Program Policy Manual
VOLUME I - THE 1977 ACT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTERPRETATION AND GUIDELINES ON ENFORCEMENT OF THE 1977 ACT
| REFERENCE | CONTENTS |
|---|---|
| ________________ | _______________________________________________ |
| Section 3 | Definitions |
| I.3-1 | Definitions of "Operator" and "Mine" |
| I.3-2 | Jurisdiction Over Mine Roads |
| I.3-3 | Jurisdiction Over Alumina Refining Facilities |
| I.3-4 | Jurisdiction Over Coal Loading Facilities |
| I.3-5 | Jurisdiction Over Coal Preparation Plants |
| Section 4 | Mines Subject to the Act |
| I.4-1 | MSHA/OSHA Interagency Agreement |
| I.4-2 | Jurisdiction Over Refractory Mills |
| I.4-3 | Jurisdiction Over Borrow Pits |
| Section 103 | Inspections, Investigations and Recordkeeping |
| I.103-1 | Assaulting, Intimidating or Impeding Inspectors |
| I.103-2 | Company Release Forms |
| I.103-3 | Performance of Work Other Than Inspections and Investigations |
| I.103-4 | Respirable Dust and Noise Sampling |
| I.103-5 | Reporting and Investigating Blocked Passage Through the Tailgate Side of Longwall Mining Operations in Coal Mines |
| 103(a) | Mandated Inspections |
| 103(a) | Authority to Inspect - Authorization for Representatives |
| 103(a) | Authority to Conduct Special Investigations - SI Credentials |
| 103(a) | Advance Notice |
| 103(a) | Denials of Entry |
| 103(f) | Rights of Participation in Inspection Activity |
| 103(g) | Referrals of Hazardous Condition Complaints |
| 103(g) | Special Complaint Inspections |
| 103(i) | Required Hazardous Spot Inspections |
| 103(j) | Mine Accident and Rescue, Recovery and Preservation of Evidence |
| Section 104 | Citations and Orders |
| I.104-1 | Flagrant Citations and Orders |
| 104(a) | Citations and Orders |
| 104(d) | Unwarrantable Citations and Orders |
| 104(d)(1)/(e)(1) | Guidelines for Determining "Signifigant and Substantial" Violations |
| 104(d)(2) | Unwarrantable Failure Orders |
| 104(f) | Respirable Coal Dust Citations |
| 104(g)(1) | Orders of Withdrawal - Untrained Miners |
| 104(h)and 107(d) | Vacating Citations and Orders |
| Section 105 | Procedures for Enforcement |
| 105(b) | Additional Penalties for Failure to Abate Violations Within Permitted Time |
| 105(c) | Investigating and Processing of Discrimination Complaints |
| 105(d) | Handling of Contests of Citations and Orders |
| Section 107 | Imminent Danger |
| 107(a) | Imminent Danger |
| 107(d)/107(e) | Vacating Imminent Danger Orders |
| Section 108 | Injunctions |
| 108 | Injuctive Action |
| Section 110 | Penalties |
| 110(c) | Enforcement Problems or Hazardous Conditions Identified During Special Investigations |
| 110(c) and (d) | Investigations of Possible Knowing/Willful Violations |
| 110(c) | Referral of 110(c) Civil Penalty Cases to the Office of Assessments, Accountability, Special Enforcement and Investigations |
| 110(h) | Use of Non-Approved Equipment |
| Section 111 | Entitlement of Miners |
| Section 203 | Medical Examinations |
| 203(a) | Chest X-rays |