---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 49.60"
title: "30"
number: "49.60"
heading: "Requirements for a local mine rescue contest."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/49.60"
---

# §49.60. Requirements for a local mine rescue contest.

- (a) **A local mine rescue contest is one that—**
  - (1) Is conducted in the United States;
  - (2) Uses MSHA-recognized rules;
  - (3) Has a minimum of three mine rescue teams competing;
  - (4) Has one or more problems conducted on one or more days with a determined winner;
  - (5) **Includes team members who—**
    - (i) Have the necessary equipment to participate in a simulated mine rescue team exercise,
    - (ii) Participate in a simulated mine rescue team exercise while being timed and observed by trained judges who evaluate the performance of each team and provide written feedback, and
    - (iii) Wear oxygen breathing apparatus while participating in a simulated mine rescue team exercise; and
  - (6) **Includes contest judges who have completed annual training for mine rescue contest judges.**
- (b) A local mine rescue contest is training that provides an objective evaluation of demonstrated mine rescue team skills and can be a Mine Emergency Response Development (MERD) exercise or a practical simulation exercise, such as a fire or explosion drill, where the team participates in simulated mine rescue team exercises and wears breathing apparatus.
- (c) Upon request from the District Manager, the operator shall provide information concerning each designated team's schedule of participation in upcoming local mine rescue contests.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 73 FR 7648, Feb. 8, 2008, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811, 825(e).

### Source

Source: 45 FR 47002, July 11, 1980, unless otherwise noted.