---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 45.2"
title: "30"
number: "45.2"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/45.2"
---

# §45.2. Definitions.


As used in this part:

- (a) Act means the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, Pub. L. 91-173, as amended by Pub. L. 95-164;
- (b) District Manager means the District Manager of the Mine Safety and Health Administration District in which the independent contractor is located;
- (c) Independent contractor means any person, partnership, corporation, subsidiary of a corporation, firm, association or other organization that contracts to perform services or construction at a mine; and,
- (d) Production-operator means any owner, lessee, or other person who operates, controls or supervises a coal or other mine.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 802(d), 957.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 44496, July 1, 1980, unless otherwise noted.