[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 30, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 30CFR19.1]

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                       TITLE 30--MINERAL RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 19--ELECTRIC CAP LAMPS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 19.1  Purpose.

    (a) The purpose of investigations made under this part is to promote 
the development of electric cap lamps that may be used in mines, 
especially in mines that may contain dangerous concentrations of 
methane. Lists of such lamps will be published from time to time in 
order that State mine-inspection departments, compensation bureaus, mine 
operators, miners, and others interested in safe equipment for mines may 
have information in regard to available permissible electric cap lamps. 
This part supersedes Schedule 6C issued under date of December 21, 1935, 
and goes into effect August 26, 1939.
    (b) Any electric cap lamp that meets the requirements set forth in 
this part will be termed ``permissible'' by MSHA and, if actively 
marketed, will be listed as such in publications relating to permissible 
electric cap lamps. MSHA will test only electrical equipment that in the 
opinion of its qualified representatives is constructed of suitable 
materials, is of good quality workmanship, is based on sound engineering 
principles, and is safe for its intended use. MSHA reserves the right to 
modify design, construction, and test requirements to obtain the same 
degree of protection as provided by the tests described in this part.
    (c) Definition of permissible. Completely assembled and conforming 
in every respect with the design formally approved by the MSHA under 
this part. (Approvals under this part are given only to equipment for 
use in gassy and dusty mines.)
    Note: Paragraph (b) of this section is issued under the authority of 
Sec. 101 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, Pub. L. 91-
173 as amended by Pub. L. 95-164, 91 Stat. 1291 (30 U.S.C. 811). All 
other paragraphs in this section continue under the original authority.

(Sec. 101, Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, 91 Stat. 1291 (30 
U.S.C. 811))

[Sched. 6D, 4 FR 4003, Sept. 21, 1939, as amended by Supp. 1, 20 FR 
2718, Apr. 23, 1955; 47 FR 11369, Mar. 16, 1982]