Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining
Chapter 22 — Mine Safety and Health
§ 875. Emergency shelters; construction; contents; implementation plans
Statutory text
The Secretary or an authorized representative of the Secretary may prescribe in any coal mine that rescue chambers, properly sealed and ventilated, be erected at suitable locations in the mine to which persons may go in case of an emergency for protection against hazards. Such chambers shall be properly equipped with first aid materials, an adequate supply of air and self-contained breathing equipment, an independent communication system to the surface, and proper accommodations for the persons while awaiting rescue, and such other equipment as the Secretary may require. A plan for the erection, maintenance, and revisions of such chambers and the training of the miners in their proper use shall be submitted by the operator to the Secretary for his approval.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969
Pub. L. 91–173 title III § 315 · 83 Stat. 742
Enacted · 30 U.S.C. § 875
(Pub. L. 91–173, title III, § 315, Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 787.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 91–173, title III, § 315, Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 787.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 315. emergency shelters The Secretary or an authorized representative of the Secretary may prescribe in any coal mine that rescue chambers, properly sealed and ventilated, be erected at suitable locations in the mine to which persons may go in case of an emergency for protection against hazards. Such chambers shall be properly equipped with first aid materials, an adequate supply of air and self-contained breathing equipment, an independent communication system to the surface, and proper accommodations for the persons while awaiting rescue, and such other equipment as the Secretary may require. A plan for the erection, maintenance, and revisions of such chambers and the training of the miners in their proper use shall be submitted by the operator to the Secretary for his approval.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Effective Date
Section operative 90 days after , except to the extent an earlier date is specifically provided for in Pub. L. 91–173, see section 509 of Pub. L. 91–173, set out as a note under section 801 of this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Regulations
Pub. L. 110–161, div. G, title I, § 112(b), , 121 Stat. 2168, provided that: “Not later than , the Secretary of Labor shall propose regulations pursuant to section 315 of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 [30 U.S.C. 875], consistent with the recommendations of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health pursuant to section 13 of the MINER Act (Public Law 109–236) [120 Stat. 504], requiring rescue chambers, or facilities that afford at least the same measure of protection, in underground coal mines. The Secretary shall finalize the regulations not later than .”