30 CFR § 77.1 - Scope.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s77.1"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 77.1 - Scope."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "77.1"
section_name: "Scope."
chapter_name: "MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "O"
subchapter_name: "COAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH"
part_number: "77"
part_name: "MANDATORY SAFETY STANDARDS, SURFACE COAL MINES AND SURFACE WORK AREAS OF UNDERGROUND COAL MINES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "30 U.S.C. 811."
regulatory_source: "36 FR 9364, May 22, 1971, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "77"
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# 77.1 Scope.

This part 77 sets forth mandatory safety standards for bituminous, anthracite, and lignite surface coal mines, including open pit and auger mines, and to the surface work areas of underground coal mines, pursuant to section 101(i) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977.

[36 FR 9364, May 22, 1971, as amended at 43 FR 12320, Mar. 24, 1978]