45.1-161.292:46 - State-designated mine rescue teams
§ 45.1-161.292:46. State-designated mine rescue teams.
The Director may, upon the request of a licensed operator or agent whoemploys a mine rescue team, designate two or more mine rescue teams as"state-designated mine rescue teams." Any team which is certified as a minerescue team by the Mine Safety and Health Administration under 30 CFR Part 49shall be eligible to be a state-designated team. Following the designation ofany such teams, the Director shall, upon the payment to the Department of anannual fee, set by the Director based on current costs for maintaining minerescue stations and personnel, assign two or more state-designated teams tothe licensed operator. A licensed operator who has paid the rescue fee shallbe entitled to the rescue services of a state-designated rescue team at noadditional charge.
(1997, c. 390; 1998, c. 695.)