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30 U.S.C. § 956 — Training and education

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30 U.S.C. § 956 — Training and education

**(a) Programs for operators, agents, and miners** The Secretary shall expand programs for the education and training of operators and agents thereof, and miners in— (1) the recognition, avoidance, and prevention of accidents or unsafe or unhealthful working conditions in coal or other mines; and (2) in the use of flame safety lamps, permissible methane detectors, and other means approved by the Secretary for detecting methane and other explosive gases accurately. **(b) Technical assistance to operators** The Secretary shall, to the greatest extent possible, provide technical assistance to operators in meeting the requirements of this chapter and in further improving the health and safety conditions and practices in coal or other mines. **(c) National Mine Health and Safety Academy** (1) The National Mine Health and Safety Academy shall be maintained as an agency of the Department of Labor. The Academy shall be responsible for the training of mine safety and health inspectors under [section 954 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section954&num=0&edition=prelim), and in training of technical support personnel of the Mine Safety and Health Administration established under [section 557a of title 29](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section557a&num=0&edition=prelim); and for any other training programs for mine inspectors, mining personnel, or other persons as the Secretary of Labor shall designate. In performing this function, the Academy shall have the authority to enter into cooperative educational and training agreements with educational institutions, State governments, labor organizations, and mine operators and related industries. Such training shall be conducted by the Academy i

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29 U.S.C. § 557a — Mine Safety and Health Administration

There is established in the Department of Labor a Mine Safety and Health Administration to be headed by an Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health, shall have authority to appoint, subject to the civil service laws, such officers and employees as he may deem necessary for the administration of this Act, and to prescribe powers, duties, and responsibilities of all officers and employees engaged in the administration of this Act. The Secretary is authorized and directed, except as specifically provided otherwise to carry out his functions under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 [[30 U.S.C. 801](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section801&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] through the Mine Safety and Health Administration.

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30 U.S.C. § 954 — Studies and research

**(a) Appropriate projects** The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, as appropriate, shall conduct such studies, research, experiments, and demonstrations as may be appropriate— (1) to improve working conditions and practices in coal or other mines, and to prevent accidents and occupational diseases originating in the coal or other mining industry; (2) to develop new or improved methods of recovering persons in coal or other mines after an accident; (3) to develop new or improved means and methods of communication from the surface to the underground area of a coal or other mine; (4) to develop new or improved means and methods of reducing concentrations of respirable dust in the mine atmosphere of active workings of the coal or other mine; (5) to develop epidemiological information to (A) identify and define positive factors involved in occupational diseases of miners, (B) provide information on the incidence and prevalence of pneumoconiosis and other respiratory ailments of miners, and (C) improve mandatory health standards; (6) to develop techniques for the prevention and control of occupational diseases of miners, including tests for hypersusceptibility and early detection; (7) to evaluate the effect on bodily impairment and occupational disability of miners afflicted with an occupational disease; (8) to prepare and publish from time to time, reports on all significant aspects of occupational diseases of miners as well as on the medical aspects of injuries, other than diseases, which are revealed by the research carried on pursuant to this subsection; (9) to study the relationship between coal or other mine environments and occupational diseases of miners; (10) to develop new and improved underground equipment and other

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30 U.S.C. § 951 — Miner benefit entitlement reports; penalty for failure or refusal to file

**(a)** The Secretary may by regulation require employers to file reports concerning miners who may be or are entitled to benefits under this part, including the date of commencement and cessation of benefits and the amount of such benefits. Any such report shall not be evidence of any fact stated therein in any proceeding relating to death or total disability due to pneumoconiosis of any miner to which such report relates. **(b)** Any employer who fails or refuses to file any report required of such employer under this section shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $500 for each such failure or refusal.

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30 U.S.C. § 801 — Technical Study Panel

**(a) Establishment** There is established a Technical Study Panel (referred to in this section as the “Panel”) which shall provide independent scientific and engineering review and recommendations with respect to the utilization of belt air and the composition and fire retardant properties of belt materials in underground coal mining. **(b) Membership** The Panel shall be composed of— (1) two individuals to be appointed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and the Associate Director of the Office of Mine Safety; (2) two individuals to be appointed by the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health; and (3) two individuals, one to be appointed jointly by the majority leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives and one to be appointed jointly by the minority leader of the Senate and House of Representatives, each to be appointed prior to the sine die adjournment of the second session of the 109th Congress. **(c) Qualifications** Four of the six individuals appointed to the Panel under subsection (b) shall possess a masters or doctoral level degree in mining engineering or another scientific field demonstrably related to the subject of the report. No individual appointed to the Panel shall be an employee of any coal or other mine, or of any labor organization, or of any State or Federal agency primarily responsible for regulating the mining industry. **(d) Report** (1) **In general** — Not later than 1 year after the date on which all members of the Panel are appointed under subsection (b), the Panel shall prepare and submit to the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Committee

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30 U.S.C. § 956 — Applicability of administrative procedure

Page 205 TITLE 30—MINERAL LANDS AND MINING § 957 cational institutions and operators designed to enable persons to qualify for positions in the ad- ministration of this chapter. In selecting per- sons and training and retraining persons to carry out the provisions of this chapter, the Sec- retary shall work with appropriate educational institutions, operators, and representatives of miners in developing and maintaining adequate programs for the training and continuing edu- cation of persons, particularly inspectors, and where appropriate, the Secretary shall cooper- ate with such institutions in carrying out the provisions of this section by providing financial and technical assistance to such institutions. (Pub. L. 91–173, title V, § 505, Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 802; Pub. L. 95–164, title III, § 303(d), Nov. 9, 1977, 91 Stat. 1320.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original ‘‘this Act’’, meaning Pub. L. 91–173, Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 742, known as the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, which is classified principally to this chap- ter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 801 of this title and Tables. Section 201 of the Revenue and Expenditure Control Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 251, 270), referred to in text, is sec- tion 201 of Pub. L. 90–364, title II, June 28, 1968, 82 Stat. 270, which was set out as a note under section 3101 of Title 5 and was repealed by Pub. L. 91–47, title V, § 503, July 22, 1969, 83 Stat. 83. AMENDMENTS 1977—Pub. L. 95–164 substituted ‘‘practical experience in mining’’ for ‘‘practical experience in the mining of coal’’ and inserted provision requiring that mine in- spectors, to the maximum feasible extent, b

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