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Title 30 - MINERAL RESOURCESChapter I - MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABORSubchapter K - METAL AND NONMETAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTHPart 57 - SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS-UNDERGROUND METAL AND NONMETAL MINESSubpart T - SAFETY STANDARDS FOR METHANE IN METAL AND NONMETAL MINES
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Section 57.22239 - Actions at 2.0 percent methane (IV mines)

30 C.F.R. § 57.22239

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Section 57.22239 - Actions at 2.0 percent methane (IV mines)

If methane reaches 2.0 percent in the mine atmosphere, all persons other than competent persons necessary to make ventilation changes shall be withdrawn from the mine until methane is reduced to less than 0.5 percent. MSHA shall be notified immediately.

30 C.F.R. §57.22239

52 FR 24941, July 1, 1987, as amended at 52 FR 41397, Oct. 27, 1987; 60 FR 33723, June 29, 1995