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GENERAL COAL MINE INSPECTION PROCEDURES AND INSPECTION TRACKING SYSTEM HANDBOOK CHAPTER 4 per fiscal year, and at surface mines and facilities at least two times per fiscal year to determine compliance with applicable standards and approved plans. At the discretion of the District Manager, inspections may be conducted more often to address unusual hazards. The provisions of Section 103(f) of the Mine Act apply, in that a representative of the miners shall be afforded the opportunity to participate in the inspection of shaft or slope construction sites. D. Interconnected Mines. Where adjacent mines are connected underground but are considered separate mines, the inspector shall issue an order to each mine if any imminent dangers are found in one mine that may affect the safety of the miners in the connected mine. The inspector shall implement this procedure regardless of whether these mines are controlled by the same or different operators. E. Non-producing Mines. Regular safety and health inspections shall be conducted at non-producing mines at which persons are working and at mines where persons do not regularly work that are placed in a non-producing status due to the presence of an impoundment on mine property to determine compliance with standards applicable to the activities at the mine. At underground mines that are declared inactive by the operator, permanently closed, or abandoned for more than 90 days, inspections of surface areas should be scheduled and conducted to determine compliance with § 75.1711 (Sealing of mines). F. Abandoned Mines. As long as there is an active impoundment associated with a mine, an abandoned or abandoned and sealed status should not be applied to the operator. In order for a mine operator to close and abandon a mine, the operator must submit appropriate documentation to MSHA (e.g., status change reports for dust sampling and underground mine abandonment and closure map). Once the notification has been submitted, the District Manager shall ensure that all impacted branches in the district (impoundment, roof control or ventilation departments) are notified that the mine is either being closed or abandoned. The District Manager shall also ensure that the underground mine openings are sealed in accordance with § 75.1711 (Sealing of mines). Inspections should not be conducted at abandoned mines with no coal production and no persons are working at the site. Enforcement personnel should work closely with supervisors when: 1. A mine’s status is changed to “abandoned.” Event reports for activities at mines found to be abandoned should be amended or revised; 2. Dates entered for mine status change, including abandonment. The status is determined by MSHA and not dictated solely by operator information. A mine is Release 1 (February 2013) 4-2
GENERAL COAL MINE INSPECTION PROCEDURES AND INSPECTION TRACKING SYSTEM HANDBOOK CHAPTER 4 abandoned for inspection purposes when MSHA determines the entity is no longer a mine, preparation plant, or facility; and 3. A mine, preparation plant, or facility with an active impoundment submits a request to abandon the mine. An impoundment not abandoned in conformance with an approved plan as specified in § 77.216-5 (Water, sediment, or slurry impoundments and impounding structures) is an active impoundment and its associated entity is an active mine. The mine status code must be maintained as active or the impoundment should be transferred to an active mine identity. G. Reopening Inspections. A safety and health reopening inspection of the entire mine shall be conducted in accordance with § 75.373 (Reopening mines) before mining operations are resumed at mines that have been abandoned or declared inactive by the operator. The intent is to ensure the safety of miners at mines that have not been routinely examined during periods of inactivity. An exception is where there has only been a change of mine name or ownership and the mine has not actually been physically closed or abandoned. At underground mines, a safety and health inspection of the entire mine shall be conducted as soon as practical after notification from the operator that the mine is to be reopened. The reopening inspector shall determine whether the provisions of §§ 75.1721 (Opening of new underground coal mines, or reopening of abandoned coal mines; notification by operator) or 77.1712 (Reopening mines; notification; inspection prior to mining) have been complied with in full. Any citation or order of withdrawal issued during the course of a reopening inspection should reflect that this inspection was made prior to reopening the mine. Any violations caused by or attributed to the negligence of the current operator shall be issued on a separate spot inspection event code. Any citations or orders issued under this separate spot inspection are to be processed under normal routing for penalty assessment. Only rehabilitation work may be performed on the surface areas of underground mines by an operator prior to notifying MSHA. Surface rehabilitation work may occur prior to or during a reopening inspection, but production of coal shall not begin until the reopening inspection has been completed. This affords MSHA the opportunity to accurately assess the proposed mining systems and also to identify any potential problems that may present hazards to miners before mining operations commence. If the inspection can be performed safely inby the point where a new section is to be started, the area may be released. Areas that cannot be inspected will be sealed or ventilated in a manner that will not affect working sections. At underground mines, a Release 1 (February 2013) 4-3
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