Regulations last checked for updates: May 19, 2024

Title 30 - Mineral Resources last revised: May 15, 2024
§ 57.22604 - Blasting from the surface (II-B mines).

All development, production, and bench rounds shall be initiated from the surface after all persons are out of the mine. Persons other than those designated by the mine operator to make methane tests shall not enter the mine until all blast areas have been tested for methane.

authority: 30 U.S.C. 811.
source: 50 FR 4082, Jan. 29, 1985, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 30 CFR 57.22604