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VENTILATION

§22A-2-2. Plan of ventilation; approval by director of the office of miners' health, safety and training.

Every operator of a coal mine, before making any new or additional openings, shall submit to the director, for his or her information and approval, a general plan showing the proposed system of ventilation and ventilating equipment of the openings, with their location and relative positions to adjacent developments; no such new or additional openings shall be made until approved by the director. The operator shall deliver to the miners' representative employed by the operator at the mine a copy of the operator's proposed annual ventilation plan at least ten days prior to the date of submission. The miners' representative shall be afforded the opportunity to submit written comments to the operator prior to such submission; in addition the miners' representative may submit written comments to the director. The director shall promptly approve any such plans submitted, if the proposed system of ventilation and ventilating equipment meet the requirements of this article.