30 CFR § 1.2 - Description.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s1.2"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 1.2 - Description."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "1.2"
section_name: "Description."
chapter_name: "MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "OFFICIAL EMBLEM AND OMB CONTROL NUMBERS FOR RECORDKEEPING AND REPORTING"
part_number: "1"
part_name: "MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; ESTABLISHMENT AND USE OF OFFICIAL EMBLEM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 508, Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969; sec. 301 of Title 5, United States Code; secs. 301(a) and 302(a), Federal Mine Safety and Health Amendments Act of 1977, Pub. L. 95-164, 30 U.S.C. 961 and 951 and 29 U.S.C. 577a, 91 Stat. 1317 and 91 Stat. 1319; sec. 508, Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, Pub. L. 91-173 as amended by Pub. L. 95-164, 30 U.S.C. 957, 83 Stat. 803."
regulatory_source: "39 FR 23997, June 28, 1974, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1"
---


# 1.2 Description.

The emblem of the Mine Safety and Health Administration is of contemporary design with the letters and acronym of the Administration delineated as MSHA appearing in large letters in the middle of the emblem. Above the letters and acronym appear the words “United States Department of Labor” and below the letters and acronym appear the words “Mine Safety and Health Administration.”

[39 FR 23997, June 28, 1974, as amended at 43 FR 12312, Mar. 24, 1978]