[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: 30CFR77.101]

[Page 601-602]
 
                       TITLE 30--MINERAL RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 77--MANDATORY SAFETY STANDARDS, SURFACE COAL MINES AND SURFACE WORK AREAS OF UNDERGROUND COAL MINES--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart B--Qualified and Certified Persons
 
Sec. 77.101  Tests for methane and for oxygen deficiency; qualified person.

    (a) The provisions of Subparts C, P, R, and T of this Part 77 
require that tests for methane and for oxygen deficiency be made by a 
qualified person. A person is a qualified person for these purposes if 
he is a certified person for such purposes under Sec. 77.100.
    (b) Pending issuance of Federal standards, a person will be 
considered a qualified person for testing for methane and oxygen 
deficiency:
    (1) If he has been qualified for this purpose by the State in which 
the coal mine is located; or
    (2) If he has been qualified by the Secretary for these purposes 
upon a satisfactory showing by the operator of

[[Page 602]]

the coal mine that each such person has been trained and designated by 
the operator to test for methane and oxygen deficiency. Applications for 
Secretarial qualification should be submitted in writing to the Mine 
Safety and Health Administration, Certification and Qualification 
Center, P.O. Box 25367, Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colo. 80225

[36 FR 9364, May 22, 1971, as amended at 43 FR 12320, Mar. 24, 1978]