Systems |
77.803-2 | Ground Check Systems Not Employing Pilot Check Wires; Approval by the Secretary |
77.805 | Cable Couplers and Connection Boxes; Minimum Design Requirements |
77.808 | Disconnecting Devices |
77.809 | Identification of Circuit Breakers and Disconnecting Switches |
77.810 | High-Voltage Equipment; Grounding |
Subpart J | Low- and Medium-Voltage Alternating Current Circuits |
77.900 | Low- and Medium Voltage Circuits Serving Portable or Mobile Three-Phase Alternating Current Equipment; Circuit Breakers |
77.902 | Low- and Medium-Voltage Ground Check Monitor Circuits |
77.903 | Disconnecting Devices |
77.904 | Identification of Circuit Breakers |
77.906 | Trailing Cables Supplying Power to Low- Voltage Mobile Equipment; Ground Wires and Ground Check Wires |
Subpart K | Ground Control |
77.1004 | Ground Control; Inspection and Maintenance; General |
77.1005 | Scaling Highwalls; General |
77.1006 | Highwalls; Men Working |
77.1008 | Relocation of Drills; Safeguards |
77.1009 | Drill; Operation |
Subpart L | Fire Protection |
77.1100 | Fire Protection; Training and Organization |
77.1101 | Escape and Evacuation; Plan |
77.1103 | Flammable Liquids; Storage |
77.1104 | Accumulations of Combustible Materials |
77.1106 | Battery-Charging Stations; Ventilation |
77.1108 | Firefighting Equipment; Requirements; General |
77.1108-1 | Type and Capacity of Firefighting Equipment |
77.1109 | Quantity and Location of Firefighting Equipment |
Subpart N | Explosives and Blasting |
77.1300 | Explosives and Blasting |
77.1303 | Explosives; Handling and Use |
Subpart O | Personnel Hoisting |
77.1400 | Personnel Hoists and Elevators |
Subpart P | Auger Mining |
77.1501 | Augur Mining; Inspections |
77.1504 | Augur Equipment; Operation |
77.1505 | Augur Holes; Blocking |
Subpart Q | Loading and Haulage |
77.1605 | Loading and Haulage Equipment; Installations |
77.1606 | Loading and Haulage Equipment; Inspection and Maintenance |
Subpart R | Miscellaneous |
77.1702 | Arrangements for Emergency Medical Assistance and Transportation for Injured Persons; Reporting Requirements; Posting Requirements |
77.1710 | Protective Clothing; Requirements |
77.1711 | Smoking Prohibition |
77.1712 | Reopening Mines; Notification; Inspection Prior to Mining |
77.1713 | Daily Inspection of Surface Coal Mines; Certified Persons; Reports of Inspection |
Subpart S | Trolley Wires and Trolley Feeder Wires |
77.1800 | Cutout Switches |
77.1802 | Insulation of Trolley Wires, Trolley Feeder Wires, and Bare Signal Wires; Guarding of Trolley Wires and Trolley Feeder Wires |
Subpart T | Slope and Shaft Sinking |
77.1900 | Slopes and Shafts; Approval of Plans |
77.1908 | Hoist Installations; Use |
77.1908-1 | Hoist Operation; Qualified Hoistman |
77.1909-1 | Use of Nonpermissible Explosives and Nonpermissible Shot-Firing Units; Approval by District Manager |
77.1913 | Fire-Resistant Wood |
MANDATORY HEALTH STANDARDS - COAL MINERS
WHO HAVE EVIDENCE OF PNEUMOCONIOSIS
RESERVED | to be updated |
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[Note: Pages 216 through 222 were removed. Guidance will be added to update Part 90 to reflect the May 1, 2014 final rule, Lowering Miners' Exposure to Respirable Coal Mine Dust, Including Continuous Personal Dust Monitors.] |
Related Program Policy Letters:
P13-V-5 | Reissue - Application of Title 30, Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) § 75.523-2 to Mobile Bridge Carriers Connected to Continuous Miners That Form Component Parts of Self- Propelled Electric Face Equipment |
P12-V-5 | Application of 30 CFR Part 75.323(e) to Bleeder Systems |
P11-V-14 | Water Sprinkler Fire Protection of Underground Belt Conveyors and Belt Takeup Storage Units |