[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: 30CFR77.214]

[Page 606]
 
                       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 C--Surface Installations
 
Sec. 77.214  Refuse piles; general.

    (a) Refuse piles constructed on or after July 1, 1971, shall be 
located in areas which are a safe distance from all underground mine 
airshafts, preparation plants, tipples, or other surface installations 
and such piles shall not be located over abandoned openings or 
steamlines.
    (b) Where new refuse piles are constructed over exposed coal beds 
the exposed coal shall be covered with clay or other inert material as 
the piles are constructed.
    (c) A fireproof barrier of clay or inert material shall be 
constructed between old and new refuse piles.
    (d) Roadways to refuse piles shall be fenced or otherwise guarded to 
restrict the entrance of unauthorized persons.

[36 FR 9364, May 22, 1971, as amended at 36 FR 13143, July 15, 1971]