30 CFR § 1.3 - Use of letters and acronym MSHA.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s1.3"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 1.3 - Use of letters and acronym MSHA."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "1.3"
section_name: "Use of letters and acronym MSHA."
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"
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# 1.3 Use of letters and acronym MSHA.
The letters and acronym MSHA may be used and substituted for the words “Mine Safety and Health Administration” in correspondence, rules, regulations, and in certificates of approval, approval plates, labels, and markings prescribed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration to designate and denote equipment, devices, and apparatus approved as “permissible” and suitable for use in mines under the applicable parts of Chapter I of this title, and in such other documents, publications, and pamphlets, and on signs, clothing and uniforms, and offices of the Administration and at such times and locations as may be deemed appropriate by the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health.
[39 FR 23997, June 28, 1974, as amended at 43 FR 12312, Mar. 24, 1978]