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  • Findings and Purpose
  • Definitions
  • Mines Subject to Act
  • Interim Compliance Panel
  • TITLE I - GENERAL
  • Health and Safety Standards; Review
  • Advisory Committees
  • Inspections and Investigations
  • Findings, Notices, and Orders
  • Review by the Secretary
  • Judicial Review
  • Posting of Notices, Orders, and Decisions
  • Injunctions
  • Penalties
  • Entitlement of Miners
  • Reports
  • TITLE II - INTERIM MANDATORY HEALTH STANDARDS
  • Coverage
  • Dust Standard and Respiratory Equipment
  • Medical Examinations
  • Dust From Drilling Rock
  • Dust Standard When Quartz is Present
  • Noise Standard
  • TITLE III - INTERIM MANDATORY SAFETY STANDARDS
    FOR UNDERGROUND COAL MINES
  • Coverage
  • Roof Support
  • Ventilation
  • Combustible Materials and Rock Dusting
  • Electrical Equipment - General
  • Trailing Cables
  • Grounding
  • Underground High-Voltage Distribution
  • Underground-Low and Medium-Voltage Alternating Current Circuits
  • Trolley Wires and Trolley Feeder Wires
  • Fire Protection
  • Maps
  • Blasting and Explosives
  • Hoisting and Mantrips
  • Emergency Shelters
  • Communications
  • Miscellaneous
  • Definitions
  • TITLE IV - BLACK LUNG BENEFITS
  • Part A - General
  • Part B - Claims For Benefits filed on or Before December 31, 1972
  • Part C - Claims For Benefits After December 31, 1972
  • TITLE V - ADMINISTRATION
  • Research
  • Training and Education
  • Assistance to States
  • Economic Assistance
  • Inspectors; Qualifications; Training
  • Effect on State Laws
  • Administrative Procedures
  • Regulations
  • Operative Date and Repeal
  • Separability
  • Reports
  • Special Report
  • Jurisdiction; Limitation


  • *This document was prepared within the Office of the Solicitor, Division of Mine Health and Safety, Department of the Interior. It is intended to be used for historical purposes only. Do not use this document as a legal citation to authority.