Regulations last checked for updates: May 19, 2024

Title 30 - Mineral Resources last revised: May 15, 2024
§ 75.519-1 - Main power circuits; disconnecting switches; locations.

Section 75.519 requires (a) that a disconnecting switch be installed on the surface at a point within 500 feet of the place where the main power circuit enters the underground area of a mine, and (b) that, in an instance on which a main power circuit enters the underground area through a shaft or borehole, a disconnecting switch be installed underground within 500 feet of the bottom of the shaft or borehole.

authority: 30 U.S.C. 811,813,957
source: 35 FR 17890, Nov. 20, 1970, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 30 CFR 75.519-1