---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 75.1600-1"
title: "30"
number: "75.1600-1"
heading: "Communication facilities; main portals; installation requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/75.1600-1"
---

# §75.1600-1. Communication facilities; main portals; installation requirements.


A telephone or equivalent two-way communication facility shall be located on the surface within 500 feet of all main portals, and shall be installed either in a building or in a box-like structure designed to protect the facilities from damage by inclement weather. At least one of these communication facilities shall be at a location where a responsible person who is always on duty when men are underground can hear the facility and respond immediately in the event of an emergency.


## Notes

### Amendments

[38 FR 29999, Oct. 31, 1973]

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811, 813(h), 957.

### Source

Source: 35 FR 17890, Nov. 20, 1970, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[38 FR 29999, Oct. 31, 1973]