[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: 30CFR75.330]

[Page 477]
 
                       TITLE 30--MINERAL RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 75--MANDATORY SAFETY STANDARDS--UNDERGROUND COAL MINES--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart D--Ventilation
 
Sec. 75.330  Face ventilation control devices.

    (a) Brattice cloth, ventilation tubing and other face ventilation 
control devices shall be made of flame-resistant material approved by 
MSHA.
    (b)(1) Ventilation control devices shall be used to provide 
ventilation to dilute, render harmless, and to carry away flammable, 
explosive, noxious, and harmful gases, dusts, smoke, and fumes--
    (i) To each working face from which coal is being cut, mined, 
drilled for blasting, or loaded; and
    (ii) To any other working places as required by the approved 
ventilation plan.
    (2) These devices shall be installed at a distance no greater than 
10 feet from the area of deepest penetration to which any portion of the 
face has been advanced unless an alternative distance is specified and 
approved in the ventilation plan. Alternative distances specified shall 
be capable of maintaining concentrations of respirable dust, methane, 
and other harmful gases, in accordance with the levels specified in the 
applicable sections of this chapter.
    (c) When the line brattice or any other face ventilation control 
device is damaged to an extent that ventilation of the working face is 
inadequate, production activities in the working place shall cease until 
necessary repairs are made and adequate ventilation is restored.

[61 FR 9828, Mar. 11, 1996; 61 FR 29288, June 10, 1996]