---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 45.3"
title: "30"
number: "45.3"
heading: "Identification of independent contractors."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/45.3"
---

# §45.3. Identification of independent contractors.

- (a) Any independent contractor may obtain a permanent MSHA identification number. To obtain an identification number, an independent contractor shall submit to the District Manager in writing the following information:
  - (1) The trade name and business address of the independent contractor;
  - (2) An address of record for service of documents;
  - (3) A telephone number at which the independent contractor can be contacted during regular business hours; and
  - (4) The estimated annual hours worked on mine property by the independent contractor in the previous calendar year, or in the instance of a business operating less than one full calendar year, prorated to an annual basis.

## Notes

### Amendments

[45 FR 44496, July 1, 1980, as amended at 47 FR 14696, Apr. 6, 1982; 60 FR 33722, June 29, 1995]

### Authority

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

### Source

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

### Amendments

[45 FR 44496, July 1, 1980, as amended at 47 FR 14696, Apr. 6, 1982; 60 FR 33722, June 29, 1995]