[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: 30CFR71.500]

[Page 437]
 
                       TITLE 30--MINERAL RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 71--MANDATORY HEALTH STANDARDS--SURFACE COAL MINES AND SURFACE WORK AREAS OF UNDERGROUND COAL MINES--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart F--Sanitary Toilet Facilities at Surface Worksites of Surface 
                               Coal Mines
 
Sec. 71.500  Sanitary toilet facilities at surface worksites; approved sanitary toilets; installation requirements.


    (a) Each operator of a surface coal mine shall provide and install 
at least one approved sanitary toilet, together with an adequate supply 
of toilet tissue, in a location convenient to each surface work site. A 
single approved sanitary toilet may serve two or more surface worksites 
in the same surface mine where the sanitary toilet is convenient to each 
such worksite. Where 10 or more miners use such toilet facilities, 
sufficient toilets shall be furnished to provide approximately one 
sanitary toilet for each 10 miners. (Note: Sanitary toilet facilities 
for surface work areas of underground mines are subject to the 
provisions of Sec. 75.1712-3 of this chapter.)
    (b) Only sanitary toilets approved by the Health Division, Coal Mine 
Health and Safety, Mine Safety and Health Administration, jointly with 
the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health shall meet the 
requirements of this section.
    (c) Applications for approval of sanitary toilets shall be submitted 
to: Health Division, Coal Mine Health and Safety, Mine Safety and Health 
Administration, Department of Labor, 1100 Wilson Blvd., Room 2416, 
Arlington, Virginia 22209-3939.

(Pub. L. No. 96-511, 94 Stat. 2812 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.))

[37 FR 6368, Mar. 28, 1972, as amended at 43 FR 12319, Mar. 24, 1978; 47 
FR 14696, Apr. 6, 1982; 60 FR 33723, June 29, 1995; 67 FR 38385, June 4, 
2002]