---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 7.501"
title: "30"
number: "7.501"
heading: "Purpose and scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/7.501"
---

# §7.501. Purpose and scope.


This subpart L establishes requirements for MSHA approval of refuge alternatives and components for use in underground coal mines. Refuge alternatives are intended to provide a life-sustaining environment for persons trapped underground when escape is impossible.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 74 FR 80694, Dec. 31, 2008, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 957.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 23500, June 22, 1988, unless otherwise noted.