[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: 30CFR7.8]

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                       TITLE 30--MINERAL RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 7--TESTING BY APPLICANT OR THIRD PARTY--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 7.8  Post-approval product audit.

    (a) Approved products shall be subject to periodic audits by MSHA 
for the purpose of determining conformity with the technical 
requirements upon which the approval was based. Any approved product 
which is to be audited

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shall be selected by MSHA and be representative of those distributed for 
use in mines. The approval-holder may obtain any final report resulting 
from such audit.
    (b) No more than once a year except for cause, the approval-holder, 
at MSHA's request, shall make an approved product available at no cost 
to MSHA for an audit to be conducted at a mutually agreeable site and 
time. The approval-holder may observe any tests conducted during this 
audit.
    (c) An approved product shall be subject to audit for cause at any 
time MSHA believes that it is not in compliance with the technical 
requirements upon which the approval was based.