30 CFR § 850.12 - Responsibility.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s850.12"
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title: "30 CFR § 850.12 - Responsibility."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "850.12"
section_name: "Responsibility."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "M"
subchapter_name: "TRAINING, EXAMINATION, AND CERTIFICATION OF BLASTERS"
part_number: "850"
part_name: "PERMANENT REGULATORY PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS—STANDARDS FOR CERTIFICATION OF BLASTERS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Pub. L. 95-87, 30 U.S.C. 1201"
regulatory_source: "48 FR 9492, Mar. 4, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "850"
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# 850.12 Responsibility.

(a) The regulatory authority is responsible for promulgating rules governing the training, examination, certification and enforcement of a blaster certification program for surface coal mining operations. When the regulatory authority is a State, the State shall submit these rules of the Office of Surface Mining for approval under parts 731 and 732 of this chapter.

(b) The regulatory authority shall develop and adopt a program to examine and certify all persons who are directly responsible for the use of explosives in a surface coal mining operation within 12 months after approval of a State program or implementation of a Federal program or within 12 months after March 4, 1983 of this rule, whichever is later. The Director may approve an extension of the 12-month period upon a demonstration of good cause.

[48 FR 9492, Mar. 4, 1983, as amended at 48 FR 44781, Sept. 30, 1983]