---identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s726.105"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "20 CFR § 726.105 - Fixing the amount of security."title_number: 20title_name: "Employees' Benefits"section_number: "726.105"section_name: "Fixing the amount of security."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: "726"part_name: "BLACK LUNG BENEFITS; REQUIREMENTS FOR COAL MINE OPERATOR'S INSURANCE"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-03-24"last_updated: "2026-03-24"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 30 U.S.C. 901 902(f), 925, 932, 933, 934, 936; 33 U.S.C. 901 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015)); Pub. L. 114-74 at sec. 701; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174; Secretary's Order 10-2009, 74 FR 58834."regulatory_source: "65 FR 80097, Dec. 20, 2000, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "726"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t20/s726.105
Currency
2026-03-24
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-03-24
Chapter
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Department of Labor
Authority
5 U.S.C. 301; 30 U.S.C. 901 902(f), 925, 932, 933, 934, 936; 33 U.S.C. 901 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties In... 5 U.S.C. 301; 30 U.S.C. 901 902(f), 925, 932, 933, 934, 936; 33 U.S.C. 901 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015)); Pub. L. 114-74 at sec. 701; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174; Secretary's Order 10-2009, 74 FR 58834.
# 726.105 Fixing the amount of security.Any operator approved to self-insure must submit security equal to 100 percent of the actuarially estimated liabilities (all present and future liabilities), as determined by OWCP based on the actuarial report or reports submitted with the operator's application or on file with OWCP, other information submitted with the operator's application, and any other materials or information that OWCP deems relevant.