30 CFR § 104.1 - Purpose and scope.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s104.1"
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title: "30 CFR § 104.1 - Purpose and scope."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "104.1"
section_name: "Purpose and scope."
chapter_name: "MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "Q"
subchapter_name: "PATTERN OF VIOLATIONS"
part_number: "104"
part_name: "PATTERN OF VIOLATIONS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "30 U.S.C. 814(e), 957."
regulatory_source: "78 FR 5073, Jan. 23, 2013, unless otherwise noted."
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# 104.1 Purpose and scope.

This part establishes the criteria and procedures for determining whether a mine operator has established a pattern of significant and substantial (S&S) violations at a mine. It implements section 104(e) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act) by addressing mines with an inspection history of recurrent S&S violations of mandatory safety or health standards that demonstrate a mine operator's disregard for the health and safety of miners. The purpose of the procedures in this part is the restoration of effective safe and healthful conditions at such mines.