---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 104.1"
title: "30"
number: "104.1"
heading: "Purpose and scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/104.1"
---

# §104.1. Purpose and scope.


This part establishes the criteria and procedures for determining whether a mine operator has established a pattern of significant and substantial (S&S) violations at a mine. It implements [section 104(e)](/cfr/30/104.md?p=e) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act) by addressing mines with an inspection history of recurrent S&S violations of mandatory safety or health standards that demonstrate a mine operator's disregard for the health and safety of miners. The purpose of the procedures in this part is the restoration of effective safe and healthful conditions at such mines.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 814(e), 957.

### Source

Source: 78 FR 5073, Jan. 23, 2013, unless otherwise noted.