Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 09, 2026

Title 30 - Mineral Resources last revised: Jan 27, 2026
§ 23.6 - General requirements for approval.

Telephones and signaling devices shall be durable in construction, practical in operation, and suitable for conditions of underground service. They shall offer no probable explosion hazard under normal operation if use in gassy or dusty mine atmospheres.

authority: 30 U.S.C. 957,961
source: Schedule 9B, 4 FR 1555, Apr. 11, 1939, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 30 CFR 23.6