[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 30, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 30CFR22.4]



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                       TITLE 30--MINERAL RESOURCES

 

  CHAPTER I--MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

 

PART 22_PORTABLE METHANE DETECTORS--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  22.4  Application procedures and requirements.



    (a) Before MSHA will undertake an active investigation leading to 

approval of any methane detector, the applicant shall make application 

by letter for an investigation leading to approval of the detector. This 

application shall be sent to: U.S. Department of Labor, Mine Safety and 

Health Administration, Approval and Certification Center, RR 1, 

Box 251, Industrial Park Road, Triadelphia, West Virginia 26059, 

together with the required drawings, one complete detector, and 

instructions for its operation. Fees calculated in accordance with part 

5 of this title shall be submitted in accordance with Sec.  5.40.

    (b) Where the applicant for approval has used an independent 

laboratory under part 6 of this chapter to perform, in whole or in part, 

the necessary testing and evaluation for approval under this part, the 

applicant must provide to MSHA as part of the approval application:

    (1) Written evidence of the laboratory's independence and current 

recognition by a laboratory accrediting organization;

    (2) Complete technical explanation of how the product complies with 

each requirement in the applicable MSHA product approval requirements;

    (3) Identification of components or features of the product that are 

critical to the safety of the product; and

    (4) All documentation, including drawings and specifications, as 

submitted to the independent laboratory by the applicant and as required 

by this part.

    (c) An applicant may request testing and evaluation to non-MSHA 

product safety standards which have been determined by MSHA to be 

equivalent, under Sec.  6.20 of this chapter, to MSHA's product approval 

requirements under this part.



[68 FR 36420, June 17, 2003, as amended at 70 FR 46343, Aug. 9, 2005; 70 

FR 48872, Aug. 22, 2005]