30 CFR § 90.206 - Exercise of option or transfer sampling.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s90.206"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 90.206 - Exercise of option or transfer sampling."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "90.206"
section_name: "Exercise of option or transfer sampling."
chapter_name: "MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "O"
subchapter_name: "COAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH"
part_number: "90"
part_name: "MANDATORY HEALTH STANDARDS—COAL MINERS WHO HAVE EVIDENCE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF PNEUMOCONIOSIS"
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, 813(h), 957."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 80769, Dec. 5, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "90"
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# 90.206 Exercise of option or transfer sampling.

(a) The operator shall take five valid representative dust samples for each part 90 miner within 15 calendar days after:

(1) The 20-day period specified for each part 90 miner in § 90.100; and

(2) Implementing any transfer after the 20th calendar day following receipt of notification from MSHA that a part 90 miner is employed at the mine.

(b) Noncompliance with the standard shall be determined in accordance with § 90.207(d).

(c) Upon issuance of a citation for a violation of the standard, the operator shall comply with § 90.207(f).

[89 FR 28484, Apr. 18, 2024]