[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: 30CFR75] [Page 598] 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 R_Miscellaneous Sec. 75.1719 Illumination; purpose and scope of Sec. Sec. 75.1719 through 75.1719-4; time for compliance. (a) Section 317(e) of the Act (30 U.S.C. 877(e)) directs and authorizes the Secretary to propose and promulgate standards under which all working places in a mine shall be illuminated by permissible lighting while persons are working in such places Sec. Sec. 75.1719 through 75.1719-4 prescribe the requirements for illumination of working places in underground coal mines while persons are working in such places and while self-propelled mining equipment is operated in the working place. (b) Mine operators shall comply with Sec. Sec. 75.1719 through 75.1719-4 not later than July 1, 1978. [41 FR 43534, Oct. 1, 1976, as amended at 43 FR 13564, Mar. 31, 1978]