[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: 30CFR43.4]

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                       TITLE 30--MINERAL RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 43--PROCEDURES FOR PROCESSING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COMPLAINTS--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart B--Special Inspections
 
Sec. 43.4  Requirements for giving notice.


    (a) A representative of miners or, where there is no such 
representative, a miner, who has reasonable grounds to believe that a 
violation of the act or a mandatory health or safety standard exists, or 
that an imminent danger exists, may obtain a special inspection by 
giving notice to the Secretary or any authorized representative of the 
Secretary of such violation or danger.
    (b) Any such notice shall set forth the alleged violation or 
imminent danger and the location of such violation or danger and shall 
be reduced to a writing signed by the representative of miners or miner 
giving such notice.
    (c) A copy of such written notice shall be provided to the operator 
or his agent by the Secretary or his authorized representative no later 
than the time that the inspection begins. In addition, if the notice 
indicates that an imminent danger exists, the operator or his agent 
shall be notified as quickly as possible of the alleged danger. The name 
of the person giving such notice

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and the names of any individual miners referred to therein shall not 
appear in the copy of the written notice or in a notification provided 
to the operator.