30 CFR § 71.700 Inhalation hazards; threshold limit values for gases, dust, fumes, mists, and vapors.
(a) No operator of an underground coal mine and no operator of a
surface coal mine may permit any person working at a surface installation or
surface worksite to be exposed to airborne contaminants (other than
respirable coal mine dust, respirable dust containing quartz, and asbestos
dust) in excess of, on the basis of a time-weighted average, the threshold
limit values adopted by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial
Hygienists in "Threshold Limit Values of Airborne Contaminants" (1972) which
is hereby incorporated by reference and made a part hereof. Excursions above
the listed threshold limit values shall not be of greater magnitude than is
characterized as permissible by the conference. This paragraph does not
apply to airborne contaminants given a "C" designation by the conference in
the document. This document is available for examination at the Mine Safety
and Health Administration, Department of Labor, 1100 Wilson Boulevard Room 2424, Arlington, Virginia 22209-3939; at every MSHA Coal Mine Safety and Health
district office; at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD; and at the Public Health Service
Information Centers listed in 45 CFR 5.31. Copies of the document may be
purchased from the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, 1330
Kemper Meadow Drive, Attn: Customer Service, Cincinnati, OH 45240;
http://www.acgih.org.
(b) All persons, including employees, shall be withdrawn from any
area in which there is a concentration of an airborne contaminant given a "C"
designation by the Conference which exceeds the threshold limit value
(ceiling "C" limit) listed for that contaminant.
[37 FR 6368, Mar. 28, 1972, as amended at 39 FR 17101, May 13, 1974; 43 FR
12319, Mar. 24, 1978. Redesignated at 45 FR 80756, Dec. 5, 1980]
