30 CFR § 36.21 - Engine for equipment considered for certification.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s36.21"
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title: "30 CFR § 36.21 - Engine for equipment considered for certification."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "36.21"
section_name: "Engine for equipment considered for certification."
chapter_name: "MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "TESTING, EVALUATION, AND APPROVAL OF MINING PRODUCTS"
part_number: "36"
part_name: "APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PERMISSIBLE MOBILE DIESEL-POWERED TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "30 U.S.C. 957, 961."
regulatory_source: "Schedule 31, 26 FR 645, Jan. 24, 1961, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "36"
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# 36.21 Engine for equipment considered for certification.

Only equipment powered by a compression-ignition (diesel) engine and burning diesel fuel will be considered for approval and certification. The starting mechanism shall be actuated pneumatically, hydraulically, or by other methods acceptable to MSHA. Electric starting shall not be accepted. Engines burning other fuels or utilizing volatile fuel starting aids will not be investigated.

[Sched. 31, 26 FR 645, Jan. 24, 1961, as amended at 61 FR 55526, Oct. 25, 1996]