---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 57.22223"
title: "30"
number: "57.22223"
heading: "Crosscuts before abandonment (III mines)."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/57.22223"
---

# §57.22223. Crosscuts before abandonment (III mines).


A means of ventilating faces shall be provided before workings are abandoned in unsealed areas, unless crosscuts are provided within 30 feet of the face.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811.

### Source

Source: 52 FR 24941, July 1, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811.

### Source

Source: 50 FR 4082, Jan. 29, 1985, unless otherwise noted.