[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: 30CFR57.13011]



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                       TITLE 30--MINERAL RESOURCES

 

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

 

PART 57_SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS_UNDERGROUND METAL AND NONMETAL MINES

--Table of Contents

 

                  Subpart L_Compressed Air and Boilers

 

Sec.  57.13011  Air receiver tanks.



    Air receiver tanks shall be equipped with one or more automatic 

pressure-relief valves. The total relieving capacity of the relief 

valves shall prevent pressure from exceeding the maximum allowable 

working pressure in a receiver tank by not more than 10 percent. Air 

receiver tanks also shall be equipped with indicating pressure gages 

which accurately measure the pressure within the air receiver tanks.