---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 726.1"
title: "20"
number: "726.1"
heading: "Statutory insurance requirements for coal mine operators."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/726.1"
---

# §726.1. Statutory insurance requirements for coal mine operators.


[Section 423](/cfr/20/423.md) of title IV of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act as amended (hereinafter the Act) requires each coal mine operator who is operating or has operated a coal mine in a State which is not included in the list published by the Secretary (see [part 722](/cfr/20/part722.md) of this subchapter) to secure the payment of benefits for which he may be found liable under section 422 of the Act and the provisions of this subchapter by either:

- (a) Qualifying as a self-insurer, or
- (b) By subscribing to and maintaining in force a commercial insurance contract (including a policy or contract procured from a State agency).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 30 U.S.C. 901 et seq., 902(f), 925, 932, 933, 934, 936; 33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015)); Pub. L. 114-74 at sec. 701; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174; Secretary's Order 10-2009, 74 FR 58834.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 80097, Dec. 20, 2000, unless otherwise noted.