§ 872. — Maps.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 30USC872]
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 22--MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH
SUBCHAPTER III--INTERIM MANDATORY SAFETY STANDARDS FOR UNDERGROUND COAL
MINES
Sec. 872. Maps
(a) Fireproof repository; contents; certification
The operator of a coal mine shall have in a fireproof repository
located in an area on the surface of the mine chosen by the mine
operator to minimize the danger of destruction by fire or other hazard,
an accurate and up-to-date map of such mine drawn on scale. Such map
shall show the active workings, all pillared, worked out, and abandoned
areas, except as provided in this section, entries and aircourses with
the direction of airflow indicated by arrows, contour lines of all
elevations, elevations of all main and cross or side entries, dip of the
coalbed, escapeways, adjacent mine workings within one thousand feet,
mines above or below, water pools above, and either producing or
abandoned oil and gas wells located within five hundred feet of such
mine and any underground area of such mine, and such other information
as the Secretary may require. Such map shall identify those areas of the
mine which have been pillared, worked out, or abandoned which are
inaccessible or cannot be entered safely and on which no information is
available. Such map shall be made or certified by a registered engineer
or a registered surveyor of the State in which the mine is located. Such
map shall be kept up to date by temporary notations and such map shall
be revised and supplemented at intervals prescribed by the Secretary on
the basis of a survey made or certified by such engineer or surveyor.
(b) Availability for inspection; confidential copies
The coal mine map and any revision and supplement thereof shall be
available for inspection by the Secretary or his authorized
representative, by coal mine inspectors of the State in which the mine
is located, by miners in the mine and their representatives and by
operators of adjacent coal mines and by persons owning, leasing, or
residing on surface areas of such mines or areas adjacent to such mines.
The operator shall furnish to the Secretary or his authorized
representative and to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development,
upon request, one or more copies of such map and any revision and
supplement thereof. Such map or revision and supplement thereof shall be
kept confidential and its contents shall not be divulged to any other
person, except to the extent necessary to carry out the provisions of
this chapter and in connection with the functions and responsibilities
of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
(c) Notification of mine closures; filing of revised and supplemental
map; certification
Whenever an operator permanently closes or abandons a coal mine, or
temporarily closes a coal mine for a period of more than ninety days, he
shall promptly notify the Secretary of such closure. Within sixty days
of the permanent closure or abandonment of the mine, or, when the mine
is temporarily closed, upon the expiration of a period of ninety days
from the date of closure, the operator shall file with the Secretary a
copy of the mine map revised and supplemented to the date of the
closure. Such copy of the mine map shall be certified by a registered
surveyor or registered engineer of the State in which the mine is
located and shall be available for public inspection.
(Pub. L. 91-173, title III, Sec. 312, Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 785.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 861 of this title.
