---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 18.103"
title: "30"
number: "18.103"
heading: "Review and update of applicable voluntary consensus standards."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/18.103"
---

# §18.103. Review and update of applicable voluntary consensus standards.

- (a) MSHA will review more recent editions of voluntary consensus standards listed in [§ 18.102](/cfr/30/18.102.md) to determine whether they can be used in their entirety and without modification, in lieu of the requirements in subparts [B](/cfr/30/subpartB.md) through [E](/cfr/30/subpartE.md) of this part.
- (b) MSHA may review voluntary consensus standards not approved for incorporation by reference (IBR) in [§ 18.102](/cfr/30/18.102.md) to determine whether such standards are suitable for gassy mining environments and whether they provide protection against fire or explosion, if substituted in their entirety and without modification, in lieu of the requirements in subparts [B](/cfr/30/subpartB.md) through [E](/cfr/30/subpartE.md) of this part.
- (c) Following such review and determination, MSHA will use the appropriate rulemaking process to amend the list of voluntary consensus standards approved for IBR in lieu of the requirements in subparts B through E of this part.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 89 FR 99104, Dec. 10, 2024, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 957, 961.

### Source

Source: 33 FR 4660, Mar. 19, 1968, unless otherwise noted.