91 STAT. 1290
PUBLIC LAW 95-164—NOV. 9, 1977
Public Law 95-164 95th Congress An Act Nov. 9, 1977 [S. 717]
To promote safety and health in the mining industry, to prevent recurring disasters in the mining industry, and for other purposes.
Be it eruicted by the Seriate and House of Representatives of the Federal Mine United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be Safety and Health cited as the "Federal Mine Safety and Health Amendments Act of Amendments Act 1977".
of 1977. 30 USC 801 note.
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL PROVISIONS OF THE FEDERAL COAL MINE H E A L T H AND SAFETY ACT OF 1969 SHORT TITLE
SEC. 101. The first section of the Federal Coal Mine Health and 30 USC 801 note. Safety Act of 1969 is amended to read as follows: "That this Act may be cited as the 'Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977' " DEFINITIONS AND
30 USC 801.
30 USC 802.
30 USC 841, 861, 901.
APPLICABILITY
SEC. 102. (a)(1) Section 2 of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 is amended by inserting "or other" immediately after "coal" wherever it appears. (2) Section 2(g)(1) of such Act is amended by striking out "the Interior" and inserting in lieu thereof "Labor". (b)(1) Section 3(a) of such Act is amended by striking out "the Interior" and inserting in lieu thereof "Labor". (2) Section 3(d) of such Act is amended by striking the semicolon at the end thereof, and inserting in lieu thereof "or any independent contractor performing services or construction at such mine;". (3) Section 3(h) of such Act is amended to read as follows: "(h)(1) 'coal or other mine' means (A) an area of land from which minerals are extracted in nonliquid form or, if in liquid form, are extracted with workers underground, (B) private ways and roads appurtenant to such area, and (C) lands, excavations, underground passageways, shafts, slopes, tunnels and workings, structures, facilities, equipment, machines, tools, or other property including impoundments, retention dams, and tailings ponds, on the surface or underground, used in, or to be used in, or resulting from, the work of extracting such minerals from their natural deposits in nonliquid form, or if in liquid form, with workers underground, or used in, or to be used in, the milling of such minerals, or the work of preparing coal or other minerals, and includes custom coal preparation facilities. In making a determination of what constitutes mineral milling for purposes of this Act, the -Secretary shall give due consideration to the convenience of administration resulting from the delegation to one Assistant Secretary of all authority with respect to the health and safety of miners employed at one physical establishment; "(2) For purposes of titles II, III, and IV, 'coal mine' means an area of land and all structures, facilities, machinery, tools,
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