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Compliance Guide for MSHA's
Regulations on Diesel-Powered Equipment
Used in Undergound Coal Mines

Table of Contents


Approval Requirements
30 CFR Part 7, Subpart E -- Diesel engines intended for use in underground coal mines
30 CFR Part 7, subpart F -- Diesel power packages intended for use in areas of underground coal mines where permissible electric equipment is required
30 CFR Part 36 -- Approval requirements for permissible mobile diesel-powered equipment

Mandatory Health Standards
Section 70.1900 -- Exhaust gas monitoring

Mandatory Safety Standards
Section 75.325 -- Air quantity
Section 75.342 -- Methane monitors
Section 75.371 -- Mine ventilation plan; contents
Sections 75.1710 and 75.1710-1 -- Cabs and canopies
Section 75.1900 -- Definitions
Section 75.1901 -- Diesel fuel requirements
Section 75.1902 -- Underground Diesel Fuel Storage -- general requirements
Section 75.1903 -- Underground diesel fuel storage facilities and areas; construction and safety                                        precautions
Section 75.1904 -- Underground diesel fuel tanks and safety cans
Section 75.1905 -- Dispensing of diesel fuel
Section 75.1905-1 -- Diesel fuel piping systems
Section 75.1906 -- Transport of diesel fuel
Section 75.1907 -- Diesel-powered equipment intended for use in underground coal mines
Section 75.1908 -- Nonpermissible diesel-powered equipment -- categories
Section 75.1909 -- Nonpermissible diesel-powered equipment; design and
                               performance requirements
Section 75.1910 -- Nonpermissible diesel-powered equipment; electrical system design and
                              performance requirements
Section 75.1911 -- Fire suppression systems for diesel-powered equipment and fuel transportation
                               units
Section 75.1912 -- Fire suppression systems for permanent underground fuel storage facilities
Section 75.1913 -- Starting aids
Section 75.1914 -- Maintenance of diesel-powered equipment
Section 75.1915 -- Training and qualification of persons working on diesel-powered equipment
Section 75.1916 -- Operation of diesel-powered equipment



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