20 CFR § 722.4 - The Secretary's list.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s722.4"
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title: "20 CFR § 722.4 - The Secretary's list."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "722.4"
section_name: "The Secretary's list."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL COAL MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT OF 1969, AS AMENDED"
part_number: "722"
part_name: "CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING WHETHER STATE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAWS PROVIDE ADEQUATE COVERAGE FOR PNEUMOCONIOSIS AND LISTING OF APPROVED STATE LAWS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301, Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174, 30 U.S.C. 901  921, 932, 936; 33 U.S.C. 901  Secretary's Order 7-87, 52 FR 48466, Employment Standards Order No. 90-02."
regulatory_source: "65 FR 80053, Dec. 20, 2000, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "722"
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# 722.4 The Secretary's list.

(a) The Secretary has determined that publication of the Secretary's list in the Code of Federal Regulations is appropriate. Accordingly, in addition to its publication in the *Federal Register* as required by section 421 of the Black Lung Benefits Act, the list shall also appear in paragraph (b) of this section.

(b) Upon review of all requests filed with the Secretary under section 421 of the Black Lung Benefits Act and this part, and examination of the workers' compensation laws of the States making such requests, the Secretary has determined that the workers' compensation law of each of the following listed States, for the period from the date shown in the list until such date as the Secretary may make a contrary determination, provides adequate coverage for pneumoconiosis.

| State | Period commencing |
| --- | --- |
| None |  |