[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: 30CFR104] [Page 688] TITLE 30--MINERAL RESOURCES CHAPTER I--MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PART 104_PATTERN OF VIOLATIONS--Table of Contents Sec. 104.1 Purpose and scope. Sec. 104.1 Purpose and scope. 104.2 Initial screening. 104.3 Pattern criteria. 104.4 Issuance of notice. 104.5 Termination of notice. Authority: 30 U.S.C. 814(e), 957. Source: 55 FR 31136, July 31, 1990, unless otherwise noted. This part establishes the criteria and procedures for determining whether a mine operator has established a pattern of significant and substantial (S&S) violations at a mine. It implements section 104(e) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Act) by addressing mines with an inspection history of recurrent S&S violations of mandatory safety or health standards that demonstrate a mine operator's disregard for the health and safety of miners. The purpose of the procedures in this part is the restoration of effective safe and healthful conditions at such mines.