[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: 30CFR90.300]

[Page 659-660]
 
                       TITLE 30--MINERAL RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 90--MANDATORY HEALTH STANDARDS--COAL MINERS WHO HAVE EVIDENCE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF PNEUMOCONIOSIS--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart D--Respirable Dust Control Plans
 
Sec. 90.300  Respirable dust control plan; filing requirements.


    (a) If an operator abates a violation of Sec. 90.100 (Respirable 
dust standard) or

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Sec. 90.101 (Respirable dust standard when quartz is present) by 
reducing the respirable dust level in the position of the part 90 miner, 
the operator shall submit a written respirable dust control plan for 
that part 90 miner in that position within 15 calendar days after the 
citation is terminated to the District Manager for approval. The 
respirable dust control plan and revisions thereof shall be suitable to 
the conditions and the mining system of the coal mine and shall be 
adequate to continuously maintain respirable dust within the permissible 
concentration for the part 90 miner in the position identified in the 
citation.
    (b) Each respirable dust control plan shall include at least the 
following:
    (1) The mine identification number assigned by MSHA, the operator's 
name, mine name, mine address, and mine telephone number and the name, 
address and telephone number of the principal officer in charge of 
health and safety at the mine;
    (2) The name and Social Security number of the part 90 miner and the 
position at the mine to which the plan applies;
    (3) A detailed description of the specific respirable dust control 
measures used to abate the violation of the respirable dust standard; 
and
    (4) A detailed description of how each of the respirable dust 
control measures described in response to paragraph (b)(3) of this 
section will continue to be used by the operator, including at least the 
specific time, place and manner the control measures will be used.