---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 14.7"
title: "30"
number: "14.7"
heading: "Approval marking and distribution records."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/14.7"
---

# §14.7. Approval marking and distribution records.

- (a) An approved conveyor belt must be marketed only under the name specified in the approval.
- (b) Approved conveyor belt must be legibly and permanently marked with the assigned MSHA approval number for the service life of the product. The approval marking must be at least 1/2 inch (1.27 cm) high, placed at intervals not to exceed 60 feet (18.3 m) and repeated at least once every foot (0.3 m) across the width of the belt.
- (c) Where the construction of a conveyor belt does not permit marking as prescribed above, other permanent marking may be accepted by MSHA.
- (d) Applicants granted approval must maintain records of the initial sale of each belt having an approval marking. The records must be retained for at least 5 years following the initial sale.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 957.

### Source

Source: 73 FR 80609, Dec. 31, 2008, unless otherwise noted.