30 CFR § 77.1909-1 - Use of nonpermissible explosives and nonpermissible shot-firing units; approval by Health and Safety District Manager.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s77.1909-1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 77.1909-1 - Use of nonpermissible explosives and nonpermissible shot-firing units; approval by Health and Safety District Manager."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "77.1909-1"
section_name: "Use of nonpermissible explosives and nonpermissible shot-firing units; approval by Health and Safety District Manager."
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"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "30 U.S.C. 811."
regulatory_source: "36 FR 9364, May 22, 1971, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "77"
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# 77.1909-1 Use of nonpermissible explosives and nonpermissible shot-firing units; approval by Health and Safety District Manager.
Where the Coal Mine Health and Safety District Manager has determined that the use of nonpermissible explosives and nonpermissible shot-firing units will not pose a hazard to any person during the development of a slope or shaft, he may, after written application by the operator, approve the use of such explosives and shot-firing units and issue a permit for the use of such explosives and devices setting forth the safeguards to be employed by the operator to protect the health and safety of any person exposed to such blasting.
(Pub. L. No. 96-511, 94 Stat. 2812 (44 U.S.C. 3501 ))
[36 FR 9364, May 22, 1971, as amended at 60 FR 33723, June 29, 1995]