---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 57.4461"
title: "30"
number: "57.4461"
heading: "Gasoline use restrictions underground."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/57.4461"
---

# §57.4461. Gasoline use restrictions underground.


If gasoline is used underground to power internal combustion engines—

- (a) The mine shall be nongassy and shall have multiple horizontal or inclined roadways from the surface large enough to accommodate vehicular traffic;
- (b) All roadways and other openings shall connect with another opening every 100 feet by a passage large enough to accommodate any vehicle in the mine or alternate routes shall provide equivalent escape capabilities; and
- (c) No roadway or other opening shall be supported or lined with wood or other combustible materials.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 101, Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, Pub. L. 91-173 as amended by Pub. L. 95-164, 91 Stat. 1291 (30 U.S.C. 811).

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811.

### Source

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