[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: 30CFR20.1]

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                       TITLE 30--MINERAL RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 20--ELECTRIC MINE LAMPS OTHER THAN STANDARD CAP LAMPS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 20.1  Purpose.

    (a) The purpose of the investigations made under this part is to aid 
in the development and use of electric lamps, other than standard cap 
lamps, that may be used in mines, especially in mines that may contain 
dangerous proportions of methane.
    (b) This part supersedes Schedule 10B, issued under date of June 1, 
1932, and Schedule 11A, issued under date of

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January 13, 1936, and goes into effect May 17, 1938.
    (c)(1) Electric lamps and flashlights that meet 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 equipment, in order that State mine inspection departments, 
compensation bureaus, mine operators, miners, and others interested in 
safety equipment for mines may have information in regard to electric 
lamps and flashlights approved by MSHA.
    (2) MSHA May approve electric lamps and flashlights that incorporate 
technology for which the requirements of this part are not applicable if 
MSHA determines by testing that the electric lamps or flashlights are as 
safe as those which meet the requirements of this part.

[Sched. 10C, May 17, 1938, as amended at 5 FR 3467, Aug. 30, 1940; 54 FR 
30513, July 20, 1989]